Dr. Prerna Bhat is a dedicated and dynamic Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist.
Her core expertise and passion lie in antenatal cardiac diagnosis (fetal echocardiography), counselling, and management. She holds the distinction of being the first trained fetal cardiologist of Rajasthan, a milestone that can significantly advance the region’s capabilities in early cardiac diagnosis, appropriate counselling, planned delivery and timely intervention. Along with a strong commitment to improving clinical outcomes and access to specialized care across the state, Dr. Bhat also actively participates in academic initiatives, community awareness programs, and training of healthcare professionals, aiming to bridge any gaps in early detection and pediatric cardiac care.
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Achievements
- First prize in the ‘Savitri Srivastava imaging award session’ for my paper on
“ Fetal double aortic arch, does it evolve with time due to differential growth of the two arches” at Pediatric Cardiac Society India conference 2024, Kochi.
- MD Pediatrics Batch Topper in Final Postgraduate university examinations held in June 2020
- Gold Medalist (72.8%) in Final MBBS university examinations held in January 2015.
- Poster on "Transesophageal Echocardiographic guided Per-Atrial Atrial Septal Stenting and PA banding”.
Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology in April 2023.
- "A prospective study of the right ventricle volume and function using transthoracic echocardiogram pre and post percutaneous closure of secundum Atrial Septal Defect”.
- "To study the predictive value of cord blood albumin as an indicator of neonatal jaundice in healthy term newborns”.
Published in Indian Journal of Child Health ,Volume 7, Issue 02, Feb 2020.
- Study on "Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a child with steroid dependant nephrotic syndrome".
Published in International Journal of Applied Research, Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan 2019.
- Paper on "Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a case of steroid dependant nephrotic syndrome".
Presented at MAHAPEDICON 2018, an annual conference of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) for state of Maharashtra.
- Co-authored a study on "Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children of a primary school in Pune”.
Published in Med Pulse International Journal of Paediatrics, volume 13, issue 1, January 2020.
- Co-authored a study on "Eye donation: awareness and willingness amongst shopkeepers".
Published in International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, Volume 4,Issue 6, 2017.