Rate My Professor Rakshit Panwar

Associate Professor Rakshit Panwar is affiliated with the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia, holding an Associate Professor position and a conjoint senior lecturer role. He practices as an intensive care specialist and serves as Staff Specialist in Intensive Care at John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales, since April 2013. His career includes prior roles such as Postgraduate Fellow in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at John Hunter Hospital (2012-2013), Senior Registrar at The Alfred Hospital Intensive Care (2011-2012), Senior Registrar at Monash Medical Centre in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia (2009-2011), and Registrar at Princess Alexandra Hospital Intensive Care (2006-2008). Trained initially at Mumbai University, India, he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, along with an MD in general internal medicine. He completed five years of specialist training with the College of Intensive Care Medicine in Australia, earning Fellowship (FCICM) in 2011. Presently, he is pursuing a PhD in Medicine at the University of Newcastle, researching optimal blood pressure targets during shock management in critically ill patients, supported by a four-year NSW PhD scholarship.

Dr Panwar's academic interests center on critical care medicine, intensive care, oxygen inhalation therapy, perfusion pressure, and physiological targets. He is an early career researcher who has published several papers in national and international peer-reviewed indexed medical journals over the last five years. Key publications include 'Mortality effect of higher versus lower blood pressure targets in vasodilatory shock: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis' (Critical Care, 2026), 'Renal perfusion pressure: role and implications in critical illness' (Annals of Intensive Care, 2025), 'High mean arterial pressure (MAP) targets in septic shock: one size does not fit all' (Intensive Care Medicine, 2025), and 'A pilot multicenter randomized controlled trial on individualized blood pressure targets versus standard care among critically ill patients with shock' (Journal of Intensive Care, 2025). He led the first published randomized controlled trial comparing oxygen targets in mechanically ventilated ICU patients (ICU-ROX, 2020) and serves as chief investigator on multicenter studies like REACT SHOCK. Dr Panwar has obtained over $1.3 million in competitive peer-reviewed grant support in the past five years, proactively fostering collaborations for clinical trials. He acts as a peer reviewer for American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Journal of Critical Care, Annals of American Thoracic Society, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Critical Care and Resuscitation.