Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna
Anaesthesia & Critical Care
About
Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna's MD in Anaesthesia from BJMC, Pune, dates from 2007, and she also holds an MBBS and a PDCC in Liver transplant anaesthesia from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, obtained in 2012. She works in the Anaesthesia & Critical Care department of the Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, with Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine as her specialty.
Her special interests include coagulopathy after donor hepatectomy, which is a blood clotting problem that can follow the removal of part of a liver from a donor, and changes in electrical activity during liver transplantation. She also has an interest in lung and heart-lung complications after surgery in people who have received a liver transplant.
Earlier she held senior residency posts at GTB Hospital Delhi and at SGPGIMS, Lucknow. Her publications include 'Perioperative ischaemia-induced liver injury and protection strategies: An expanding horizon for anaesthesiologists' (2013) and 'Acute liver failure in pregnancy: Challenges and management' (2015).
Qualifications
Publications
Ondansetron causing near fatal catastrophe in a renal transplant recipient
Anaesthetic management of Wolff- Parkinson- White syndrome for hysterectomy
Prophylactic use of gabapentin for prevention of succinylcholine - induced fasciculation and myalgia: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study
Perioperative risk factors in patients with liver disease undergoing non-hepatic surgery
Perioperative ischaemia-induced liver injury and protection strategies: An expanding horizon for anaesthesiologists
Comparative evaluation of prophylactic use of pregabalin, gabapentin and diclofenac sodium for prevention of succinylcholine-induced myalgia: a randomized, double-blinded study
Hepatorenal Syndrome : A Decade Later
Brachial plexus injury in live related donor hepatectomy: a chart review
Acute liver failure in pregnancy: Challenges and management
Conditions treated
Where they practise
BioTB TrustScore™ Analysis
GoodRanked #120 of 262 anaesthesiology & pain medicine specialists in New Delhi
Score breakdown
- Credentials & training (25%)6.5/10
postgraduate degree
- Experience & seniority (20%)3.0/10
experience not published
- Hospital standing (20%)9.9/10
Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS), NABH accredited and 549 beds
- Practice depth (15%)7.0/10
academic or award record
- Access & transparency (10%)3.0/10
direct contact number
- Profile completeness (10%)7.2/10
reviewed in the last 90 days
Strengths
- Hospital standing: Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS), NABH accredited and 549 beds
- Profile completeness: reviewed in the last 90 days
- Practice depth: academic or award record
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- Experience & seniority: experience not published
- Access & transparency: direct contact number
BioTB analysis
Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna ranks #120 of 262 anaesthesiology & pain medicine specialists in New Delhi on the BioTB TrustScore™, placing in the top 46%. The score of 6.3 (Good) is driven most by hospital standing (9.9/10: Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS), NABH accredited and 549 beds). The main gap is access & transparency (3/10: direct contact number), so confirm those details with the hospital before you visit.
TrustScore™ is computed by the BioTB analysis engine from the facts on this profile, weighted as shown above, and re-ranked against every other anaesthesiology & pain medicine specialist in New Delhi. How TrustScore™ works
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D-1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
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Where this information comes from
Last reviewed- Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) doctor profile (Hospital website, read 2026-10-20)
- Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) contact page (Hospital website, read 2026-10-20)
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Questions about Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna
Where does Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna consult?
Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna consults at the Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in the Vasant Kunj locality of Delhi.
What are Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna's qualifications?
Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna holds an MBBS, an MD in Anaesthesia from BJMC, Pune, obtained in 2007, and a PDCC in Liver transplant anaesthesia from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, obtained in 2012.
What does Dr. Sunaina Tejpal Karna's department at Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) cover?
Anaesthesia & Critical Care looks after patients during surgery and in intensive care, including those with critical illness.
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