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Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni

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Prof. Madhuri Kulkarni M.D. Ped, D.C.H, PGDJJJJ

Honorary Senior Consultant Pediatrician, Mumbai Port Trust Hospital, Mumbai since Sept. 2010.

Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni superannuated as a Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, from
L.T.M. Medical College & L.T.M. General Hospital, Mumbai in 2008. She completed her medical
graduation and post graduation in Pediatrics at Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai and began
her teaching career as a lecturer in pediatrics at T.N. Medical College and subsequently worked
as Associate Professor, Professor, Head of Department, and Dean In-charge at L.T.M. Medical
College and General Hospital, Mumbai.

In a career spanning several years, she has delivered many lectures, and presented papers in
both national and international conferences. She has also, published many papers in reputed
scientific journals. Dr. Kulkarni has been a guide to post-graduate students registered for M. D. and
D.N.B. Pediatrics as well as D.C.H. She also has been a member of editorial board and reviewer of
publications such as Indian Pediatrics, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Clinics of India.

Dr. Kulkarni underwent training in ‘Munich Developmental Testing’ and ‘Vojta’s Kinesiology’
to evaluate infants at risk for developmental disorders. In 1992 she was awarded international
scholarship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA. She is also trained in pediatric
neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. In 2003 she was awarded the
Fogarty scholarship in pediatric HIV at the New York School of Medicine. In 2006 she completed
the Post Graduate Diploma in Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Jurisprudence, a new course started
at the Uni. of Mumbai. She has been one of the first few medical teachers to start training of
undergraduate students in WHO-UNICEF IMNCI strategy at its inception in India.

At L.T.M.G. Hospital, Dr. Kulkarni started the Early Intervention Clinic for developmentally
subnormal children in 1985, the Pediatric Neurology Clinic in 1992, and the Learning Disability
Clinic in 1996. This multi-disciplinary clinic has been the first clinic in Maharashtra authorized to
certify children with learning disability for availing provisions since its inception.

For the past 15 years Dr. Kulkarni has been a founder trustee of the Child Welfare Trust at Bhuj
and is a consultant Pediatrician attached to the Dhanvantari School for Special Children run by the
Trust. She is also, attached to the CHILDReach School as a Patron.

During her tenure of Chairperson of the \"Growth, Development and Behavioral Pediatrics
chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the years 2008 and 2009 she initiated the process
of developing training modules on ‘Growth Monitoring’, ’Developmental Delay’, Autism’
and ‘Behavioural Problems’.

Dr. Kulkarni was awarded \"Top Ten Women of The City’ award by the Junior Chamber
International-India Zone XI Mumbai in 2009.