Grand Rounds: Pediatric Neurogenetics: From Diagnostics Odysseys to Personalized Medicine.
Event Date & Time
November 19, 2021Location
Microsoft TeamsEvent Details:
Speaker: Deepa S. Rajan, MD
Deepa S. Rajan, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Deepa S Rajan MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM). She received her medical education from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, India and completed her residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She then completed training in Child Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where she stayed on as faculty within the Division of Child Neurology. She established and directs The Neurogenetics Clinic and Program at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to harness novel genetic technology for the diagnosis and care of patients with undiagnosed diseases. She is also the Clinical Director of The Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders, a clinical translational research program committed to improving therapeutics in the care of children with rare neurogenetic conditions. Dr Rajan is currently the elected Vice-Chair of the Neurogenetics Section of the American Academy of Neurology.
Financial Disclosure Statement
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Director Deepak Kamat, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator.
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