Dr. Hemlata Wadhwani Bhatia

Work Experience: 11+ years

• Dr.Hemlata Wadhwani Bhatia is a Senior Consultant and Unit Head in Institute of Medical Genetics at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi and has 11+ years of experience in this field.
• Board Member (Core Committee Of Genetic Experts)  - Genetic & Rare Diseases – Indian Academy Of Paediatrics
• She has expertise in Management of genetic disorders in children (single gene and chromosomal both) Intellectual disability / autism/ mental retardation, Dysmorphology and malformations, Metabolic disorders in children – work up and their treatment.
• Management of pregnant ladies with positive biochemical screening (double marker, triple marker, and quadruple marker test) during pregnancy and ultrasound abnormalities in the fetus.
• Recurrent abortions – workup and management
• Prenatal diagnosis for various disorders including genetic, metabolic, fetal abnormalities, congenital infections, skeletal dysplasias, etc.
• Workup, predictive testing and counseling of genetic disorders in adults like deafness, blindness, movement disorders, muscular dystrophies, skin diseases, Huntington’s disease, cancers, Charcot Marie Tooth disease, etc.

Education & Training

• M.B.B.S (MAMC), D.C.H. (SJH),
• Fellowship in Medical Genetics (SGRH)
• ICMR Certificate Course in Clinical Genetics (SGPGI, Lucknow)
• Fellowship in Rare Disorders (Care for Rare Foundation, Germany)

Speciality Interest

• Cancer Genetics
• Genetic disorders in Children like Thalassemia/ hemoglobinopathies
• Muscular dystrophy
• Mental Retardation
• Seizures
• Autism
• Growth problems in children (genetic causes of failure to gain weight or short height or obesity)
• Developmental delay
• Speech delay
• Metabolic disorders in children
• Dysmorphism
• In utero foetal anomalies like structural abnormalities in the foetus or Intrauterine growth restriction etc
• High risk of Trisomy 21/13/18 in Double marker
• Triple marker or Quadruple marker tests
• Recurrent abortions
• Adult onset genetic disorders like movement disorders
• Myopathies

Awards Information

International Travel Merit Fellowship Award by Care for Rare Foundation, Europe for exceptional work in the field of Genetics (Awarded in Germany) in 2014

Memberships

• Indian Academy of Medical Genetics (IAMG)
• Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)
• Delhi IAP