M.D. (Anaesthesia), D.N.B., D.A., F.C.P.S., F.I.C.M., F.C.C.C.M. (Critical Care), C.C.E.P.C. (Palliative Care)
More than 29 years of experience in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Dr. Parna Thakkar is the Chief Neuro-anaesthesiologist and Course Director of Neuro-anesthesia fellowship programme in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.
With extensive experience, she has worked as a consultant anaesthesiologist at P.D. Hinduja and Khar Hinduja Hospitals and as a visiting consultant at Bombay Hospital, Breach Candy Hospital, Wadia Maternity and Children’s Hospital, and Hindu Sabha Hospital. Dr. Thakkar has also held the position of clinical associate at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
She has had special training in labour analgesia (Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad), peripheral nerve blocks and palliative care (Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore), bariatric anaesthesia (Max Hospital, Delhi), difficult airway management (Kailash Cancer Hospital, Vadodara), and liver transplant anaesthesia (Apollo Hospitals, Delhi & Chennai).
Dr. Thakkar is an active member of the medical community, serving as the editor of the SAMS Newsletter, hon. secretary of the Indian Society of Anaesthesia (ISA) Thane, and as an executive committee member of the Association of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (ANACC), Mumbai. She is a reviewer for the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, Practical Evidence in Anaesthesia and Knowledge, and a board member of IJA West Zone. Additionally, she serves as assistant editor for the ISA Newsletter-Vapour and has been the organising secretary for several anaesthesia conferences and CMEs.
With more than 160 presentations, lectures, and publications, Dr. Thakkar has made significant contributions to the field. She gave a presentation on “Enhancing Safety of Bariatric Patients” at the 4th World Congress of Clinical Safety, Austria. She has also given an oration lecture on World Anaesthesia Day (Hyderabad, 2016). Dr. Thakkar has conducted several live demonstrations all over the country on the technique of “Low flow anaesthesia and use of inhalational agents.” She is a Faculty with the Indian Resuscitation Council (I.R.C.). Additionally, she teaches Neuro-anaesthesia as part of the DNB Anaesthesia curriculum.
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