Dr. Vaidyanathan R

Dr. Vaidyanathan R is a consultant anaesthesiologist and intensivist with 25 years of clinical experience in critical care, trauma and regional anaesthesia. He founded and has led the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain at Cauvery Heart & Multi-Speciality Hospital since its inception and has been among the early adopters in the region of evidence-based, protocolised critical care practice. He leads the hospital's NABH-compliant intensive care unit and serves as Academic Head overseeing NBE postgraduate training, clinical audit, quality assurance and institutional critical-care policy.
Dr. Vaidyanathan has been an invited faculty member at numerous national and regional conferences, CME programmes and academic forums, with teaching and scientific contributions spanning critical care, toxicology, resuscitation and anaesthesia. He regularly conducts CMEs, workshops and hands-on academic programmes focused on airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, resuscitation science and mechanical ventilation, with particular emphasis on practical skills and bedside applicability.
Author or co-author of more than 25 papers in indexed national and international journals, with research and academic interests spanning critical care medicine, toxicology, trauma, resuscitation and anaesthesia. He maintains professional research profiles through Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate and other academic platforms.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
-
- Life Member, Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA).
- Life Member, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM).
- Life Member, Indian Society of Toxicology (IST).
- Member, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
-
-
Critical Care Medicine
-
Anaesthesia
-
Toxicology
-
Resuscitation
-
Airway Management
-
Mechanical Ventilation
-
Trauma
-
Regional Anaesthesia
-
CPR & Community Resuscitation Training
-
Medical Education
-
-
2001 MBBS — University of Mysore
-
2005 Diploma in Anaesthesiology — Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru.
-
2008 DNB — Anaesthesiology — National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
-
2010 European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) — European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Brussels.
-
2021 Certificate, Medicolegal Law — Institute of Medicine and Law.
-
2022 Certificate Course, Pain & Palliative Care — IAPC / TIPS.
-
2023 Certificate Course, Ethical Review of Biomedical Research — ICMR – National Institute of Epidemiology
-
Chairman, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) — Mysore Chapter.
-
Founder Member, ISCCM Mysore City Branch.
-
Founder Member, Mysore Critical Care Forum (erstwhile).
-
President, Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA) — Mysore City Branch; previously served as Secretary.
-
Convener, Indian Resuscitation Council Federation (IRCF), since 2017.
-
Director, Comprehensive Regional Training Centre (CRTC), IRCF — Mysore.
-
Examiner, National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS).
-
Founding Head, Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain, Cauvery Hospital.
-
Academic Head overseeing NBE postgraduate training programs.
-
ICU Lead responsible for the hospital's NABH-compliant intensive care unit


