Dr. Smrithi Madhava Menon currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine, Kochi.
She underwent her MBBS and internship training from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, graduating in 2011, followed by MD Paediatrics in 2014 from Navodaya Medical College under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. She subsequently worked for a brief period as a Paediatrician in Lakshmi Hospital, Ernakulam before she embarked onto the field of Neonatology. During the years from 2014 to 2019, she completed her Fellowship in Neonatology in 2016 and an Advanced Neonatal fellowship in 2017 from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, succeeded by a Neonatal fellowship in 2019 in John Radcliffe hospital, Oxford, UK under Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has given international presentations and published in various international journals. She is passionately involved in academics and several research projects.
2021
As a Speaker and co-organiser- Spoke on ‘The Neonatal Turmoil- Management of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)’ in a webinar on Foetal Diaphragmatic Hernia, organised by the Perinatology division by Foetal Medicine Centre in Bangalore, March 2021.
2020
As a Speaker on ‘Apnoea of Term Neonate’ in the 5th CME web-series of NNF Kerala, September 2020.
2019
Conducted a workshop on NRP in the Obstetric Rapid Response Team CME in October 2019 in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India.
2019
As an International Guest speaker on ‘Optimising Growth and Nutrition’ in the 18th Annual Scientific Congress of Perinatology, Sri Lanka, September 2019.
2019
Conducted workshops on ‘Therapeutic Hypothermia in HIE’ and ‘Usage of iNO in Pulmonary Hypertension’ in the 18th Annual Scientific Congress of Perinatology, Sri Lanka, September 2019.
2016
Presented a study on The Role of Sodium on Metabolic Disease of Prematurity in the 2016 Paediatric Academic Society conference in Baltimore, United States.
2014
Published a dissertation titled ‘The Impact of Parenting on Adolescents in Raichur, Karnataka, India’ in 2014.