Dr. I. Venugopal Reddy

Dr. I. Venugopal Reddy (born on June 10, 1983) is a Pediatrician with a career spanning 12 years, Reddy specializes in Pediatrics and Neonatology and is very passionate about ensuring high-quality care for patients. 
==Early Life and Education==
Venugopal Reddy was born as the 7th child in a family of 8 children. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife. Venugopal Reddy attended Government schools in the Kadapa district. He used to walk for long distances every day in a place that did not have proper transport and basic facilities in place, even for small health emergencies they used to travel for long distances. Dr. Venugopal Reddy went to Kurnool Medical College for MBBS, Sydney University of Pediatric (Australia) for DCH, and Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK) for MRCPCH. He then attended Boston University and Columbia University for PGPN before attending Oxford University to study infectious disease training. Also, reddy became a Member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (MRACP) and got the comparability for FRACP (Australia).
Reddy boasts expertise in General Pediatrics, Neonatal Care, Intensive Care, Growth and Development, Allergies, Vaccination, Infectious Diseases, and Adolescent Medicine.
==Career==
Dr. Reddy began his career as an intern in 2008 at Kurnool Medical College. In 2010, Reddy became a Resident in Paediatrics at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. In 2013, he joined Apollo Hospitals in Bangalore as the Paediatric registrar. During the same period, he worked as a part-time consultant pediatrician at the Sri Lakshmi Super Specialty Hospital in Bangalore. Between 2014 and 2017, Reddy moved to Srinivasa Specialty Hospital, Bangalore, India as a Part-Time Consultant Paediatrician and In Charge of Paediatrics. 
In 2017, Reddy started a new career at the Ovum Hospital as Medical Director and Consultant Paediatrician. Later he became one of the directors for Ovum Hospitals. Dr. Reddy has contributed much to social services like school health camps, free health checks, and free drug distribution to the needy.
==Notable Fellowship and memberships==
* Member of the Royal College of Pediatrics and child health (UK)
* Member of Sydney University of Pediatrics (Australia)
* Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (USA)
* Member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (Australia)
* Member of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics
* Member of Karnataka Medico-Legal Society
* Member of the Indian Society of Clinical Research
==Awards and achievements==
* Garden City University Puraskar Award 
* GE Healthcare award
* National Social Service award
* Best outgoing student from the University
==Publications==
Dr Reddy also published books and over 25 articles as a first author in international peer review journals and reported many rare cases. Some of the journals are listed below;
* Neonates extender new ballard score and parkin score comparison for gestational age assessment
* Risk Factors and Microbiological Outcome in Neonatal Sepsis: A Clinical Study
* Clinical profile of acute bronchiolitis
* Study of fall from height in infants and children silent epidemic review of mechanisms of fall and their prevention
* Growth monitoring of VLBW babies in NICU
* Clinical therapy of UTI in children under the age of five varies widely
* Autosomal Dominant Type of Acro- Osteolysis
* Enteric with Twist
* Study of Procalcitonin as a Marker of Severity of Renal Lesions in Children with Urinary Tract Infection
* To Evaluate the Occurrence and to Analyse Risk Factors for the Development of ROP in a Tertiary Care Hospital 
* Study of Vision Screening in School Children between 5 and 15 Years 
* Feasibility of Minimal Enteral Nutrition During Therapeutic Hypothermia for Perinatal Asphyxia: A Five-Year Multicenter Experience from South India
* Reducing the costs of floor cleaning in a level III NICU of Bangalore rural: a quality
* Reducing healthcare-associated infections by improving compliance to aseptic non-touch technique in intravenous line maintenance: a quality improvement approach
* Category-Paper Title-Feasibility of minimal enteral nutrition during therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia: one-year experience
* Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy masquerader- Maple syrup urine disease
* Study of procalcitonin as a marker of severity of renal lesions in children with urinary tract infections
* Reducing Health-care Associated Infections by improving compliance to ANTT for IV line Maintenance: A QI Study
* Correlational Study Of Crp And Blood Culture In Evaluation Of Neonatal Sepsis
* A Study Of Etiology And Cytomorphological Profile Of Significant Pediatric Lymphadenopathy In A Rural Tertiary Care Hospital
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Dr. I. Venugopal Reddy on Google Scholar
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Category:1983 births
Category:Pediatricians
Category:People from Bangalore