Dr. Minal V. Kekatpure

• Dr. Minal V. Kekatpure is a pediatric neurologist with 10+ years of experience.


• Her areas of expertise include Developmental neurology, Disorders of prenatal onset, Autism spectrum disorders, pediatric stroke, neurological infections, demyelinating disorders and autoimmune disorders.


• She completed MBBS from Government Medical College, Nagpur, MD in Pediatrics from Government Medical College, Nagpur, fellowship in Pediatric Neurology from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi and fellowship in Child Neurology from Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA.


• Dr. Minal has been awarded the best outgoing tribal primary health care medical officer and the best teaching faculty oral paper presentation at IAP- Neuropedicon.


• She has many publications in prestigious neurological journals and a textbook chapter in an international edition of Handbook of Neurology edited by Dr Oliver Dulac, Dr Maryse Lassonde and Dr Harvey Sarnat.


• She has presented and attended in several national and international conferences.


• She is a life member of International Child Neurology Association, National Childhood Disability group Member of Bangalore Neurological Society, IAP Pediatric Neurology Chapter, Autism Society of India, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Bangalore Neurological Society, Association of child neurologists in India and founder member and executive committee member of Child Neurology Group, Karnataka.

1. Awarded the best outgoing tribal primary health care medical officer (2000)
2. Awarded the best teaching faculty oral paper presentation at IAP- Neuropedicon (2005)... Read Less

• Dissertation on ‘A study of cognitive function in iron deficient school aged children (9-12 yrs)’ - Minal Deshmukh, Nagpur University, 2002.


• Recurrent Stupor Due to Lysinuric Protein Intolerance. Moosa NV, Minal D, Ananth Rao, Anand Kumar. J Neurology India; 2005; 53 (3): 333-334.


• Neurological deterioration in Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis. Worgall SW, Kekatpure M V, Heier L, Dyke J, Ballon D, Shunghu D, Mao X, Kosofsky B, Kaplitt M, Souweidane M, Sondhi D, Hackett N, E, Hollerman C,Crystal RG. J.Neurology; 2007; 69 (6), 521-535.


• Treatment of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis by CNS administration of a serotype 2 adeno-associated virus expressing CLN2 cDNA.Worgall S, Sondhi D, Hackett NR, Kosofsky B, Kekatpure MV, Neyzi N, Dyke JP, Ballon D, Heier L, Greenwald BM, Christos P, Mazumdar M, Souweidane MM, Kaplitt MG,Crystal RG. Hum Gene Ther. 2008 May; 19(5):463-74


• Neuroimaging of children following prenatal drug exposure. Derauf C, Kekatpure M, Neyzi N, Lester B, Kosofsky B. Seminars in cell and developmental biology; 2009 Jun; 20(4):441-54.


• Subcortical and cortical structural central nervous system changes and attention processing deficits in preschool-aged children with prenatal methamphetamine and tobacco exposure. Derauf C, Lester BM, Neyzi N, Kekatpure M, Gracia L, Davis J, Kallianpur K, Efird JT, Kosofsky B .Dev Neurosci. 2012;34(4):327-41.


• Prenatal-onset neurodevelopmental disorders secondary to toxins, nutritional deficiencies, and maternal illness. Graf WD, Kekatpure MV, Kosofsky BE. Handb Clin Neurol 2013. Part I : Chapter 14, 111: 143-159


• Progressive cavitating leukoencephalopathy: Case report of a rare childhood onset neurodegenerative disease. Minal V Kekatpure, G A Karthik, Venkatraman Bhat. Indian J Child Health 2014;Vol 1 (Issue 2):61-64.


• Mechanical Thrombectomy Using Solitaire in a 6-Year-Old Child. Dr. Vikram Huded, Dr. Vikram Kamath, Dr. Bhumir Chauhan, Dr Romnesh De Souza, Dr. Rithesh Nair, Dr. Anil Sapare, and Dr. Minal Kekatpure. J Vasc Interv Neurol. 2015 May; 8(2): 13–16.


• Macular cherry red spot is an important diagnostic marker in children with myoclonic epilepsies. Minal V. Kekatpure,K.P.Vinayan, SheelaNampoothiri, GopalPillai, AnandKumar . International Journal of Epilepsy Volume 3, Issue 2, July–December 2016 , Pages 95-97.


• Management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in an infant with bilateral congenital cataract and associated comitant sensory esotropia. Matalia JH, Shirke S, Anaspure H, Ghalla P, Kekatpure M. Indian J Ophthalmology 2017 Oct;65(10):1053-1


• Mechanical Thrombectomy Using Retrievable Stents in Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke. Amit Bhatti Vikram Huded, Devashish Vyas, Mudasir Mushtaq, Minal Kekatpure et al. Indian Pediatr 2019; 56: 571-575 .


• Novel MRI Finding of Bilateral Globus Pallidal Involvement in Accelerated Phase of Chédiak -Higashi Syndrome. M Kekatpure, V Bhat. Ann Indian Acad. Neurol.2020 Jan-Feb; 23(1): 126-129.