Gopika Prasad

Dedicated , passionate and resourceful Specialist Paediatrician offering more than 20 years of clinical experience with rich experience in the field with a strong educational background, training, and research. Working in the UAE as Specialist Paediatrician for more than 12 years of which the last 11 years in a multi-speciality corporate hospital. Expert in managing common paediatric and neonatal conditions. Routinely managing busy Outpatient Department, Inpatient Department and Urgent Care. Manages Special Care Neonatal unit and attends to deliveries of newborns. Strong ability to establish rapport with children , counselling children and parents effectively .

• Omana Mathew Award in 2011 for the best thesis of PG students from Medical Colleges in Kerala for the thesis work on “Antenatally detected renal anomalies - postnatal follow up study”.
• Best Paper Award in free paper session in the 23rd National Conference of Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 19th - 20th Nov 2011.
• 2nd prize for paper presentation in Kerala Association of Neurologists-Midterm meet 2010 in Kollam, Kerala on 7th Nov 2010.

• International Publications
• Published article in International Journal of Development Research in October 2017 - Original research article on outcome of antenatally detected hydronephrosis in a tertiary care center in South India.
• An Uncommon Presentation of Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation in a 7 Year old boy _A Case Report-published in Cureus Journal in May 2026 and PMC indexed.
• Paper Presentations
• Kerala Association of Neurologists Midterm conference held at Alleppy, Kerala on 3rd Nov 2013.
• XIII National Conference of Neurology chapter, Indian Academy of Pediatrics held at Alleppy, Kerala on 7th and 8th Dec 2013.
• Annual National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, held at Gurgaon, India on 19th - 22nd Jan 2012.
• South Zone and Kerala State Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Angamali, Kerala on 4th, 5th, & 6th Nov 2011.
• Annual Conference of Nephrology Association of Kerala, held at Trivandrum, Kerala on 17th - 18th Sep 2011.
• 23rd National Conference of Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 19th - 20th Nov 2011.
• Kerala Association of Neurologists Midterm conference held at Kollam, Kerala on 7th Nov 2010

• Other Trainings:
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course updated in April 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Basic Life Support Course updated in April2 025 n Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program in September 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Course by Society of Critical Care Medicine by SKMC Hospital in Abu Dhabi, 2018
• CMEs Attended
• Various International, National and Regional CMEs and webinars on General Pediatrics, Neonatology, and various Pediatric Subspecialities.