MD (Paediatrics), PDCC (Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes), FRCPCHConsultant

•SPECIALITYEndocrinology Paediatrics

•HOSPITALMumbai - SRCC Children's Hospital

Brief Profile

Dr Abhishek Kulkarni is a pioneer champion of Endocrinology Paediatrics and gives several hours to endless counselling of diagnosed patients and their parents. He is an MD (Paediatrics) and has a doctrine of PDCC (Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes) and FRCPCH. He was awarded Visiting Fellowship of Royal College Paediatrics & Child Health, London, April 2014.

Fields of Expertise

•Growth Disorders, Thyroid, Pubertal Disorders

•Obesity, Juvenile Diabetes

•Metabolic Bone Diseases

•Disorders of Sex Development

Awards & Recognition

•Awarded Visiting Fellowship of Royal College Paediatrics & Child Health, London, April 2014

•Global Collaborator for the Genetics of Obesity Study (Cambridge,UK) and for the treatment of monogenic obesity disorders including congenital leptin deficiency

•Global Collaborator for the Genetics of Obesity Study (Cambridge,UK) and for the treatment of monogenic obesity disorders including congenital leptin deficiency

•Prinicipal Investigator for PMS-trial on efficacy and safety of sustained release growth hormone in Indian children with growth hormone deficiency

•National Convener - Indian Academy Paediatrics, Module on Calcium & Vitamin D disorders , IAP action plan 2014

•Represented India at the fellows school at the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society Meeting at Hanoi, Vietnam 2011& was awarded second prize at the fellows quiz

•Invited faculty to deliver more than 100 lectures scientific sessions of the

1.Numerous national & state conferences of Indian Academy Paediatrics

2.Indian Medical Association

3.All India College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

• Presented papers & posters at various state, national & international conferences of Indian Society Pediatric Endocrinology, European Society Pediatric Endocrinology and Asia Pacific Society Pediatric Endocrinology

• Organiser of various state & national workshops, CME and conferences in Pediatric Endocrinology

• Awarded Arvind Choksi Gold medal & Narayan Desai Gold Medal for standing first in University MD examination

• Awarded Distinctions in Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology , Biochemistry during MBBS

Professional Memberships & Certifications

• National Executive Council Member- Indian Society Paediatric & Adolescent Endocrinology 2017- 2018 & 2012 & 2013

•Membership: Indian Academy Paediatrics, Indian Society of Paediatric Endocrinology, Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society, Growth Hormone Research Society, India

Interests

Research Interests:

•Infantile & early onset obesity

•Growth Hormone Replacement Strategies

•Neonatal diabetes mellitus

•Vitamin D & Calcium metabolism disorders

Publications

•Diabetes in young: Beyond type 1 Anju Virmani and Abhishek Kulkarni1Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec; 16(Suppl 2): S256–S25810.4103/2230-8210.104. PMCID: PMC3603041

•Neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism due to compound heterozygous mutation of calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene presenting as encephalopathy. Kulkarni A, Mohite M, Vijaykumar R, Bansode P, Murade S, Tamhankar PM. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Nov;81(11):1228-9. doi: 10.1007/s12098-014-1442-3. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

•Fetal intracranial calcification: pseudo TORCH phenotype and discussion of related phenotypes.Kulkarni AM, Baskar S, Kulkarni ML, Kulkarni AJ, Mahuli AV, Vittalrao S, Kulkarni PM. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Apr;152 A(4):930-7.doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33358.

•First Author - Chapter on “Hypocalcemia in infants and children” – Indian Academy Pediatrics, Specialty series text book of Pediatric Endocrinology. 1st Edition 2012

•Co-Author -Chapter on “Calcium metabolism disorders in infants & children”. Practical Pediatric Endocrinology textbook for resource-limited countries Editor- Associate. Prof Margaret Zaccharin. RCH, Melbourne. Elsevier,1st Edition 2013.

•RESEARCH PAPER: Title: Growth and obesity status of middle socio-economic group children in Lucknow: a comparative analysis with upper socio-economic group NMJI

•Cystic bone tuberculosis.Kulkarni ML, Kulkarni AJ, Pujar MS, Patil AK, Shanbhag MM, Singanal H, Kulkarni AM. Indian J Pediatr. 2011 Nov;78(11):1431-2. doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0455-4. Epub 2011 Jun 10.

•Co author - Text book on Pediatric Toxicology, Paras Publication, 1st ed, 2011

•17 alpha hydroxylase deficiency a rare cause of pediatric hypertension, A case report.-2 nd biennial meet of Indian Society Pediatric Endocrinology, Calicut 2011

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi and Marathi