Adj Asst Prof Yeleswarapu Sita Padmini

Dr Padmini Yeleswarapu is a Consultant in the Department of Child Development (DCD) at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). She has been working as a Paediatrician for over 15 years.

Dr Padmini graduated from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, India and completed the Paediatric training and Higher Specialist training from UK. She joined KKH in 2012 after working as a Consultant Community Paediatrician at Alder-Hey Children’s Hospital, UK for around 18 months prior.

Her sub-specialty interests includes management of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodisability.

She is a member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH, UK), General Medical Council (GMC, UK), British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH, UK) and Maharashtra Medical Council, India.

• FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, 2013
• MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2004
• MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India, 1999

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Clinical Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
• Member, Singapore Medical Council
• Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Member, British Association of Community Child Health
• Member, General Medical Council
• Member, Maharashtra Medical Council

• Service From The Heart Award Jan-June 2016, KKH
• Singapore Health Quality Service Silver Award, KKH, 2017

• Jianlin Liu, Bernard Chin Wee Tan, Edimansyah Abdin, Yeleswarapu Sita Padmini, Jean Yin Oh, Siow Ann Chong, and Mythily Subramaniam. Health Care Utilization, Productivity Losses, and Burden of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Singapore: Findings From a National Survey. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001691
• Chui Mae WONG, Charmain Samantha TAN, Natasha RIARD, Yeleswarapu Sita PADMINI, Lourdes Mary DANIEL, Arun PRASATH, Ah Moy TAN, Thiam Chye TAN, Rehena SULTANA, Joyce Ching Mei LAM. Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for the Treatment of Autism in Young Children: A Within-Subjects Open Label Study on Safety and Efficacy. Submitted to Autism Research (May 2024) (Manuscript ID: AUR-24-0106.R2)
• Li YK, Agarwal P, Oh JY, Ong LM, Chow WH, Daniel LM, Chay OM, Low WC, Yeleswarapu SP. Impact of Family and Caregiver Factors on Development and Behaviours in Maltreated Young Children. Accepted for publication in Annals Academy of Medicine (June 2024) https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmed.sg.202489. 
• Profile of hospitalised maltreated children aged 0 to 3 years and their families Kwan Rui, Abraham Sharon, Wilson Low, Jasmine Lim Chiw Yi, Chong Wan Har, Sylvia Mun, Chay Oh Moh, Oh Jean Yin, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu
  Singapore Med J 2022-052, January 23, 2024
• Anchor programme for children exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences- write-up on the Anchor Programme by Dr Padmini Yeleswarapu & Dr Ong Li Ming published in “Special Delivery” on 30th March 2023
  
• A novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean Toddlers: A Quality Improvement Report
  Nwe Nwe Linn Oo; David Chee Chin Ng, Truls Østbye, John Carson Allen Jr3, Pratibha Keshav Agarwal, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu1, Shu-Ling Chong, Xiaoxuan Guo, Yoke Hwee Chan. BMJ Open Quality 2021; 10: e001327.
• Congenital blindness and autism spectrum disorder (ASD): diagnostic challenges and intervention options
  Sharline Suhumaran, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu, Lourder Mary Daniel and Chui Mae Wong. BMJ Case Rep. 2020; 13(2): e232981
• Evaluation of a Developmental Paediatrics Teaching Programme for Medical Students.
  Yeleswarapu S Padmini, Pratibha K Agarwal, Lourdes M Daniel. TAPS May 7 2019 4(2), 25-31
• Rehabilitation after head injury.
  Yeleswarapu SP, Curran A. Paediatrics Child Health 2010; 20:9 
• Developmental delay: identification and management at primary care level.
  Ying Ying Choo, Pratibha Agarwal, Choon How How, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu. Singapore Med J 2019; 60(3): 119-123
• Developmental assessment: practice tips for primary care physicians.
  Ying Ying Choo, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu, Choon How How, Pratibha Agarwal Singapore Med J 2019; 60(2): 57-62
• An approach to problem behaviours in children.
  Dypti Lulla, Sandra Sylvia Mascarenhas, Choon How How, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu. Singapore Med J 2019; 60(4): 168-172
• Autism spectrum disorder: early identification and management in primary care. Li Ping Marianne Tsang, Choon How How, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu, Chui Mae Wong. Singapore Med J 2019; 60(7): 324-328
• The urgency of Autism
  Why the ‘watch and wait’ approach may not be best.
  Article published in KKH Special Delivery
• How many and what kind of mental health problems present to Paediatricians?
  SP Yeleswarapu, C NiBhrolchain
  Archives of Disease in Childhood 2010;95:A104-A105
• Rehabilitation after head injury.
  Yeleswarapu SP, Curran A.
  Paediatrics Child Health 2010; 20: 9.