Dr. Aparna Chakravarty - Doctor's Link

Dr. Aparna Chakravarty

Dr. Aparna Chakravarty
25 Years of Experience
  • Associate Professor Department of Paediatrics
  • Speciality :

    Paediatrician
  • Degrees :

    MBBS, MD (Guwahati University) Fellowship Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SickKids, University of Toronto) MSc Infectious Diseases (LSHTM, University of London) Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Language :

    English, Hindi
  • Hospital :

    Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
  • City & Country:

    Delhi, India
  • Address :

    Mata Amritanandamayi Marg, Sector 88, Faridabad, Haryana 121002
About Doctor

Dr Aparna Chakravarty is a highly experienced doctor of the Department of Pediatricts, who completed MBBS and MD in Pediatrics from Guwahati University. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of Pediatrics and is competent in all neonatal and pediatric case management up to 18 years of life. She has work experience from AIIMS Delhi, and The Hospital for Sick Children, SickKids, Toronto. She has completed a 2.5 years fellowship program in Infectious Diseases from the University of Toronto and holds an MSc degree in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.

Medical Qualification
  • MBBS, MD (Guwahati University)
  • Fellowship Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SickKids, University of Toronto)
  • MSc Infectious Diseases (LSHTM, University of London)
Specialization and expertise
  • Infectious Diseases (Multidrug-resistant organisms, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Congenital infections, Travel medicine) -
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship and public education on rational antimicrobial use
  • Infection Control and Prevention
  • Immunology and Vaccine Research
  • Medical Education
Certifications and Awards
  • Initiated and led the team for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at HIMSR, Delhi
  • ICMR Grant (2020) for research in ‘Uncovering the genetics of novel Salmonella typhi strains from delayed responders to treatment’
 Experience

She has 20 years of experience in the field of Pediatrics and is competent in all neonatal and pediatric case management up to 18 years of life. She has work experience from state-of-the-art hospitals in the country (AIIMS Delhi, Max Hospital Delhi) and abroad (The Hospital for Sick Children, SickKids, Toronto) before embarking on an academic teaching career at HIMSR, Delhi. She has over 10 years of experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and allied health services. She Is very passionate about teaching and considers oneself a lifelong learner. She has completed a 2.5 years fellowship program in Infectious Diseases from University of Toronto and holds an MSc degree in Infectious Diseases from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. She has been actively involved in collaborative Multi-centric Research and Vaccine Clinical Trials. She has additional training in the following areas: Infection Control Fellows Course, Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA),Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Clinical Vaccinology Course, National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID), Chicago,CHF-INCLEN Essential Vaccinology Course, India Faculty Development Program (Univ of Toronto) ICMR/NIE Basic Course of Biomedical Research, Revised Basic Workshop in Medical Education Technologies, Delhi 

Publication
  1. Why Antibiotic Invisibility Day is Better than Invisible Antibiotic Future? PR Menon, A Chakravarty Indian Pediatrics 53(4),290
  2. Low utility of pediatric isolator blood culture system for detection of fungemia in children: a 10-year review A Campigotto, SE Richardson, M Sebert, EME TeKippe, A Chakravarty, … Journal of Clinical Microbiology 54(9), 2284-2287
  3. Synergy of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control A Chakravarty, C Singha Critical Care Pediatrics, 41
  4. Seasonal Outbreak of Dengue Fever in Northern India-A Clinical Perspective and Predicting Length of Hospital Stay A Chakravarty, A Krishnan. International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health 32(3): 1-8, 2018;
  5. Pediatric Appropriate Evaluation Protocol for India (PAEP-India): Tool for Assessing  Appropriateness of Pediatric Hospitalization MK Das, NK Arora, R Poluru, A Seth, A Aggarwal, AP Dubey, P Goyal… Indian Pediatrics 55 (12), 1041-1045

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