Dr. Shama Sowdagar has done her postgraduation in Paediatrics from prestigious pediatric tertiary care institute, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital(KKCTH), Chennai
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE
- MBBS, NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE, Nellore. (Batch 2008)
- DNB PAEDIATRICS, KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL, Chennai. (2015-2018)
- ADMO / PAEDIATRICIAN, INDIAN RAILWAYS HEALTH SERVICES. (2018-2020)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
- Member, European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Education. (2021-2022)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Dr. Swamysaran Bommakanti Gold Medal for securing highest marks in OPHTHALMOLOGY examination in Narayana Medical College.
- Dr. K. Mathangi Ramakrishnan Gold Medal for best outgoing postgraduate in PAEDIATRICS for the year 2019 from Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai.
- 1st prize in Objective Structured Clinical Examination in RIPE 2018, a National Level Pediatric Postgraduate Exam Refresher Course, held at SRMC, Chennai.
- 2nd prize for competitive case presentation on 'Pyrexia of Unknown Origin' in World Arthritis Day programme held in October 2017 conducted by IAP-CCB and SRMC, Chennai.
PUBLICATIONS
- Shama Sowdagar, Janani Sankar, Venkateswari Ramesh, Mahesh Janarthanan. Isolated pulmonary artery involvement in childhood Takayasu arteritis. Proceedings of the 24th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: Part three. Pediatr Rheumatol 15, 59 (2017).
THESIS WORK
- Presence of sleep disturbances in children attending a tertiary care hospital.
