Dr Anitha Madayi

Dr Anitha, a Staff Physician, currently work in the Department of Child Development at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) since 2013.

She participates in the management of preschool children presenting with developmental and behavioural difficulties. These include children with speech and language delay, autism, attention difficulties, global developmental delay, academic delay and other developmental/ behavioural difficulties. She routinely and independently conducts New Case (Triage clinics) and Follow Up clinics for many of these patients. She is a core member of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Track focusing on and managing patients with suspected or confirmed Autism Spectrum Disorder and have recently taken over as the Track Lead for Autism in November 2025.

• Fellow in Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital),2019
• MRCPCH (United Kingdom),2012
• Diploma in Child Health (United Kingdom) 1996
• MBBS, Calicut University (India) 1993

• Staff Physician, Department of Child Development – Present

• Member of the Team WeCare which submitted a project, "To reduce the default rate for doctor's follow-up appointments in DCD" in 2015. The project was awarded gold award.
• Silver award by Singapore Health Quality Services – 2018
• Service from the heart by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital – 2018
  

• An Audit on the Impact of Singapore’s COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures on Children with Developmental Delays and Their Families. Anitha Madayi, Yeleswarapu Sita Padmini, Chui Mae Wong. Asia Pac J Paediatr Child Health Vol 5, Oct - Dec 2022.
• The Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) in very low birth weight infants and outcome at two years of age. Anitha Madayi, Luming Shi, Yanan Zhu, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Asila Alia Noordin, Shelly Anne Marie Sherwood, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, Poh Choo Khoo, Bin Huey Quek, Pratibha Keshav Agarwal. Journal of Perinatology June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01067-w
• Congenital Morgagni Hernia: Misleading Images and delayed diagnosis. Suresh Chandran, Naman Jain Aftab Rana, A.Madayi ;Brunei International Medical Journal;11(1):45-48;2015
• Unilateral labial mass in a neonate: A rare clinical presentation of Focal Dermal Hypoplasia. Chandran S, Madayi A, Pillay HM ;Journal of Clinical Neonatalogy ;3(3):167-169 ;2014