Dr. Vaishakh Anand

Dr. Vaishakh Anand completed his MBBS in 2012 from Government Medical College, Kozhikode. After procuring 7th rank in the AIIMS post graduate entrance examination, he joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi for pursuing MD Pediatrics in 2014 and completed in 2016. He procured 1st rank in the AIIMS DM entrance examination and joined for DM Pediatric Neurology in AIIMS, New Delhi in 2017 and completed in 2020.

Publications :

Vaishakh Anand, Garima Shukla, Neerja Gupta, Anupama Gupta, Savita Sapra, Sheffali Gulati, Ravindra Mohan Pandey, Shivam Pandey, Madhulika Kabra. Association of sleep apnea with development and behavior in Down syndrome: A prospective clinical and polysomnographic study. Pediatric Neurology, Volume116, March 2021, Pages 7-13.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.10.007

Rahul Sinha, Vaishakh Anand, Juhi Gupta, Sonali Singh, Sheffali Gulati. Infantile spasms and COVID-19: Challenges and solutions in resource-limited settings, Epilepsy Research, Volume 167, 2020, 106441, ISSN 0920-1211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106441, (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920121120304915)

Sharma P, Shaikh RG, Shamim U, Anand V, Chakrabarty B, Gulati S, Sonakar AK, Ahmad I, Garg A, Srivastava AK, Faruq M. Genetically confirmed first Indian dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy kindred: A case report. Ann Mov Disord 2020;3:60-4. DOI: 10.4103/AOMD.AOMD_38_19

Fosphenytoin in status epilepticus: The ice needs to be broken. Anand V, Chakrabarty B. Indian Pediatrics. 2020; 57: 209-210.

5) Autism, Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability: A Clinical Conundrum. Anand V, Jauhari P. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2019 July, Editorial commentary. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-03045-9

Development of All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Modified International Clinical Epidemiology Network Diagnostic Instrument for Neuromotor Impairments in Children Aged 1 Month to 18 Years. Gulati S, Patel H, Chakrabarty B, Dubey R, Arora NK, Pandey RM, Paul VK, Ramesh K, Anand V, Meena A. Front Public Health. 2017 Nov 21;5:313. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00313. eCollection 2017

Development and validation of AIIMS modified INCLEN diagnostic instrument for epilepsy in children aged 1 month-18 years. Gulati S, Patel H, Chakrabarty B, Dubey R, Arora NK, Pandey RM, Paul VK, Ramesh K, Anand V, Meena A. Epilepsy Res. 2017 Feb;130:64-68. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.01.008. Epub 2017 Jan 25

Professional Interests :

Neurometabolic disorders

Dietary therapy in pediatric epilepsy

Epileptic encephalopathies

Neuromuscular disorders

Pediatric demyelination

Neurocutaneous diseases

Professional Memberships :

International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)

Association of Child Neurology (AOCN)

Indian Epilepsy Society (IES)

Asian Society of Continuing Medical Education (ASCME)