Doctor Details

STROKE AND INTERVENTIONAL NEUROLOGY

• Intravenous Thrombolysis and Intraarterial Thrombolysis
• Carotid artery and Vertebral Artery Angioplasty and Stenting
• Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting for ICAD (Intracranial Atherosclerotic disease)
• Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large vessel occlusion -Acute ischemic strokes
• Venous sinus manometry , angioplasty and stenting for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
• Coiling for Brain Aneurysm
• Transcranial doppler
• Neck vessel doppler
• Nerve ultrasound & Optic nerve sheath diameter estimation
• Cerebral Digital subtraction angiogram
• Carotid and intracranial angioplasty and stenting
• Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large vessel occlusion -Acute ischemic strokes
• Venous sinus manometry ,angioplasty and stenting
• Embolisation for
  • Arteriovenous malformations in the brain and spine
  • Carotico cavernous fistulae
  • Dural arteriovenous fistulae
  • Highly vascular brain and spine tumours
• Botox injection- spasticity/blepharospasm/hemifacial spasm/dystonia
• Lumbar puncture
• Intrathecal drug administration
• Steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome

NEUROSONOLOGY

• Transcranial doppler
• Neck vessel doppler
• Nerve ultrasound & Optic nerve sheath diameter estimation

DAY CARE PROCEDURES

• Botox injection- spasticity/blepharospasm/hemifacial spasm/dystonia
• Lumbar puncture and manometry
• Intrathecal drug administration
• Steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome

NEURO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TESTS

• Electromyography (EMG)
• Single fibre Electromyography (SFEMG)
• Nerve conduction study (NCS)
• Electro encephalogram (EEG)
• Polysomnogram
• Repetitive nerve conduction (RNS)
• Visual evoked potential (VEP)
• Cognitive potential
• Brainstem response audiometry (BERA)
• Visual evoked potential
• Autonomic function tests

• Awarded as the BEST STROKE CARE PROVIDER OF SOUTH INDIA for 2024 by Voice of Healthcare, in the National Stroke Conclave, New Delhi ; Endorsed by the Indian Stroke Association
• Received WSO (World Stroke Organisation) Diamond status for the outstanding results in the treatment of Stroke
• Awarded Dr Ramdas Pisharody award 2023-for the best research work .
• During Stroke and Interventional Neurology fellowship
• First prize for Oral paper (Middle Meningeal artery embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma)
• Major Achievements (Honors/Awards):
• Awarded Dr Ramdas Pisharody award in 2023 for the best research work |(During DM residency 2018-2021)
• First rank holder for DM Neurology KUHS ( Kerala university of health sciences )2021

First prize in:

• TYSA SOUTH ZONE 2020 (Torrent young scholar award)
• Quiz, Stroke summer school 2019-Indian Stroke Association
• Quiz-SHINE 2020- 10th International Conference of Clinical Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
• Quiz, Emerging brain 2019- Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

First runner up:

• Poster presentation, NIMHANS Annual reviews in practical Neurology 2019

Second runner up:

• Award paper, Kerala Association of Neurologist; KAN 2020 midterm meet
• IANCON (Indian Academy of Neurology) Quiz 2020

Oral paper presentation at international forums:

• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Congress 2021; Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized controlled double-blind trial.
• International conference on Neurology and Brain disorders INBC 2020; COVID 19 and stroke trends in a tertiary care centre from South India

During MD residency (2015-2018)

First runner up:

• Poster; Association of physicians of India,2018
• Award paper, Association of physicians of India; API 2018

Second runner up:

• Award paper CALFM 2018, Calicut
• Poster -INDUSEM 2016-Indo US Emergency medicine summit medical college 2018

Editorial Responsibilities:

• Official reviewer of International Journal of Stroke; the flagship publication of the World stroke Organisation

Research and Publications

• Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial ; PIPD Trial: Movement Disorders 2021;September ,Vol:3
• Clinical profile and outcome of non-COVID strokes during pandemic and the pre pandemic period: COVID-Stroke Study Group (CSSG) India: Journal of the Neurological Sciences .2021 Sept 15; 428:117583 (Elsevier )
• Clinical Features and Outcome of Stroke with COVID‐19. COVID‐19 Stroke Study Group (CSSG), India ; Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
• A case series of Eosinophilic Meningitis from South India (Accepted): Neurology India
• COVID 19 and Stroke Trends in a Tertiary care Centre from South India-Our monsoon experience (Accepted) Neurology India
• A rare case of subacutely evolving hemiparesis in an IV mainliner; Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2019 –Volume 22; supplement.(Case report)
• A reversible cause of cognitive decline ; ARDSI-Alzheimer's and related disorders society of India 2019-Supplement (Case report)
• COVID 19 and Stroke Trends in A Tertiary Care Centre from South India ; Cerebrovascular Disorders 2021;50(supplement)

Manuscripts submitted

• Limping gait-Unravelling decades of Pigmentation-Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI)
• Marrow in the brain -Teaching Neuroimage - Neurology India

Oral papers presented at international forums:

• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Congress 2021; Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized controlled double-blind trial.
• International conference on Neurology and Brain disorders INBC 2020; COVID 19 and stroke trends in a tertiary care centre from South India

Reviewer of Journals

• International Journal of Stroke; World stroke Organisation
• Journal of Neuroscience in Rural Practice (JNRP)

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