Dr Suresh Victor (MBBS, DCH, MRCPCH, PhD) - personal details

I joined the University of Manchester as Clinical Lecturer in April 2007. I graduated from St John's Medical College, University of Bangalore in 1992. I completed my early paediatric training in India (University of Madras) and UK before commencing my PhD in University of Liverpool. My PhD thesis was on, "Cerebral electrical activity and cerebral fractional oxygen extraction in human preterm newborn infants". I completed my national grid training in Neonatal Medicine in 2006 and was awarded CCT in Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine in 2007.

My research interests are in the prevention and treatment of brain injury in newborn babies and randomised controlled trials. I have published in neonatal neurophysiology and applications of near infrared spectroscopy in preterm newborn babies.

Major Research award: As lead applicant
NIHR Research for patient benefit grant: Randomised controlled trial of nasal biphasic positive airway pressure vs. nasal continuous positive airway pressure following extubation in infants less than 30 weeks gestation. 

Major research award: As co-investigator
Johnson and Johnson: Baby skin care research programme: assessor blinded randomised controlled trial comparing cleansing wipes and product with water in infants. 

Editorial roles
Archives of Disease in Childhood (Referee)
Journal of Perinatal Medicine (Referee)

• The Neonatal Society
• British Association of Perinatal Medicine
• Academic Paediatric Association
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Clinical Lecturer in Neonatal Medicine, Developmental Biomedicine Research Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester.

Honorary Consultant in Neonatal Medicine at Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. 1 in 7 Consultants at Regional Neonatal Medical Intensive Care Unit at St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children, Manchester.

Lead for Year 4 Families and Childrens Module, Manchester Medical School.

Research Lead for Newborn Intensive Care Unit, St Mary's Hospital for Wome and Children, Manchester

Local Lead for GMLC Medicines for Children Research Network.