Dr. Viveka Santhosh Reddy C

Area of Expertise

• Developmental delay including cerebral palsy
• Epilepsy
• Chronic headaches, Migraine
• Metabolic, Nutritional and Genetic disorders
• Autism and ADHD associated disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Infective and inflammatory disorders of the CNS.

Award and Recognitions

1. Awarded 2nd place in a poster presentation titled “Phenotypes and Gene Ontology of 130 Genetically Confirmed Cases of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Correlation with Tandem Mass Spectrometry from a Single Tertiary Care Pediatric Center in Southern India” at the IEM Metabolic Meet SEP 2023 at KMC Manipal, MAHE, UDIPI. Authors: Viveka Santhosh Reddy C, Vykuntaraju K.N., Varunvenkat M Srinivasan, Rita Christopher.
2. Awarded 1st place in the free paper category titled “Rare Treatable Metabolic Cause for Drug Resistant Epilepsy: SESAME Syndrome: A case series from India” at NEUROPEDICON SEP 2023, Agra. Authors: Viveka Santhosh Reddy C, Vykuntaraju K.N., Varunvenkat M Srinivasan.
3. Awarded 2nd place in a poster presentation titled “The blended phenotype of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Glutaric aciduria type-1 in an Indian Patient: A case report” at Annual KARNEUROPEDICON June 2023, Hassan. Authors: Viveka Santhosh Reddy C, Vykuntaraju K.N., Varunvenkat M Srinivasan.

Medical Hackathons

1. Won 2nd place: “Hack4Patients - Patient app for Rare Disease patients” in the 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under the PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome track.
2. Won 3rd place: “Psychnetwork” Interactive Application to track and store developmental milestones in RASopathies children in 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under RASopathies track.
3. Won incubation funding for "Apptivity"-Mobile application in 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under NF track.
4. Won 1st prize with Dr Soundarya M in the MIT COVID-19 Challenge, India Turning the Tide, 2019 under Track-E for SIPPE (Sip In PPE- where every life counts for us).
5. Co-created Feet‘O'Feel- A wearable that enables diabetics to have sensation through sensory substitution techniques at the CAMTech Diabetes Innovation Hack-a-thon 2015.
6. Won the GE Healthcare India Award at the CAMTech India Jugaad-a-thon 2015 for Aawaazz, an affordable device that screens for hearing impairment in infants in under-served communities.

Publications in National & International Journals:

1. Gowda VK, Ameen S, Reddy C VS, Srinivasan VM. Clinico-Radiological Mimics and Outcome of Intrauterine TORCH Infection and Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome; Pseudo-TORCH from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India. Indian J Pediatr. 2024 Dec 10. doi: 10.1007/s12098-024 05350-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39653956.
2. Gowda VK, Markose AP, Srinivasan VM, Reddy VSC. Comparison of Cystathionine Beta Synthase (CBS) and Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Deficiency in Children with Homocystinuria. Indian J Pediatr. 2024 Nov;91(11):1198. doi: 10.1007/s12098-024-05254 3. Epub 2024 Sep 3. PMID: 39225921.
3. Cali E, Quirin T, Rocca C, Efthymiou S, Riva A, Marafi D, Zaki MS, Suri M, Dominguez R, Elbendary HM, Alavi S, Abdel-Hamid MS, Morsy H, Mau-Them FT, Nizon M, Tesner P, Ryba L, Zafar F, Rana N, Saadi NW, Firoozfar Z, Gencpinar P, Unay B, Ustun C, Bruel AL, Coubes C, Stefanich J, Sezer O, Agolini E, Novelli A, Vasco G, Lettori D, Milh M, Villard L, Zeidler S, Opperman H, Strehlow V, Issa MY, El Khassab H, Chand P, Ibrahim S, Nejad-Rashidi A, Miryounesi M, Larki P, Morrison J, Cristian I, Thiffault I, Bertsch NL, Noh GJ, Pappas J, Moran E, Marinakis NM, Traeger-Synodinos J, Hosseini S, Abbaszadegan MR, Caumes R, Vissers LELM, Neshatdoust M, Montazer MZ, El Fahime E, Canavati C, Kamal L, Kanaan M, Askander O, Voinova V, Levchenko O, Haider S, Halbach SS, Maia ER, Mansoor S, Vivek J, Tawde S, Santhosh R Challa V, Gowda VK, Srinivasan VM, Victor LA, Pinero-Banos B, Hague J, Ei Awady HA, Maria de Miranda Henriques-Souza A, Cheema HA, Anjum MN, Idkaidak S, Alqarajeh F, Atawneh O, Mor-Shaked H, Harel T, Zifarelli G, Bauer P, Kok F, Kitajima JP, Monteiro F, Josahkian J, Lesca G, Chatron N, Ville D, Murphy D, Neul JL, Mullegama SV, Begtrup A, Herman I, Mitani T, Posey JE, Tay CG, Javed I, Carr L, Kanani F, Beecroft F, Hane L, Abdelkreem E, Macek M, Bispo L, Elmaksoud MA, Hashemi-Gorji F, Pehlivan D, Amor DJ, Jamra RA, Chung WK, Ghayoor EK, Campeau P, Alkuraya FS, Pagnamenta AT, Gleeson J, Lupski JR, Striano P, Moreno-De-Luca A, Lafontaine DLJ, Houlden H, Maroofian R. Clinical and genetic delineation of autosomal recessive and dominant ACTL6B-related developmental brain disorders. Genet Med. 2024 Sep 10:101251. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101251. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39275948.
4. Gowda VK, Reddy VS, Srinivasan VM, Vamyanmane DK. The Combined Neurogenetic Disorders; Blended Phenotype of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) and Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA -1) in an Indian Child. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2024;27(1):103-105. doi:10.4103/aian.aian_772_23.
5. Gowda VK, Srinivasan VM, Reddy VS, Nayyer A. Leigh like phenotype secondary to 3 hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase deficiency: A first Indian case. Karnataka Paediatr J. doi: 10.25259/KPJ_9_2024. • Gowda VK, Shankar RT, Challa VR, Srinivasan VM. Traumatic brain injury unmasking Vitamin B12 deficiency in an infant with long-term follow-up. Karnataka Paediatr J. doi: 10.25259/KPJ_60_2023.
6. Gowda VK, Challa VR, Srinivasan VM, Narayana Vamyanmane D. A nutritional Vitamin B12 deficiency (infantile tremor syndrome) presenting as hemiconvulsion hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome. Karnataka Paediatr J. doi: 10.25259/KPJ_58_202.
7. Gowda VK, Markose AP, Reddy VS, Srinivasan VM. Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Masquerading as Stroke Like Episodes: Authors' Reply. Indian J Pediatr. 2024;91(7):757. doi:10.1007/s12098-024-05047-8.
8. Nanjundagowda, Vykuntaraju & Markose, Annsmolp, Viveka Santhosh Reddy & Varunvenkat, · & M. Srinivasan, Varun. (2024). Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Masquerading as Stroke Like Episodes: Authors' Reply. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 10.1007/s12098-024 05047-8.
9. Nanjundagowda, Vykuntaraju & Challa, Viveka Santhosh Reddy & Krishnanada, Vikas & Varunvenkat, · & M. Srinivasan, Varun. (2023). Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE) Secondary to 3 Hydroxy Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (HADH) in Siblings. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 10.1007/s12098-023-04978-y.
10. Markose AP, Gowda VK, Reddy VS, Srinivasan VM. Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Masquerading as Stroke-Like Episodes. Indian J Pediatr. 2024 May;91(5):527. doi: 10.1007/s12098 023-05002-z. Epub 2023 Dec 28. PMID: 38153658.
11. Gowda VK, Challa VS, Srinivasan VM. Infantile tremor syndrome masquerading as Menkes kinky hair disease with long-term follow-up. Karnataka Paediatr J 2023;38:57-8.
12. Gowda, V.K., Reddy, VS. & Srinivasan, V.M. Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome Type-1 without Intracranial Calcifications. Indian J Pediatr 90, 734 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-023 04621-w.
13. Pai, M., Mahalingam, S. and Reddy, C.V.S ., 2022. Knowledge retention of basic life support in rural school adolescents: A comparison of two educational methods. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 51(1), pp.119–125. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i1.10040.
14. Pardha Ramineni, Viveka Santhosh Reddy, Nisanth Selvam, Sathya Srivastav, Soundarya M. Pharmacotherapy in SARS CoV 2 Infection in Children – A Review. Pak Pediatr J 2021; 45(1): 3 14.
15. Reddy Challa, V., Mahalingam, S., Bhat, K. A Case Report of Neonatal Pediculosis: A Simple Challenge, yet Complex. Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2020; 11(3): 123-125. doi: 10.22038/ijn.2020.44666.1742.

Memberships

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP),
• IAP Allergy & Applied Immunology Chapter.
• International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), Young Epilepsy Section (YES)