Dr. Manish Bharti is a distinguished Critical Care Specialist with over 18 years of extensive experience in the field. He currently serves as the Head of Critical Care Medicine at Metro Hospitals & Heart Institute. Dr. Bharti is recognized for his expertise in managing complex ICU cases, advanced life support systems, and multi-organ critical conditions. He has a significant international footprint, having established ECMO and mechanical circulatory services in the Middle East (KSA) during the COVID-19 pandemic. His clinical philosophy integrates human values with world-class medical approaches to address existential crises within the medical fraternity.

Areas of Expertise

• Advanced Critical & Intensive Care Management: Expert in handling high-severity cases across gastro-liver, cardiac, neurological, and renal profiles.
• ECMO & Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS): Specialized in initiating and managing advanced life support modalities.
• Complex Mechanical Ventilation: Deep interest in rescue strategies for hypoxemic ventilatory failure and ARDS management.
• Sepsis & Septic Shock Management: Specialized in treating severe sepsis and managing MDR/XDR infections through antibiotic stewardship.
• Post Organ Transplant Critical Care: Over 5 years of exclusive experience in caring for post-liver transplant patients.
• Interventional Pulmonology in ICU: Proficient in Acute Care Bronchoscopy and bedside percutaneous tracheostomies.
• Critical Care Ultrasound (POCUS): Specialized in bedside cardiac and lung ultrasonography for precision-based medicine.
• Trauma & Emergency Care: Certified instructor leading teams to rejuvenate trauma care services.

Education

• MBBS: Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi University.
• DA (Anesthesia & Intensive Care): Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi University,(Gold Medalist)
• MD (Anesthesia and Intensive Care): Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi University.
• DrNB / FNB (Critical Care Medicine): National Board of Examinations, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, (Theory paper selected as ‘Model Answer Sheet’).
• EDIC (European Diploma in Intensive Care): Amsterdam, UK / European Society.
• EDAIC (European Diploma in Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care).
• MBA (Health Administration): Currently pursuing.

Professional Experience

• Head – Critical Care Medicine: Metro Hospitals & Heart Institute, Noida.
• Head of Department & Interventional Intensivist: Yatharth Super Speciality Hospitals, Noida
• Head of Department & Interventional Intensivist: Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida
• Senior Consultant & Intensivist: Prince Sultan Cardiac and Research Center, KSA
• Consultant and Liver Intensivist: Liver Transplant Unit, Dr. Subhash Gupta’s team.
• Consultant & Intensivist In-charge: Paras Hospitals, Gurugram, and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi.
• Administrative Milestones: Involved in setting up state-of-the-art ICUs at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital and the Liver Transplant ICU at Max Hospital, Saket.

Memberships

• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
• Instructor Affiliations: Lead Instructor for ITC INDI; Certified American College-endorsed instructor for ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) and ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support).
• Hospital Committees: Member of the Hospital Infectious Committee (HIC) and lead for the ‘Code Blue Team’ and Rapid Response Team (RRT).