Dr. Pratheema Ramachandran graduated MBBS from Vinayaka Missions Medical College, Salem and pursued post graduation in Anesthesiology (DNB) from National Board of Examinations at Apollo Main hospitals, Chennai, Tamilnadu. She subsequently pursued Critical Care and completed Diploma (IDCCM) and Fellowship (IFCCM) of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC).

Apart from being a regular teaching faculty / examiner for courses conducted by Indian society of critical care medicine (ISCCM), and her contributions to various book chapters published by ISCCM, she is also the local host organizer & course director for Emergency Neurological Life support (ENLS) course accredited by Neurocritical care Society of USA.

She had been an active member of the Society of NeuroCritical Care, SNCC, India and executive board member of the College of NeuroCritical Care, CNCC, India. Apart from being awarded with Presidential Citation, she was also conferred with an Honorary Fellowship (FSNCC).

She is a certified Simulation trainer- regular teaching faculty at Apollo Simulation centre, holds memberships of PediSTARS , Society of Healthcare simulation, India and USA. She holds a level 3 honours in Simulation training and had been the coordinator for simulation training at TACT Academy of Clinical training (May 2024-Jan 2025)

She is currently a Senior Consultant and Clinical Lead at Apollo Specialty Hospitals, OMR, Chennai.

 Positions held:

1. Executive board member – ISCCM, Chennai from 2021-2023.
2. Panel member authorized for Brain dead declaration by Tamil Nādu govt- Since 2019.
3. Visiting Faculty at Saveetha Medical college, Chennai – 2021.
4. Executive Board member – Academic secretary – College of Neurocritical Care, CNCC, INDIA- from Sep 2022 -2024.
5. Examiner for IDCCN- Indian Diploma of Critical Care Nursing- from 2022.
6. Examiner for IDCCM- Indian Diploma of Critical Care Medicine- from 2023.
7. Editorial board member for Critical Care communications-ISCCM – 2024-2025.
8. Editorial board member of Indian Journal of Critical care medicine- IJCCM-2025-2026.
9. Zonal Academic committee member- ISCCM (Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine) 2024-2026.
10. Executive board member- Society of Neurocritical Care, India 2024-2026.
11. Coordinator for Simulation training at TACT academy for clinical training, Chennai May2024 to Jan 2025.

MEMBERSHIPS

1. Indian Medical Association (IMA) – since 2013
2. Indian Society of Critical care medicine (ISCCM) – since 2013
3. European Society of Critical Care Medicine (ESICM) – since 2014
4. Neurocritical care society of USA (NCS)- Since 2019
5. Neurocritical Care society of India – (SNCC)- Since 2019
6. Society of Simulation in Healthcare, USA – (SSH) since 2021
7. Society of Simulation in Healthcare, India- (SHS) since 2021
8. Pediatric Simulation and Research society (PediSTARS) since 2023