Dr. N. Balamurugan has over 12 years of experience in Pediatrics and
over 5 years of experience in Pediatric Neurology Dr. Balamurugan Nagarajan is
our Pediatric Neurology Consultant. He is a very skillful clinician and a very
knowledgeable and a compassionate doctor. He completed his schooling at Petit
Seminaire Higher Secondary School, Puducherry, India.
He completed his MBBS at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry,
India with Gold medal in General Medicine and distinctions in Anatomy,
Physiology, Biochemistry, General Medicine and Pediatrics. He completed his
postgraduate Diploma in Child Health from the prestigious Institute of Child
health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. He
completed his DNB (Diplomate in National board in Pediatrics) at the popular
Dr. Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chennai, India.
He subsequently completed his super-specialty fellowship in Pediatric Neurology
from Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru followed by DM
Pediatric Neurology in the prestigious and renowned Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. He is a passionate
teacher and is interested in Clinical teaching, Medical Education and Clinical
Research. He was the recipient of Dr. V. Balagopala Raju award for the best
research paper presented at Vellore South Pedicon in 2015 and best poster award
under epilepsy category in Neuropedicon at New Delhi in 2018 . He has won many
prestigious awards in quizzes and academic/research forums. He has more than
twenty publications in International and National indexed journals and has
contributed to five book chapters.
Area of Expertise:
1. Paediatric Neurology and child development
2. Seizure and Epilepsy
3. Neurometabolic diseases
4. Neuroimmunology
5. Movement disorder
6. Neurogenetics
7. Behavioural problems in children
8. Childhood headache
