Fields of Expertise

NEUROLOGY – Stroke Thrombolysis, Stroke Rehabilitation, Epilepsy medical care, EEG interpretation, Nerve conduction studies & Electromyography (performance and interpretation), Neuroimaging (CT/MRI), Neurocritical care, Pain pharmacotherapy, Dementia care/support.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS (Special Interest) – Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders (Tremors, Dystonia, Ataxia, Chorea, Myoclonus) – Pharmacotherapy for Advanced cases, Botulinum injections (Routine and EMG-guided), Deep Brain Stimulation planning and programming (Medtronic/Boston, all programmers).

Awards & Recognition

Three Video presentations representing INDIA delivered at the International Movement disorder society conference held in Madrid, Spain, Sept’22
A book series namely “Diversity and Uniqueness in Neurological Disorders” published worldwide under own copyright, Part-1 released in Sept 2021.
Best Neurosciences paper award at Bombay Neurological Association (BNA) Conference 2022
National highest scorer of TYSA neurology quiz (Round 1), 2021

Professional Memberships & Certifications

- ICH-GCS certification in Feb,2022. Sub-Investigator in PROSEEK Trial, 2022
- American Academy of Continuing Medical Education (AACME) certification for NIHSS training
- Cleveland clinic Certification on Neurology updates.
- Member Of International Movement Disorders Society (MDS)
- Member of Movement Disorders Society of India (MDSI)
- Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Publications

- Mild cognitive impairment in Covid-19 survivors: Measuring the “Brain Fog” - International Journal of Mental Health (USA)
Role of OCT in determining specific diagnostic pattern of RNFL involvement in various CNS demyelinating diseases: An observational study - Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience (Japan)
Treatment Induced Neuritis in Diabetes (TIND) – Terra incognita in the spectrum of diabetic neuropathies - Neurology Asia
Intrathecal hyaluronidase for impending and symptomatic arachnoiditis in Tubercular Meningitis - Journal of the neurological Sciences

Rare/ Unique Skills

Botulinum Toxin Injections

- Expertise in Botulinum toxin injection technique, both direct and EMG-guided.
- Routinely using Portable EMG for accuracy in all patterns in Cervical Dystonia and Oromandibular Dystonia.
- Using Stimulation technique (Portable EMG function) for injecting patients of Writer’s Cramps, and Post Stroke Spasticity of upper or lower limbs.
- Practising clean, aseptic, and effective Botox injecting technique for Hemifacial Spasms, Blepharospasm, Parotid glands and Chronic Migraine.

Deep Brain Stimulation Planning – Programming

Pre-operative patient selection – a pivotal steppingstone for best post DBS results.
Operative monitoring during procedure to ensure proper lead localisation radiologically, electro-physiologically as well as clinically.
Post operative care, and initial programming.
Well versed with usage of all programmers of Medtronic and Boston, and with various modulations of amplitude, frequency, pulse-width, and directional current functionality required for best programming outputs.
Reprogramming of elsewhere done DBS patients to help get better results.