Dr. Santhosh Soans elected Vice President of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Media Release
Mangalore, Jan 20: City based pediatrician Dr. Santhosh T. Soans has been elected Vice President of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) during its national conference held at Hyderabad on 7th January 2010. IAP is the world’s second largest pediatric association with over 20,000 members.
Dr. Soans studied MBBS at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and acquired his MD and DCH degrees in Paediatrics from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal / Mangalore. This was followed by a brief stint abroad after which he returned to Mangalore to join Fr. Muller’s Hospital and Medical College as a Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Chief of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Presently he serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Chief of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at AJ Institute of Medical Science.
All through his career, Dr. Soans has taken a keen interest in paediatric intensive care and adopted it as his professional specialization.
He is actively involved in the activities of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and has served four terms as its executive board member representing Karnataka state. Prior to this, he has served for ten years as the Joint Secretary of IAP Karnataka state branch. He is also the Founder President of IAP Intensive Care Chapter Karnataka, Founder Chairman of Indian Society for Critical Care Medicine, Mangalore Chapter and Past Editor of ‘The Intensivist’, the official journal of IAP Intensive Care Chapter.