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Dr. Ramesh Konanki is a top Pediatric Neurologist at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Banjara Hills and Secunderabad. He has graduated (MBBS) from the prestigious Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, and completed MD Pediatrics from the premier medical institute in the country, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and further completed DM Pediatric Neurology from AIIMS, New Delhi. He acquired extensive training in managing simple and complex neurological problems and developmental disorders seen in new borns and children. He is well recognised in the field of Pediatrics and regarded as one of the best pediatric neurologists in Telangana.
Along with excellent clinical work, Dr. Ramesh Konanki is well known for teaching Pediatric post graduates and Pediatric Neurology trainees. Rainbow Children’s Hospital is one of the first centres in the country to start DrNB in Pediatric Neurology.
Dr. Ramesh Konanki is also an avid researcher with multiple research projects ongoing under his guidance. He has around 55 scientific publications in peer-reviewed, indexed national & international journals, 10 book chapters, and many international conference paper presentations. He was a member of a nation-wide multicentre study on Childhood Neurodevelopmental disorders conducted by the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN).
Areas of Specialisation:
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Neuromuscular disorders, with special interest in
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
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Epilepsy and Electrophysiology
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Stroke in Neonates & Children
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Neuro Critical Care
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Neonatal Neurology
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Neurodevelopmental disorders, including Cerebral
Palsy, Autism, and Intellectual disability
· Rainbow children hospital, with Dr. Ramesh
Konanki as Principal Investigator, is one of the few international centres
participating in landmark clinical trial on “Intrathecal Zolgensma for children
with type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
· Dr Ramesh Konanki contributed for several
publications and national guidelines on “Management of status epilepticus in
children” .
· Publications
on Leukodystrophies, Moyamoya disease, posterior circulation stroke in
children, Guillain-Barre syndrome, infantile-onset epilepsy, etc.
· Validation of
new diagnostic instruments for identifying Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy among
children aged 2-9 years.
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Dr. Ramesh
Konanki is serving as Associate Editor for journal Neurology India, and
Reviewer for many scientific journals (Neurology India, Annals of Indian
academy of neurology, Journal of child neurology, Neurology Genetics, International
Journal of Epilepsy, Archives of diseases in childhood, Journal of neurology,
neurosurgery and psychiatry, Indian Pediatrics, Indian Journal of Pediatrics,
and Epilepsia).