Siddharth Srivastava, MD

Dr. Siddharth Srivastava, MD, is Director of the Developmental Neurogenetics Program in the Division of Neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in pediatric neurogenetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, with internationally recognized expertise in autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, developmental regression, and rare genetic neurologic syndromes including Phelan-McDermid syndrome, PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome, and Kleefstra syndrome. Dr. Srivastava earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Columbia University and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed by combined residency training in pediatrics and neurodevelopmental disabilities at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He completed fellowship training in neurogenetics at Boston Children’s Hospital. In addition to his clinical work, he …leads a prominent translational research program focused on gene discovery, biomarker development, neurodevelopmental phenotyping, and precision medicine trials for rare neurogenetic disorders. Widely respected for bridging clinical care with cutting-edge genomic research, he is dedicated to improving diagnosis, targeted therapies, and long-term outcomes for children with complex neurodevelopmental conditions.