Dr. Dhivyalakshmi J, is a pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist with more than 10 years experience in the field. She completed her UG from Stanley Medical college, Chennai winning several prizes and medals during the course. Her MD (Pediatrics) was from the prestigious Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. She was Awarded Dr. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award in child health for presenting research paper “Study of Protein C, Protein S and Antithrombin III levels as early predictors of disseminated intravascular coagulation in infants with sepsis” in the Award Paper category in Indian Academy of Pediatrics’s PEDICON 2010, held at Hyderabad in 2010. She then went on to pursue fellowship in pediatric endocrinology from Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru. She joined Dept. of Pediatrics, SRMC in 2014. She underwent clinical fellowship training in pediatric diabetes from Stanford University, USA (under mentorship of Dr. David Maahs) by ISPAD and clinical pediatric endocrinology training in Queens Medical Centre (under mentorship of Dr. Pooja Sachdev, Nottingham, UK) by ESPE.
She is the lead for diabetes and obesity clinic with MDT which consist of a dietician and certified diabetes educator. She has been supporting underprivileged children with Type 1 diabetes with insulins and other diabetes supplies in collaboration with Idayangal trust and Tamil Nadu Type 1 diabetes foundation.
She is an expert committee member for TN govt. “Guidelines for DSD surgeries” and “comprehensive care of type 1 diabetes”. She was the Course Co-ordinator for the ISPAE – ACES (Academics and clinical education series) 2021 & 2022 – A flagship monthly academic program for trainees, postgraduates and pediatricians with an interest in endocrinology, organized by ISPAE.
She is an able clinician and an active academician. She is an invited speaker in several regional, state and national conferences. She has done many paper presentation representing our institution in several national and international pediatric endocrinology conferences. She has organized several CME programs and conferences in pediatric endocrinology.
She had contributed several chapters in pediatric endocrinology in many national textbooks including IAP textbooks. She is actively involved in several research works. She has 13 peer reviewed publications to her credit and has several citations for her publications.
Her areas of interest is type 1 diabetes, DSD, growth and pubertal disorders, pituitary and thyroid disorders.
Recipient of ESPE Clinical Fellowship 2019 – Nottingham University (Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham), United Kingdom.
Recipient of ISPAD’s Allan Drash Clinical Fellowship 2018 at Stanford University, California, USA under mentorship of Dr. David Maahs – Gen. Secretary, ISPAD).
Awarded “Dr. V. Balagopal Raju – Active Pediatrician award” for the year 2017, for various activities done in pediatric endocrinology, by Indian academy of Pediatrics – Chennai city Branch (IAP-CCB) and Tamil Nadu state chapter (IAP-TNSC) at 42nd annual conference of IAP – TNSC, “KONGUPEDICON 2017” held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 11.08.2017 to 13.08.2017.
Life Member – Indian Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE)
Held official post as executive board member from 2019-2022
Life Member – Growth hormone research society, India (GHRS)
Life Member – Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)
Held post as executive council member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics – Chennai City Branch – 2020
Life Member – Indian Medical Association (IMA)