DR. JATINDER SINGH GORAYA
PROFESSOR (Pediatric Neurology)
Paediatrics
MBBS, MD (Pediatrics)
PMC 26629
About Doctor
Dr Jatinder Singh Goraya, MD, FRCPC (Pediatric Neurology) is a graduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD - Pediatrics) from DMCH, and currently is working as Senior Consultant in Pediatric Neurology. After finishing his MD in Pediatrics in 1993, he joined PGIMER Chandigarh as a senior resident in Pediatrics. Later he worked up to the level of Associate Professor of Paediatrics in Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh. During this period, he developed a special interest in Pediatric Neurology and was instrumental in starting Child Neurology Services at GMCH.
In June 2005, he went to USA for Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at the prestigious St Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia (Dr Waldo E Nelson, renowned author of World Famous Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics was once the Chairman of Pediatrics in this hospital), and returned to India in June 2009. He joined DMCH in February 2010 and started the first Pediatric Neurology Unit in the state of Punjab.
Dr Goraya has had excellent academic and professional career. During MBBS, he won several distinctions and gold medals for securing merit positions in various examinations. He was awarded a Research Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology by Indian Journal of Pediatrics in 2000, a Visiting Fellowship by Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) London, UK in 2002. He has published several papers in various national and international journals of repute and his work has been cited by others. He has also co-authored chapters to books. In May 2011, he passed the certifying examination in Pediatric Neurology conducted by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada earning him the prestigious FRCP (Pediatric Neurology) designation.
In his current capacity as consultant pediatric neurologist, Dr Goraya provides out-patient, in-patient, and emergency as well as intensive care services to children and adolescents with various neurological disorders. He is involved in the interpretation and performance of various neurophysiological studies such as routine EEG, Ambulatory EEG, Video-EEG, Nerve conduction and electromyographic (NCV/EMG) studies, Visual evoked potentials (VER) and brainstem evoked responses to auditory stimuli (BERA). He is also expert in management of refractory epilepsy including pre-surgical evaluation and treatment with Ketogenic Diet.
.Specialization and Expertise
OPD Timings
Certifications
Licensure and Certification
ECFMG Certification (# 0 656 121 1) Date of issue 02/09/2005
Fellowships
- Research Fellow at PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, February 2000.
- Visiting Fellow of Royal College of Pediatrics & Child Health, UK, April 2002.
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-FRCPC
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, (RSM) London
Membership of Professional Societies
- Executive member, Chandigarh chapter of IAP, 2000-2001
- Junior Member, American Academy of Neurology (2006-2009)
- Junior Member, American Academy of Pediatrics (2004-2006
- International Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics 2004
- Life member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
- Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS)
- Life-Member, Academy of Pediatric Neurology
- Member, International Parkinsonism and Movement Disorders Society (# 30060)since 02/01/2012)
- Member, Association of Child Neurologists of India-AOCN
- Member, International Child Neurology Association-ICNA
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-FRCPC
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, (RSM) London
- Member, British Pediatric Neurology Association-BPNA
- Member Indian Epilepsy Society
Publications
- Goraya JS, Berry S, Kaur A, Singh G. Arterial Ischemic Stroke—Peculiarities of Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors in Indian Children. Neuropediatrics 2021;52: 294-301
- Yap ZY, Efthymiou S, Seiffert S, Parra KV, Lee S, Nasca A, Maroofian R, Schrauwen I, Pendziwiat M, Jung S, Bhoj E et al. Bi-allelic variants in OGDHL cause a neurodevelopmental spectrum disease featuring epilepsy, hearing loss, visual impairment, and ataxia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2021 Dec 2;108(12):2368-84.
- Garg M, Goraya J, Kochar G, Jain V. ITPA-associated developmental and epileptic encephalopathy: characteristic neuroradiological features with novel clinical and biochemical findings. Epileptic Disorders. 2022 Mar 2;1(1).
- Accogli A, Lu S, Musante I, Scudieri P, Rosenfeld JA, Severino M, Baldassari S, Iacomino M, Riva A, Balagura G, Piccolo G, Minetti C, Roberto D, Xia F, Razak R, Lawrence E, Hussein M, Chang EY, Holick M, Calì E, Aliberto E, De-Sarro R, Gambardella A, Network UD, Group SS, Emrick L, McCaffery PJA, Clagett-Dame M, Marcogliese PC, Bellen HJ, Lalani SR, Zara F, Striano P, Salpietro V. Loss of Neuron Navigator 2 Impairs Brain and Cerebellar Development. Cerebellum. 2022 Feb 26. doi: 10.1007/s12311-022-01379-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35218524.
- Calì E, Lin SJ, Rocca C, Sahin Y, Al Shamsi A, El Chehadeh S, Chaabouni M, Mankad K, Galanaki E, Efthymiou S, Sudhakar S. A homozygous MED11 C-terminal variant causes a lethal neurodegenerative disease. Genetics in Medicine. 2022 Oct 1;24(10):2194-203.
- Singh G, Sharma S, Bansal N, Sharma M, Chowdhury A, Sharma S, Bansal RK, Goraya JS, Setia RK, Paul BS, Sander JW. A cluster‐randomized trial comparing home‐based primary health care and usual clinic care for epilepsy in a resource‐limited country. Epilepsia Open. 2022 Dec;7(4):781-91.
- Goraya JS, Kaur S. Vitamin B12 deficiency in mothers and children: risk of neuro-regression. Paediatrics and International Child Health. 2023 Oct 2;43(4):50-6.
- Goraya JS. Mineralizing Lenticulostriate Vasculopathy: An Emerging Risk Factor for Basal Ganglia Stroke After Minor Head Trauma in Young Children. Pediatric Neurology. 2023 Aug 1;145:22-7.
- Goraya JS, Kaur A, Setia S. Epileptic spasms during recovery from nutritional infantile vitamin B12 deficiency. Pediatric Neurology. 2023 Sep 1;146:50-4.
- Salpietro V, Maroofian R, Zaki MS, Wangen J, Ciolfi A, Barresi S, Efthymiou S, Lamaze A, Aughey GN, Al Mutairi F, Rad A. Bi-allelic genetic variants in the translational GTPases GTPBP1 and GTPBP2 cause a distinct identical neurodevelopmental syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2024 Jan 4;111(1):200-10.
Awards
First professional MBBS Examination
- 2nd position in the College as well as in the University.
- Gold medal for Distinction in Anatomy
- Gold medal for Distinction in Physiology & Biochemistry
- Silver Medal for 2nd position in Physiology-Biochemistry
- Silver Medal for second position in the University.
- Silver Medal for second position in the College
Second professional MBBS Examination
- 2nd position in the College as well as in the University.
- Gold Medal for Distinction in Pharmacology
- Gold Medal for Distinction in Pathology & Microbiology
- Gold Medal for Distinction in Forensic Medicine
- Gold Medal for 1st position in Pharmacology
- Silver Medal for 2nd position in Pathology & Microbiology
- Silver Medal for 2nd position in the University
- Silver Medal for 2nd position in the College
Third professional MBBS Examination
- Silver Medal for 2nd position in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Postgraduation (Residency)
- 2nd position in Postgraduate Pediatric Quiz Competition.
Topped Postgraduate entrance examination
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
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