Dr Laavanya Damodaran
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
After finishing Medicine in India, Dr Damodaran has worked within various subspecialties of Psychiatry in England. Core training in Psychiatry in England developed her interest in Neurodevelopmental conditions and she subsequently completed higher training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has worked as a Consultant in Paediatric Liaison Neuropsychiatry for over 6 years at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust providing Neuropsychiatric input for children with Epilepsy, Tics, Tourette’s, Functional Neurological Disorders amongst others, promoting interface between mental and physical health in understanding and holistically treating, acute presentations to hospital.
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Watch on-demand our guest speakers Dr Laavanya Damodaran, Dr Ian Male, Dr Subramanian Mahadevan-Bava, Ms Gabrielle Seddon, Dr Alice McCloskey, Prof Heather Elphick and Ms Janine Reynolds. The speakers evaluate service design for autism and ADHD through the review of current practices, alongside exploring a range of approaches for the effective management of sleep difficulties in young people with neurodevelopmental disorders. They also investigate the acceptability of swallowing tablets in children and share insights into setting up a successful sleep service, focussing on how to overcome certain challenges and barriers.