Dr. Abdul S. Ansari
Senior Director - Critical Care
Centre for Critical Care, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Organ Transplant Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (CCU 4)
Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
Experience: 30+ Years
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About Dr. Abdul S. Ansari
- Senior Director – Critical Care, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vile Parle, Mumbai (Oct 2016 - Present)
- Consultant – Critical Care, Medical ICU, Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Bandra, Mumbai (Dec 2005 - Sept 2016)
- Senior Registrar – Intensive Care, Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Bandra, Mumbai (Dec 2003 - Dec 2005)
- Senior Registrar – Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, Okhla, New Delhi (Aug 2002 - Nov 2003)
- Postgraduate Resident – Department of Anaesthesiology, N.S.C.B. Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (1999 - 2002)
- Intern, G.R. Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (1996 - 1997)
- Teacher and Accredited Guide for all ISCCM courses, including Diploma and Fellowship programmes
- Guide for Post-Doctoral DNB – Critical Care curriculum, accredited by the National Board of Examinations
- FNB – Critical Care (2007)
- IDCCM – Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (2006)
- MD – Anaesthesiology (1999 - 2002)
- MBBS (1992 - 1997)
- Maharashtra Medical Council – MMC: 2015/07/4151
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine – 05/A-199
- Open Researcher and Contributor ID – ORCID: 0000-0003-1015-1673
- Publons Web of Science Researcher ID – AAD-4112-2022
- Certificate of Appreciation by the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2026)
- Certified Member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (August 2025)
- Featured in Mumbai Mirror: Top Doctors to Run Jumbo COVID Centres (2020)
- Award for Exemplary Contribution, Max Healthcare (2020)
- Recognised by the Governor of Maharashtra for COVID-19 service (2021)
- Adult ECMO Specialist Course, ELSO Compliant, Gurugram (2019)
- Speaker on Mechanical Ventilation, NMIMS Physiotherapy ICU Symposium (2019)
- Participated in INFECON, Mumbai (2019)
- Certificate of Recognition – Quality Warrior, NABH, Nanavati Hospital (2018)
- Appreciation for Organ Donation Programme, ZTCC, Mumbai (2018)
- Cardio Respiratory Intensive Care Specialty Program, Ahmedabad (2017)
- Train-the-Trainer: Ultrasound-Guided CVC, Bangalore (2016)
- International Workshop on Ultrasound in Shock (2013)
- Lung Ultrasound Level 1, WINFOCUS Congress, AIIMS Delhi (2011)
- Participated in ECCMID, Portugal (2022) and Netherlands (2019)
- Earthquake Relief Volunteer, 100-bed Field Hospital, Gandhidham (2001)
- Resuscitation protocols
- Advanced airway management and intubation, including oral, nasal, LMA and Combitube
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Intercostal tube insertion
- Central venous and arterial catheter placement through multiple routes
- Swan-Ganz catheter and IABP insertion
- Temporary pacing wire placement
- Intracranial pressure and cardiac output monitoring
- Sedation and pain management
- Continuous renal replacement therapy and extracorporeal therapies
- A Phase II, open-label, randomised controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma to limit COVID-19-associated complications
- A multicentric, open-label, two-arm, randomised, pivotal Phase II trial to study the efficacy and safety of Itoluzimab (ALZUMAb) in COVID-19
- Abstract on Enteral Feeding Interruptions in Indian ICUs, ESPEN Congress, Berlin (2026)
- Retrospective evaluation of efficacy of CytoSorb® therapy in septic shock patients in a tertiary care intensive care unit, World Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2025)
- Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage due to pseudoaneurysm of the facial and lingual arteries successfully managed by a multidisciplinary approach, International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (2025)
- Current Knowledge on the Impact of Extracorporeal Blood Purification Devices on Drug Clearance – Systematic Search & Narrative Review (2025)
- A multicentre prospective registry of one thousand sepsis patients admitted in Indian ICUs, Critical Care (2025)
- Management of CRE Infection with a Focus on New Antimicrobial Agents, Gavin Publishers (April 2025)
- India-discovered levonadifloxacin and alalevonadifloxacin: A review on susceptibility testing methods, CLSI quality control and breakpoints along with a brief account of their emerging therapeutic profile as a novel standard of care, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (2023)
- India-discovered levonadifloxacin and alalevonadifloxacin, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (2023)
- Role of Favipiravir in the Treatment of COVID-19, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2020)
- Therapeutic Approaches in Modulating the Inflammatory and Immunological Response in Patients with Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pancreatitis: An Expert Opinion Review, Cureus (2021)
- Real-time Ultrasound: Key Factor in Identifying Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome, Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging (2015)
- Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Statement for Indian Patients, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (2015)
- Ophthalmoscopic Findings in Adult Patients with Severe Falciparum Malaria, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation (2008)
- Cytokine Storm in Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Expert Management Considerations, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
- Authored chapter on Nutrition in Critical Care in MCQs in Critical Care
- Authored chapter on Airway Management in Critical Care Medicine MCQs Practice Book
- Authored chapter on Managing Chemotherapy Complications in the Intensive Care Unit in Critical Care Update 2020
- Authored chapter on Ogilvie’s Syndrome, Fulminant Colitis and Toxic Megacolon in Textbook of Critical Care, 2nd Edition
- Authored chapter on Monitoring During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in ISCCM Manual of RRT and ECMO in ICU
