Dr. J. Vamshi Krishna

Dr J. Vamshi Krishna is Senior & Lead Consultant in Critical Care at KIMS Hospitals, Minister Road, Secunderabad, with 13+ years of experience in tertiary critical care, anaesthesia and ECMO management. His qualifications include MBBS, MD, IDCCM and FECMO from the ECMO Society of India. KIMS lists his current work across critical care and extracorporeal life support.

His clinical expertise includes management of critically ill patients with multi-organ failure, severe sepsis, septic shock and respiratory failure. His practice covers advanced mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapies and dialysis, complex cardiac emergencies and cardiovascular support. KIMS also highlights ARDS, septic shock and extracorporeal therapies among his areas of special interest.

A major part of his work is ECMO, including patient selection, cannulation strategy, circuit management, troubleshooting and protocol-guided weaning. His official profile also documents experience with inter-hospital air transport of patients receiving ECMO. These therapies are used for selected critically ill patients after assessment of the underlying disease, reversibility, organ function and expected benefit.

Before his current senior role, Dr Vamshi Krishna worked in critical-care positions at KIMS Secunderabad, KIMS Kondapur and Kamineni Hospitals, King Koti. He has completed fellowship training in Critical Care and ECMO and serves as faculty for critical-care education. His memberships include the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, ECMO Society of India and Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists.