Dr. Harish M M

Overview

Dr. Harish Mallapura Maheshwarappa is a renowned intensive care physician and infectious disease specialist with more than 13 years of experience in managing a wide spectrum of medical, surgical, post-transplant and critically ill trauma patients, with special expertise in management of multi drug resistant infections, complicated community acquired infections, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, extracorporeal therapy for septic shock patients and ECMO retrieval. He commenced his medical education from prestigious Mysore Medical College, done his MD from Government Medical College Nagpur, later he perceived DM in Critical Care Medicine (as first Medical Council of India recognized DM) from Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai. In addition to his impressive clinical background, he has achieved an esteemed fellowship in Infectious Diseases from University of South Wales, Australia, European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine from Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Harish is unwavering in his commitment to providing compassionate care and leads the team of intensivists who are professionally trained to practice evidence based critical care medicine.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS- Government Medical College, Mysore
• MD- Government Medical College, Nagpur
• DM-Critical Care Medicine- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• DNB-Diplomate Of National Board – New Delhi
• IDCCM-Indian Diploma In Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bengaluru
• EDIC-European Diploma In Intensive Care Medicine- Dublin, Ireland
• Fellowship in Infectious Diseases-University of South Wales, Australia
• FIARC-Fellow Indian Association of Respiratory Care (Honorary)
• MBA-Hospital Administration

Experience

• 13+ years
• Specialist Intensivist - Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Consultant and Head – Critical Care Medicine, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad
• Consultant and In-charge – Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bengaluru

Area of Expertise

• Managing critically ill neurosurgical and neurology patients
• Acute Respiratory Destress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Managing critically ill immunocompromised and post-transplant patients
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Infection control policies
• ECMO and renal replacement therapy
• Critical Care outreach services
• Advanced hemodynamic monitoring
• Complicated tropical infections
• Advanced mechanical ventilation
• Bedside ultrasonography and diagnostic bronchoscopy
• Clinical research, publication and academic teaching
• End of life care

Awards, Honours and Scholarships:

• Honoured to have first MCI recognized DM in Critical Care Medicine from the prestigious institute -Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Got “Travelling Fellowship” to participate and to present paper in National Conference (ISACON-2010) at Lucknow
• Got First Prize for “best Paper Presentation” conducted by ISA, Nagpur
• Got prize from ISCCM, for Presenting paper on in National conference in Agra
• Got “Young Intensivist” travelling grant to participate in National conference in Agra.
• Identified as “excellent speaker” by ISCCM Vizag
• As one of the esteemed reviewer in Indian journal of Respiratory Care
• As one of the editorial board member in Indian journal of Respiratory Care
• Editor In Chief of Indian Journal of Respiratory Care (IJRC)
• President Indian Association of Respiratory Care (IARC)
• Received honorary Fellowship from Indian Association of Respiratory Care (FIARC) from honourable Minister for Health and Family welfare, Government of Karnataka
• Member of guideline committee -Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Recognized teacher and examiner for DrNB and IDCCM/IFCCM students in critical care medicine
• Founder and course director of Master Classes in Critical Care Medicine: a successfully running online learning platform for the young doctors across the globe
• Researcher, national and international speaker in many academic conferences
• Organized many conferences and workshops in critical care medicine
• As Organizing Chair - National conference of Indian Association of Respiratory Care (RESCARE-23)

Research and Publications:

• Complications and benefits of intrahospital transport of adult Intensive Care Unit patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2016;20:448-52”. Prospective observational study
• Agreement between inferior vena cava diameter measurements by subxiphoid versus transhepatic views. Indian J Crit Care Med 2015;19:719-22.” Prospective observational study
• Complications of tracheal intubation in critically ill pediatric cancer patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2016;20:409-11”. Prospective observational study
• Harish MM, Siddiqui SS, Prabu NR, Chaudhari HK, Divatia JV, KulkarniAP. Benefits of and untoward events during intrahospital transport of pediatric intensive care unit patients. Indian J Crit Care Med
• Aortic root abscess with complete heart block in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Dr Harish M M et al JMSCR Volume 05 Issue 08 August 2017
• Chemotherapy Induced Cardiotoxicity –A case based review: International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Inventions 4(11): 3299-3303, 2017
• Harish MM, Ruhatiya RS. Influenza H1N1 infection in immunocompromised host: A concise review. Lung India 2019;36:330-6.
• Kothekar, A.T., Divatia, J.V., Myatra, S.N. et al. Clinical pharmacokinetics of 3-h extended infusion of meropenem in adult patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: implications for empirical therapy against Gram-negative bacteria. Ann. Intensive Care10, 4 (2020).
• Ruhatiya RS, Adukia SA, Manjunath RB, Maheshwarappa HM. Current Status and Recommendations in Multimodal Neuromonitoring. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(5): 353–360.
• Adukia SA, Ruhatiya RS, Maheshwarappa HM, Manjunath RB, Jain GN. Extrapulmonary Features of COVID-19: A Concise Review. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(7):575–580.
• Harish M M, Ramya B M. Challenges with present symptom control and risk reduction of future exacerbations in asthma: Indian patients' perspectives. Indian J Respir Care 2020;9:129-30
• Majumder, Snehali & Maheshwarappa, Harish. (2020). Immune response in the wake of COVID-19 infection-a two-edged sword. World journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. 9. 10.20959/wjpps20207-16580.
• Harish Mallapura Maheshwarappa, Ramya B M, Radhika Shriprakash Ruhatiya, Sachin adukia, Sudhindra P , Hegde Swastika, Ummi Salma, “A concise review on newer modes of ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome”, I Jour Med Health Science, vol. 10, no. 06, pp. 951-954, Jun. 2020.
• Validation of an Isothermal Amplification Platform for Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial Resistance Detection in Blood: A prospective study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar; 25(3): 299–304.
• Use of Handheld Ultrasound Device with Artificial intelligence for Evaluation of Cardio-respiratory System in COVID-19. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 May; 25(5): 524–527.
• Maheshwarappa HM, Machanalli G, Thilakchand KR, Tejaswini DDS. The Story of an Abscess: A Case of Mycobacterium abscesses Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(4):533–534.
• Chaudhuri S, Maheshwarappa HM. Ultrasound-Based Weaning Indices: The Need of the Hour?. Indian J Respir Care 2022; 11 (3):195-199.
• Raman RA, Maheshwarappa HM. Managing Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: What's New?. Indian J Respir Care 2022; 11 (4):287-290.
• Maheshwarappa HM, Sidharth R. Quality and Errors in the Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Respir Care 2022; 11 (2):87-94.
• Written a chapter in year (2017) book of ISCCM on –“Current utility of ETCO2 in ICU”
• Written a chapter in year (2018) of ISCCM on “treatment of atrial fibrillation in ICU”
• Written a chapter in year (2018) of ISCCM on “newer methods in sterilization and disinfection in ICU”
• Written a chapter on Hyponatremia for the book “Case based review in Critical Care Medicine: A comprehensive preparatory book for the examinee”(ISCCM)
• Written a chapter in the book of Asia pacific association of critical care medicine (Evidence based core topics in critical care medicine 2019-ISCCM) Adjunctive Therapies in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
• Written a chapter on “vasopressors in critically ill patients” in THEMATICS published from Tata Memorial Hospital
• Written a chapter on “critical care in peri-operative period-need, indications, infrastructure and staffing” in Perioperative Critical Care textbook
• Written a chapter on “Perioperative haemodynamic monitoring” in Perioperative Critical Care Medicine
• Written a chapter on “ Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide-guided therapy in heart failure” in Critical Care Update 2020 (ISCCM)
• Written a chapter on MCQs in “Hemodynamic Monitoring” in Critical Care Medicine MCQs practical book 2019 (ISCCM)
• Written a chapter on “Technology of Non Invasive Ventilation” in Updates on NIV textbook
• Written a chapter on “Delirium in ICU: Detection, Evaluation and Prevention” in Bench to bedside: Critical care Medicine text book
• Written a chapter on “Use of ECHO in assessing fluid responsiveness” in Critical Care Update Book 2023.
• Written a chapter on “Recent advances for immunotherapies against infectious diseases” in Contemporary Topics in Critical Care Medicine.
• Written a chapter on “Hemodynamic Coherence” in Text Book of Critical Care Medicine.
• Written a chapter on “Infective Endocarditis” in book on Decision Making in Critical Care Medicine.
• Written a chapter on “Acute Myocarditis” in book on Decision Making in Critical Care Medicine.
• Written a chapter on “Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease” in book on Decision Making in Critical Care Medicine.
• Written a chapter on “Vasoactive Drugs and Splanchnic Circulation” in book of Applied Physiology and Pharmacology.
• Written a chapter on “Lymph Circulation” in book of Applied Physiology and Pharmacology.
• Written a chapter on “Hemodynamic Coherence” in book of Applied Physiology and Pharmacology.
• Relevance of Troponin I Elevation among Individuals with Hypertensive Emergency. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (7):767-769.
• Rai AV. Harish M A Rare Case of Primary Pyogenic Ventriculitis in a Patient with Community-acquired Meningitis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (7):874-876.
• Majumder S. Interpretation of p-value: The Correct Way. Indian J Respir Care 2023; 12 (1):1-2.
• Maheshwarappa H M, Majumder S. Critical Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials: An Overview. Indian J Respir Care 2023; 12 (2):163-168.
• Mishra S, Maheshwarappa HM. Precision Medicine in Respiratory Care: Where do We Stand Now?. Indian J Respir Care 2023; 12 (3):207-210.

Special Training :

• Got trained in EPIC-Echo Protocol In Intensive Care and 2 D ECHO workshop” certified by Global Health Alliance, UK and University of Leads
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• Karnataka Medical Council (KMC)
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
• Indian Society of Neuro-anesthesia and Critical Care (ISNAC)
• Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)
• American College of Chest Physician (ACCP)