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Adj Asst Prof Yeleswarapu Sita Padmini

Adj Asst Prof Yeleswarapu Sita Padmini

FRCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, MRCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, CCT Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, MBBS India

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Child Development

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Child), Developmental Delay.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Department of Child Development KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr Padmini Yeleswarapu is a Consultant in the Department of Child Development (DCD) at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). She has been working as a Paediatrician for over 15 years.

Dr Padmini graduated from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, India and completed the Paediatric training and Higher Specialist training from UK. She joined KKH in 2012 after working as a Consultant Community Paediatrician at Alder-Hey Children’s Hospital, UK for around 18 months prior.

Her sub-specialty interests includes management of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodisability.

She is a member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH, UK), General Medical Council (GMC, UK), British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH, UK) and Maharashtra Medical Council, India.

Education

  • FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, 2013
  • MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2004
  • MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India, 1999

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Clinical Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Member, Singapore Medical Council
  • Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Member, British Association of Community Child Health
  • Member, General Medical Council
  • Member, Maharashtra Medical Council

Awards

  • Service From The Heart Award Jan-June 2016, KKH
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Silver Award, KKH, 2017

Research Interests

Publications

  • Contributed to Beanstalk Magazine July-Sept 2017 on child development
  • Contributed to KKJC Jan-Mar 2016 Newsletter on child development
  • The urgency of Autism: Why the ‘watch and wait’ approach may not be best. KKH Special Delivery, Sept-Oct 2015; Vol 63: Issue 05
  • How many and what kind of mental health problems present to Paediatricians? SP Yeleswarapu, C NiBhrolchain. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2010; 95: A104-A105
  • Rehabilitation after head injury. Yeleswarapu SP, Curran A. Paediatrics Child Health 2010; 20: 9.

Research Trials