The Future Leaders of ICNA
The Future Leaders of the International Child Neurology Association (FLICNA) was established in November 2019 to represent the aspirations of young colleagues within the ICNA community. Operating under the ICNA banner, the FLICNA Committee provides a platform for networking and shared thinking among junior child neurologists. FLICNA enjoys the autonomy to conduct their own elections and organize activities, while receiving support and guidance from the ICNA Board members, senior ICNA members, and the Home Office for administrative and promotional needs. With a two-year term basis, the first chair, Dr. Esra Serdaroglu from Türkiye, served from November 2019 to October 2022, followed by the current chair, Dr. Juhi Gupta from India, who assumed leadership in October 2022. FLICNA, now comprising 51 members worldwide and growing, organizes popular monthly FLICNA Podcasts, Journal Club sessions, and case discussions on child neurology topics. These podcasts, held every third Saturday and available on ICNApedia, attract over 200 participants monthly.
FLICNA Committee Members
Juhi Gupta
FLICNA- Chair
Assistant Professor(Pediatric Neurology)
Department of pediatrics
SMS Medical college, Jaipur, India
Muhammed Cagri Bayraktutan
Media Co-ordinator, FLICNA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
Sonali Singh
Pediatric Neurologist, Epilepsy Fellow
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Martin Hyland
Assistant Professor and Associate Physician
Child Neurology Sector
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Maria Luiza Benevides
Child Neurologist of Neuropediatrics Brazil
Brazil
Maha Mohammed
Associate Professor
Ain Shams University
Egypt
Suman Das
Assistant Professor
North Bengal Medical College
India
Sina Raeisi
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Rima Ibadova
Child Neurologist
Hb Guven clinic
Ataturk Baku, Azerbaijan
Hazar Zahalkah
Consultant pediatric neurologist
Meuhedet health services
Qfar qara, Haifa, Israel
Ozlem Ersoy
Consultant Pediatric Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
Mersin, Turkey
Maria Shumilina
Neurologist
Center of Multiple Sclerosis and AID
Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Elif Perihan Öncel
Child neurology
Baskent university
Ankara, Turkey
Maria del Pilar Massaro Sanchez
Staff
Garrahan Hospital
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anshita Arora
Assistant Professor and Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
American International Institute of Medical Sciences and GBH General Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Ami Shah
Consultant Clinical Genetics
Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital
Mumbai, India
Cheng Che Chou
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan
Taiwan
Maureen Njoroge
Paediatric Neurology fellow
Aga Khan University Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
physician
YunLin Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital
Taiwan
Shikha Jain
Assistant Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
Robyn Whitney
Pediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist
McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton, Canada
Renata Paolilo
Resident Child Neurology
Hospital Das Clinicas - Universidade De Sãfo Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Cheng Yen Kuo
Attending physician
LCGMH
Taipei, Taiwan
Karthika Ajit Valaparambil
Assistant Professor
Sree Chitra Institute
Kerala, India
Chunhui Hu
Associate chief physician
Pediatric Neurology
Fujian Children's Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
Camila Silveira
Resident
UNICAMP
Campinas, Brazil
Zhijie Zhang
Seçil Doğa Tunç
Resident
Ankara City Hospital
Cankaya, Turkey
Wui-Kwan Wong
Paediatric Neurology Fellow
The Children's Hospital
Westmead
Australia
Ekaterine Kurua
Resident
Mediclub Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Madalina Leanca
Pediatric Neurology - Specialist
Alexandru Obregia Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
Iram Javed
Assistant Professor
Paediatric Neurology
Children Hospital &Institute of Child Health ,Faisalabad, Pakistan
Kaajal Parbhoo
Paediatric Neurology Fellow
University Of The Witwatersrand
Lenasia, South Africa
Harshkumar Patel
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Zydus Hospital
Gujarat, India
Nihal Yıldız
Karadeniz Technical University
Zonguldak, Turkey
Seda Kanmaz
Associate Professor
Ege University Medical Faculty
Izmır, Turkey
Letícia Sauma Fereira
Resident
Hospital Das Clínicas De Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Alejandro de la Torre
Child Neurology Resident
Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, United States
Thilina Munasinghe
Pinar Ozbudak
Resident
Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Omer Karaca
Specialist
Kocaeli University
Kocaeli, Turkey
Areeba Wasim
Specialist Pediatric Neurologist: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Muscat, Oman
Paula Ivarola
Pediatric Neurologist and Staff physician
Hospital Garrahan
Capital Federal, Argentina
Gunce Basarir
Pediatric Neurology Fellow Physician
University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Izmir, Turkey
Efraim Culminas
Child Neurology Fellow
Philippine Children’s Medical Center
Pagadian City, Philippines
Yan-Wen Shen
Resident
Translational Research Center for the Nervous System
Shenzhen, China
Annamaria Sapuppo
Fellow
University of Catania
Catania, Italy
Javeria Alvi
Assistant Professor Pediatric Neurology, The Children’s Hospital, Lahore.
Priyanka Madaan
Research Scientist
PGIMER
Chandigarh, India
Jayanth Krishna Madugula
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist and clinical geneticist
KIMS Hospitals,
Hyderabad, India
Shermila Pia
Medical Student
California Northstate University College of Medicine
Sacramento, United States
Varsha Reddy
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Yashoda Hospital
Bellary, India
Maria Jose Rivera
Uruguay
Daisuke Sawada
Graduate Student
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
Chiba, Japan
Masashi Ogasawara
Chief of Pediatrics
Showa General Hospital
Kodaira, Japan
Anusha Raj
Pediatric Neurology Consultant
Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health
Mysore, India
Arvinder Wander
Associate Professor and Head Department of Pediatrics
AIIMS
Batinda, India
Gautam Kamila
Senior Research Associate
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India
Ezgi Caglar
Child Neurologist
Mersin Unıversıty
Mersin, Turkey
Muhammad Cagri
Resident
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey
Milagros Carusillo
Resident
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prabhjot Kaur
Consultant Pediatric Neurology
KIMS-Cuddles
Hyderabad, India
Maria Luiza Benevides
Medical Resident in Child Neurology
Campinas University
Campinas, Brazil
Karoliina Videman
Specializing Child Neurologist
Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Finland
Serini Murugasen
Paediatric Neurology Fellow
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
South Africa
Leanca Madalina Cristina
Pediatric Neurology - Specialist
Alexandru Obregia Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
Eugenia Anelisa Jara
Neurology pediatric resident Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paramita Barua
Resident (Pediatric Neurology and Development), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh