Dr. Somashekara HR. is a seasoned and internationally trained doctor with over two decades of professional experience and is currently serving Gleneagles Global Health City as Consultant Pediatric Hepatologist. Along with his MBBS, DCH and DNB degrees, Dr Somashekara also has a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology from the renowned Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London to his credit. He also has Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology form Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
He has completed his core Pediatric training from World renowned Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. While working as a resident trainee, Dr Somashekara acquired impeccable skills in performing procedures such as liver biopsy, abdominal paracentesis, upper GI endoscopies, Sclerotherapy, Banding Sigmoidoscopy, etc.
Dr. Somashekara H. R. has received several awards and accolades for his academic performance throughout his learning years including the best outgoing student award from CMC Vellore. He’s also contributed to various research papers that have been published by renowned medical journals.
He is well versed with management of liver disease in children like
- Biliary atresia
- Neonatal Hepatitis
- Sudden or acute liver failure (ALF)
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Chronic liver disease
- Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection
- Metabolic liver diseases like tyrosinemia, Wilson’s disease, Galactosemia
- Genetic liver diseases like Alagille syndrome or cholestatic disorders (PFIC)
- Liver tumors
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Publications
- Paraneoplastic papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma. Indian J Cancer, Scot JX, Moses PD, Somashekar HR, Sathish Kumar T.
- Magnitude and features of scrub typhus and spotted fever in children in India. J Tropical Pediatrics. Somashekar HR, Moses PD, Pavithran S, Mathew LG, Agarwal I, Rolain JM, Raoult D, Varghese GM, Mathai E.
- King’s Variceal Prediction Score: A Novel Noninvasive Marker of Portal Hypertension in Pediatric Chronic Liver Disease. JPGN. Peter W, Dominic H, Karthikeyan P, Somashekara HR, Davenport M, Dhawan A, Tassos G.
- Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency caused by a novel homozygous Alu element insertion in the FBP1 gene and delayed diagnosis. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. Somashekara HR, Patil SJ, Anusha AJ, Anil KS, Hiremath S, Subramanian K.
- Eosinophilic ascites – a rare presentation of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with spontaneous remission and relapse in an adolescent. Int J Gastroenterol Hepatol Transpl Nutr. Babu Vadamalyan, Somashekara HR, Tanya Elizabeth Spencer.
- Liver injury in children with long-term low-dose methotrexate. Acta Paediatr. Chayarani K, Somashekara HR, Rachel MB, Eslam Al-Abadi, Gupte G.
