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DR. VAMSIDHAR KEDAR MBBS, DCH, DNB (PEDS), Fellow, Peds Critical Care Consultant Pediatrician, Pediatric Intensivist, Lotus Children`s Hospital, Kukatpally, Hyderabad After finishing schooling in Hyderabad, he did MBBS from ISME – CMS, Nepal as a part of Medical Graduate Exchange program from India. He secured University ranks in Physiology, Gen. Surgery & OBSGYN. He underwent basic training in Pediatrics from KEM Medical College & Teaching Hospital, which is one of the Premier Teaching Institutions in India. He then served in Mumbai Municipal Corporation as a Specialist Registrar in Pediatrics in Rajiv Gandhi Medical Collage and Teaching Hospital which is a seat for many research activities. An inclination towards Pediatric Critical Care led him to Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital in Chennai to persuade training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine under eminent leadership of Dr. Bala Ramachandran who is a renowned Pediatric Intensivist in India. Further he worked at Lotus Children`s Hospital for three years in Pediatric Critical Care, Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care units. One year during this period was dedicated towards Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care under the then Director of Pediatric Cardiac Program of Lotus Children`s Hospital, Dr. Kulbhushan Singh Daggar who is a very well known Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon in India. During this period he also completed training for Diplomate of National Board (Pediatrics) from Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Secunderabad, one of the rapidly growing hospitals in India in this decade. Other feathers in the hat are the various presentations in National & International Conferences and Medical Journals. His Previously held positions: 1.	Consultant Pediatrician & Intensivist in Neo BBC Newborn & Children`s Hospital in Vidya Nagar, Hyderabad, which is a tertiary care referral center to many Pediatricians across Andhra Pradesh & Neighboring states. He was heading the Pediatric Intensive care division here. He was instrumental in setting up the PICU and established the working protocols there. 2.	Consultant Pediatrician in Innova Children`s Hospital, Taranaka, Secunderabad, which is one of the best Pediatric Cardiac Centers in India. Presently, he is the Chief Consultant Pediatrician & Pediatric Intensivist with Lotus Children`s Hospital, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. Lotus Children`s Hospital is a reputed tertiary Pediatric Center in Hyderabad serving in & around Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, Lotus Children`s Hospital opened its first branch in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. This is 85 bedded Specialty Pediatric Center with 15 bedded NICU & 15 bedded PICU. Recent Indian Acadamy Of Pediatrics recommendations on vaccinations:

Birth: BCG, OPV 0, Hep-B 1 6 weeks: DTwP 1 / DTaP 1, IPV 1, Hib 1, Rotavirus 1, PCV 1 10 weeks:DTwP 2 / DTaP 2, IPV 2, Hib 2, Rotavirus 2, PCV 2 14 weeks DTwP 3 /DTaP 3, IPV 3, Hib 3, Rotavirus 3, PCV 3 6 months OPV 1, Hep-B 3 9 months: OPV 2, Measles 12 months Hep-A 1 15 months: MMR 1,Varicella 1
 * Hepatitis-B: Administer Hep-B vaccine to all newborns before hospital discharge.
 * Rotavirus: Only 2 doses of RV1 are recommended at present.
 * Hepatitis-B: The final (third or fourth) dose in the HepB vaccine series should be administered no earlier than age 24 weeks and at least 16 weeks after the first dose.
 * Hepatitis A: For both killed and live hepatitis-A vaccines 2 doses are recommended.
 * Varicella: The risk of breakthrough varicella is lower if given 15 months onwards.

16 to 18 months DTwP B1/DTaP B1, IPV B1, Hib B1, PCV B1 18 months Hep-A 2 2 years: Typhoid 1 4 ½ to 5 years: DTwP B2/DTaP B2, MMR 2, OPV 3, Varicella 2, Typhoid 2 10 to 12 years Tdap/Td Tdap HPV HPV: Only for females, 3 doses at 0, 1-2 (depending on brands) and 6 months.
 * Typhoid: Typhoid revaccination every 3 years, if Vi-polysaccharide vaccine is used.

IAP recommended vaccines for High-risk* children (Vaccines under special circumstances): 1. Influenza Vaccine, 2. Meningococcal Vaccine, 3. Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine, 4. Cholera Vaccine, 5. Rabies Vaccine, 6. Yellow Fever Vaccine, 7. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV 23).

• Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (including HIV infection) • Chronic cardiac, pulmonary (including asthma if treated with prolonged high-dose oral corticosteroids), hematologic, renal (including nephrotic syndrome), liver disease and diabetes mellitus • Children on long term steroids, salicylates, immunosuppressive or radiation therapy • Diabetes mellitus, Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Cochlear implant, Malignancies • Children with functional/anatomic asplenia/hyposplenia • During disease outbreaks • Laboratory personnel and healthcare workers • Travelers
 * High-risk category of children: