Faculty
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Dr.Mritunjai Kumar MD, DM | Associate Professor & Head | Clinical :- Nerve and Muscle disorders, tropical neurology, critical care neurology, electrophysiology and cognitive neurology Research :- Nerve and Muscle disorders, neuro critical care, tropical neurology and neurophysiology | mritunjai.neuro@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-9186 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mritunjai_Kumar2 | |
Dr.Ashutosh Tiwari MD, DM | Associate Professor | Clinical :- Epilepsy, Headache, Sleep, Movement disorders, Stroke, Cognitive neurology and Neurocritical care Research :- Neuroplasticity, Epilepsy, Headache, Sleep, Movement disorders | ashutosh.neuro@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2311-8891 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashutosh_Tiwari28 |
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Services
SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT:
OUTPATIENTS SERVICES:
GENERAL OPD: General Neurology OPD caters patients suffering from various neurological disorders including headache, seizures, stroke, movement disorders, demyelinating disorders, neuromuscular disorders.
- SCHEDULE- DAY AND CONSULTANT WISE
- SPECIALTY CLINICS/ SERVICES (DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC) SCHEDULE- DAY AND CONSULTANT WISE
- NEUROPHYSIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES (Monday to Friday (8:30am-5:30pm) and Saturday (8:30 am-2pm)
We have a state of art facility for doing Electroencephalography (EEG), Nerve conduction studies (NCS), Electromyography (EMG), Repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) and Evoked potentials (EP). We have one Video EEG machine (Natus) and one NCS/EMG machine, 8 channel machine to record evoked potentials (Nihon Kohden Neuropack). The lab is run by experienced technical staff under the supervision of the faculty. Routine as well as special neurophysiological studies are undertaken in the department. The appointments for EEG/ NCS/ EMG studies are obtained from Neurology lab staff.
IN-PATIENTS DEPARTMENT:
The department caters to the need of serious patients by admitting them. We also admit patients with diagnostic dilemma. Neurology general ward is situated in the C6 area on the 5th floor of the OPD block (Block-C) with 20 beds. It includes 4-beded Neurology ICU.
PROCEDURES (DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC) OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT:
The department offers following special procedures on OPD/IPD basis –
- Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke presenting in the window period i.e., within 4.5 hours of onset of symptoms.
- Botulinum toxin injection for patients with focal dystonia and spasticity.
- Neurophysiology procedures – in the Neurophysiology lab (Monday to Friday 8:30 am5:30pm and Saturday 8:30am-2pm)Electrophysiology procedures including Nerve conduction studies (NCS), sympathetic skin response (SSR), electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), Evoked potentials including visual evoked potentials (VEP), brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP).
- Nerve and muscle biopsy.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic lumbar puncture.
Courses & Short term Trainings
Name of the course | Curriculum | Duration of course | Present number of students | Objectives/ brief description of the course |
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DM (Neurology) | 3 year | 4 | It is a 3-year course designed to train candidates in the principles and practice of Neurology so that they can function as independent Neurology consultants. |
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Research
Title | Site-Investigators | Principal Investigator | Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) | Funding Agency | Projects Status |
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Genetics of Pan India – young onset Parkinson’s disease | Dr. Niraj Kumar | In collaboration with Parkinson’s Research Alliance of India (PRAI) & MedGenome Labs. | Ongoing | ||
Genetic Architecture of Parkinson disease in India | Dr. Niraj Kumar | In collaboration with SCTIMST, Trivandrum and University of Tubingen, Germany and researchers from Luxembourg | Ongoing |
Projects (Extramural)
Title | Site-Investigators | Principal Investigator | Intramural/ Extramural | Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) | Funding Agency | Projects Status |
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Projects (Intramural)
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Collaboration
Collaboration for | Collaboration with Department and institute | Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration |
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Clinical and Academic | Scientist level collaboration with Prof. MV Padma Srivastava, Head, Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi | She serves as an Eminent Visiting Professor in the Department and is on the departmental “Board of studies.” |
Clinical and Academic | Scientist level collaboration with Prof. Vivek Lal Head, Neurology, PGI, Chandigarh | He serves as an Eminent Visiting Professor in the Department and is on the departmental “Board of studies.” |
Clinical and Academic | Scientist level collaboration with Prof. Pramod Pal, Senior Prof., Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore | He serves as an Eminent Visiting Professor in the Department and is on the departmental “Board of studies.” |
Clinical and Academic | Scientist level collaboration with Prof. H S Malhotra, Senior Prof., Neurology, KGMU, Lucknow | He serves as an Eminent Visiting Professor in the Department and is on the departmental “Board of studies.” |
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Expansion plan
EXPANSION PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE:
- Plan to start Deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
- Epilepsy monitoring unit and Epilepsy surgery program.
- Research: Projects in Restless legs syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, neuroimmunology, Neuropathies and Headache.