Dr Aparna U Simha – Paediatrician.
A compassionate Pediatrician with over 20 years experience caring for children. Hailing from Bangalore, she did her undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in M S Ramaiah hospital , Bangalore. She runs well baby clinic, adolescent clinic, taking care of the nutrition, immunization and growth monitoring. Her special interest is in rare genetic diseases.
Dr. Dipanjana Datta – State Cordinator-West Bengal and Genetic Councilor
Dr. Dipanjana Datta is a PhD in molecular geneticist and has 13 years of experience in the field of human genetics Dr. Datta was a post doctoral fellow from Virginia Common Wealth University (VCU). Dr. Datta is currently affiliated as an Executive manager at ATGC Diagnostics PVT. Ltd. Dr. Datta also is engaged as a Genetic counselor with various infertility, fetal medicine , neuromuscular/ neurodevelopmental and pediatric centers in Kolkata, West Bengal and the surrounding regions. She was formerly associated with Department of Neonatology , IPGMPER and SSKM hospitals as a Senior Scientist. She has published in numerous international journals of repute like PNAS, Journal of Neurology, Plos One, International Journal of Gastroenterology, etc.
She is/ has been the member of various esteemed genetic associations like American Society for human genetics (ASHG), Indian Society for human genetics (ISHG), Calcutta consortium of human genetics (CCHuGe), and Society for Biological Chemist (SBC) and the Indian Immunological Society (IIS). She is also is a member with Indian Genome Variation Consortium.
Dr. Prabhudev M Hiremath – Neurologist and Pediatric Neurologist.
He presented is Research on opsoclonus and myoclonus in International Child Neurology association conference (ICNA) held at Mumbai in 2018
Presented his research on HIV in the prestigious HIV society conference held at Mexico City, Mexico in 2019
He has presented more than 10 research works in national and international forums
He is a winner of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh neurology quiz programs
Has presented 7 publications in prestigious journals till date
Awarded the best poster award on national movement disorders consortium conference held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru in 2023 for unique work in the field of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation.
Dr. Jinal Porwal, physiotherapist .
She hold a Master’s in Community Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation and am currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune.Through her work at Arogyam Advanced Physiotherapy Joint and Spine Center, Belagavi,She focus on *family-centered care—empowering caregivers, enhancing participation, and improving quality of life using the **ICF and biopsychosocial models*.Her journey is both professional and personal, driving her to create awareness, promote inclusion, and build supportive networks for families living with rare conditions.
Mrs. Shobha , Clinical Dietitian
25 years of experience in all nutrition and dietetics specialties Excelled at providing nutrition therapy to combat the effects of disease, treatment, surgeries and prevent progression of acute disease, as well prevent nutrition mediated complications.
Trained interns for dietetics registration, critical care nutrition, etc.
Written training modules on organ failure and transplantation, enteral nutrition, etc.
Guided UG and PG for academic dissertations.
Speaker at many national and international seminar, conferences and workshops.
- Awards: “Excellence in Dietetics” awarded by Indian Medical Association, Indus Association and Govt of Andhra Pradesh 2014.Best Oral Presentation and Best Research Abstract .
