Dr. Balu Bhaskar

Dr. Balu Bhaskar serves as the Chief Medical and Clinical Officer and Head of ICU at Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai. A distinguished critical care authority with a quarter-century of practice across Australia, the UK, and UAE, he leads hospital-wide clinical excellence.

Dr. Bhaskar obtained his MBBS and MD, followed by Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM) and extensive critical care research fellowships.

Clinical Expertise & Key Focus Areas:

• Executive hospital clinical governance, patient safety leadership, and intensive care direction
• Advanced hemodynamic management and extracorporeal life support in severe cardiogenic shock
• Protective mechanical ventilation and rescue therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Tertiary ICU multidisciplinary team leadership for polytrauma and post-surgical critical patients
• Quality improvement initiatives, clinical protocol implementation, and resuscitation training

Dr. Bhaskar is dedicated to upholding clinical excellence, transparent clinical ethics, and unwavering vigilance to save lives in critical states.