Manikum Moodley, MD, FRCP

Clinical Biography

Manikum Moodley, MD, FRCP, is a pediatric neurologist and the Chief of the Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center for UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s, a clinical partnership between Dell Children's Medical Center and UT Health Austin. He specializes in pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuroimmunological diseases, neurofibromatosis, autonomic disorders, and neonatal neurology. Additionally, Dr. Moodley is a professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Neurology.

Dr. Moodley earned his medical degree from the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medical Sciences in Durban, South Africa. He completed both an internship and residency in pediatrics at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medical Sciences and a second residency in pediatric neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also completed a fellowship in neonatal neurology at the British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Dr. Moodley has received several Teaching Excellence Awards in South Africa, Canada, and the U.S. and has been invited to serve as an external examiner for the Specialist Pediatric Fellowship Examinations in Zimbabwe, the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada Examinations in Canada, and both the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Final Examinations and the South African Pediatric Fellowship Examinations in South Africa. He is also a member of the Child Neurology Society and the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Moodley is a pediatric neurologist with UT Health Austin.