Dr Raturi Shilpee

MBBS, MRCPCH

Staff Physician

Specialty: Child Development

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Behavioural and Emotional Disorder of Childhood, Developmental Screening of Preschool Children, Diagnostic Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay, Learning Difficulties, Speech and Language Disorders.

Clinical Appointments

Staff Physician Department of Child Development KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr Shilpee has been working at the Department of Child Development at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) since 2015. She has a keen interest in understanding the impact/role of early childhood adversity with specific focus on caregiver mental health on subsequent learning, development and behavioural profile of children. She previously collaborated with the department of social workers in a joint project to promote screening for adverse childhood experiences among preschool children following up at KK Hospital. She is currently involved in building a caregiver mental health service framework at DCD. She is the co-lead for DayOne programme, a collaboration between KKH and Lien foundation, which aims to proactively identify the psychosocial needs of the caregivers of preschool children with developmental needs and provide needs based intervention to support them in their caregiving journey.

She is also interested in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She strongly believes in moving towards promoting neuro-harmony and helping all children thrive and lead a fulfilling life.

Education

MRCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) 2012
Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics Fellowship from Department of Child Development, Singapore 2019

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Staff Physician, Department of Child Development, KKH
Clinical Instructor at Duke–NUS Medical School
Adjunct Lecturer at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Awards

Research Interests

Integrating caregiver mental health into the paediatric clinics- “2 generation paediatric care model”
Caregiver mental health
Triadic interactions
Psychological well-being among individuals with ASD

Publications and Research Trials

Nutritional intake and growth velocity in preterm extremely low-birthweight infants in Asia: Are we doing enough?
Raturi S, Zheng Q, Daniel LM, Shi L, Rajadurai VS, Agarwal PK. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Dec;53(12):1199-1207.
Recognition and management of bladder bowel dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Raturi S, Li FX, Wong CM. BMJ Case Rep 2021;14:e242646.
Radiological signs of pneumoperitoneum in an extremely low birthweight infant.
Raturi S, Chandran S, James TE, Rajadurai VS. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Sep 8;2014:bcr2014205510. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205510. PMID: 25199196; PMCID: PMC4158234.
Use of continuous hemodiafiltration for the treatment of a neonate with hyperammonemia secondary to argininosuccinate lyase (ASAL) deficiency.
Raturi S, Venkatesh IH, Nagesh NK, Venkatagiri P. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Sep;80(9):794-5.
A case of Candida famata sepsis in a very low birth weight infant successfully treated with fluconazole following antifungal susceptibility testing.
Raturi S, Chandran S, Viswanathan R. Med J DY Patil Univ 2015;8:528-30
Transsphenoidal encephalocele masquerading as nasal mass in a 2-year-old boy.
Chandran S, Raturi S, Pillay HM, James TE. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 12;2014:bcr2013201426. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201426. PMID: 24623541; PMCID: PMC3962877.