Dr. Manisha Chakrabarti

About Doctor

Dr. Manisha Chakrabarti specializes in pediatric cardiology and has more than 15 years of professional expertise in the field.

She is a lifetime member of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the Cardiology Society of India, the Pediatric Cardiology Society of India, and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Noida.

She was granted a National Merit Scholarship on the basis of her Secondary Examination performance in 1986 and her Higher Secondary Examination performance in 1988.

She was also given the Bharat Jyoti Award and named one of the Best Citizens of India by the India International Friendship Society in 2012-13.

Her area of expertise is in the diagnosis of heart abnormalities using pediatric and neonatal 2D/color and 3D echocardiography. She is able to identify both basic and complicated heart disorders using these techniques.

Dr. Manisha Chakrabarti has contributed articles to a number of publications in both national and international journals that are concerned with pediatric cardiology.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS 
• MD

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• Apollo Spectra Hospital, New Delhi 
• Max Super Speciality hospital, Patparganj, New Delhi 
• Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre, New Delhi 
• Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi 
• Department of Pediatric Cardiology 
• Pusphawati Singhania Research Institute, New Delhi

Career Highlights

• Dr. Manisha is a skilled interventional pediatric cardiologist who has a wealth of knowledge in her field.
• She received her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the most prestigious medical institution in India, which is the Medical College in Calcutta.
• After that, she received her Doctor of Medicine degree in pediatrics from the V. S. S. Medical College in Sambalpur.
• She pursued her passion for cardiology by enrolling at Escorts Heart Institute in Delhi and receiving her training in pediatric cardiology from the renowned professor Savitri Shrivastava there.
• She attended the National Board of Examinations in Delhi in order to complete her post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric cardiology.
• Her areas of interest include tissue Doppler imaging in cardiomyopathies, prenatal echocardiography, 2D and 3D echocardiography in all complicated congenital heart conditions, and various treatments such as balloon valvuloplasties and device closures.
• Additionally, she has been an active participant in medical camps and outpatient departments in many regions of the nation in order to provide cardiac care directly to patients' homes.

Research and Fellowships

• Research work (Thesis) for MD in Pediatrics was on " Role of C-reactive protein in diagnosis and deciding the duration of antibiotics therapy in suspected neonatal sepsis.
• Research project: Role of cardiac catheterization and nitrous oxide study in evaluating patients with large left to right shunts with severe PAH – a study of 25 patients in Escorts Heart Institute.
• Visiting fellowship for 3D, fetal, and invasive pediatric cardiology, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
• Fellowship, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi

Awards and Recoginition

• Funding based on performance in the 1986 National Merit Scholarship Examination for Secondary School Students.
• Scholarships awarded to students who scored well on the 1988 National Merit Examination for High School Graduates.
• Honored as one of India's finest by the India International Friendship Society and awarded the Bharat Jyoti prize for 2012–13.
• Life member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• Life member of Cardiological Society of India
• Life member of Pediatric Cardiology Society of India
• Life member of IAP, Noida.