Dr. Sheila Nainan Myatra is an intensive care specialist from India with 20 years of experience in anaesthesiology and critical care, who has held multiple leadership roles and authored numerous guidelines and research studies.

Qualification and Experience

• Specialty: Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
• MD, FCCM, FICCM

Current Role:

• Consultant intensive care specialist at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India

Experience:

• 20 years at Asia's largest cancer hospital

Key Expertise :

• Specializations: Airway Management, Haemodynamic Monitoring, Sedation, End-of-life care
• New Test: Developed the "tidal volume challenge" for hemodynamic monitoring

Milestones and Leadership Roles

• President: Current President of the "All India Difficult Airway Association" (AIDAA)
• Secretary Elect: Indian College of Critical Care Medicine of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Guest Editor: Appointed Guest Editor of the "Intensive Care Medicine" Journal since 2019
• International Collaborations: Member of the "ESICM Diversity Task Force" and one of 13 international experts working on the "Project for Universal Management of the Airways" (PUMA)

Research and Publications

• Lead Author: First published ICU intubation guideline, "Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in the ICU"
• Guideline on "Unanticipated Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Adults" by AIDAA
• End-of-life care guidelines for India
• Coordinator: Development of the first national difficult airway guidelines (IJA Dec. 2016)
• Lead coordinator from India for multicentric studies, including the ACME study, Worldwide Survey of the "ABCDEF" bundle, MOSAICS II Study, and the INTUBE Study

Surveys: Conducted the first national sedation survey (IJCCM Sept. 2014)