Dr. Aakriti Sharma

About the Doctor

Dedicated and precise Critical Care Specialist with comprehensive experience in high-volume tertiary care intensive care settings. Adept in advanced mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) diagnostics. Proven clinical acumen in rapid diagnostic reasoning, multidisciplinary emergency stabilization, and compassionate patient-family counseling.

Education

• DrNB (Critical Care Medicine) — Metro Heart Institute with Multispeciality Hospital,Faridabad (2020-2023)
• MD (Anesthesiology) — Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Ajmer (2017-2020)
• MBBS — Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur (2010-2016)

Experience

Consultant – Critical Care | January 2024 – Present
SSB Heart and Multispeciality Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana

• Clinical Management: Direct the cross-functional clinical management of critically ill patients within complex intensive care environments.
• Patient Assessment: Conduct comprehensive clinical evaluations, continuous physiological monitoring, and timely interventions for high-acuity pathologies.
• Collaborative Care: Partner dynamically with multi-specialty consultants, critical care nursing units, and allied healthcare staff to implement evidence-based care plans.
• Procedures: Perform advanced bedside critical care procedures under strict safety and patient-centered protocols.

Senior Resident – Critical Care Medicine | December 2020 – December 2023
Metro Heart & Multispeciality Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana

• ICU Operations: Managed comprehensive diagnostic and treatment protocols for critically ill patients in a high-volume, tertiary-care ICU.
• Life Support Mastery: Directed complex respiratory therapies including mechanical ventilation setup, specialized airway optimization, and aggressive weaning metrics.
• Hemodynamic Monitoring: Interpreted advanced invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic metrics to guide emergency resuscitations and vasoactive support.
• Emergency Response: Executed rapid-response stabilization protocols for multi-system organ failure and acute cardiopulmonary crises.

Core Clinical Procedures

• Airway & Ventilatory Support: Endotracheal Intubation, Difficult Airway Management, Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy (PDT), Invasive & Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation setup, and complex weaning strategies.
• Vascular Access: Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter (CVC) insertion, Arterial Line placement, Dialysis Catheter insertion.
• Diagnostics & Monitoring: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) mastery, 2D Echocardiography, Lung Ultrasound evaluation, and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST).
• Other Core Competencies: Intercostal Drain (ICD) insertion, Lumbar Puncture, Abdominal Paracentesis, and regional nerve blocks for acute pain management.

Research and Dissertation

Thesis Projects

• Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Low Dose Bupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of Prostate under Subarachnoid Block.
• Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine Versus Midazolam for Sedation in COPD Patients on Mechanical Ventilation.

Paper Publications

• Sharma, A. Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Low Dose Bupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of Prostate under Subarachnoid Block.

Key Skills and Strengths

• Hemodynamic Assessment: Expertise in tracking advanced critical care metrics, oxygen delivery optimization, and systematic physiological calculations.
• Crisis Communication: Elite interpersonal capacity for delivering clear, empathetic, and culturally grounded clinical updates to patients and distressed families.
• Professional Ethics: Sincere, ethical, and highly accountable practitioner focused on delivering rigorous care during high stress call shifts.

Professional Memberships

• Life Member: Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) , Indian Society of Anasthesiologist (Associate life member I.S.A)