Dr. Swagata Tripathy

Dr. Swagata Tripathy

Professor
Anesthesiology and Critical Care

anaes_swagata@aiimsbhubaneswar.edu.in

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Dr. Swagata Tripathy

Professor

Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Degree / Diploma Year of Passing Subject Name of the University/ Institution
PhD Ongoing; expected 2026 Implementation Science / Population Health Sciences University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute
European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) 2012 Intensive Care European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine (IDCC) 2009 Critical Care Medicine Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
DNB, Anaesthesiology 2006 Anaesthesiology National Board of Examinations, India
MBBS 2000 All Subjects SCB Medical College, Odisha
  • Multidisciplinary intensive care and perioperative critical care; sepsis, ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring and organ
    support.
  • Neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care, including raised intracranial pressure, neuromonitoring, transcranial Doppler,
    awake craniotomy and deep-brain stimulation.
  • Difficult airway management, point-of-care ultrasound, ultrasound-guided vascular access and regional anaesthesia.
  • ICU survivorship, post-ICU rehabilitation, caregiver training, quality of life and person-centred critical care.
  • Implementation science, registry-enabled quality improvement, learning health systems and multicentre collaborative
    research.
  • Emergency and trauma systems, clinical education, simulation and postgraduate mentorship.

  • Clinical Fellow, Neuroanaesthesia & Neurocritical Care, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK (2010-2011); RCoA-recognised
    ODTS training post.
  • Fellow of the Indian College of Critical Care Medicine (FICCM), 2023.
  • Honorary Fellowship in Neurocritical Care (FSNCC Hon), Society of Neurocritical Care, 2022.

  • First Prize, Critical Care category, 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA 2026), Marrakech, Morocco, for the presentation “VExUS-Guided De-Resuscitation in Congested Critically Ill Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial.”
  • Best Research Paper, Criticare 2023, for the AIIMS ICU Rehabilitation (AIR) family-led home-rehabilitation programme.
  • Challenges Award for Critical Care in South Asia, SG-ANZICS Asia Pacific, 2019.
  • Wellcome Trust-Oxford supported doctoral training / innovation award for PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
  • Academic distinction / medal in MD training at PGIMER Chandigarh; honours and academic medals during MBBS.

  • Member, Intensive & Critical Care Medicine Committee, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).
  • Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Past Vice President, Society of Neurocritical Care, India.
  • Member, national guideline committees for brain-stem death declaration and ICU admission/discharge policies.
  • Participant in international research networks including Critical Care Asia and ISARIC-linked activities.

  • Blok SG, de Grooth H, Pisani L, et al. Fluid Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Adult Patients. JAMA. Published online October 14, 2026. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.21291.
  • Tripathy S, Gamage Dona D, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan BK, et al. Critical care utilisation, and outcomes of critically ill obstetric patients in India: a multicentre ICU registry study (2019-2024). The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia. 2026;52:100845. doi:10.1016/j.lansea.2026.100845.
  • Tripathy S, Shetty AP, Hansda U, et al. Family-led post-ICU discharge intervention for tracheostomized patients in India: feasibility and formative impact evaluation. PLOS ONE. 2026;21(5):e0348345. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0348345.
  • Tripathy S, Nasa P, Ramakrishnan N, Schultz MJ, Peter JV. Green intensive care: reimplementing what LMICs have long practised. The Lancet Global Health. 2025;13:e1166-e1167. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00196-2.
  • Lone NI, Masterson JA, Tripathy S. Understanding the scale of critical illness in Africa and the need for universal access to emergency and critical care. The Lancet. 2025;405(10480):674-675. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02843-5.
  • Tripathy S, Singh N, Panda A, et al. Critical care admissions and outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women: a systematic review. Intensive Care Medicine. 2024;50(12):1983-1993. doi:10.1007/s00134-024-07682-3.
  • Tripathy S, Acharya SP, Sahoo AK, et al. Timing of exposure to ICU diaries and its impact on mental health, memories, and quality of life: a double-blind randomized control trial. Critical Care Explorations. 2022;4(8):e0742. doi:10.1097/CCE.0000000000000742.

  • AIIMS ICU Rehabilitation (AIR): National PI for multicentre implementation of supported discharge and family-led home rehabilitation for chronically critically ill and tracheostomised patients, integrating ICU survivorship, caregiver training and implementation science.
  • Indian Registry of Intensive Care (IRIS): National Lead within the Critical Care Asia ecosystem, using registry data for epidemiology, benchmarking, quality improvement and multicentre research.
  • INDIA-EMS: Co-PI in a national implementation-research programme developing integrated, high-quality and patientcentred district emergency-care systems.
  • Post-ICU Outcomes & Person-Centred Care: PI-led work on ICU memories, anxiety, depression, quality of life, caregiver burden, rehabilitation and post-ICU pathways.
  • Neurocritical Care & Perioperative Research: Research in traumatic brain injury, intracranial pressure, analgo-sedation, neuromonitoring, neurorehabilitation, perioperative safety and haemodynamic optimisation.

  • ICMR AIR multicentre supported-discharge implementation programme (2024-2026) — National Principal Investigator; AIIMS annual report lists INR 74 lakh funding.
  • ICMR / MoHFW INDIA-EMS integrated emergency-care systems programme (2024-2025) — Co-Principal Investigator; large national implementation-research programme.
  • Wellcome Trust-MORU Critical Care Asia / IRIS programme — Centre PI / national leadership; regional registry and collaborative critical-care research.
  • Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement (SAHAS ICU) at AIIMS Bhubaneswar — Site Lead & Executive Director.

ADMINISTRATIVE & INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Chairman, Institute IT Committee, AIIMS Bhubaneswar: April 2026-present; institutional oversight of IT-related planning, coordination and committee responsibilities.
  • Former Head, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, AIIMS Bhubaneswar: departmental academic, clinical and administrative leadership.
  • ICU In-charge, Department of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, AIIMS Bhubaneswar: current responsibility for ICU clinical coordination, service delivery and quality oversight.
  • Member, Institutional Ethics Committee and other institute committees: participation in institutional governance and academic/administrative committee work.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES / TEACHING & MENTORSHIP

  • Postgraduate teacher in MD Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care since 2012; faculty/instructor and research supervisor for DM Critical Care Medicine.
  • Teaching and supervision across MBBS, MD, DM, DNB, critical-care fellowships and MSc Critical Care Nursing; bedside, classroom, journal-club, simulation and procedural teaching.
  • Examiner and assessor across postgraduate and specialist programmes; mentor to residents, fellows and junior faculty.
  • Course leadership and faculty roles in trauma and emergency care, POCUS/ultrasound, difficult airway, BLS/CTLS, neurocritical care and simulation.
  • Course Coordinator for Primary Trauma & Emergency Care Training for district/peripheral teams, including curriculum and handbook development.
  • Invited faculty/speaker at international critical-care and anaesthesia meetings in the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal and regional Asia-Africa research meetings.
Dr. Swagata Tripathy

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Areas of Interest
    • Multidisciplinary intensive care and perioperative critical care; sepsis, ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring and organ
      support.
    • Neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care, including raised intracranial pressure, neuromonitoring, transcranial Doppler,
      awake craniotomy and deep-brain stimulation.
    • Difficult airway management, point-of-care ultrasound, ultrasound-guided vascular access and regional anaesthesia.
    • ICU survivorship, post-ICU rehabilitation, caregiver training, quality of life and person-centred critical care.
    • Implementation science, registry-enabled quality improvement, learning health systems and multicentre collaborative
      research.
    • Emergency and trauma systems, clinical education, simulation and postgraduate mentorship.