Dr. Rashmi Adiga is currently working as a consultant paediatric neurologist and paediatrician and lead consultant doctor for child development services at Rainbow Children’s Hospital.
She has a vast clinical experience in managing children with seizures, epilepsy/complex epilepsy, acute paediatric neurology, children with neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, children with movement disorders, children with developmental delay and complex physical disability, developmental coordination disorder, learning disability, children with autistic spectrum disorder, and specific learning difficulties. She complements her skills in managing general paediatric problems with specialist skills in complex paediatric neurological problems.
She has spent few years training and working in the U.K. After qualifying from Bangalore Medical College, she qualified with a D.C.H (Diploma in Child Health) at the Institute of Child Health, Madras and obtained a CCT (certificate of completion of training) in paediatrics (special interest paediatric neurology) following training in the Eastern deanery, United Kingdom. After this she worked in U.K as a consultant in community paediatrics (neurodevelopmental paediatrics) for 6 months. Following this she was a fellow in paediatric neurology at Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge and completed modules in the BPNA distance learning course in paediatric neurology. Following this she worked as a consultant in paediatrics, lead for paediatric neurology and epilepsy services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn and neurodevelopmental paediatrics at Norfolk Community Health and Care before relocating to Bangalore. During this time, she was honorary visiting specialist in paediatric neurology at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.
Through the course of her training in paediatrics and paediatric neurology and subsequent work as a consultant, she has worked hard to develop her clinical and nonclinical skills. She enjoys working with children and their families and has developed ways to work with them effectively to make the best possible clinical decision for the child.
During her time as a consultant in U.K, she conducted paediatric epilepsy clinics, paediatric neurology clinics, paediatric neurodevelopmental clinics, and multidisciplinary clinics for children with cerebral palsy. She also conducted clinics at Churchill Park School, a special school for children with neuro-disabilities. After relocating to Bangalore, she has developed substantial experience in tropical paediatric neurological problems including acute paediatric neurology.
During her time in U.K, she has led many audit projects including the national Epilepsy 12 audit to improve the quality of clinical care for children with epilepsy. She is passionate about teaching and is currently faculty for British Paediatric Neurology Association Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET1) courses and Paediatric EEG basics for paediatricians (PEBP) workshops. She was “University of Cambridge Senior Clinical tutor” and hence lead for the placement of Cambridge Medical students in paediatrics. She was an educational supervisor for postgraduate trainees in paediatrics. She was an active member of the Eastern Paediatric Epilepsy Network. She was the principal investigator for the ICISS (International Collaborative Infantile Spasms Study) trial at Kings Lynn and the paper following this trial “Safety and efficacy of hormonal treatment versus hormonal treatment and vigabatrin for infantile spasms” has now been published in the Lancet. She is very keen on evidence-based clinical care and has written many local clinical guidelines and was also a Delphi Panellist for the RCPCH Stroke in Childhood guideline. She is currently involved in the training programme for DNB residents, PICU and NICU fellows at Rainbow Children’s Hospital.
After relocating to Bangalore, she was a member of the organising team, scientific committee which organised the successful 10th AOCN (Association of Child Neurology) annual conference in Bengaluru in February/March 2020.She has been faculty at many national and international conferences.
She has also been elected to the Fellowship of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) and has been appointed as MRCPCH examiner.
She is currently a member of Paediatric Neurology (subchapter of IAP), International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), Association of Child Neurology (AOCN), British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) and European Paediatric Neurological Society. (EPNS)
