About Dr. Rajiv Dhunna

Dr. Rajiv Dhunna is a critical care physician and clinical leader with more than two decades of experience across Intensive care, Anaesthesiology, and hospital operations. As Director of the Department of Critical Care at Livasa Hospital, Mohali, he has led the unit since its inception in 2008 — growing it from a 10-bed ICU into a 40-bed tertiary critical care service and one of the region's most advanced. He today leads a multidisciplinary team of 20 intensivists and nearly 100 clinical staff delivering round-the-clock care to the most critically ill patients.

A holder of the European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC), Dr. Rajiv serves as Programme Director for both the DNB and DrNB Critical Care training programmes, shaping the next generation of intensivists and operating-room leaders. His clinical philosophy pairs uncompromising bedside standards with a macro environment that is an amalgamation of clinical excellence, leadership, and process design.

His vision now stands extended to the role of artificial intelligence in critical care: moving the ICU from reactive to proactive, from intuition to data-driven, maintaining patient centricity. Dr. Rajiv remains committed to advancing critical care as both a clinician and a builder of the leaders who will carry it forward.

Work Experience

• Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), BHU
• Fortis Hospital
• Silver Oaks Hospital

Education & Training

• MBBS — SCB Medical College
• MD — Institute of Medical Sciences [IMS], BHU
• DNB — National Board of Examinations [MOHFW]
• EDIC [European Diploma in Intensive Care] - ESICM

Memberships

• Life Member — Indian Society Of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Member — European Society Of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
• Life Member — Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Speciality Interest

1. Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring [LIDCO, PICCO, FLOTRAC,PRESEP] and Management

2. Resuscitation & Code Protocols

3. Advancing Education Techniques[SKILL LABS, WORKSHOPS]

4. Advances in Mechanical Ventilation

5. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in Critical Care

6. AI in Critical Care

7. Technology and Patient Centricity

8. Intervention Audits & Implementations

9. Antibiotic Stewardship

10. End of Life Care

11. Legal Nuances in the Practice of Critical Care

Research Paper & Publications

Peer-reviewed publication

• Mathur S, Dhunna R, Chakraborty A. Comparison of dopamine and norepinephrine in the treatment of septic shock using impedance cardiography. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2003;7(4). A randomized controlled trial of 50 patients with non-invasive cardiac-output monitoring; concluded norepinephrine more effectively reversed the hemodynamic and metabolic derangements of septic shock.

Research & ongoing work

• Comparative study of perioperative goal-directed versus restrictive fluid therapy and the incidence of intra-operative hypotension in major abdominal and pelvic surgeries.

• Application of virtual reality (VR) in pain management.

• Active clinical interest in gram-negative sepsis and the characterization of sepsis phenotypes.

White papers & thought leadership

• Authored and presented white papers on AI in critical care across ISCCM, IMA, and TiEplatforms.