Dr. Suma Balan

Dr. Suma Balan

Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Rheumatologist
MBBS (JIPMER, Pondicherry), MD Paediatrics (JIPMER, Pondicherry), MRCP Paediatrics (UK), CCST UK
Speciality: Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
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Amrita Hospital, Kochi
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Dr Suma Balan trained in India at JIPMER in Paediatrics following which she went to the UK and undertook a rigorous tertiary paediatric training programme from Nottingham,UK (the second largest Children Hospital attendances in the UK) with further focussed Special Interest training in Paediatric Rheumatology. Her areas of interest are juvenile idiopathic arthritis, J SLE and regional pain syndromes in childhood.

She has presented and published in international paediatric rheumatology and nephrology conferences and is an active member of the paediatric rheumatology faculty in India.

  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystroph
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatic Arthritis

  • MBBS

    JIPMER, Pondicherry

  • MD(Paediatrics)

    JIPMER, Pondicherry

  • MRCP(Paediatrics)

    United Kingdom (UK)

  • CCST

    United Kingdom (UK)

  • English
  • Malayalam
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Kawasaki Disease? A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

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JIA- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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Recognizing Bone pain in children

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An Overview of Children with Connective Tissue Diseases

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Dr Suma Balan trained in India at JIPMER in Paediatrics following which she went to the UK and undertook a rigorous tertiary paediatric training programme from Nottingham,UK (the second largest Children Hospital attendances in the UK) with further focussed Special Interest training in Paediatric Rheumatology. Her areas of interest are juvenile idiopathic arthritis, J SLE and regional pain syndromes in childhood.

She has presented and published in international paediatric rheumatology and nephrology conferences and is an active member of the paediatric rheumatology faculty in India.

  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystroph
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatic Arthritis

  • MBBS

    JIPMER, Pondicherry

  • MD(Paediatrics)

    JIPMER, Pondicherry

  • MRCP(Paediatrics)

    United Kingdom (UK)

  • CCST

    United Kingdom (UK)

  • English
  • Malayalam

General

Kawasaki Disease? A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

Learn more
General

JIA- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Learn more
General

Recognizing Bone pain in children

Learn more
General

An Overview of Children with Connective Tissue Diseases

Learn more

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Other Blogs

General

An Overview of Children with Connective Tissue Diseases

These are, by definition, rare diseases that occur in less than 1 in 2000. But they need to be recognised early; otherwise, the...

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General

JIA- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

This is the most common Childhood Rheumatic Disease and one of the most common chronic diseases in children. Every child with j...

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General

Kawasaki Disease? A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

Kawasaki is far more commonly associated with motorbikes than fever. So it’s not surprising that one is met with incredulous lo...

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General

Recognizing Bone pain in children

In the Musculoskeletal system probably the most important symptom to recognise is bone pain. Pain arising from a bone can be du...

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