Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pande

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pande is Principal Director in Critical Care at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, with 28+ years of experience. His background includes MBBS, MD in Anaesthesiology and PDCC training in Cardiac Anaesthesia, followed by advanced critical-care exposure in Belgium and France and an ECMO diploma from La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris.

His specialist interests include sepsis and septic shock, ARDS, mechanical ventilation, antimicrobial resistance, infection control and advanced ICU therapies. He also works on ICU organisation, end-of-life care, high-altitude medicine and complex critical illnesses involving multiple organ systems. His training and practice cover both ventilatory and non-ventilatory strategies for severe respiratory failure.

Dr. Pande has previously worked at Fortis Hospital Noida, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, AIIMS New Delhi and other teaching centres. He belongs to major Indian and international critical-care organisations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

He has repeatedly received recognition from the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine for dedicated contribution to the specialty, alongside a Presidential Citation and professional recognition in emergency medicine.