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Dr. Geeta Gathwala

Head of Department, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, School of Medicine, Faridabad | Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, School of Medicine, Faridabad

Qualification: MD Pediatrics, DM Neonatology
geetagathwala@fbd.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Neonatology, Pediatrics

Bio

Dr. Geeta Gathwala currently serve as Principal Consultant, Professor and Head at the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, School of Medicine, Faridabad.

  • Retired as Senior Professor and Head Deptartment of Pediatrics from PGIMS Rohtak.
  • 38 years of Teaching, Clinical and Research experience Recognised PG teacher 32 years.
  • Chairperson PG Board of studies in Pediatrics, PtBDSUHS Rohtak.
  • Dean Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, PtBDSUHS Rohtak.
  • Director PtNRSGMC Bhiwani: Feb 2024 to 30.09.2025
Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Seven-day versus 14-day antibiotic course for culture-proven neonatal sepsis: a multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial in a low and middle-income country

Cite this Research Publication : Sourabh Dutta, Sushma Nangia, Mamta Jajoo, MangalaBharathi Sundaram, Mala Kumar, Niranjan Shivanna, Geeta Gathwala, Saudamini Nesargi, Suksham Jain, Praveen Kumar, Arvind Saili, Arun Karthik, Shalini Tripathi, Prathik Bandiya, Poonam Dalal, Pallab Ray, Valinderjeet Singh Randhawa, Karnika Saigal, Devasena Radhakrishnan, Vimla Venkatesh, Bhavana Jagannatha, Madhu Sharma, Savitha Nagaraj, Meenakshi Malik, Sarita Dogra, Suruchi Mittal, Anumeet Saini, Nisha Makkar, Maitreyi Dhir, Asmita Chandramohan, R A Pragati, Tanaya Srivastava, Lakshmi Mukundan, Naveen Benakappa, Amlin Shukla, Reeta Rasaily, Seven-day versus 14-day antibiotic course for culture-proven neonatal sepsis: a multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial in a low and middle-income country, Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, BMJ, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-328232

Publisher : BMJ

Year : 2025

Rapid Identification of Neonatal Sepsis Pathogens Using MALDI-TOF MS: Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in a North Indian Tertiary Care Hospital

Cite this Research Publication : Rohan Acharya, Geeta Gathwala, Madhu Sharma, Rapid Identification of Neonatal Sepsis Pathogens Using MALDI-TOF MS: Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in a North Indian Tertiary Care Hospital, Cureus, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025, https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.83436

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2025

Impact of the indigenous rotavirus vaccine Rotavac in the Universal Immunization Program in India during 2016–2020

Cite this Research Publication : Nayana P. Nair, Samarasimha N. Reddy, Sidhartha Giri, Tintu Varghese, Varunkumar Thiyagarajan, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Priya Hemavathy, Shainey Alokit Khakha, Rashmi Arora, Mohan D. Gupte, Jaqueline E. Tate, Umesh D. Parashar, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Gagandeep Kang, , Sunita Bidari, Sowmiya Senthamizh, Suhasini Mekala, GV Rama Devi, GS Rama Prasad, Krishna Babu Goru, J. Manikyamba, J. Bhaskar Reddy, Padmalatha Pamu, K. Kameswari, Gorthi Rajendra Prasad, Manohar Badur, Geeta Gathwala, Poonam Dalal, Suraj Chawla, Anil Kumar Goel, Manoj Rawal, Preeti Raikwar, Madhu Gupta, Adarsh Bansal, Ravi P. Kanojia, Arun Bansal, Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Akshay Saxena, Jayashree Muralidharan, Mini P. Singh, Bhavneet Bharti, Rajesh Kumar, Shayam Kaushik, Pancham Kumar, Sanjeev Chaudhary, Jyoti Sharma, Subal Kumar Pradhan, Saroj Kumar Satpathy, Mrutunjay Dash, Jasashree Choudhury, J. Bikrant Kumar Prusty, Mamata Devi Mohanty, Nirmal Kumar Mohakud, Manas Kumar Nayak, Subrant Kumar Mohanty, Rajib Kumar Ray, Prasantajyoti Mohanty, Subrat Kumar Majhi, Samarendra Mahapatro, Rashmi Patnaik, Asit Mansingh, Mannancheril Abraham Mathew, Hemant Jain, Prachi Chaudhary, Raj Kumar Gupta, Bharti Malhotra, Alok Kumar Goyal, Shailja Vajpayee, Pramod Sharma, Vikas Katewa, Sunil Kothari, Prabhu Prakash, Dalpat Rajpurohit, Suresh Goyal, Bhupesh Jain, Asolie Chase, Koshy C. George, Shakti Lamichhane, Amrit Koirala, Jayanta Kumar Goswami, Balasubramanian Sundaram, Sumanth Amperayani, Senthilnathan Subramanian, Girish Kumar Chethrapilly Purusothaman, Priyadharishini Dorairaj, Sridevi A. Naaraayan, Ramasubramaniam Pitchumani, Kulandaivel Murugiah, Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Vipin M. Vashishtha, Vineeta Gupta, Sunil Kumar Rao, Mahima Mittal, Author Correction: Impact of the indigenous rotavirus vaccine Rotavac in the Universal Immunization Program in India during 2016–2020, Nature Medicine, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04062-2

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2024

Development of Multimodal Training Tool for Preterm Infant Care

Cite this Research Publication : Anu Thukral, Vaishnavi Gupta, Deepak Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Ashok K Deorari, , Kumutha Kumaraswami, Ruchi Nanavati, Jayshree Mondkar, Geeta Gathwala, Suman Rao, Mangala Bharathi, Ramesh Agarwal, Sushma Nangia, Sandeep Kadam, M Jeeva Sankar, Rhishikesh Thakre, Tejopratap O, Ashish Jain, Nishad Plakkal, Reeta Bora, S Venkataseshan, Shiv Sajan Saini, Aparna C, Naveen Jain, Srinivas Murki, Sindhu Sivanandan, Amanpreet Sethi, N Chandra Kumar, Shridhar Goplakrishnan, Kanan Venkatnarayanan, Neeraj Gupta, Parijat Chandra, Madhumati Bose, Kavita Sreekumar, Jagjit Dalal, Meena Joshi, Jessy Shaji Paul, Kiran Singh, Baby Mondal, Asim Mallick, Bijan Saha, Parul Datta, Pratima Anand, Ashutosh Kumar, SS Bisht, Ravi Sachan, Lallan Bharati, Pankaj Mohanty, Prashantha YN, Shashidhar A, Sourabh Dutta, Suksham Jain, Vishal Guglani, Sant Lal, Puneet, Sandeep, Sahil, Swati Sharma, Savita Sharma, Meenakshi, Rajni Pathak, Development of Multimodal Training Tool for Preterm Infant Care, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-024-05287-8

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2020

Clinical profile and predictors of mortality among the referred neonates at a tertiary care centre in north India: a prospective observational study

Cite this Research Publication : Jasbir Singh, Poonam Dalal, Geeta Gathwala, Clinical profile and predictors of mortality among the referred neonates at a tertiary care centre in north India: a prospective observational study, Tropical Doctor, SAGE Publications, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/0049475520921675

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Research Grants
  • NNPD : WHOSEARO
  • NRSNICMR and CDC Atlanta
  • Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation : RVVIAS
  • MOHFW& INCLEN : MAAEISS
  • 7days Vs 14 days Antibiotics in uncomplicated Neonatal Sepsis : ICMR
Membership
  • Indian Academy of Pediatrics
  • National Neonatology Forum of India
Awards
  • Distinguished PG Teacher Award Haryana State IAP
  • Annual Conference HARCON 2025
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