Dr. Lokesh Lingappa

He graduated from Karnatak Medical College in Hubli, Karnataka, after completing medical school. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, provided the paediatric training, while the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, provided the neurology (DM Neurology) training. He pursued his enthusiasm for paediatric neurology and finished his MRCPCH in the UK. He received his training at Bristol Children's Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital in Bristol, UK, as a fellow in paediatric neurology. He returned to India because of the desire to create high-quality paediatric neurology services. Through his work over the past 12 years, Rainbow Children's Hospital now boasts a paediatric neurology department with a team of four full-time paediatric neurologists, a metabolic and genetic specialist, three paediatric neurosurgeons, and two child psychiatrists. Senior members of the rehab team are completely supportive of the services (Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Speech and language Audiology, Speech Therapy, Visual Rehabilitation, Child Psychology testing and counseling). At NIMHANS 2003, Dr. Lingappa received the Dr Anisya Vasanth Award for Best Exiting Neurology Student. At the 2006 Montreal, Canada, International Child Neurology Conference (ICNA), he also earned a Travel Fellowship Grant Award. In 2014, he took up the best paper prize from the International Child Neurology Conference in Brazil (Neurological Presentations of childhood Cancers).

Qualification

• MD (Pediatrics)
• DM (Neurology)
• MRCPCH (UK)