Paramala J. Santosh MD, PhD, MRCPsych

Dr Paramala Santosh is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who developed and heads the Centre for Interventional Paediatric Psychopharmacology and Rare Diseases (CIPPRD) at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Dr Santosh is a Visiting Reader at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London, and focuses on translational research. He is recognised as an international expert on Autism, developmental psychopharmacology, neuropsychiatry, paediatric neurodegeneration, suicidality, and the use of information technology to improve health delivery.

He has conducted research into the overlap of Autism, ADHD, and Bipolar Disorder; psychopharmacology and paediatric neurodegeneration in the context of Hunter syndrome, Hurler syndrome, Sanfillipo disease, Gaucher disease, Neiman-Pick Type C, Rett syndrome, and other diseases.

He is also recognised as an expert in the field of assessment and management of complex multiple co-occurring developmental disorders. He is currently involved in research of comorbidity in Autism Spectrum Disorders, its assessment and management, as well as the MILESTONE project which looks at how to improve transition process and experience for young people from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services, in the UK and across Europe. He has also been involved in developing computerized assessment tools such as the HealthTrackerTM.