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Aashish Gupta

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Associate Lecturer

Faculty:
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School:
School of Medicine
Location:
Chelmsford

Dr Aashish Gupta is an associate lecturer and Medicine lead for year 5 at ARU. Alongside his work at ARU, Dr Aashish is a Consultant Paediatrician specialising in Paediatric Rheumatology and Neonatal Medicine. He currently serves as a paediatric consultant at Basildon University Hospital.

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Background

Dr Gupta completed his primary medical qualification at the University of Delhi in 1997, followed by his MD in Paediatrics at the same university in 2003. He later moved to the UK and pursued his paediatric training in London and the East of England. He became a Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2007, followed by his Fellowship in 2015. Dr Gupta also holds a Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, as well as a Master’s degree in Medical and Healthcare Education, all from Anglia Ruskin University. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Currently, he is the lead for year 5 medical students at Anglia Ruskin University. Previously he served as the lead for UCL students at Basildon. He firmly believes in the importance of well-structured and student-directed training to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi

Research interests

  • Medical Education
  • Neonatal medicine
  • Paediatric Rheumatology

Teaching

  • MBChB Medicine

Qualifications

  • MBBS Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India 1999
  • M.D Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India 2003
  • MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London 2007
  •  FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London 2015
  • PG Certificate in Medical and Healthcare Education,  Anglia Ruskin University, UK 2019
  • PG Diploma in Medical and Healthcare Education, Anglia Ruskin University, UK 2020
  • Master of Science in Medical and Healthcare Education, Anglia Ruskin University, UK 2022
  • Paediatric Rheumatology, SPIN (Special interest) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London 2022

Memberships, editorial boards

  • Fellowship Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy, UK 2020

Selected recent publications

Sadiq A, Gupta A, Chen H, et al239 Implementation of Kaiser Sepsis Risk Calculator in neonates at risk of early onset neonatal sepsis at our district general hospital, Archives of Disease in Childhood 2023;108:A142.

Knee O, Gupta A, Curley A, Charnock-Jones DS, Smith GC, Belteki G. The acute-phase protein SAA3 is present in the preterm human colostrum and breast milk. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Jul;100(4):F369-71. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307795.

Recent presentations and conferences

Poster entitled ‘Neonatal haematocrit measurement: different methods, different results?’ presented in RCPCH annual conference April 2020.

Poster entitled ‘Pica as a presenting symptom in very early onset IBD’ presented in BSPGHAN meeting, 28 January 2016.

Poster entitled "Three Year Survey of Blood Stream Infections (BSI) in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)" - presented at 4th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS), October 2012.

Poster entitled "Effectiveness of melatonin in treating sleep problems in children - Parent satisfaction survey" - presented at 4th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies - EAPS, October 2012.


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