He pursued his post-graduate degree in Paediatrics from a large tertiary referral centre B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children in Mumbai, which is a 300 bedded Paediatric Hospital with various sub-specialties like Paediatric endocrine, Paediatric nephrology, Paediatric Haematology, Paediatric neurology & epilepsy, Paediatric infectious disease, Paediatric Liver, Paediatric surgery, neurosurgery and plastic surgery. He has worked in various NHS Trusts in the South East region during his run through specialist training in Paediatrics before joining the research post at King’s College London. He has gained extensive experience in Neonatology during his training at Hammersmith Hospital (Imperial) and King’s College Hospital in London where he held the position of Consultant Neonatologist. He also trained in PICU at King’s College Hospital where he gained experience of managing critically unwell children. He also worked as a Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospital Lewisham before joining Darent Valley Hospital in 2021.

With extensive experience from both the UK and abroad, he is able to holistically approach and manage various medical conditions in children whether acute or chronic. He is very well versed with the management of a variety of conditions in smallest premature infants to adolescents such as growth failure, endocrine conditions, initial assessment of allergies, hayfever, headache, abdominal pain, nocturnal enuresis, faints/dizzy spells, sleep difficulties, constipation, hypermobility, eczema, migraine, nutritional advice, health promotion and most of the conditions that can be managed in a clinic setting. He aims to deliver high quality care for the children and newborn infants with special emphasis on improving their experience by practicing family integrated care.

With his special interest and experience in Neonatology, he has been helping to provide excellent care to the sickest preterm infants delivered locally. With this experience, he is able to support the department achieve a variety of achievements in his role as a deputy Neonatal Lead. He has a keen interest in research and has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has successfully introduced and driven the participation of the department in National clinical trials to find the best evidence in treatment and management of children and newborn infants. He holds the position of the research lead at Darent Valley Hospital where he leads the local recruitment on numerous National Randomised Clinical Trials (RCTs) which is the gold standard in evidence-based medicine.

Membership of professional bodies:

1. Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
2. British Medical Association
3. British Association of Perinatal Medicine

Publications/ Poster Presentations:

• Oral Presentation: K Ramlogan, S Ambulkar, H Ambulkar: Improving the confidence of Paediatricians in communication with parents where a postnatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome is suspected, European congress of Perinatal Medicine Conference (ECPM), Vienna 11-13 September 2024
• Poster Presentation K Ramlogan, S Ambulkar, H Ambulkar: Improving Confidence of Paediatricians in comminucation with Parents where a post-natal diagnosis of Down Syndrome is suspected Poster presentation at British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) Conference 2024
• H Ambulkar, B Mohammed, L Marshall. Safe implementation of Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA) in a SCBU reducing mother infant separation Poster presentation at British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) Conference 2023
• Arattu Thodika FMS, Ambulkar H, Williams E, Bhat R, Dassios T, Greenough A. Outcomes following less-invasive-surfactant-administration in the delivery-room. Early Hum Dev. 2022
• I. Ahmed, W. Aclimandos, N. Azad, N. Zaheer, J. Barry, H. Ambulkar, A. Badeeb, I. Usman, S. Rashad, H.Helaly The Postnatal Growth and Retinopathy of Prematurity Model: A Multi-institutional Validation Study Ophthalmic Epidemiology (2021)
• H. Ambulkar, E. Williams,A. Hickey, R. Bhat, T. Dassios, A. Greenough, Respiratory monitoring during less invasive surfactant administration in the delivery suite Early Human Development (2021)

• T. Dassios, H. Ambulkar, A. Greenough, Treatment and respiratory support modes for neonates with respiratory distress syndrome Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs  (2020)
• S. Sturrock, H. Ambulkar, E. Williams,S Sweeney, N Bednarczuk, T. Dassios, A. Greenough, A randomised crossover trial of closed loop automated oxygen control in preterm, ventilated infants Acta Paediatrica (2020)

• ‘Feasibility of less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) in the delivery suite’ in European Respiratory Society Virtual Congress September 2020.

• ‘Closed loop automated oxygen control in optimisation of mechanical ventilation in preterm infants’ in European Respiratory Society Virtual Congress September 2020.

• Poster presentation ‘Less invasive surfactant administration in the delivery suite’ in Perinatal Medicine Conference, London, UK 2020.

• Poster presentation ‘Maternal and neonatal outcomes in women with sickle cell disease by genotype’ in Perinatal Medicine Conference, London, UK 2020.

• T Dassios, H Ambulkar, A Greenough. Treatment and respiratory support modes for neonates with respiratory distress syndrome. Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs (2020)
• S. Sturrock, E. Williams, H. Ambulkar, T. Dassios, A. Greenough, Maternal smoking and cannabis use during pregnancy and infant outcomes. Journal of Perinatal Medicine (2020).

• Ambulkar, H., Bhat, R., & Greenough, A. Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia necessitating exchange transfusion due to maternal sickle cell crisis. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine, 8(2). (2019).
• Dassios, T., Williams, E., Ambulkar, H., Shetty, S., Hickey, A., & Greenough, A. (2020). Tidal Volumes and Outcome of Extubation in Mechanically Ventilated Premature Infants. American Journal of Perinatology, 37(2), 204–209. (2019).
• Poster presentation on ‘Provision of nasal high flow therapy using vapotherm device for non-invasive respiratory support during neonatal transport’ in International Conference on transport of high Risk Infants in Oxford, UK Sept 17.
• Ira Shah, Hemant Ambulkar. Coxsackie encephalitis in a child in Western India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 6(1):151 (2017)
• Poster presentation on ‘Provision of nasal high flow therapy using vapotherm device for non-invasive respiratory support during neonatal transport’ in International Conference on transport of high Risk Infants in Oxford, UK Sept 17.

• Poster presentation ‘Is Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) beneficial in Type I Diabetes Mellitus’ selected for ISPAD 2012 International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey held on 10-13 October 2012.
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• Longitudinal Growth In Children With Congenital Hypothyroidism – A Follow Up Study paper accepted for poster presentation at the 8^th Joint

           Meeting of LWPES-ESPE held in New York in Sept 2009.

• Thyroid Disorders in Children– The Journal of General Medicine: July-September 2008 Vol.20 No.3:Pg 27-32