Consultant
Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
MBBS, MD, DM
Dr. Priyanka Madaan is a Pediatric Neurologist who has trained at various centers of repute, and has more than 4 years of experience post DM Pediatric Neurology. She did his post-graduation (MD) in Pediatrics and DM in Pediatric Neurology from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She was awarded Sorel Catherine Freymann Book Prize in Pediatrics for the best post graduate student for the year 2014. Following this, she worked for 4 years at India’s another premier institute and Pediatric Centre, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh as a Pool Officer and Scientist. She excelled both clinically and academically, and has authored more than 100 publications in national and international journals, and also authored several book chapters. Subsequently, she joined as a Consultant and Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology here. Her field of clinical interest includes various childhood neurological conditions including neurodevelopmental disorder like autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, cerebral palsy; childhood epilepsy including epileptic encephalopathies and infantile spasms, dietary therapies for epilepsies, demyelination, autoimmune encephalitis and other autoimmune neurological disorders in children, neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorders, movement disorders, headache, neuromuscular disorder include Guillain Barre syndrome, Duchenne Muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, neuropathies, etc. Being associated with two premier institutes of India (AIIMS, New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh) for more than 10 years, she had a strong academic and research.
She has been involved in developing and updating various Patient educational materials on different neurological conditions. Also, she has been a part of workshops (as a Faculty) on Training of Master trainers on diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. She believes in evidence driven care and supports continuing efforts for quality improvement. She holds several reputed positions. She is Associate Editor of European Journal of Medical Research and Editorial Board Member for BMC Pediatrics. She is commission member of the current International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Climate Change Commission and member of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Driving taskforce. She is founding member of South Asian West syndrome Research Group. She is committee member of Future Leaders of International Child neurology association (FLICNA). She is member of multiple national and international scientific societies like Central Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Delhi IAP, Association of Child Neurology, Indian Epilepsy society and International League Against Epilepsy, and International Child Neurology Association.