Dr Viveka Santhosh Reddy Challa

Compassionate Pediatrician aiming to apply 3 years of child development and pediatric care knowledge to assist in perpetuating high standard of care. Highly skilled in communicating effectively with caregivers to deliver clear understanding of symptoms and health history. Looking forward to fulfill opportunity to apply advanced knowledge of social, emotional and physical developmental milestones.

Papers Published

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Medical Hackathons

• Won the 2nd place: “ Hack4Patients - Patient app for Rare Disease patients” in 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome track.
• Won the 3rd place: “ Psychnetwork ” Interactive Application to track and store developmental milestones in RASopathies children in 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under RASopathies track.
• Won incubation funding for " Apptivity "-Mobile application in 2021 HACK4RARE Virtual Hackathon under NF track.
• Won the 1st prize with Dr Soundarya M in the MIT COVID19 Challenge, India Turning the Tide, 2019 under Track-E for SIPPE (Sip In PPE- where every life counts for us).
• 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.
• 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.

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