IAP Drug Formulary - Contributors
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Jeeson C Unni
Consultant Pediatrician,
Dr Kunhalu's Nursing Home,
T D Road, Kochi - 682 011
Kerala.
Ph 0484 2368429 368451(H), 2315718(R);
Mob 098472 45207; Fax 2354960
e mail: jeeson@asianetindia.com

Editors
Dr M K C Nair
President IAP 2004
Director, Child Development Centre
Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. P. S. N. Menon
Consultant & Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Armed Forces Hospital,PO Box No 5819,
Salmiya 22069, Kuwait
Former Prof. of Pediatrics, AIIMS
New Delhi

DR CP BANSAL
1/5 SHABD PRATAP ASHRAM
LASHKAR ,GWALIOR
PIN: 474012
MADHYA PRADESH
Chairperson , Computer and
Medical Informatics Chapter of IAP

Associate editors
DR SS KAMATH
PRESIDENT, IAP 2015
XL/5152 TD ROAD (NORTH END)
KOCHI
ERNAKULAM682035
KERALA

DR DHEERAJ SHAH
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Indian Pediatrics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
UCMS & GTB HOSPITAL
DILSHAD GARDEN 
DELHI 110095 
DR P RAMACHANDRAN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IJPP
G-3 MURUGAN APARTMENTS
18 SIVASAILAM STREET
T NAGAR 
CHENNAI 600017 
TAMIL NADU

Chapter authors

NEONATOLOGY
DR. PARESH SONI.
Neonatal & Paediatric Intensivist
Associate Professor of Paediatrics & Neonatology
S.K.N. Medical College, Pune

Dr. Anjali Kulkarni.
Secretary, Neonatal chapter, IAP
Consultant Neonatologist, Indraprastha Apollo hospital,
New Delhi.

Dr. Reeta Bora
Associate Professor & In-charge Neonatal Unit
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam

NEUROLOGY
PROF.(DR )P A MOHAMMED KUNJU
WHO FELLOW IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY (USA)
PROF & HEAD OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
SAT HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, 
TRIVANDRUM 695011, KERALA INDIA

NEPHROLOGY
Dr. Jyoti Sharma
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
BharatiVidyapeeth Deemed University, Medical College
Pune 411 043, Maharashtra, 
Hon. Secy Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Dr. Arpana Iyengar
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics,
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore, Karnataka

Col. Madhuri Kanitkar
Senior Advisor
Children's Kidney Care Center
Pediatrics & Pediatric Nephrology
Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Bihar.

Dr. K.D.Phadke MD(Ped), DABPN (USA)
Prof. of Pediatric Nephrology
Children's Kidney Care Center
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore 560034, India

Dr.Anil Vasudevan
MD(Ped),DNB(Ped),Fellowship(Ped Nephrol)
Senior Research Associate
Children's Kidney Care Center
Dept. of Pediatrics
St. John's Medical College Hospital
Bangalore

ENDOCRINOLOGY

The following contributed to the review and editing of "Drug monographs - Drugs used in Endocrinology"
Anurag Bajpai 
Consultant Ped. & Adol. Endocrinologist
Regency Hospital, 
Kanpur 208005

Dr. Sudha Rao Chandrashekhar
Professor of Pediatrics
I/C Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children
Parel, Mumbai.

Dr. Vandana Jain
Associate Professor 
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Department of Pediatrics
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi

Dr Shaila S Bhattacharyya
Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist
Manipal Hospital 
Bangalore

Dr. P.S.N. Menon
Consultant & Head
Department of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital
Kuwait
The following edited the "Protocols for management of Endocrine Disorders"
Anurag Bajpai
Consultant Ped. & Adol. Endocrinologist
Regency Hospital, Kanpur 208005

Preeti Dabadghao 
Associate Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014

Anju Virmani 
Consultant Endocrinologist/Diabetologist
Apollo, Max & Sunderlal Jain Hospitals
New Delhi

Vijayalakshmi Bhatia
Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, UP

P.S.N. Menon
Consultant & Head, Dept. of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
 Dr. Indra Shekhar Rao - Hyderabad
 Dr. Digant Shastri - Surat 
 Dr. Ritabrat Kundu - Kolkata
 Dr. Ketan Bharadva - Surat 
 Dr. Ketan Shah - Surat
 Dr. Baldev Prajapati - Ahmedabad
 Dr. K. Upendra - Mumbai
 Dr. Ajay Kalra - Agra
 Dr. Nupur Ganguli - Kolkata
 Dr. S Balasubramanium
 Dr. Rakesh Mishra
 Dr. Shantanu Bhakta
 Dr. Nigam Narain
 Dr. Ashok Rai
 Dr. Anju Agrawal
 Dr. Upendra K.
 Dr. K.K. Arora
 Dr. Major Nagraju
 Dr. SS Rawat
 Dr. J.Chaudhary
 Dr. Manjori Mitra
 Dr. Kamlesh Parekh Ketan Shah
 Dr. Satish Pandya
 Dr. Abhay Shah



METABOLIC DISORDERS
DR. N.V.AHSAN MOOSA,
SENIOR SPECIALIST, DEPT.OF NEUROLOGY,
AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES &
RESEARCH CENTER,
COCHIN-24, KERALA, PIN-682024

DR. ARCHANA KHER,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND IN-CHARGE
NEONATOLOGY DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
T.N.MEDICAL COLLEGE & B.Y.L.NAIR HOSPITAL
MUMBAI 400008.
CHAIRPERSON GENETICS CHAPTER IAP

DR. MAMTA MURANJAN,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
GENETICS DIVISION & DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
SETH G.S.MEDICAL COLLEGE & K.E.M. HOSPITAL,
PAREL, MUMBAI 400012
SECRETARY-CUM-TREASURER, GENETICS CHAPTER IAP

ALLERGIC DISORDERS
DR KSH CHOURJIT SINGH
PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS
REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
IMPHAL , MANIPUR
CHAIRPERSON OF THE IAP CHAPTER ON GROWTH,
DEVELOPMENT & BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS

DR SHABINA AHMED,
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN,
GUWAHATI CHILDREN'S CLINIC , GUWAHATI
CONSULTANT DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN,
ASSAM AUTISM FOUNDATION.
NATIONAL SECRETARY, IAP CHAPTER ON GROWTH,
DEVELOPMENT & BEHAVIOURAL PEDIATRICS
103 SURYA APARTMENTS, 5 S K BHUYAN ROAD,
GUWAHATI 781 001


RHEUMATOLOGY
Dr. Raju Khubchandani 
Consultant Pediatrician
Jaslok and Breach Candy Hospitals , Mumbai

Dr. Rachana Hasija 

GASTROENTEROLOGY
Dr. John Mathai
Dept. of Pediatrics ,
Psg Institute of Medical Sciences
Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004, Tamil Nadu

Dr. Ashish Bavdekar
Associate Professor
Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist & 
Consultant in Pediatric Research
Department of Pediatrics
K.E.M. Hospital,Rasta Peth, Pune 411011.

HEMATO-ONCOLOGY

Dr Nivedita Dhingra
Fellow in pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi 110060

Dr Satya P Yadav,
1101 JAGAT VIDYA CHS LTD
Consultant in pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi

Dr Anupam Sachdeva
Director Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Institute For Child Health
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Recipient Dr BC Roy Award
Recipient Silver Jubilee Research Award
New Delhi 

CARDIOLOGY
DR M ZULFIKAR AHAMED SAJAN
PAZHAYA ROAD MCPO
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
PIN: 695011
KERALA

DR. RANI GERA, 
Chairperson, IAP Cardiology Chapter
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE & LN HOSPITAL
NEW DELHI 110002.

Dr. Smita Mishra, 
Secretary, IAP Cardiology Chapter
Senior Consultant, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology
Max Heart & Vascular Institute, Saket, New Delhi

Working Group on Management of Congenital, 
Heart Diseases in India (Participants have been
listed and recognized at the end of the Working
Groups recommendations)

RESPIRATORY

Dr Ilin Kinimi
Registrar, Pediatric Pulmonology
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

Dr Anuradha Vinod
Registrar, Pediatrics, 
Manipal Hospital Bangalore

Dr. Divya Gowri M.
Registrar, Pediatrics, 
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

Dr. Mahesh Babu
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

ADOLESCENT
DR CP BANSAL
1/5 SHABD PRATAP ASHRAM
LASHKAR
GWALIOR PIN: 474012
MADHYA PRADESH

DR SWATI Y BHAVE MD FIAP FAAP
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN
MAX HOSPITAL & APOLLO HOSPITAL
NEW DELHI
CHAIRPERSON

DERMATOLOGY
Dr. C. Vijayabhaskar
Assistant Professor
Dept of Dermatology
Govt. Royapetah Hospital
Chennai

Dr Anand V
Professor and HOD,
Department of Dermatology
Chengalpet Medical College
Chengalpet

DR R MADHU
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPT OF DERMATOLOGY
GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
AND
VELLORE MEDICAL COLLEGE,
VELLORE

Intensive Care

Dr Santosh Soans
Medical Chambers
Don Bosco Cross Lane, Balmata,
Mangalore
Dakshina Kanada
Karnataka,
India - 575001


Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Philip John Consultant Psychiatrist
Peejay's Policlinic
Kochi

SNAKE AND SCORPION ENVENOMATION
DR DR HIMMAT S BAWASKAR
BAWASKAR HOSPITAL
MAHAD
RAIGAD - 412301

DRUG MONOGRAPH & CDROM AND WEB UPDATES
DR JEESON C UNNI
CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN,
DR KUNHALU'S NURSING HOME,
T D ROAD, KOCHI - 682 011
KERALA.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IAP PEDIATRIC DRUG FORMULARY

Office Bearers and the Members of the Executive Board of IAP - 2015
President Dr. S. S. Kamath
President-Elect Dr. Pramod Jog
Imm. Past President Dr. Vijay N Yewale
Vice President Dr. Sanjay K. Ghorpade
Secretary General Dr. Pravin J. Mehta
Treasurer Dr. Bakul Jayant Parekh
Editor-in-Chief, IP Dr. Dheeraj Shah
Editor-in-Chief, IJPP Dr. P Ramachandran
Joint Secretary Dr. A. S. Vasudev
 
Andhra Pradesh
Dr. N. Ravi Kumar
Dr. T. Himabindu Singh
Dr. V. Ram Narsimha Reddy

       Assam
Dr. Garima Saikia

       Bihar
Dr. Binod Kumar Singh

       Chhattisgarh
Dr. Anoop Kumar Verma

       Delhi
Dr. Kiran Aggarwal
Dr. Rajeev Seth

       Goa
Dr. Nazareth Anthony Olegario

       Gujarat
Dr. Ashwin J. Sanghavi
Dr. Sandip K. Trivedi

Haryana
Dr. Prem Kumar Singla
Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Neelam Grover
Jharkhand
Dr. Sudhir Mishra
Karnataka
Dr. Babanna K. Hukkeri
Dr. Ravishankara M.
Dr. Somashekar A. R.
Kerala
Dr. Jeeson C. Unni
Dr. Jose Ouseph
Dr. Remesh Kumar R.
Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Khare
Dr. Pramod Kaushik
Maharashtra
Dr. Manish Ajeet Jain
Dr. Uday Ananth Pai
Dr. Vasant M. Khalatkar
Manipur
Dr. Ksh. Chourjit Singh
Odisha
Dr. Pravakar Mishra

Punjab
Dr. Sarvinder Singh

Rajasthan
Dr. Raj Kumar Gupta
Dr. Rajkishor B. Maheshwari
Tamil Nadu
Dr. M. Singaravelu
Dr. N. C. Gowrishankar
Dr. V. Sivaprakasam
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Ajit Singh
Dr. Syed Manazir Ali
Uttarakhand
Dr. Sudhir Kumar
West Bengal
Dr. Indranil Chowdhury
Dr. Madhusmita Sengupta
Services
Brig. Ashok Saxena
Observer
Dr. Ajoy Kumar
President’s Representative
Dr. Panna Choudhury
A.A.A
Dr. Deep Parekh

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF COMPUTER AND MEDICAL INFORMATICS CHAPTER OF IAP 2014

CHAIRPERSON:
Dr. Yatin Mehta

SECRETARY:
Dr. Manoj Ambwani

TREASURER:
Dr. Sanjeev Goel

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
Dr Satish Pandya

ADVISORS:
Dr. Naveen Thacker 
Dr. C. P. Bansal

EDITOR IN CHIEF, IAP DRUG FORMULARY:
Dr Jeeson Unni

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS:

NORTH ZONE:
Dr. Rajinder Gulati

SOUTH ZONE:
Dr. Mallesh Gowda

CENTRAL ZONE:
Dr. Ravi Kumar

EAST ZONE:
Dr. Pallab Chatterjee

WEST ZONE:
Dr. Bhavesh Shah