Dr. Deepak Ugra is a senior paediatrician with extensive clinical, academic, and professional leadership experience. He has been associated with Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai for 19 years and brings approximately 30 years of comprehensive experience in paediatrics. His professional work includes clinical care, medical education, paediatric advocacy, and contributions to the development of paediatric practice in India.

His principal clinical interest is paediatric pulmonology, with additional experience and teaching involvement in paediatric intensive care, paediatric gastroenterology, infectious diseases, vaccinology, paediatric HIV/AIDS, and neonatology. He has delivered lectures at more than 200 international, national, state, and district conferences, sharing expertise across several areas of child health. He has also contributed to public education through media appearances and newspaper articles on common child health concerns.

Dr. Ugra has held several leadership positions within the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), serving in various capacities between 1993 and 2011, including as its President in 2010. His other professional roles include serving as National Nodal Person for India for the MRCPCH examination, Secretary of the RCPCH India Committee, and Secretary of REACH (Research & Education in Child Health). He has also worked with national and international child-health organizations and public-health partners, including the Ministry of Health, Government of India, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, NACO, and IndiaCLEN.

In medical education, Dr. Ugra teaches DNB students at Lilavati Hospital and has served as an examiner for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Board of Examinations. He has helped deliver Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training across India, served as a national faculty member, and trained instructors. His scholarly contributions include more than 50 review articles, editorial work on over 20 IAP publications, authorship contributions to paediatric textbooks, and research in paediatric respiratory health.

Educational Qualifications

• Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH), awarded in 2012.
• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (FIAP), awarded in January 2018.

The supplied profile does not list Dr. Ugra’s undergraduate or postgraduate medical degrees.

Fellowship & Areas of Interest

• Paediatric pulmonology.
• Paediatric intensive care.
• Paediatric respiratory health and spirometry.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and paediatric medical education.
• Child health, infectious diseases, vaccinology, paediatric gastroenterology, HIV/AIDS, and neonatology.

Research Contributions & Publications

Dr. Ugra has authored more than 50 review articles in journals including Indian Pediatrics, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology Update, and other paediatric and clinical publications. His research includes a study on spirometry parameters in children suspected of having asthma. He has edited more than 20 IAP publications, contributed to Pediatrics: Priorities in Office Practice, and authored a chapter on croup across seven editions of the IAP Textbook of Pediatrics.

Awards, Honours, and Recognitions

• Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2012).
• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (January 2018).
• Dr. Y. C. Mathur Oration Award, Hyderabad (2009).
• Dr. O. Ganesh Memorial Oration, Bengaluru (2006).
• Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award – Gold Medal for the best research paper in child health (1996).
• IAP Trainee Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology, including fibre-optic bronchoscopy (1995).

Specialization

• Paediatric pulmonology.
• Paediatric intensive care.
• General paediatrics and child health.

• Senior paediatrician associated with Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, for 19 years.
• Consultant paediatrician at Hinduja Hospital, Khar, Mumbai.
• President, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), 2010; held various IAP leadership roles from 1993 to 2011.
• National Nodal Person for India for the MRCPCH examination, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, during 2010–2015 and 2016–2020.
• Secretary, RCPCH India Committee (2013–2018).
• Secretary, REACH (Research & Education in Child Health) (2015–2020).
• MRCPCH examiner and DNB examiner; involved in postgraduate institute inspections.
• National faculty member for Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses since 1996; National Convener in 2005–2006.
• Program Director, Pediatrics, 16th Asia Pacific Congress of Diseases of the Chest, Mumbai (2001).
• Organizing Chairman, Organizing Secretary, and committee member for multiple national and international IAP conferences.