Dr. Jewel Chakraborty

Dr. Jewel Chakraborty

Jewel Chakraborty, PhD in Physiotherapy, has specialization in Neurology, has working in the field of Physiotherapy and disability for last 21 years. He is presently working as a Consultant Pediatric Physiotherapist and a team member in the Child Development Centre, Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Kolkata. He is one of the Founders, Director of Nabajatak Child Development Centre, Kolkata.
He formerly worked with the prestigious The Doon School of Dehradun as a Sports Physiotherapist for seven years. He also worked at NIVH (National institute of Visually Handicapped) Dehradun as a visiting lecturer, Latika Roy Foundation and M. K. Hospital Dehradun as a consultant.
He is certified in Ayer’s Sensory Integration Therapy from University of Southern California; USA under guidance of Dr. Gustavo Reinoso, Dr. Erna Blanche and Dr. Shay Mac tee. He is trained & licensed in using Golden Standard tool SIPT (Sensory Integration & Praxis Test) to assess children with sensory dysfunction. He developed special interest in neonates while working in Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, thus he gets trained in both Basic and Advanced Module of General Movement Assessment by Prof. Christa Einspieler. He is also certified in Mulligan Concept Manual therapy under guidance of Dr. Brian Mulligan. He is a certified Aqua-therapist from International Aquatic Therapy Faculty (IATF), Switzerland. He is also a certified ADOS2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation schedule2) assessor from Oxford, UK. He is a certified in Bayley 4(Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development) assessment from UK.