Profile Summary
Dr. Gurmeet Kaur is a highly accomplished Senior Paediatrician with over 35 years of distinguished experience in clinical practice and academic leadership. She recently retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Paediatrics at Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, where she made significant contributions to advancing paediatric healthcare, mentoring future generations of doctors, and leading impactful research and academic initiatives. Dr. Kaur holds an MBBS, an MD in Paediatrics, and a Diploma in Child Health from Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana. Her extensive expertise spans patient care, teaching and scholarly publications.
Area of Expertise
- Essential and Emergency newborn care and resuscitation
- Comprehensive care of infants, children, and adolescents.
- Acute and chronic paediatric conditions
- High risk newborn follow up ‘
- Nutrition – counseling for complementary feeding and infant and young child feeding
- Growth monitoring & disorders – weight, height and head growth issues
- Development assessment & early brain growth and stimulation strategies
- Immunisation for well and high risk children
- Asthma, allergies management
- Breastfeeding and management of issues related to it – Breastfeeding, maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding, inverted / flat / cracked / sour nipples, decreased milk supply and solutions, latch correction, counseling on breastfeeding (Antenatal and postnatal), breastfeeding twins, engorged breasts etc
- Various daily issues requiring counseling – Sleep & toilet training, constipation and loose stools, behavioural issues, dietary deficiencies, learning disabilities in school, regurgitation and recurrent vomiting episodes
- Puberty and related issues – PCOS, delayed / early puberty
- Endocrinological issues – Type 1 diabetes, Hypothyroidism, Rickets and vitamin d disorders
- Infective diseases – for OPD, ICU and Ward management of diseases like Typhoid, Dengue, Malaria, UTI, Sepsis, Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis, Scrub Typhus, Meningitis, Meningo-encephalitis
- Neurological disorders like – Seizure disorder, ADEM, GBS
- MISC and other post covid complications
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Management of sick patients in NICU – RDS, MAS, Shock, Sepsis, Jaundice (DVET), Birth asphyxia, Seizures, Neonatal resuscitation etc
- Manangement of sick patients in PICU – Asthma exacerbation, respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia / ARDS, Shock, Sepsis, Myocarditis, Heart failure, Hepatic failure, Metabolic disturbances like Celiac and CAH crisis, Infective diseases like Dengue, TB, Scrub typhus, AES (Acute encephalitis syndrome), status epilepticus, Febrile seizures, Diabetic ketoacidosis etc
- Management of Dog bite and Immunoglobulin administration and vaccination