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Dr. Savitha Appana [MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), IDCCM, IFCCM]
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+91-8860606766 | +91-9910655125About Dr. Savitha Appana [MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), IDCCM, IFCCM]
Dr. Savitha Appana is Critical Care Specialist and Currently Working as Senior Consultant in the Critical Care Medicine Department at CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India.
She is having more than 9 years of experience in the field of Critical Care Medicine.
She has completed her MBBS from Guntur Medical College, MD in Anaesthesiology from ASRAM Medical College, and IDCCM and IFCCM from CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Dr. Appana began her career as a Senior Resident at Sultan Bazaar Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad, in 2017 and served there as MICU Intensivist in 2018. She joined CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, as a Junior Resident in 2020, progressed to Senior Resident (2021-2022) and Consultant (2023-2024), and has been Senior Consultant in Critical Care Medicine since 2025.
Her expertise covers the full range of intensive care skills, including invasive line placement, management of patients on ventilatory support, percutaneous tracheostomy, emergency airway management and leading ACLS codes. She cares for critically ill patients who need advanced life support and continuous monitoring, such as those with sepsis, respiratory failure, shock and multi-organ dysfunction.
She is actively involved in critical care research. She has presented on diaphragm indices as predictors for weaning from mechanical ventilation at CRITICARE 2020 and on the role of prophylactic magnesium in preventing electrolyte disorders in ICU patients at CRITICARE 2025, as well as a paper on the anaesthetic management of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy at ISACON 2015. She has published a comparison of Quincke and Whitacre spinal needles for post-dural puncture headache in IJAR (2016).
Dr. Appana is a member of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA) and the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), and consults in Telugu, English and Hindi.
List of Treatments
- Sepsis and Septic Shock
- Acute Respiratory Failure
- ARDS
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Ventilator Weaning
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy
- Central Line and Arterial Line Placement
- Emergency Airway Management and Intubation
- Cardiac Arrest and ACLS
- Multi-organ Dysfunction
- Electrolyte and Metabolic Disorders
- Post-operative Intensive Care
- Haemodynamic Monitoring
Work Experience
Currently Working as Senior Consultant in the Critical Care Medicine Department at CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India.
Past Experience :
- Senior Resident - Sultan Bazaar Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad (2017)
- MICU Intensivist - Sultan Bazaar Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad (2018)
- Junior Resident - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (2020)
- Senior Resident - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (2021-2022)
- Consultant - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (2023-2024)
Education & Training
- MBBS - Guntur Medical College
- MD (Anaesthesiology) - ASRAM Medical College
- IDCCM - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
- IFCCM - CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Awards & Recognition
- Member - Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
- Member - Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
- Publication - Comparison of Quincke (23G, 25G) and Whitacre (25G) needles for post-dural puncture headache, IJAR (2016)
- Presentation - Diaphragm indices as predictors for weaning from ventilation, CRITICARE 2020
- Presentation - Prophylactic magnesium in ICU patients, CRITICARE 2025
- Presentation - Anaesthetic management of HOCM patient undergoing hernia repair, ISACON 2015, Jaipur
Associated Hospitals
Location
CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034, India
Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Savitha Appana practises at CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India, as Senior Consultant in Critical Care Medicine.
She specialises in critical care medicine, including ventilator management, percutaneous tracheostomy, emergency airway management, invasive line placement and advanced life support.
Dr. Savitha Appana has more than 9 years of experience in anaesthesiology and critical care medicine.
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