GOLD Speakers

Sushma Malik, MD (Pediatrics), FIAP, IBCLC

• Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
• Country: India

Biography:

Sushma is a pediatrician, neonatologist, and lactation consultant with over 35 years of experience in addressing the challenges of reducing neonatal & infant mortality in a diverse country like India.

She has been a Professor Emeritus and Head of Pediatrics and Neonatology Department at T N Medical College and B Y L Nair Hospital, Mumbai - one of India’s largest public multi-specialty hospitals. She has to her credit over 100 research papers and publications in leading national and international journals. Working here, gave her an opportunity of closely interacting with people of all socio-economic, cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds.

She is a national assessor for Baby Friendly Hospital and senior faculty & trainer for IYCN, KMC, Breastfeeding & IBCLC program. This has helped her to spread the message of breastfeeding in the community in both the urban slums and in rural areas.

Currently she is a Board Director of the International Lactation Consultants Association, the President of the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, Maharashtra and the Expert Advisor for the National Neonatology Forum, India for breastfeeding promotion. These have provided her with new platforms to live her passion of expanding the reach of breastfeeding & IYCN practices.