Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine

Poonam Bajaj

Dr. Poonam Bajaj

Additional Director - Neuro Rehabilitation
Department
Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine
Qualification

M.P.T. (Neurological Disorders), Post–Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy)

Contact details
Experience

24+ years

Bio:

Dr. Poonam Bajaj is the Additional Director of Neuro Rehabilitation at the Department of Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, and leads the neurological and paediatric physiotherapy teams.

She completed her B.P.T. from Kasturba Medical College (College of Allied Health Sciences), Manipal and her Post-Graduate Diploma in Rehab Medicine (PT) from AIIPMR, Mumbai.

She has over 30 postgraduate certifications in the neurological and paediatric rehabilitation field, on posture and gait disorders, earned from institutes such as the Balance Disorders Laboratory, OHSU, Portland, Oregon and California Education Connection, LA, USA.

Dr. Bajaj worked at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital from 2001 to 2011. During this period, she conducted research on several topics under the aegis of Sir H. N. Reliance Medical Research Society, that are published in national and international papers. She has more than 5 publications and has presented more than 20 papers and posters in the field of neurological rehabilitation.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Robotics in neurological rehabilitation
  • Posture, gait and balance disorders
  • Developmental and spectrum disorders in children
  • Posture and gait in neurological disorders
  • Balance and dizziness disorders
  • Developmental and spectrum disorders in children
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