About Team

Senior Consultant – Pediatrics, Neonatology & Pediatric Intensive Care
Academic Chief – DNB Pediatrics Programme
Advanced NRP Provider & IAP ALS BLS Instructor
Eminent Teacher Awardee 2025 by ANBAI

Dr. Lokeswari Balleda is a distinguished Pediatrician, Neonatologist, and Pediatric Intensivist with over 18 years of experience in providing evidence based healthcare for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents. As a Senior Consultant at Sri Ramachandra Children's & Dental Hospital, Guntur, she has been instrumental in delivering advanced neonatal and pediatric intensive care while promoting excellence in clinical practice, patient safety, medical education, and academic research. She completed her MBBS and MD in Pediatrics from Guntur Medical College under Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. After completing her postgraduate training, she served as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Katuri Medical College before joining Sri Ramachandra Children's & Dental Hospital in 2008. Since then, she has consistently provided compassionate, ethical, and patient centered care supported by evidence based medical practices.

Her areas of expertise include neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, pediatric emergency medicine, respiratory illnesses, infectious diseases, childhood asthma, allergies, growth and developmental disorders, and preventive child healthcare. To strengthen her expertise in allergy and asthma management, she completed the prestigious Asthma and Allergy Specialist Course (AASC) conducted by Med Train, Bengaluru. She is widely respected for her clinical judgment, compassionate communication, and commitment to every child's well being.

Dr. Lokeswari plays a vital role in postgraduate medical education as the Academic Chief of the DNB Pediatrics Programme. She has been an accredited DNB teaching faculty member and research guide since 2017, mentoring postgraduate residents in clinical medicine, research methodology, and academic excellence. Under her guidance, DNB residents have won multiple Gold and Silver Medals at State PEDICON conferences and earned recognition at National IAP PEDICON. In recognition of her exceptional contribution to medical education, she received the prestigious Eminent & Best Teaching Faculty Award 2025 from the ANBAI AP TS Chapter in the specialty of Pediatrics. This honor acknowledges her outstanding teaching abilities, academic leadership, and dedicated service as a faculty member at Sri Ramachandra Children's & Dental Hospital, further highlighting her commitment to shaping future pediatric specialists. A passionate clinician and researcher, Dr. Lokeswari has authored and co authored more than 20 publications in reputed national and international indexed journals. Her research focuses on neonatal intensive care, pediatric critical care, respiratory support, high flow nasal cannula therapy, neonatal inflammatory disorders, infectious diseases, childhood obesity, diabetes, pediatric emergency medicine, and preventive pediatrics. Her work continues to strengthen evidence based pediatric care and improve child health outcomes.

Dr. Lokeswari is an active member of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), National Neonatology Forum (NNF), and the Indian Medical Association (IMA). She has served as an Executive Body Member of the IAP Guntur Branch and regularly participates as a faculty member, speaker, moderator, and instructor at state and national conferences. She is also an IAP Advanced Life Support Instructor and an Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider. Combining clinical expertise, compassionate patient care, academic leadership, and a passion for research, Dr. Lokeswari Balleda continues to make significant contributions to pediatric and neonatal healthcare. Through her dedication to quality treatment, education, mentorship, and innovation, she remains committed to improving child health outcomes while inspiring and training the next generation of pediatricians.