Dr Namratha Upadhya P Y is a Paediatric Endocrinologist with 2 years’ …read moreexperience in paediatric endocrinology and 10 years in paediatrics. She has done her fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Endocrinology from IGICH, Bangalore which is one of the largest paediatric referral centers in Karnataka. Her training involved exposure to a wide spectrum of paediatric endocrine conditions.
Dr Namratha has done her MBBS from MS Ramaiah Medical College (2008) and MD Paediatrics from GMC, Goa (2009-12) and her fellowship in Paediatric endocrinology from IGICH( 2019-21), where she was the topper of her batch.
Prior to her joining Aster Hospitals, she has worked as Assistant Professor in Paediatrics from Ramaiah Medical college for 6 years and as a visiting paediatric endocrinologist at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain & Sparsh hospital for women & children, Bengaluru. She is passionate about her subject and believes in practicing evidence-based medicine to provides one of the best possible care for her patients.
Areas of training and experience:
● Growth disorders- including Growth hormone therapy for failure to gain height( when indicated)
● Comprehensive management of type 1 diabetes - Nutritional counselling, diabetes education
● Type- 2 diabetes in children & adolescents
● Hypoglycemia (Low blood sugars) in newborns and children
● Obesity in children and adolescents
● Early and delayed puberty
● Thyroid, Adrenal gland, Calcium & Bone disorders in children
● Endocrine complications in systemic disorders- such as Thalassemia, childhood cancer survivors
● Genetic disorders affecting the Endocrine system- Turner , Prader Willi Syndrome, etc
• Disorders of sex differentiation (DSD)- ambiguous genitalia
• Endocrine emergencies- DKA, Hypoglycemia, Hypocalcemia
• Endocrine oncology- endocrine management of craniopharyngioma, thyroid & adrenal tumours
• Diagnostics- Bone age assessment, performing & interpretation of hormonal stimulation tests such as ACTH stimulation, HCG stimulation, Leuprolide stimulation & Growth hormone stimulation, and others such as Hypoglycemia, water deprivation test and genetic testing when clinically indicated.read less