2019 and older Allan Drash Clinical Fellowship Awardees

Aashish Sethi

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Dr. Aashish Sethi is a Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinologist practicing in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He completed his MBBS from Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences and MD(Paediatrics) from SBKS Medical College, Vadodara. He has been keenly interested in research and publication since his pediatric residency. During this time, he published various research papers in several National and international journals.

Dr. Aashish Sethi received a two-year Paediatric Endocrinology fellowship training at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi, under the guidance of Dr. Inderpal Singh Kochar. During his fellowship, he was involved in various pediatric endocrine research projects, including pediatric diabetes research, such as insulin degludec in Indian children and an insulin pump study in Indian children. After completing his pediatric endocrine fellowship, he received a six-month ESPE fellowship at Alderhey Children's Hospital, Liverpool.

Dr. Aashish Sethi is a consultant pediatric endocrinologist at SGRR Medical Institute & Research Centre, Dehradun. Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand state, which caters to the state's tertiary health care needs. Uttarakhand has a pediatric population of approximately four million. None of the centers in Uttarakhand currently have a dedicated pediatric endocrinology or multidisciplinary pediatric diabetes team. He is developing the pediatric endocrine department at the institute. He is also involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate doctors at the institute. He has several pediatric diabetes patients under his care. He is interested in establishing a multidisciplinary pediatric diabetes program at his institute.

He has presented more than 25 papers and posters at various national and international conferences and has been invited to speak at several regional and national conferences. He has authored more than 15 publications in various national and international journals and is involved in more than 10 articles currently under review for publication by various national and international journals.

By completing ISPAD’s Allan Drash fellowship, Dr. Aashish Sethi aims to increase his knowledge in diabetes management to contribute to improving the quality of life for children with diabetes in his country. He also aims to learn about setting up and running a multidisciplinary team for diabetic children and advanced treatment methodologies for pediatric diabetes.

Ayesha Ahmad

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Dr. Ayesha Ahmad has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital (JNMCH), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, for the past seven years. She has more than ten years of teaching experience after her post-graduation.

Dr. Ahmad graduated from MBBS (2003) and completed her post-graduation MD (Pediatrics) in 2008 at JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh. She did her Senior Residency at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. In 2016, she qualified for Membership of the Royal College of Pediatric and Child Health Examination (MRCPCH). She was also awarded the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) Clinical Fellowship in 2016 and worked at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.

Following her appointment as the Faculty, she established the Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrine clinic at the hospital – her special interest in Pediatrics. Recently, she has started the transition endocrinology clinic in collaboration with the adult endocrinology division. Apart from attending to many endocrinology patients in the clinics, she is also involved in the inter-specialty pediatric endocrinology & diabetes referrals. As the patient profile with pediatric diabetes is quite varied here with different cultural and acceptance barriers involved, she is working towards improving awareness about diabetes with the involvement of patients` families and the use of social media. She is also working towards helping the patients and their families/caregivers recognize early warning signs of DKA and the need for early medical assistance. As the use of technological innovations for diabetes is still in the early stages, partially due to the costs involved, she is working with Governmental Agencies and NGOs to help provide the facilities for CSII wherever possible.

Apart from her clinical work, she teaches and trains undergraduate MBBS students and postgraduate students pursuing a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Pediatrics and Child Health. She is currently guiding two students towards the award of their MD Degrees. She is also invited to give lectures at conferences and CMEs. She runs community awareness programs for childhood obesity, vaccinations, and other general pediatrics topics. She has several publications in National and International journals and has also contributed and authored chapters in endocrinology books.

In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family, travel with them, and enjoy sightseeing. She is an avid reader and likes fiction write-ups.

Chetankumar Dave

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Dr. Chetankumar Dave is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in India. He received his post-graduation in pediatrics from Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, Ahmedabad, India. His motivation in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology, preceded by the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to his cousin at one year of life, led him to join a fellowship in pediatric and adolescent endocrinology at Regency Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Research, Kanpur, India, under the mentorship of Dr. Anurag Bajpai.

During his fellowship, he has been involved in the management of a wide variety of children and adolescents with endocrine disorders, including type 1 DM, pubertal disorder, GHD, thyroid disorders, metabolic bone disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and obesity. He has been exposed to laboratory techniques relevant to pediatric endocrinology, dynamic tests, insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring systems, pediatric DEXA, Bone xpert, and Body composition assessment.

Dr. Chetankumar Dave has undertaken original research projects exploring the risk factors of obesity, pointers, the course of metabolically healthy obesity, and the course of dysglycemia in Indian children. He has presented his data at reputed national and international pediatric endocrine conferences. He has authored several chapters in pediatric endocrinology in various pediatric textbooks. He has taken various talks in CMEs for postgraduates and practicing physicians. He has played a vital role in establishing the Regency CDER-GROW Society Online course in Pediatric Endocrinology. His original research papers are under review, and publications are being awaited.

Dr Chetan Dave is a highly motivated and keen learner. He is a member of various pediatric and endocrine societies. He is very much interested in streamlining the management of pediatric diabetes in his hometown, where no pediatric endocrine and diabetes care is available. During his fellowship at Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital, he aims to learn about setting up and running a comprehensive pediatric diabetes clinic and advanced treatment methodologies like insulin pumps and CGMS. He also wants to learn research in pediatric and adolescent diabetes. His favorite topics are adolescent type 2 diabetes, CGMS, and social issues related to type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Franco Giraudo

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7, Franco has dedicated a large part of his life to working with people with diabetes and their families as a way to give back the support he received. Franco has worked since before starting his studies in the field of childhood and adolescent diabetes as a peer educator in several organizations and then as the regional coordinator of the Young Leaders in Diabetes (YLD), an IDF program.

MD of the University of Chile, he is currently a student of PhD in Medical Sciences and Residency on Pediatrics, doing his doctoral thesis with Dr. Ethel Codner, investigating the effect of hormonal contraception in adolescents with T1D. He is also the medical adviser of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Chile (FDJ), an NGO dedicated to education for patients with T1D and their community, which contains as members an estimated 50% of the people living with T1D in Chile.

His interest is translating research and applying basic research elements to the real lives of children and adolescents living with diabetes.

At the same time, he is deeply interested in generating an important registry at the local and regional levels since, unlike many other countries, Chile and Latin America generally lack reliable information on the health situation of people living with diabetes.

In the future, Dr. Giraudo will continue working at the Institute for Mother and Child Research (IDIMI) of the University of Chile, where children's diabetologists are trained, and the FDJ, mixing the art and science of medicine as a clinician, educator, researcher, and professor.

For this reason, Franco considers it very important to have the opportunity to experience other realities, in other cultures and with other media, about the care of children and adolescents with diabetes. “It is a privilege to be able to learn from ISPAD’s center of excellence, and I’m very excited about the idea of taking advantage of this experience,” Franco says.

Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu, MD was born in Giresun, Turkey. After completing her primary and secondary education in Giresun, she graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2002. Following her residency in pediatrics in 2008, she completed her subspecialty in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, in 2012. She completed her compulsory service between 2012 and 2015 at Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Hospital Training and Research Hospital, one of Turkey's most important children’s hospitals, and then served at the same hospital until May 2016. In April 2016, she became an associate professor of Paediatric Endocrinology. She received the ESPE clinical fellowship award in 2017 and studied under the mentorship of Professors Tadej Battelino and Natasa Bratina at UMC – University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia, through this program.

Dr. Yeşiltepe-Mutlu has been a consultant (since 2016) and faculty (since 2018) at Koç University School of Medicine. She is a member of a pediatric diabetes team led by Professor Şükrü Hatun, one of Turkey's most important figures in diabetology, which takes care of around 600 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Their team is one of the leading groups in Turkey that uses new technologies such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems in diabetes management. They organize monthly education programs for teachers and school nurses, two camps for diabetic children and their families, and seminars for pediatric diabetes team members every year.

Dr. Yeşiltepe-Mutlu is a member of ISPAD and ESPE. She is one of the founders of the Turkish Diabetic Children's Foundation and an active member of the Turkish Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. She has attended many National and International conferences, presented many posters, and did oral presentations. She published 41 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. She is an invited speaker for Regional and National conferences in Turkey. She has authored several chapters in pediatric endocrinology in various pediatric textbooks. During her fellowship at Stanford University, she aims to improve her skills in new technologies in Diabetes to improve diabetic children’s lives in her country.

Moriasi Nyanchoka

Moriasi Nyanchoka is a registered dietician nutritionist practicing in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently works as a dietician at Sustainable Interventions for Healthcare Access (SIHA NUTRITION) and part-time teaches at Kenya Medical Training College, Thika Campus, in Nutrition Programmes.

He has a special interest in chronic lifestyle diseases and has worked on several projects on diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases in Kenya over the past eight years. He has completed his credit hours for his Master's Degree at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and is currently working on his Thesis on Fruits and Vegetables Consumption Patterns and the risk of chronic lifestyle diseases among young adults.

Moriasi's interest in diabetes has seen him participate in several postgraduate scientific diabetes training courses, such as the EASD advanced postgraduate courses in Clinical Diabetes, the EASD Advanced postgraduate course in Diabetes and Technology, and the 6th Joint EASD/ADA/IDF Postgraduate Course in Advanced Clinical Management of Diabetes. He is an active member of ISPAD, EASD, the Nutrition Society, CENER, and KNDI.

Moriasi is excited to be a recipient of the Allan Drash Fellowship 2019. In his fellowship at University College London Hospital, he will further his knowledge of integrating nutrition management and technology in diabetes among pediatrics, adolescents, and young adults. He will learn and acquire a unique set of experience and skills in using insulin pumps, applying continuous glucose monitoring sensors (CGSM), and research. These undertakings will further improve diabetes patient education, and diabetes research in pediatrics, adolescents, and young adults and contribute to improving already set programs in Kenya.

Sirisha Kusuma Boddu

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

She currently practices at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad, as a consultant in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes. Being an avid nature lover with a fascination for the intricate ways life systems, including the human body and work, she chose medicine as her career. She graduated from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, in Southern India, in 2002. She secured an extremely competitive residency position in Pediatrics at PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research), Chandigarh, where she completed her M.D. Pediatrics. She trained further in pediatric emergency medicine as a clinical fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, CA.

Upon returning to Bangalore, India, she started practicing pediatrics and pediatric emergency. It is during these years that she came across children with a variety of endocrine conditions, including Diabetes. Drawn by the complex yet interesting field and realizing the scarcity of expertise in pediatric endocrinology in her country, she pursued a career in this field by doing a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at IGICH, Bangalore. Further, she fine-tuned it through an observership at Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. She participated in APEG-APPES and a fellow school held in Darwin during this period.

She presented oral papers and posters at national conferences, published in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed a chapter to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics textbook on Pediatric Endocrinology. She also translated patient information material on Diabetes and Congenital Hypothyroidism into her regional language, Telugu.

She was instrumental in creating the Pediatric Diabetes for Postgraduates (PDP) teaching program for practicing pediatricians and PG trainees to make them confident enough to deal with children with diabetes. She is a strong proponent of Universal newborn screening, especially for Congenital Hypothyroidism, and is closely working with like-minded people to lobby state government officials to start a screening program.  

She believes her training at Cambridge will help her establish a comprehensive Childhood diabetes care center at her place. It would also give her the much-needed exposure to establishing clinical research projects in Type 1 Diabetes. Using this experience, she hopes to streamline the PDP program as a standard teaching tool for all pediatric trainees.

She is indebted to Dr. Carlo Acerini, without whose encouragement, guidance, and support she would not have had this wonderful opportunity. For the short time she knew him, he made a big difference. May his soul rest in peace.

Tiago Jeronimo Dos Santos

Tiago Jeronimo Dos Santos, MD, MPH, was born in Southern Brazil on 2 January 1985. After obtaining his medical degree at the “Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre” (Porto Alegre, Brazil) in 2010, he completed Pediatrics training at the “Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre” (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Pediatric Endocrinology training at the “Instituto da Criança” (Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) in 2015.

In 2016, he was granted the “ESPE Clinical Fellowship” to improve his skills in pediatric endocrinology, supervised by Prof. Jesús Argente at the “Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús” in Madrid, Spain, where he is currently based for his doctorate studies (at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain).

His research line and interests are type 1 diabetes-related technology, diabetes education, and health inequalities. He attended the 14^th ISPAD Research School for Physicians in Boston, USA, in 2014 and the V Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism ESPE School in Greece in 2018. He is a member of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE). He is a very committed person and a good friend, and he loves to make friends worldwide.

Tuğba Gökçe

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Tuğba Gökçe is a pediatric diabetes dietitian at Koç University Hospital, Turkey. She is also part of the multidisciplinary team and a member of the Diabetes Dietitians Association and Pediatric Dietitians Association. 

She graduated from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Turkey, in 2012. She did her internship in clinical nutrition and other various hospital departments. Afterward, she worked in the Ministry of Health for 3 years, and in addition to that, she participated in the National Nutrition and Health Survey 2010. Furthermore, she has participated in summer camps for diabetic children and their families since 2010.  In 2017, she started her master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Hacettepe University. Also, she had an opportunity to observe new technologies and nutritional approaches in treating type 1 diabetes at the University of Ljubljana Medical School.

After completing ISPAD’s Allan Drash fellowship, she aims to use her teamwork and environment to make a difference for children who live in Turkey and anywhere else. She also aims to improve her knowledge and skills in nutrition technology to develop techniques for nutrition and fat-protein counting among type 1 diabetic children.

Yasmine Elhenawy

Allan Drash 2019 Awardees

Yasmine Elhenawy finished her MD degree in pediatrics in 2012 from the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. In May 2019, she was promoted to associate professor of pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University.

Currently, she is a staff member of the Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Unit (PADU) at Ain Shams University Hospital, a tertiary educational hospital and one of the largest referral centers in Egypt for managing children with diabetes.

From 2012, she had the opportunity to manage multiple patients with type 1 diabetes as well as patients with type 2 and monogenic diabetes. She became a tutor for medical students, fellows, and nurses. She has developed a special interest in research and has a few international publications.

She has been a member of ISPAD since July 2018. With the help of ISPAD, she had the opportunity to attend the 5th ASPED—ISPAD Lilly Diabetes Academy, where she was awarded as one of the best researchers and presented her research in the main program. She was also awarded a travel grant to the 1^st Joint EASD/ ISPAD/ESPE Postgraduate Education.

Currently, she is devoted to pediatric diabetes, aiming to continuously update her knowledge and nourish her experience, which helps her provide the best care for her patients and patients with type 1 diabetes in Egypt, a developing country with limited resources. Recently, her research has been concerned with diabetic microvascular complications.

She plans to create a national registry system for diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Egypt and establish insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring services at her center.

Finally, Yasmine is very grateful about being awarded the ISPAD Allen Drash fellowship. She expresses her greatest gratitude to ISPAD, which always supports and offers chances to researchers worldwide.

Dhivyalakshmi Jeevarathnam

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Dr. Dhivyalakshmi Jeevarathnam is a pediatric endocrinologist Practicing in Chennai, India. She completed her M.D. (Pediatrics) at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. During her pediatric residency, her research paper won the award given by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. She had a keen interest in Pediatric endocrinology, and she joined her fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, under the mentorship of Dr. Shaila Shamanur Bhattacharyya and Dr. N. Kavitha Bhat.

During her fellowship, she developed a keen interest in managing diabetic children, and she was also on the organizing team of ISPAE 2013 (3rd biennial meeting of the Indian Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes). After completing her Pediatric endocrinology fellowship, she joined Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She started the Pediatric Endocrinology clinic at her institute and has been heading the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology since joining. There are about 50 children with diabetes under her care to date. At present, there is no multidisciplinary team involved in the care of diabetes children, and she is very much interested in establishing such a setup at her institute.

She has attended several National and International conferences and has presented several posters and papers. She is an invited speaker for Regional and National conferences in India. She has authored several chapters in pediatric endocrinology in various pediatric textbooks. Teaching has always been her passion, and as an able person, she has organized several workshops (growth module, Insulin therapy, etc. ) and CMEs for postgraduates and practicing physicians. She organized the first nurse education program for pediatric diabetes at her institute. For her various activities in pediatric endocrinology, she was awarded the "Dr. V. Balagopal Raju - Active Pediatrician Award" by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in 2017.

She has always wanted to improve the quality of care for diabetic children by establishing a cost-effective multidisciplinary team approach for these children in her institute and by doing quality research on pediatric diabetes. During her fellowship at Stanford University, she aims to learn about setting up and running a multidisciplinary team for diabetic children, advanced treatment methodologies like insulin pumps and CGMS, starting a research program in Type 1 diabetes, and organizing a camp for diabetic children.

Dina Abdelmoneim Aly Fawzy

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Dina Abdelmoneim Aly Fawzy was born on 15 November 1988 in Alexandria, Egypt. A Demonstrator of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology at Alexandria University Children's Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. She graduated in 2012 from the Faculty of Medicine at Alexandria University, Egypt. She completed her pediatric training residency in September 2017. She finished her credit hours for her Master's degree and is working on her thesis titled (Study of Type 1 diabetic children patients attending diabetes clinic in Alexandria University Children′s Hospital).

Dina has a special interest in diabetes and its different and special types, as her master’s degree thesis is titled: Study of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus of Long Duration attending Alexandria University Children's Hospital. She feels very honored and has benefited from working in a huge center such as Alexandria University Children’s Hospital, the main pediatric hospital in the North Coast Region, which serves as a tertiary referral center for four governorates. It has an outpatient diabetes clinic, which enables me to diagnose and follow up on the different types of diabetic patients in these governorates, including post pancreatectomy diabetes, steroid-induced diabetes –in children who are on long steroids treatment as leukemia, nephrotic syndrome, and SLE- and cystic fibrosis-related –diabetes.

Dina is a Member of several national and international professional societies, such as the ESDEP, the ESPE, and the ISPAD. She has attended several international meetings, schools, and courses, such as The 4th (ASPED - ESPE) School, which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE (14-16 December 2017), the 43rd Annual Conference of the ISPAD, which was held in Innsbruck, Austria (18-21 October 2017), the Diabetes Postgraduate Course (3rd ISPAD/ASPED/LILLY) which was held in Dubai, also had attended the Practical Workshop on CSII, CGM& SAP in Managing Type 1 Diabetes Patients, (4th -6th May 2017), Sidra Medical and Research Centre, Doha, Qatar.

Thanks to those great opportunities and acquisitions of new experiences in dealing with different types of diabetes, she returned with a great benefit and impact to her center as a demonstrator and the youngest member of their diabetology team, which enabled her to transfer the new experience to her junior residents and students, and has greatly affected the management plans and improve the quality of lives of the huge number of patients they serve.

Marie-Edelyne St. Jacques

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Dr. Marie-Edelyne St. Jacques is a general pediatrician and intensive care physician at St Damien Hospital Tabarre, Haiti. A member of the Haitian Pediatric Society, she also provides care at an outpatient volunteer clinic for underserved children headed by the St Joseph de Cluny Sisters. Dr. St. Jacques obtained her medical degree in 2008 from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the State University of Haiti, followed by a one-year social service at Our Lady of Nativity Hospital at a secondary health care center in Belladere, Haiti.

After one year of practicing as a general practitioner, her love for children and the desire to help children and families cope with health issues brought her to pursue further training in pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency at the State University Hospital and was nominated chief resident in her final year. After completing her residency, she complemented her training in Haiti with a two-month observership at the Cardinal Glennon Hospital in Missouri, USA.

As one of her areas of interest since her residency, Dr. St. Jacques has been teaching as an assistant professor at the State University Medical School and the Medical School of the University of Notre Dame of Haiti.
As a critical care provider in a low-resource country without any pediatric endocrinologists, Dr. St. Jacques is frequently faced with severely ill children with complicated endocrine issues, including diabetic ketoacidosis. While striving to provide them with the best quality of care despite the local limitations, she has started to implement education for patients with diabetes and their families after diagnosis, helping them to manage their condition and prevent the recurrence of ketoacidosis.

Since learning about the Pediatric Endocrinology Education Program for Haiti (a program aimed at implementing pediatric endocrinology in Haiti), she has regularly participated in pediatric endocrine and diabetes training sessions. By completing ISPAD’s Allan Drash fellowship, Dr. St. Jacques aims to increase her knowledge in diabetes management to contribute to improving the quality of life for children with diabetes in her country, working towards equitable care and social justice.

Reshma Bananki Vijay

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Reshma Bananki Vijay was born in a very humble, compassionate, middle-class, hard-working agriculture family on 15 May in a small town. She was the first among four children. As her parents lived in a village, very good education was not accessible, and her father always wanted to give the best education to his kids. She had to be sent away from home to a small town at four. This made her very responsible from a young age. Even though village people gave boys more importance than girls, her father never discriminated. He had a dream that she should be a doctor and pursue her higher education at an international college.

Reshma was very fortunate to get a good education from the best Schools and colleges. She was one of the best students, always supported by her teachers and friends for her enthusiasm in her studies. She started dreaming from a young age to be a Doctor.

Education
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS); Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Fellow in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Samatvam Institute of Medical Sciences and affiliated hospitals, Bangalore, India.

Employment
Consultant and Faculty: Diabetes Endocrinology Medicine [Special interest: Pediatric Diabetes Endocrinology], Samatvam Endocrinology Diabetes Center and Jnana Sanjeevini Diabetes Hospital and Medical Center, affiliated Hospitals, Bangalore, India,
Honorary Consultant: Diabetes Endocrinology, DISHA DOSTI FREE Diabetes Clinic for the Poor, Bangalore, India (CDIC LFAC NOVO)
Investigator, Clinical Research (National and International), Jnana Sanjeevini and Samatvam Diabetes and Endocrinology Hospital, Bangalore, India.

Reshma’s interest in serving patients and giving them the best care has always kept her interested in reading and acquiring more knowledge. Making accurate diagnoses and giving the right treatment gives her the utmost happiness.

The following are her guiding life principles as a humble doctor and scientist trying to give her best to people and society:

• ‘’A Doctor is a student till his death; when he fails to be a student, he dies.’’ - Sir William Osler
• ‘’Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’’ - Mahatma Gandhi

Reshma is married to an engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur. She and her husband are proud parents of twin boys, 14 years old, who are studying in 9th grade.

Swati Sharma

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Swati Sharma was born in the north Indian town of Meerut to a scientist father and homemaker mother. She was raised in the beautiful Himalayan foothills city of Dehradun, where she completed school. She was a bright student and excelled in academics and extracurricular activities like chess (country level), badminton, debates, and plays.

Fascinated with the human mechanism, disappointed at the scarcity of medical professionals in India and encouraged by her younger brother, Swati pursued a Bachelor's in Medicine and Surgery from VCSGGMS & RI, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand and a Master’s in medicine from VPIMS, Lucknow, India.

During post-graduation, she pursued various courses in Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, Gestational Diabetes mellitus, Stroke, and Echocardiography. Swati has worked on several research projects on Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. She has participated in and presented papers at various national and international conferences. Swati presented two oral presentations at The International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE) at the 18th World Congress held in Florence, Italy, in March 2018. She is an active member of ISPAD, ISGE, AFPI, IJMS, etc.

Swati is an avid traveler and enjoys reading. Currently, she is practicing Medicine and Endocrinology with a specific interest in Diabetes as a Consultant Physician in Dehradun, India. She works to provide holistic, quality care and support to her patients. Swati is dedicated to improving patients' standards of care, management, and education. She is delighted and excited to be awarded the prestigious ISPAD’s Allan Drash Fellowship 2018. She looks forward to pursuing it to enrich her knowledge and improve her clinical skills so she can serve patients and the community in a better way.

Ysnel Victor

Allan Drash 2018 Awardees

Ysnel Victor has been a social worker with Kay Mackenson since May 2017. He was previously a social worker in centers for orphaned and needy children and adolescents.

Born 10 July 1984, in Pestel, Haiti, from a very modest family with three children, of which he is the eldest. In Pestel, he spent his first 15 years with their grandparents. After primary school in 1999, he entered Port-au-Prince to pursue classical studies. In 2005, he graduated with a Bacc I; in 2006, he completed classical studies by obtaining a Bacc II diploma. At that time, there were two baccalaureate degrees in Haiti: Bacc I and Bacc II.

In 2006, he entered the Faculty of Human Sciences of the State University of Haiti, based on competition, to study social work for 4 years. Because he has always been passionate about the humanities and social sciences, he developed an affinity for psychosocial development and child protection during this study. For example, after studying social work in 2010, the year of obtaining a certificate in the profession, he turned to the Faculty of Law and Economics to study law or obtained his certificate in 2014 to better understand child protection.

In 2013, given his passion and interest in psychosocial development and child protection, he chose to do his social work internship in a reception center for orphaned and needy children. He did a very good internship, and as a result, the institution hired him as a social worker for children, youth, and their families.

As a social worker with Kay Mackenson, he works with children and youth with diabetes, who sometimes have difficulty caring for their diabetes because of strong emotions. He is there to help them, and their parents find ways to stay healthy with diabetes. He is a researcher and co-principal investigator in two diabetes research projects. He also writes an exit thesis for the legal sciences.

Arun Kumar Singh

Allan Drash 2017 Awardees

Arun Kumar Singh is a Pediatrician and neonatologist at the Department of Pediatrics & Adolescents associated with B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal, working for the child health sector and interested in the treatment and management of Diabetics, Diabetics Type 1 and Diabetics Ketoacidosis and Endocrine Disease in Children.

Born 3 March 1973, married to Suruchi Kumari, B.A., LLB, one daughter, Shubhi., father: Chandreshwar Prasad Singh, mother: Tara Devi Singh, brother: Prof. Dr. Gyaneshwar Prasad Singh, Orthopedic Surgeon who always guided and helped him with his study.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Awarded MD (Pediatrics Medicine) 2015 from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
• MCPS TRAINING (completed) in the Department of Paediatrics Medicine Unit-I, Mayo Hospital, Kemu, Pakistan, from 2009 to 2011
• M.B.B.S. passed in 2005 from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
• B.Sc passed in 2003 from Panjub University
• I.Sc. passed in 1992-1993 with first division from L.S.College, Muzaffarpur India
• S.L.C. passed in 1990 with first division from S.Secondary School, H.M.G., Nepal

RESEARCH:

• Placebo-controlled Trails of Zinc Supplementation on Duration of Hospital Stay Children with Pneumonia (published; Oct-Dec 2012 Annals)
• Comparing the effects of Zinc supplementation as Adjunct to Conventional Therapy and Placebo on morbidity in Children with Pneumonia between ages 1 year to 5 years (published; Journal of Pediatric Care (USA) ISSN 2471-805X 2017 VOL-3 NO3;32)
• Kerosene Oil poisoning in Children (accepted for Publication; BPKIHS, Dharn, JBPKIHS, 07/25/2017)
• Comparison: the growth pattern of neonates in breastfed versus formula-fed infants (accepted for Publication In MED PHOENIX in National Medical College, Birgung, Nepal)
• Published more than 100 Articles in Nepalese National Newspapers & Magazines

EXPERIENCE:

• House physician in DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE; West Medical Ward, Mayo Hospital, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan _ Sept 2005-Jan 2006
• House physician in DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS, and DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY NORTH SURGICAL WARD, Mayo Hospital, Kemu _ March 2006-Sep 2006
• Rotation in the Department of Medicine North Medical Ward in 2008 for 6 months and Rotation in the DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PREVENTIVE & PAEDIATRICS in 2011 for  one month, Mayo Hospital, Kemu                           

ISPAD ACTIVITIES:

• Attended the Diabetics course ISPAD Science School 2012 in Kyoto, Japan

Feny Patel

Allan Drash 2017 Awardees

Feny Patel was born in 1987 in Vapi, Gujarat, India. She completed her M.D. in physics in Tver, Russia, in 2011. She then did her practice as an M.D. physician at Shushrusha Hospital, Navsari, in Gujarat, from 2011 to 2014. She also worked for many humanitarian organizations.

In 2014, she joined Diacare – Diabetes and Hormone Clinic Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, as an assistant Diabetologist. There, she started working with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients and conducted many camps and education seminars for them. She visited several tertiary Healthcare Centers, such as Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhuj, and Vadodara, specializing in treating and caring for diabetes and endocrine disorders. She engages in projects such as “Changing Diabetes in Children- CDIC” and “Life for A Child -LFAC “.

Feny Patel has been involved in many research papers and has presented them at conferences in different countries and societies. She also actively works in DEVOTE trials.

She was awarded Spotlight in September 2016 by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH). She is also a certified Diabetes Educator from the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and has been awarded the Alan Drash ISPAD Fellowship 2017. She is a member of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), International Society of Hypertension (ISH), Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI), and International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD).

She aspires to dedicate herself to Pediatric Diabetes, specifically Type 1 diabetes, and to young adolescents. Thanks to improvements in technology and management, she aims to improve the existing standards of care, treatment, and education for Type 1 diabetes in India.

Joshua Ngwang Menang

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Mr. Menang, who has worked for CALMEF Practice Cameroon since 2008, has devoted most of his time to building a better diabetes care program for his community.

After attending the local high school Kumbo from 1990 to 1997, he proceeded to the local training school for nurses in Bamenda, Cameroon, graduating in 2000. He then graduated from the Vienna School of Clinical Research in 2008 with an Ethics in Clinical Research diploma, the 12th ISPAD Science School for Healthcare Professionals certificate in October 2016, the Certificate in Public Health (e-learning) in 2016, and online courses on aspects of diabetes, especially type 1.

As a visiting basic clinical researcher to the Rosalind Franklin University School of Medicine and Sciences, IL, USA, in 2008, the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2012, and Central Manchester University, UK, in 2013, he has greatly supported his local community practice diabetes outreach project, understanding the challenges while designing appropriate interventions for various aspects of diabetes complications.

He is currently working on a project titled ''The Impact of Local Dishes on Glycemic Index of Type 1 Diabetes,'' which is expected to greatly contribute to enhancing, supporting, and managing people with diabetes in his resource-limited community in Cameroon. Additionally, he has translated into the local dialects for in-depth outcomes, including several diabetes handouts for use in the practice’s educational programs, outreach programs, and other teaching programs.

He is also very interested in basic clinical sciences and research, especially in critical pediatric care.

Mohammad Hosny

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Assistant Lecturer of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Passed MBBCH, Master (M.Sc.) in pediatrics and MD exam in pediatrics 2008, 2013 and 2016 respectively.

Working now at the Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology unit, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, one of the largest referral centers all over Egypt for managing children with type 1 diabetes and different endocrinal problems.

Member of several professional societies, both national and international, such as the Egyptian Society of Childhood Diabetes and Endocrinology (ESDEP), the Arab Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ASPED), and the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD). Dr. Mohammad has previously been granted and attended the last ISPAD/ASPED Diabetes Postgraduate Course held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Naina Bhat

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Dr. Naina Bhat is a young Paediatric Endocrinologist from Bangalore, India. She completed her residency in Paediatrics and was awarded the Gold Medal in Paediatrics in the All India exit examination by the National Board of Examinations, Ministry of Health, Government of India. She then completed her Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology training at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, one of the premier public sector children’s hospitals in Bangalore and one of the four centers that offer this training in India.

During her training in pediatric endocrinology, she participated in the Changing Diabetes in India (CDiC) program and cared for more than 200 children with Type 1 diabetes. She then joined St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, where she was responsible for setting up and running the Paediatric Endocrinology clinic.

She has attended several national and international conferences and won awards for oral and poster presentations in Paediatric Endocrinology. Her areas of interest include community-based interventions related to diabetes and obesity. She strives to provide quality care and support to her patients with diabetes. She is particularly interested in qualitative research in Paediatric Diabetes as a stepping stone to identifying and addressing problem areas in healthcare delivery and utilization.

She has been interested in developing clinically relevant, low-cost healthcare innovations and technology in Paediatrics and Endocrinology. Teaching pediatric residents has always been an important facet of her present and future plans.

While at Stanford, she hopes to learn the finer details of setting up and running a multidisciplinary diabetes clinic, fine-tune protocol-based clinical management, gain insight into Artificial pancreas and oral insulin research, and use this experience to help improve the quality of life of children with diabetes in India.

Wafaa Laymoun

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Dr. Wafaa Laymoun, was born in Mansoura, Egypt on 10.03.1984. She became interested in diabetes and endocrinology as her father was a professor of adult endocrinology, and this was the start of her career. She was the first of her class to graduate from medical school at Mansoura University in 2006. She worked as a resident and then as a senior registrar in pediatrics at Mansoura University Children’s Hospital from 2007 to 2016. She finished her Master’s degree in pediatrics in 2012.

She was awarded a grant from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology to fund her PhD thesis, which evaluated the glucocorticoid circadian rhythm in asthmatic children, and she finished her MD degree in pediatrics in 2017. Currently, she is working as a lecturer of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, and she is responsible for teaching medical students, fellows, nurses, and healthcare professionals at the regional level. She runs specialized outpatient clinics and provides clinical supervision for inpatient cases.

She has several international publications. She has attended many national and international meetings. The first international course was the 15th ISPAD science school in Milan, Italy, under the direction of Andrea Scaramuzza and Carine de Beaufort, who encouraged her to apply for the upcoming schools and fellowships. Later, she was awarded travel grants to attend ASPED/ISPAD, ASPED/ESPE, and ESPE-Diabetes Obesity Metabolism schools in 2015 and 2016.

She was awarded an ESPE clinical fellowship and had the chance to be trained in pediatric endocrinology under the supervision of Professor Khalid Hussain and the endocrinology team staff at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

Her recent research concerned genetic diagnosis of neonatal diabetes in Egypt with the help of Exeter genetic laboratory staff.

She is devoted to pediatric diabetes, which will be the next step in her career and education. She is dedicated to creating a national registry system for diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Egypt, starting with the Delta region. Her second future plan is establishing an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring services at her center.

Finally, Wafaa is happy about being awarded an ISPAD Drash fellowship. She expresses her gratitude to ISPAD, which always supports and offers opportunities for young researchers from all over the world without discrimination between developed and developing countries.