Department of Paediatrician

Education Qualifications

1. MBBS – Gujarat University, 1995
2. D. Ped - Gujarat University, 1998
3. MD (Ped) Gujarat University, 1999

Teaching Experience:

1. Undergraduate Medical students at BJ Medical College Ahmadabad & Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad.
2. Nursing students & PGDMCH students at BJ Medical College, Ahmadabad
3. Post graduate Medical students at Baroda Medical College
4. Teaching DNB Paediatric Students from 2021

Special Interest and Expertise

• Neonatology, Rheumatology, Nutrition
• Growth and development
• Infectious Diseases
• Reading, Travelling

Professional Membership

1. Life Member of IAP ( Central and Twin Cities Branch)
2. Life Member of NNF
3. Life Member of IRA
4. Life Member of IAP-Rheumatology Chapter.
5. Life Member of IAP – Medical Education Chapter
6. Trainer for NRP advanced and Basic, Early Childhood development RAP, ATM

Research work at AIIMS New Delhi:

1. Ananth T, K. Rama Santharam, MR Imran, Mallam Rashmita. A cross-sectional study on the
association of feeding patterns and nutritional status
among children aged upto two years. MedPulse- International Medical Journal
. April 2018:5(4):82-85 http://medpulse.in 2. K, Rama Santharam, Ananth T, M RImran. A prospective cross sectional
study of diabetes mellitus in children and early detection through community
screening program in defined group of children.
MedPulse International Journal of Pediatrics. September 2018:7(3):58-61 http://medpulse.in/Pediatrics/index.php 3. Ekta A. Dalal and Rama Kaja. Evaluating
Case-Based Learning versus Traditional Method of Teaching- Learning for
Undergraduate Medical Student: A Comparative Study
. Journal of Research in Medical Education & Ethics 2019;9(1):43-50. 4. Insect bite allergy in children -Text Book of Paediatric Allergy
and Applied Immunology (IAP Allergy and Applied Immunology
Chapter Dr. M. Surendranath, Dr. K. Rama 5. Surendranath M, Rama Kaja -Influenza Vaccines – Indian Context – Indian
Journal of Practical Paediatrics- Vol 23 No.1 Jan-Mar 2021 6. Influenza(Flu) Vaccines: Adult Immunization
in office practice; M. Surendranath, Rama Kaja, Tushar P Shah 7. Rama Kaja, Surendranath M: Seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 in children
admitted to a paediatric ward of an Urban Hospital. Paediatric infectious disase(2022):
10.5005(jp- Journals-10081-1341 Vol. 04, Issue 04) 8. E.Rajendra Kumar, Rama Santharam Kaja, Suraanjan Bhattacharjee et al
. A cross over study to establish effectiveness of phenol blocks to peripheral
nerves in reducing spasticity in traumatic and non-tramatic brain injured
and spinal cord injured patients Internal Journal of Toxicological
and Pharmacological Research, Vol.12, Issue 8; 238-247