Senior Consultant & Associate Director – Neurology & Epilepsy
OP Timing:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 10:00am - 04:00pm | 10:00am - 04:00pm | 10:00am - 04:00pm | 10:00am - 04:00pm | 10:00am - 04:00pm | 10:00am - 04:00pm | Not Available |
Qualifications & Education:
- MBBS – Coimbatore Medical College, Madras University
- MD (General Medicine) – Coimbatore Medical College, Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
- DM (Neurology) – Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum
- Advanced Training in Epileptology – King’s College Hospital, London (Dr. PN Berry Scholarship)
Areas of Expertise:
- Epilepsy & Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- Video-EEG & Intracranial EEG Monitoring
- Stroke
- Demyelinating Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders
- Peripheral Neuropathies
Professional Experience:
Over 30 years in Neurology & Epileptology
- Senior Consultant & Associate Director – Neurology, KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City
- Director of Neurology & Program Director, Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Gleneagles Health City, Chennai
- Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Neurology – Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai
- Senior Consultant – Neurology, Global Hospitals & Health City, Chennai
- Associate Professor of Neurology – SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
- Consultant Neurologist – Kovai Medical Center & Hospital, Coimbatore
- Research Assistant – Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, London
- Visiting Clinical Fellow – Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, London
- Assistant Professor & Consultant Neurologist – K.G. Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Coimbatore
- Assistant Professor & Consultant Neurologist – SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
Key Contributions & Expertise:
- Performed over 5,000 video-telemetries and 3,000+ presurgical epilepsy evaluations
- Involved in 1,500+ epilepsy surgeries including temporal, extratemporal, subdural grid & stereo-EEG procedures
- Set up a Level 4 Epilepsy Surgery Centre in Chennai
- Faculty for King’s College Hospital Video-EEG Masterclass
- Mentored multiple epilepsy surgery programs across India
- Expertise in presurgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy
- Experienced in vagal nerve stimulation & advanced electrophysiology
Awards & Achievements:
- S.M. Munirathinam Chetty Gold Medal – Highest marks in MD (General Medicine)
- Best Paper Awards – Neurological Society of India (Kerala Chapter)
- Best Paper Awards – Indian Epilepsy Association
- Dr. PN Berry Scholarship – Training in Epileptology, King's College Hospital, London
Research & Publications:
- Numerous publications in national & international peer-reviewed journals
- Research focus in seizure detection, video-EEG techniques, epilepsy surgery outcomes, stroke, and demyelinating disorders
- Reviewer for several medical journals
- Former Editorial Board Member – Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Academic Contributions:
- Conducts national & international workshops on EEG, video-EEG, and epilepsy
- Teaching experience for neurology and medicine postgraduates
- Mentor to multiple neurologists and epileptologists
Languages Known:
English, Hindi, Tamil, Konkani, Kannada, and Malayalam
