Dr. Sumita Saha

Expertise

Dr Saha is an expert in managing extremely premature neonates from 23 weeks onwards weighing less than 500 grams and is competent in all aspects of neonatal intensive care services like administering different respiratory support methods like Surfactant, nasal CPAP, different modes of invasive mechanical ventilation, high frequency oscillatory ventilation and Nitric Oxide, providing Cardiovascular support in the form of ionotropes with invasive blood pressure monitoring, pressors, iono-dilators and Prostaglandin for congenital duct-dependent lesions. She has also led numerous retrievals of extremely premature and unwell babies from peripheral centers – both in the UK and in Kolkata, India.

She also has practiced intensive neuro-protection strategies including active cooling, use of CFAM etc. she is confident to do all advanced neonatal procedures like complicated neonatal resuscitation, peripheral long line insertion, peripheral arterial line insertion, umbilical venous and arterial line insertion, putting chest drains etc. She is skilled to perform ultrasound scans of neonatal head and functional echocardiography of the neonatal heart and regularly does them on the NICU.