After her undergraduate training (MBBS), from Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trichur, Calicut University, Dr. Thasleena N S - Senior Registrar, Anaesthesia and Pain Management - specialised in Anaesthesiology and did her DNB – Anaesthesiology from Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore under the National Board of Examination.  After her internship at Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trichur, she worked as Medical Officer, Al Arif Hospital, Trivandrum; Medical Officer, Royal Mother and Baby  Hospital, Trivandrum; Medical Officer, Pl Multi-speciality Hospital, Calicut; and Primary DNB Resident, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore. 

Expertise

• Nerve blocks-Ultrasound guided: Limb blocks. Truncal blocks. Airway blocks.
• Intubation using video laryngoscope
• Awake fibre-optic intubation
• Percutaneous tracheostomy
• Insertion of Central Venous access — Adult, blind and ultrasound guided
• Arterial line insertion
• Ultrasound application in Trauma and ICU, venous access, blocks
• Neuraxial anaesthesia, labour epidurals

Qualification

• MBBS - Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trichur, Calicut University.
• DNB- Anaesthesiology – Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore under the National Board of Examination.

Research and Publications

• Comparision of hemodynamic response and safety of sedation following premedication with intravenous dexmedetomidine and intravenous fentanyl during awake fibre-optic intubation.