Currently working as Consultant Pediatrics & Pediatric Critical Care at Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai (AHNM).

Faculty of Institute of Child Health (ICH) at AHNM since December 2017, involved in holistic care of pediatric & neonatal patients.

Area of expertise in pediatric cardiac surgical & medical intensive care, pediatric liver transplant intensive care, hemat-oncology including BMT intensive care along with skilled PICU care in pediatric subspecialities of Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, Trauma, Orthopedics, Burns care, Neonatal surgery for Indian as well as international patients.

>50 pediatric living donor related liver transplant cases perioperative and post op care experience since  last 5 years at Pediatric Liver Transplant Unit, AHNM (one of the leading and largest center in western India).

Complex Cardiac surgical cases PCICU management over 5 years at AHNM including Fontan surgery, Truncus Arteriosus repair, BD Glenn, neonatal cardiac surgeries, etc.

Internationally recognised IAP & ISCCM assigned PICU Fellowship (IDPCCM) from one of the premier tertiary care institute in central India, Choithram Hospital & Research Centre (CHRC), Indore, MP.

Extensive experience of caring for children of all ages and varied illnesses in government as well as private healthcare setup.

Academically active in PG teaching and medical research with numerous publications and conferences attended regularly.

Emphasis on Nutrition, Immunization & Preventive health care promotion to enhance every child’s well being.

MBBS at Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai (2002 – 2007) with 1 year Internship completed in Feb. 2008.

DCH (Post-graduation in Pediatrics) at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune for 2 years (May 2009 – April 2011).

DNB Pediatrics at Choithram Hospital & Research Centre (CHRC), Indore for 2 years (March 2012 – March 2014).

Specialty Medical Officer (SMO) Pediatrics at V. N. Desai Hospital, Santa Cruz, Mumbai for 10 months while serving Post-PG Government of Maharashtra Bond (Dec. 2014 – Nov. 2015).

IAP PICU Fellowship (IDPCCM, 1 year course) at CHRC, Indore (Nov.2015 – Nov.2016).

Pediatric Intensivist in Department of Pediatrics at Dr. D Y Patil Medical College & Hospital, Nerul Navi Mumbai for 7 months (May 2017 - Nov. 2017).

1. IAP (INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS)

2. PICC INDIA (IAP INTENSIVE CARE CHAPTER) & COLLEGE OF PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE

3. ISCCM (INDIAN SOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE)

1. Awarded Certificate of Appreciation from B.J. Medical College & Government of Maharashtra, Pune 2009.

2. Winner of 6^th IAP Pediatric Quiz for Post Graduates “Divisional/State Round”, Bhopal 2012.

3. First-hand experience of managing Pediatric Swine Flu (H1N1 influenza) cases during 2009 outbreak at Tertiary Care Centre at B.J.M.C Pune.

1. Symposium article: A Brief Review of the Use of Vasopressin in Critically Ill Children. Verma R, Passi GR. Journal of pediatric critical care, Vol.4, No.4, Oct.-Dec.2017.

2. Original research article: Study of knowledge attitude practices and utilization of existing health services by families with regard to newborn health at block level in rural India: a community based, cross sectional, observational study. Choudhary M, Verma R, Jain S. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2019 Mar;6(2):704-712

3. Case report: Preoperative successful thrombectomy and thrombolysis of acute extensive splanchnic venous system and TIPSS thrombosis in a child with Budd-Chiari Syndrome - creating a window to enable living donor liver transplantation. Pediatric transplantation, Vol.25, No.3, e13857, Nov.2020 (Pediatr. transplant.2020;00:e13857)

4. Spontaneous Episodic Hypothermia: a case report. Verma R, Jain S, Khan N, Kukreja D, Passi GR. Published in Indian Journal of Pediatric Neurology, volume 3, 2017.

5. Poster presentation: “Are We Aware of Water of Life – ORS” in 36^th Annual Conference Research Society of B.J.Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, March 2010.