Dr Pahuja is a Consultant Neonatologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and has a specialist interest in paediatric respiratory, nutrition and infection diseases.

After completing his postgraduate training in paediatrics in India, he moved to the UK. Dr Pahuja has 20 years' experience, and he was trained at various university and teaching hospitals across the UK. He undertook his general paediatric training at West Middlesex Hospital and Watford Hospital. He undertook higher specialist training in neonatal medicine at King's College Hospital, Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge before joining Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as a Neonatal consultant in 2015.

Other contributions and interest area:

Dr Pahuja is lead for Postnatal ward care of the newborn at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He has led various quality improvement projects to improve the experience of families on the postnatal ward. He has chaired national guidelines on the prevention and management of in-hospital newborn fall.

Dr Pahuja teaches in a range of settings to multidisciplinary groups including general practitioners, medical students, nurses and midwives and is an established instructor on Newborn Life Support Courses and simulation study days. Dr Pahuja is actively involved as GMC associate in delivering PLAB 2 exams which are extremely important to progressing overseas doctors into the NHS workforce

Dr Pahuja has organised various study days on neonatal ethics and management of surgical neonates.

He has actively involved in research during his training and written a range of educational material and research projects that have been presented at National and International conferences.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Immunisation
• Care of Newborn Infants
• Feeding problems in newborn and children
• Respiratory problems of newborn and children
• Gastrointestinal problems
• Growth and development assessment
• Care of sick newborn including extreme preterm and babies born with surgical problems
• Care of Newborn Infants- 6 weeks routine checks, feeding, growth and development assessment.
• Vaccination (UK, European and American schedule)
• Common skin problems- rashes, eczema
• Feeding problems in newborn and children- colicky, abdominal pains, reflux, constipation and poor weight gain
• Respiratory problems of newborn and children: cough cold, wheezing and asthma
• Gastrointestinal problems- Diarrhoeas, vomiting and constipation
• Growth and development assessment
• Paediatrics Infectious diseases: Fever, respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, urine infections, viral illness