Dr Pratibha Singhi is Best Pediatric Neurologist

• Dr Pratibha Singhi is one of the well-known pediatric neurologists in India present at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad.
• Dr Pratibha Singhi was earlier the Head of pediatrics and pediatric neurology at the PGIMER Chandigarh and then at Medanta.
• Dr Pratibha Singhi is an internationally renowned senior pediatric neurologist with 40 years of experience.
• She has been listed among the top 2 scientists in the world in a study published by Stanford University USA.
• She completed several international research projects - WHO, INDO UK, INDO-EU, and INDO-Swedish, and published about 500 scientific papers and book chapters.
• She authored a book on “Seizures and Epilepsy in Children” and edited 4 books including the ICNA book on “CNS Infections”.
• She was invited speaker/chairperson at over 450 international and national conferences and Visiting Professor at several prestigious universities
• including Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Boston Children's Hospital, Indiana University and Detroit Wayne State University USA, Hospital for Sick Kids Toronto, Karolinska Institute – Stockholm.
• She has numerous gold medals including the President of India Medal, research awards, orations, scholarships, and fellowships to her credit.

Specialization And Expertise in Childhood neurological disorders-

• Seizures and Epilepsy in Infants and Children
• Autism Spectrum Disorders,
• Cerebral palsy
• ADHD and Learning Disabilities
• Neurodevelopmental, Behavioral, and Psychosomatic disorders
• Infections of the Nervous System including Meningitis and Encephalitis
• Neurocysticercosis
• Tuberculosis of the Nervous System
• Headaches
• Acute weakness, Paralysis and stroke in children
• Nerve and Muscle Diseases
• Movement Disorders

 

QUALIFICATION:

• MBBS - JLN Medical College, 1973
• MD - Pediatrics - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1978

 

EXPERIENCE:

• Head -Department of Paediatric Neurology at Amrita Hospital Faridabad.
• Director – Worked as a Paediatric Neurology Paediatrics at Medanta Medicity
• Fellow in Pediatrics from the University of South California, Los Angeles, USA in 1976,
• Worked in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1978.

 

FELLOWSHIP / MEMBERSHIP:

• Executive Board Member, International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
• Life member Asian Oceanian Child Neurology Association (AOCNA)
• Member, European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNA)
• ife Member International Society for Behaviour and Development (ISBD)
• Honorary member of the American Pediatric Society

 

AWARDS:

• Frank Ford Award of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) for Life Time Scientific Achievement in pediatric Neurology and Contribution to ICNA, (2022)
• Awarded the Oration of The Growth and Development Chapter of IAP at the GDBPCON 2016, Pune 10th Dec 2016 Oration on “Neurodevelopmental Disorders –Role of pediatrician”.
• KC Choudhary Award of the IJP for Lifetime Achievement in paediatrics-Neurology, (2022)
• First S. Janaki Memorial Oration by the National Academy of Medical Sciences (2013) for outstanding contribution to pediatric and Adolescent Neurology.
• Awarded the First PK Mishra Oration on “Cerebral Palsy and its management-recent Concepts” to mark the First Foundation Day Celebration of 53rd. Foundation day of King George Medical University Lucknow, 14th Nov 2006.
• Received the Best Paper award from BMJ South Asia Awards on 30th October 2015 for the paper “Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cerebral Perfusion Pressure-Targeted Therapy Versus Intracranial Pressure-Targeted Therapy for Raised Intracranial Pressure due to Acute CNS Infections in Children.
• Awarded the Oration of the Association of Child Neurology from 12-14 February 2016 for Life Time Achievement in pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment.Awarded Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences 2009. for outstanding contributions to Medical Sciences especially in Child Neurology and Neurodevelopment
• Awarded “Medical Scientist Award” by Dr. Shurvir Singh Trust, Rajasthan for the year 2002-03 for outstanding contributions to Medical Sciences especially in pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment.
• Asian Research Award. Awarded in recognition of outstanding contribution to advancements in understanding Infantile Seizures at the 6th Infantile Seizure Society Meeting Tokyo Japan 15-16 Mar 2003.
• James Flett Gold Medal (First Prize) of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics in 1987 for research in Social pediatrics.