Dr Bidisha Banerjee is a paediatric neurologist trained at JIPMER, PGIMER, and AIIMS. She has more than one and a half decades of experience and has received academic prizes and honours. She has published in national and international journals, contributed to book chapters, and presented at major conferences. She is actively involved in training paediatrics, paediatric neurology, and neurology trainees.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – JIPMER, Puducherry
• MD (Paediatrics) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
• DM (Paediatric Neurology) – AIIMS, New Delhi

Professional Experience

• More than one and a half decades of experience in paediatric neurology
• Teaching and training of paediatrics, paediatric neurology, and neurology trainees
• Course Director – Advanced Training in Pediatric Neurology (MAHE)
• Faculty – DNB Pediatrics and DNB Neurology
• Thesis guide – DNB Pediatrics
• Trainer for PEBP (EEG) and PET-1 courses

Awards & Achievements

• Award for poster presentation at ICNC 2018
• Faculty at acute neurology workshop, ICNC 2018
• Awards for posters at national and regional conferences
• Publications in national and international journals and book chapters
• Guest lectures at regional and national conferences
• Silver medal (first rank), MD Pediatrics, 2003

Professional Memberships

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Neurology Chapter
• Association of Child Neurology, India
• International Child Neurology Association
• Metabolic and Rare Disorders (MERD India)
• Bangalore Neurology Society
• Indian Medical Association

Publications

• Effect of creatine monohydrate in improving cellular energetics and muscle strength in ambulatory Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients
• Midbrain and Spinal Cord MRI changes in Poliomyelitis
• Hashimoto's encephalopathy in a 10-year-old girl
• Catastrophic neurologic manifestations of a common immunodeficiency syndrome
• Acute Encephalitis Syndrome: Approach to a Changing Paradigm
• Changing trend in sporadic acute encephalitis syndrome – retrospective cohort
• Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood – case series
• Profile and outcome of children with Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia
• MELAS – usual and unusual MRI findings
• Dravet Syndrome – retrospective study
• Brain Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in neurometabolic disorders
• PGK1 gene variant – case report
• Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures following SARS-CoV-2 infection