About Doctor
Dr. Puneet A.Pooni, Professor & Head of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
Awards
- Awarded a Visiting Fellowship by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health in UK for four weeks in April 2001
- Visiting fellow to pediatric intensive care units of Alder Hey Children Hospital, Liverpool, Great Ormond Strret Children hospital and Guy's Hospital, London uk IN APRIL,2001
- Honorary Fellowship in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia from 1st June to 31st August 2024.
- Completed 1 year of fellowship in Pediatric Intensive Care at Addenbrookes Hospital (Cambridge University Hospital, NHS) UK from Jan 2009 to Feb 2010.
- Received under International pediatric training scheme awarded by Royal ollege of pediatrics and child health, UK
- Won 1st prize in quiz on pediatric echocardiogarphy held during The Oxford Paediatric Echocardiography Course at OXford UK, 3rd Feb 2010.
Postgraduate: Stood first in Post-graduate Quiz held by North West Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics at Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla in Sep 1994.
Under-graduate:
MBBS- -Sliver medal for Second Best Graduate in DMC&H
- Final Prof: -Sliver Medal in Eye & ENT.
- Second Prof: -Gold Medal for Distinction in Pathology & Microbiology. -Sliver Medal for second position in Pathology & Microbiology.
- First Prof: -Gold Medal for Distinction in Physiology & Biochemistry. -Sliver Medal for Second position in Punjab University. -Sliver Medal for standing second in DMC&H. -Sliver Medal for second in Physiology & Biochemistry. -Sliver Medal in Anatomy
- On Merit list in Pre-medical conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh.
- On Merit list in Matriculation examination conducted by Punjab School Eduaction Board, Chandigarh.
- Awarded National Scholarship in recongintion of the high position secured in the matriculation examination.
- Second best teachers amongst all teachers of medical college on Founders day of DMC&H.
- Awarded certificate of "Teacher" by order of the Governing Body of college of Pediatric Critical Care (member of world federation of pediatric intensive and critical care societies)
Other Achievements:-
- Instrumental in the initial establishment and development of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the hospital from Jan.1999 and also teach postgraduate residents in intensive care.
- Started ventilatory support in children in the dept of Pediatrics from Oct.1997.
- Initiated Total Parenteral Nutrition in sick children in PICU and neonatal special care unit.
- As Incharge of PICU, responsible for getting PICU accrediated for fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care.