Deepa Soundara Rajan, MD, FAAP

Administrative Assistant: Diane Giel

Deepa Rajan is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neurology and Child Development Unit at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After completing her medical school in Bangalore Medical College, India, she completed her pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Michigan. She then completed her fellowship in Child Neurology at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and stayed on as faculty.

As a clinical specialist in pediatric neurology, Rajan provides care for inpatients and outpatients with a wide variety of neurological issues. Her areas of interest include acute care neurology and neuro-genetics. As co-director of the Neurogenetics Clinic at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Rajan sees patients who have severe neurologic and other symptoms that have so far eluded diagnosis, as well as patients who have been diagnosed with rare neurologic conditions caused by genetic abnormalities. She also has an active role in medical student and neurology resident teaching in the Department of Pediatrics.

Rajan is certified through the ABP in Pediatrics, through the ABPN in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and Epilepsy. Her recognitions include the Shelden Brenner Research Award in 2010, Sanford N. Cohen Award for Outstanding Graduating Resident (2010) and the Bonita F. Stanton Professionalism in Pediatrics Award (2010).

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics, 2010-Present
• American Academy of Neurology, 2010-Present
• Child Neurology Society, 2010-Present
• American Epilepsy Society, 2016-Present
• International Child Neurology Association, 2017-Present