Dr. Thangavel Chandrasekara

Consultant, Pediatric and NICU

Dr. Thangavel is a highly skilled Consultant Neonatologist with extensive experience in neonatal care across the UK and Kuwait. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and a Diploma in Child Health from Madras Medical College, India, and is a Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK).

He has served as a Neonatal Registrar at several leading NHS hospitals in the UK and has worked as a Consultant Neonatologist at London Hospital (2018–2023) and currently at Wara Hospital, Kuwait. Dr. Thangavel is dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care to newborns in critical settings.

Years of Experience

25

Treatments & Services

Promoting the health and well-being of newborns from birth

Attending all complex deliveries and providing routine care for healthy newborns

Comprehensive care for prematures, low bith weight, and high-risk full term infants

Managing critically ill and premature infants, as well as newborns requiring special observation

Collaborating with the department of obstertrics and gynecology to ensure smooth transition at birth

Management of Neonatal Jaundice including phototherapy

Management of Seizures

Management of hypoglycemia

Management of Respiratory distress with treatment including ventilator,CPAP

Management of Congenital birth defects and injuries

Management of Premature babies and Growth retarded babies

Management of Neonatal sepsis

Management of Neonatal Gastrointestinal and Haematological disorders

 Management  of Neonatal Nutrition issues, Growth and Development follow up 

Education

2010
Membership of the Royal College of Pediatrucs and Child health, UK
2000 - 2002
Diploma in Child Health from Madras Medical College, India
1994 - 2000
Bachelor of medicine and surgery from Madras Medical College, India

Work Experience

2023
Consultant Neonatologist at Wara Hospital, Kuwait
2018 - 2023
Consultant Neonatologist at London Hospital, Kuwait
2016 - 2018
Neonatal Registrar at Aneurin Bevan University Hospital NHS Trust
2016
Neonatal Registrar at North Cumbbria University Hospital NHS Trust
2015 - 2016
Neonatal Registrar at at Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust
2014
Neonatal Registrar at Biringham children's Hospital, Birmingham