FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions – Dr. Nikit Shah
Pediatric Neurologist | Jupiter Lifeline Hospital, Pune
Dr Nikit Shah is pediatric neurologist with 13 years experience in field of pediatric neurology. He finished his pediatric training (Diploma in pediatrics followed by DNB pediatrics) in 2012. He later joined fellowship in pediatric neurology offered under agis of Indian association of pediatrics (IAP) from Renowned Rainbow Children’s Hospital Hyderabad. After His fellowship he worked a consultant pediatric neurologist in Hyderabad until he joined another fellowship program offered by Royal college of pediatrics UK. During this fellowship he worked in Prestigious Birmingham Children’s Hospital for 3 years before returning to India. This fellowship offered advanced knowledge about pediatric neurology and complex epilepsy. After returning to India he worked as consultant neurologist for 3 years in Rainbow children’s hospital at Hyderabad.
Now he works as consultant pediatric neurologist at Jupiter lifeline Hospital at Baner Pune. He is available at Jupiter Hospital as full time Pediatric neurologist and is available from 10 am til 4 pm.
He is comfortable in many languages and speaks Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujrathi, Kutchi and Telugu.
His special interests are in Preventive neurology, social neurology and complex epilepsy management. He believes in providing a complete care to a child and family irrespective of the problem. Child in the family is center point around which entire family is affeted if a child has a problem. Hence it is essential to treat entire family than just a child. He believes in team work and there are many specialist he works with in Jupiter Hospital to provide a comprehensive care to the family.
We provide expert pediatric neurology services for children aged 0–18 years, offering advanced diagnosis and personalized treatment for developmental, genetic, neuromuscular, and neurological conditions with compassionate, age-specific care.
Yes, epilepsy can affect children of all ages (Between 0 days to 18 years) and backgrounds. It may develop due to genetic factors or acquired causes like brain injury, infections, or metabolic disorders
Some forms of epilepsy are genetic and can run in families. Some epilepsies are genetic but non famileal. However, not all epilepsies are inherited—many are caused by acquired causes like brain injury, infections
Common causes include birth-related complications, brain malformations, head trauma, infections like meningitis or encephalitis, genetic syndromes, or metabolic disorders.
Yes. Treatment includes medications to prevent clots, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and sometimes surgery, depending on the cause and timing.
Yes. Most children with epilepsy respond well to anti-seizure medications. In some cases, surgery, dietary therapies (like ketogenic diet), or neurostimulation may be recommended. Having said that, Seizures medications in majority of the patients (60-70%) control seizures. They do not treat cause of the epilepsy. In certain cases tendancy to have seizures reduce with prolonged duration of seizure free period. There are very few epilepsies at the moment, which can be counted on finger tips, can be treated (Means complete cure) with specifically designed medications. With advancement in science and pharmaceuticals, in future, we may have more epilepsies which can be treated completely.
Causes include congenital heart defects, clotting disorders, infections, head injuries, or genetic conditions affecting blood vessels.
Yes. Stroke can affect infants, children, and even newborns. Though rare, pediatric stroke is a serious medical emergency.
Diagnosis is based on clinical examination, developmental history, MRI brain scans, and sometimes genetic or metabolic testing.
Children may have epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision or hearing issues, feeding difficulties, and behavioral challenges.
Treatment includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medications (for spasticity), Botox injections, orthopedic surgery, and assistive devices.
The term “static encephalopathy” highlights that the brain injury is non-progressive, helping reduce stigma and improve clarity in diagnosis.