President - Clinical Services
Thankam led a vibrant role in her career of 37 Years starting from bedside in India and
abroad to being
the group nursing
head of Fortis Healthcare Limited. She has spearheaded in setting nursing standards and
quality assurance
in
Fortis. She is recognised as a skillful orator and invited in nursing conferences
nationally and
internationally.
She has a keen interest in research and evidenced based practices.
Thankam as Head of Education at Berkeley Health EDU has worked with medical and nursing
colleges to
collaborate
and include simulation based learning during the formative years of doctors and nurses. She
is dedicated
to
developing nurse leaders as she strongly advocates that nurse leaders need to become nurse
centric so as
to
nurture young nurses to become patient centric and develop into influential leaders of
tomorrow.
Thankam is the co-chair of the task force for nursing reforms of FICCI and is
frequently invited to
special
groups formed by government and Delhi Nursing Council as a subject matter expert. She
collaborates
closely
with national and international simulation experts to conduct High Fidelity Simulation
Training Programs
for
doctors and nurses. She is a founder member of Infusion Nurses Society-India, member of
American
Association
of Critical Care Nurses, American Organization of Nurse Executives and a life time
associate member of
Indian
Society of Critical Care Medicine.
She has undergone special training in simulation and debriefing from Jurong Health,
Singapore, and
further
honed her skills to be a trainer under Dale Carnegie’s TTT Program. She is also an American
Heart
Association’s
certified BLS/ACLS/ACLS Experienced Provider Instructor. She is also a certified Lean Six
Sigma Green
Belt.
She is a graduate of UCOL, Newzealand.