DR. PUNEET AULAKH POONI
Professor & Head
Paediatrics
MBBS, MD (Paediatrics)
PMC 26350
About Doctor
Dr Puneet Aulakh Pooni did her MBBS and MD from DMCH and presently working as Professor and Head of Paediatrics and Director of paediatric critical care fellowship program. She was declared the second best graduate in MBBS and won distinctions in various subjects. Her main area of interest is paediatric intensive care and was instrumental in establishing PICU in DMC in 1999 and starting paediatric critical care fellowship program recognized by Intensive care chapter of IAP and Indian Critical Care Medicine (ICCM) since 2011.
Dr Puneet was awarded visiting fellowship in paediatric intensive care by Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), London UK. She worked as honorary fellow in PICU at Royal Alexandria hospital, Sydney Australia. She also worked as Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive care at Cambridge University Hospital, UK for one year, awarded by International Paediatric Training scheme by RCPCH, London. She has many international and national publications including chapters in books and has presented papers in international and national conferences particularly related to paediatric critical care at World congress at USA, UK, Australia and Switzerland etc.
She is a master trainer of "Asthma training" and "Respiratory tract infections" modules of IAP. Dr Puneet is also PALS instructor and holds BLS and other workshops for medicos in Punjab. She is the founder secretary of Intensive care chapter of Punjab State Branch and is currently vice-president of ICC and also life member of societies like international critical care medicine etc.
DMC is also IAP ALS CPR centre under her supervision. She is also planning to start regular parenting Gurukul Clinics.
OPD Timings
Certifications
- Fellowship in paediatric intensive care by Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), London UK.
- Fellowship in PICU at Royal Alexandria hospital, Sydney Australia.
- Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Intensive care at Cambridge University Hospital, UK awarded by International Paediatric Training scheme by RCPCH, London
- Member Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) L 98/P-1959
- Member Intensive care chapter of IAP- PICC/P0034/2006
- Member Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine 00/P-154
- Member Punjab state branch of IAP
- Member North West Branch of Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
- Life member of respiratory chapter of IAP 2005 RL 1033
- Founder Member (Joint Secretary) Punjab State branch of Intensive care Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) 2003-2005.
- International Associate member of Society of critical care medicine 79184
Publications
- Shekhar Singla, Siddharth Bhargava, Puneet A. Pooni, Deepak Bhat, Kamaldeep Arora, Shruti Kakkar, Karambir Gill, Jatinder S. Goraya. Comparison of SpO2 - with PaO2 -Based Indices of Oxygenation in Children with Respiratory Failure. J Pediatr Intensive Care 2024:2-7.
- Himanshi Sharma, Kamaldeep Arora, Mehak Munja, Puneet A Pooni. Lung ultrasound compared to chest X ray in diagnosing RDS: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 8(Suppl 5):A106.2-A106. July 2024. DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-EPAC.242.
- Karambir Gill, Puneet A Pooni. Ultrasound guided central line insertion in level 3 PICU in North India. BMJ Paediatrics Open 8(Suppl 5):A70.3-A71. July 2024. DOI:10.1136/bmjpo-2024-EPAC.157.
- Gurdeep Singh Dhooria , Siddharth Bhargava, Deepak Bhat, Puneet Aulakh Pooni, Nancy Goel, Shruti Kakkar. Efficacy and safety of oral cyclophosphamide versus mycophenolate mofetil in childhood nephrotic syndrome: an open-label comparative study. BMC Nephrology (2024) 25:296 https:// doi.org/ 10.1186/s12882-024-03739-z , open access.
- Karambir Singh Gill , Bhavna Gupta, Puneet A. Pooni, Siddharth Bhargava. Correlation of anterior cerebral artery resistive index with early comorbidities in preterm neonates. Front. Pediatr. 12:1441553.. DOI 10.3389/fped.2024.1441553.
- Gurdeep Singh Dhooria, Shruti Kakkar, Puneet A Pooni, Deepak Bhat, Siddharth Bhargava, Kamal Arora, Karambir Gill, Nancy Goel Comparison of Clinical Features and Outcome of Dengue Fever and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With COVID-19 (MIS-C).Indian Pedaitrics 2021;58(10):951-954.
- Jaswinder Kaur, Siddharth Bhargava, Puneet Aulakh Pooni, Deepak Bhat, Gurdeep S Dhooria, Kamaldeep Arora, Shruti Kakkar, Karambir Gill. Comparison of NonInvasive Oscillometric and Intra-Arterial Blood Pressure Measurements in Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr Intensive Care 2021 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739264.
- Daisy Punn, Karambir Singh Gill, Siddharth Bhargava, Puneet A. Pooni. Clinical Profile and Outcome of Children Requiring Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV). Indian J Pediatr 2022 May;89(5):466-472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-021-03965-5.
- Sarit Sharma, Vikas Gupta, Ashvind Bawa, Ajay Kumar, Puneet Aulakh Pooni, P L Gautam, A K Chaudhary, RS Chinna. Contact tracing of Health care Workers exposed to COVID-19 infection in a tertiary care hospital: containing the contagion. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2023;48:155-60.
- Puneet A Pooni. Approach to a child with medical emergency. Recent Advances in pediatrics- Emergencies and intensive care peds Suraj Gupte, Jaypee publishers 2023:29;46-62.
Awards
Final Prof.: Silver Medal in Eye & ENT
Second Prof.:Gold Medal for Distinction in Pathology & Microbiology
Silver Medal for second position in Pathology & Microbiology
First Prof.: Gold Medal for Distinction in Physiology & Biochemistry
Silver Medal for Second position in Panjab University
Silver Medal for standing second in DMC & H
Silver Medal for second in Physiology & Biochemistry
Silver Medal in Anatomy
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
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