Dr. Nataraj Palaniappan is a highly skilled General Pediatrician and Intensivist at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Guindy, Chennai. With over nine years of intensive care experience, he leads the 16-bedded PICU and Emergency services. He trained at premier institutes in India and abroad, including a two-year fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, one of the world’s top intensive care units. He has worked as faculty in reputed Indian medical colleges and as a pediatric intensivist at Global Hospitals, Chennai. His expertise spans transplant patient care, ECMO, difficult airway management, and pediatric transport.

Educational Qualification:

• MD (Pediatrics) – Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
• Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – PICU & ER, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Guindy, Chennai
• Assistant Professor – PICU, SRMC Porur & KMC Manipal (4 years)
• Clinical Fellow – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, SickKids Hospital, Toronto (2015–2017)
• Pediatric Intensivist – Global Hospitals, Chennai (4 years)

Fellowships:

• Clinical Fellowship – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Publications:

• Authored book chapters related to pediatric critical care
• Papers and presentations in pediatric intensive care