Dr. Vinu N

Dr Vinu N is a medical genetics specialist in Bangalore with 17 years of clinical experience in paediatric and adult genetics, prenatal genetics, neurometabolic disorders, and cancer genetics.

She currently consults at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road and Rainbow Children Hospital Marathahalli, Bangalore.

She holds a DNB Superspeciality in Medical Genetics, Gold Medal, from the National Board of Examinations New Delhi, completed at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, and an MD in Paediatrics from BJ Government Medical College Pune.

Whether a patient needs evaluation for a genetic disorder, dysmorphic syndrome, metabolic disorder, prenatal genetic counselling, cancer genetics assessment, or adult-onset genetic condition workup, her nationally recognised expertise ensures accurate diagnosis and comprehensive genetic management.

She communicates fluently in English, Hindi, and Kannada.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Vinu N offers comprehensive medical genetics care at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road and Rainbow Children Hospital Marathahalli Bangalore, with expertise spanning paediatric genetics, prenatal genetics, neurometabolic disorders, inborn errors of metabolism, adult-onset genetic disorders, and cancer genetics.

Paediatric Genetics

Children with dysmorphic features, developmental delay, intellectual disability, skeletal dysplasias, neuromuscular disorders, autism, malformations, deafness, albinism, short stature, or suspected genetic syndromes receive structured evaluation and management from Dr Vinu N.

• Dysmorphic Syndrome evaluation and diagnosis
• Intellectual Disability genetic workup including Next Generation Sequencing, NGS
• Skeletal Dysplasia evaluation and management
• Neuromuscular Disorder genetic diagnosis
• Autism genetic evaluation
• Deafness and Albinism genetic evaluation
• Short Stature genetic workup
• Haemophilia and Thalassaemia genetic counselling
• Consanguinity counselling

Prenatal Genetics

Pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies, abnormal fetal ultrasound findings, recurrent pregnancy loss, or prior genetic conditions in the family receive structured prenatal genetic evaluation and counselling from Dr Vinu N.

• Prenatal genetic counselling for aneuploidy risk
• Genetic management of pregnancies with fetal ultrasound abnormalities
• Teratogen exposure counselling
• Intrauterine infection genetic evaluation
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss genetic workup
• Unexplained stillbirth and neonatal death genetic evaluation
• Pre-conception counselling for genetic disorders

Neurometabolic Disorders and Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Patients with metabolic disorders, lysosomal storage diseases, or inborn errors of metabolism requiring genetic diagnosis and management receive structured care from Dr Vinu N.

• Neurometabolic Disorder diagnosis and management
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism evaluation including Pompe disease and Hyperphenylalaninemia
• Lysosomal Storage Disease evaluation and management

Adult-Onset Genetic Disorders

Adults with a family history of genetic conditions or suspected adult-onset genetic disorders receive structured evaluation and counselling from Dr Vinu N.

• Tuberous Sclerosis genetic evaluation and family counselling
• Huntington Chorea genetic counselling
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy family genetic evaluation
• Adult-onset genetic disorder workup and counselling

Cancer Genetics

Patients with a personal or family history of cancer requiring genetic risk assessment receive structured cancer genetics evaluation from Dr Vinu N.

• Familial Cancer genetic risk assessment and counselling
• Cancer Genetics evaluation for hereditary cancer syndromes

Credentials and Trust

• MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, 2009
• MD, Paediatrics, BJ Government Medical College, Pune
• DNB Superspeciality, Medical Genetics, National Board of Examinations New Delhi, trained at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, Gold Medal

She is registered with the Karnataka Medical Council, Registration No. 83707, 2009.

Awards and Achievements

• President Gold Medal, DNB-SS Medical Genetics, National Board of Examinations, Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi, September 2018
• NIH and Howard Hughes Grant, 60th McKusick Short Course in Human Genetics, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
• Best Oral Paper Award, Clinical Utility of Next Generation Sequencing in Intellectual Disability, International Conference of Birth Defects and 3rd National Conference of SIAMG, AIIMS New Delhi, December 2016
• Best Poster Presentation, Clinical and Genetic Studies in Pompe Disease, 2nd South Asian Lysosomal Storage Disease Symposium, New Delhi, September 2016

Professional Memberships and Training

• Indian Academy of Medical Genetics, IAMG, Member
• McKusick Short Course in Human Genetics, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
• SSIEM Inherited Metabolic Diseases Training Course, Delhi
• ICMR Course in Medical Genetics
• SIAMG Member

Consulting Hospitals in Bangalore

Dr Vinu N currently consults at the following hospitals in Bangalore.

• Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road Bangalore
• Rainbow Children Hospital Marathahalli Bangalore

Research and Academic Contributions

Dr Vinu N has contributed to medical genetics through multiple national and international conference presentations.

Key Presentations

• Paper Presentation: Clinical and Molecular Spectrum of Patients with Griscelli Syndrome, 60th McKusick Short Course in Human Genetics, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
• Presentation: Journey to Diagnosis of the Undiagnosed, Manipal Genetics Update III, Manipal University, December 2016
• Oral Paper: Clinical Utility of Next Generation Sequencing in Intellectual Disability, International Conference of Birth Defects, AIIMS New Delhi, December 2016
• Presentation: Case of Hyperphenylalaninemia with DHPR Deficiency, 15th ICMR Course in Medical Genetics and Genetic Counselling, SGPGI Lucknow, May 2015

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