Dr Poonam Khadka

Overview

Dr Poonam Khadka is an experienced Consultant Paediatrician in Malleshwaram, Bangalore, with over 15 years of clinical experience in paediatrics and newborn care. She holds an MBBS and MD in Paediatrics and has worked across diverse clinical settings in India and Nepal, gaining strong expertise in outpatient paediatrics, neonatal care, emergency paediatrics, and preventive child health.

Dr Poonam completed her MD in Paediatrics at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, where she received structured training in managing common and complex childhood illnesses, neonatal emergencies, and paediatric intensive care. Her postgraduate training included hands-on experience in NICU, emergency services, inpatient and outpatient paediatric care, along with exposure to neonatal resuscitation and advanced life support.

As a practising Paediatrician in Malleshwaram, Dr Poonam currently provides comprehensive child healthcare services at RxDx Clinics, focusing on newborn assessments, immunisations, growth and developmental monitoring, acute childhood illnesses, and long-term paediatric follow-up. She has a calm, reassuring approach and places strong emphasis on parental counselling, ensuring families feel informed and confident about their child’s health.

Her previous clinical roles include consultant positions in mother-and-child clinics, paediatric hospitals, and tertiary care centres. She has managed a wide range of paediatric conditions, including respiratory infections, gastrointestinal illnesses, nutritional concerns, paediatric emergencies, and neonatal complications. Her experience also includes attending normal deliveries and caesarean sections, with responsibility for newborn resuscitation and immediate postnatal care.

Dr Poonam has actively participated in community paediatric outreach programmes, immunisation camps, school health camps, and free paediatric clinics for underprivileged children. These initiatives reflect her strong commitment to preventive healthcare and child wellness beyond the clinic setting.

She regularly updates her clinical knowledge through CME programmes, paediatric life support training, neonatology updates, and academic conferences. Her postgraduate research focused on pre-hospital management of shock in children, highlighting her interest in paediatric emergency care and outcome-based practice.

Known for her empathetic communication, evidence-based treatment, and child-friendly approach, Dr Poonam works closely with parents to support healthy growth, development, and long-term wellbeing in children from infancy through adolescence.