Dr. LOKESH LINGAPPA
Consultant Child and Adolescent Neurologist
MD Pediatrics (PGI), DM Neurology (NIMHANS), MRCPCH (UK), Fellow in Pediatric Neurology (UK)
Telugu,Hindi,English
Banjara Hills
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Dr. Lokesh Lingappa is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Neurologist in Banjara Hills at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad. He completed his medical school from Karnataka Medical College, Hubli, Karnataka. The Pediatric Training from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and trained in Neurology (DM Neurology) at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. He is well recognised in the field of Pediatrics and regarded as one of the best pediatric neurologist in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
He pursued his passion to further Pediatric Neurology training and completed MRCPCH from UK and was trained at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Bristol Children’s Hospital as Fellow in Pediatric Neurology, Bristol, UK. It was the vision to develop high quality Pediatric Neurology services brought him back to India. His efforts for the last 12 years has culminated with the presence of Pediatric Neurology department across all the branches of Rainbow Children’s Hospital with a team of four full time Pediatric Neurologists, a Metabolic and Genetic Specialist, three Pediatric Neurosurgeons and two Child Psychiatrists.
Dr. Lingappa was awarded the Best Outgoing Neurology Student (Dr Anisya Vasanth Award) at NIMHANS 2003. He also received Travel Fellowship Grant Award at International Child Neurology Conference (ICNA) held at Montreal, Canada in 2006. He won the best paper award at International Child Neurology Conference, Brazil in 2014(Neurological Presentations of childhood Cancers).He has many national and international publications and presentations to his credit. He has authored few chapters in books released by Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He has three best poster awards at national and international level conferences.
He has described a new mechanism for childhood stroke for the first time in the world(Mineralizing angiopathy with infantile Basal Ganglia Stroke after Minor Trauma - https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12275).
Dr. Lingappa’s Research interests range from neonatal neurological disorders, infantile epilepsy, intensive care neurology and long term outcomes of acute neurological disorders. He is actively involved in educating pediatricians and primary care team about essentials of management of common neurological problems. He was the editor of Newsletter for Rainbow Children’s Hospital and Perinatal Centre, Hyderabad for five years.
Dr. Lingappa is a member of various associations and bodies namely, International Child Neurology Association(ICNA), Association of Child Neurology, Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) India - LM 622, and Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He was the Secretary of Pediatric Epilepsy Society of Hyderabad (PESH), Hyderabad.
Dr Lingappa was the Organizing Secretary of AOCN National Conference in Feb 2014 and IAP Neurology Conference in July 2019.Dr Lingappa served as Secretary of AOCN 2014 to 2016. He was invited as Presidential Guest for the British Pediatric Neurology Association Conference held at Belfast in Jan 2020. He is Chair Person of the IAP Neurology Subsection from 2020 January.
He pursued his passion to further Pediatric Neurology training and completed MRCPCH from UK and was trained at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Bristol Children’s Hospital as Fellow in Pediatric Neurology, Bristol, UK. It was the vision to develop high quality Pediatric Neurology services brought him back to India. His efforts for the last 12 years has culminated with the presence of Pediatric Neurology department across all the branches of Rainbow Children’s Hospital with a team of four full time Pediatric Neurologists, a Metabolic and Genetic Specialist, three Pediatric Neurosurgeons and two Child Psychiatrists.
Dr. Lingappa was awarded the Best Outgoing Neurology Student (Dr Anisya Vasanth Award) at NIMHANS 2003. He also received Travel Fellowship Grant Award at International Child Neurology Conference (ICNA) held at Montreal, Canada in 2006. He won the best paper award at International Child Neurology Conference, Brazil in 2014(Neurological Presentations of childhood Cancers).He has many national and international publications and presentations to his credit. He has authored few chapters in books released by Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He has three best poster awards at national and international level conferences.
He has described a new mechanism for childhood stroke for the first time in the world(Mineralizing angiopathy with infantile Basal Ganglia Stroke after Minor Trauma - https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12275).
Dr. Lingappa’s Research interests range from neonatal neurological disorders, infantile epilepsy, intensive care neurology and long term outcomes of acute neurological disorders. He is actively involved in educating pediatricians and primary care team about essentials of management of common neurological problems. He was the editor of Newsletter for Rainbow Children’s Hospital and Perinatal Centre, Hyderabad for five years.
Dr. Lingappa is a member of various associations and bodies namely, International Child Neurology Association(ICNA), Association of Child Neurology, Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) India - LM 622, and Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He was the Secretary of Pediatric Epilepsy Society of Hyderabad (PESH), Hyderabad.
Dr Lingappa was the Organizing Secretary of AOCN National Conference in Feb 2014 and IAP Neurology Conference in July 2019.Dr Lingappa served as Secretary of AOCN 2014 to 2016. He was invited as Presidential Guest for the British Pediatric Neurology Association Conference held at Belfast in Jan 2020. He is Chair Person of the IAP Neurology Subsection from 2020 January.
- Clinical and Molecular Diagnosis of Joubert Syndrome and Related Disorder
- Herbal Medicine - Induced Seizures in Children : Single Centre Experience over 18 months
- Psychological Outcomes, coping and illness perceptions among parents of children with neurological disorders
- The Spectrum of acute leukoencephalopathy with restricted diffusion(ALRED) : A Case series and review of Literature
- Case Reports : Survival from Rabies: Case Series from India
- Persistent Craniopharyngeal Canal: A Rare Cause for Recurrent Meningitis in Pediatric Population
- Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies : A Clinicopathological Study with emphasis on muscle histology
- Clinical Profile , Yield of Cartridge - based Nucleic Acid AmplificationTest(GeneXpert), and Outcome in Children with Tubercular Meningitis
- Identification and in Silico Characerization of a Novel CASK c.2546T>C(p.V849A) Mutation in a Male Infant with Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia
- Ictal FDFPET and SPECT in hemifacial seizures due to cerebellar epilepsy- Case report
- IAP (India Academy of Pediatrics)
- IAN (Indian Academy of Neurology)
- ICNA (International Child Neurology Association)
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