Dr. D Kalpana

• Clinical Pediatric Neurology
• Pediatric epilepsy
• Neurogenetics and neurometabolic disorders
• Cerebral palsy and Autistic spectrum disorders
• Demyelinating disorders like ADEM, GBS, NMOSD etc.

• Certified faculty for the Pediatric Epilepsy Training by the British Paediatric Neurology Association.
• Faculty for the Pediatric Epilepsy Training for Basic Pediatricians(PEBP)
• Faculty and examiner for the PG diploma in Child Development, at Child development centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Divisional Coordinator for the IAP Post Graduate Quiz in Pediatrics for 5 consecutive years.
• Member of the task force for the development of screening tool for neurodevelopmental disorders in India
• Reviewer in Indian Pediatrics, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology and Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences
• Contributed to chapters in IAP textbook of Pediatrics, Frontiers of Neurology
• University rank holder in Community Medicine and Ophthalmology

Professional Memberships:

• Active member of Indian Medical Association, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Kerala Association of Neurologists, Indian Epilepsy Society, Association Of Child Neurologists (AOCN) and International Child Neurology Association.
• State coordinator of IAP Pediatric Quiz from 2013- 2018
• Secretary, Trivandrum Neuroclub 2018-19
• President, IAP Neurology Chapter Kerala 2019-2020 (Received the award for the best subspecialty chapter under Indian Academy of Pediatrics in 2019)
• Scientific committee convenor at the 11th AOCN National Conference on April 2021