Dr Sethu Wariyar
Dr Sethu Wariyar is a Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability with clinical experience in Child Health for more than three decades including developing and leading services for children with various forms of Neurodisability. He has developed a special interest in neurodevelopmental problems like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Conditions & Disorder, Various types of Communication and feeding disorders, Intellectual Impairment, Development Co-ordination Disorders (Dyspraxia) and Tourette’ Spectrum Disorders over the last two decades.
He has worked as a Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability in the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London followed by The Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle where along with a multi-disciplinary team he was assessing, diagnosing and offering advice to parents of children with complex neuro-disabilities and multiple developmental problems. He continued with similar work besides developing a successful Transition services in the Surrey area as a Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician in the Ashford & St Peters Hospital Trust prior to moving to the Sussex Community Foundation Trust. He currently holds clinical responsibilities, both at the Child Development Centre as well as at the Chailey Heritage Clinical Services at Haywards Heath. He is extensively trained for the same having undergone rigorous training through the Diploma in Paediatric Neurodisability under joint supervision of the Sheffield Hallam University and British Association of Childhood Disability (BACD) and the three-tier Epilepsy course (PETS) under the banner of British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA).
He has several of experience in research as a principal investigator in studies focusing on epidemiology of cerebral palsy and it’s impairments as well as ADHD and ASD, including one clinical trial (Guanfacine, recently introduced medication for ADHD). He was fortunate to present findings of these studies in many regional, national and international conferences- and publish some of them in peer reviewed journals too. He has participated in several national ADHD advisory boards and is also a speaker at regional, national and international conferences and workshops, being one of the clinical opinion leaders on the topic of ADHD & ASD in the UK. His teaching sessions and workshops on topics ranging from Cerebral Palsy, Feeding Disorders, ADHD, ASD, Co-morbidities and various management strategies have received positive feedback from professionals, parents and special needs teachers alike.
He is intricately involved in teaching and training of both medical students paediatric postgraduate students, serving as a Training Programme Director previously for the Northern England Deanery and currently for the region covered by the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Deanery- facilitating training of young paediatricians of the future as supporting the Consultant Trainers.
He is a Senior Theory Examiner as well as a Senior Clinical Examiner for the MRCPCH Exam board, in the role of an examiner, a mentor to the new examiners and also as the Chief Invigilator for these exams in the UK and abroad. He also interviews as an RCPCH representative for appointment of consultants as well as grid trainees into sub-specialty training. He has acquired experience through hands-on work with trainee doctors as well as through the taught education programmes i.e. Paediatric Educators Programme as well as the Northern Deanery Senior Educational Leadership Programme.
He has led projects within the deaneries to root out the menace of bullying- and has conducted several workshops at a regional and national level on the topics of well-being, resilience and human factors affecting clinical judgement.
He has assumed several managerial positions at regional and national level e.g. secretary to the North of England Paediatric Society and the Editor to the newsletter of British Academy of Childhood Disability.
He was bestowed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, London in 2008.