Dr. Jayakumar is a dedicated clinician with more than 14 years of experience practicing evidence based medicine with huge respect for patients and their families. He completed MBBS from JSS Medical College in Mysore, India and his postgraduation (MD) in Paediatrics from KMC Hospital, India. He has worked as Assistant Professor in Medical College hospital and as a Junior Consultant in HMH, Mysore, India, where he has managed a vast number of Paediatric patients including challenging cases in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. He was actively involved in teaching post-graduate paediatric students and guiding their research work as well.
Dr. Jayakumar joined NMC in 2016 and had rendered his services in NMC Day Surgery Centre, MBZ City and NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi before joining NMC Ruwais Hospital. He has received training and certification in Paediatric Advanced Life Support and Neonatal Advanced Life Support from AHA and AAP.
He can speak well in Kannada, Hindi and English and can fairly understand Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Arabic.