Dr. Arun Kumar M

Educational Qualifications

• DrNB (Neurology)
  St. John’s Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka
  October 2023
• Fellowship in Epilepsy
  Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
  September 2019 – September 2020
• DM (Neurology)
  Government Thanjavur Medical College, Tamil Nadu
  August 2019
• MD (Paediatrics)
  Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Burla-Sambalpur, Odisha
  June 2015
• MBBS
  Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
  November 2009

Clinical Expertise

• Management of uncontrolled epilepsy in children and adults
  
• Epilepsy surgery evaluation and pre-surgical workup
  
• Video EEG and electroencephalography interpretation
  
• Autoimmune encephalitis management
  
• Pediatric neurological disorders
  
• Neurodegenerative disorders in adults and children
  
• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease
  
• Stroke and neurovascular disorders
  
• Headache and balance disorders
  
• Movement disorders and neuromodulation
  
• Neuroimaging interpretation in epilepsy and seizure disorders
  
• Management of Guillain-Barré Syndrome and neuromuscular disorders

Special Areas of Interest:

• Drug-resistant epilepsy
  
• Pediatric epilepsy
  
• Epilepsy surgery
  
• Autoimmune neurological disorders
  
• Movement disorders
  
• Neuropsychiatric comorbidities in neurological disease

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Publications in Indexed Journals:

• Bruck Syndrome: A rare case report with Dextrocardia and Meningomyelocele — Journal of Global Biosciences, 2014
• An unusual case of pancytopenia in an adolescent girl — Indian Journal of Child Health, 2015
• Co-Occurrence of Takayasu Arteritis and Tuberculosis – A Causative Dilemma — Annals of International Medical and Dental Research, 2017
• Prevalence of Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Patients with Dementia: A Prospective Study
• Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Patients Presenting with Headache: A Prospective Study
• Cross Sectional Study of Depression in Patients Following a Stroke: A Neurologist’s Perspective
• Dysphagia in Patients with Stroke: A Prospective Study
• Neuroimaging in Elderly with New-Onset Unprovoked Seizures – A Pictorial Review
• New Onset Unprovoked Seizures in Elderly: Etiology and Challenges in Management
• Clinical, Electrophysiological Subtypes and Seasonal Variations of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Central Tamil Nadu
• Risk Factors, Vascular Lesion Distribution and Outcome of Strokes Due to Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Rural South India
• Incidence, Prevalence and Clinicopathological Profile of Hepatitis-E Virus in Patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Imaging Findings and Neuroradiological Manifestations in Patients with COVID-19
• Paediatric Symptomatic Seizures in India: Unravelling Varied Etiologies and Neuroimaging Patterns – A Multicentric Study — Georgian Medical News, 2024

Research Projects

• Role of High Dose Oral Prednisolone in West Syndrome — Retrospective Study
• Yoga in Epilepsy
• Aetiopathological Profile of Secondary Seizures in Children of Odisha and Tamil Nadu – A Comparative Study

Platform Presentations:

• Edward Syndrome with Unusual Presentation — Odisha State NEOCON, 2013
• Selective Head Cooling in HIE in Resource-Limited Settings — IAP Odisha Conference, 2013
• Super Refractory Status Epilepticus — TANCON, 2018
• Utility of Stereo-Electroencephalography (SEEG) for Epilepsy Surgery in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy — TANCON, 2023

Poster Presentations:

• Patau Syndrome – Rare Case Report — PEDICON, 2017
• Fanconi’s Anemia – Rare Sporadic Case Report — PEDICON, 2017
• HIV Presenting as Primary Amenorrhoea Due to Pituitary Dysfunction — IANCON, 2017
• Post-Stroke Depression in a Tertiary Care Hospital — IANCON, 2018
• Electrocorticogram Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India — EAN Budapest, 2023
• Neuromodulation in Epilepsy – Our Experience — TANCON, 2023

Accolades & Achievements

• Best Platform Presentation / Paper Award — TANCON Erode, 2023
  Utility of Stereo-Electroencephalography (SEEG) for Epilepsy Surgery in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
• Distinction in Biochemistry
• Distinction in Forensic Medicine
• Distinction in Microbiology
• Zonal Level Pediatrics Quiz — Torrent Young Scholar Award

Short Term Training & Workshops

• EEG & VEEG Workshop — Neuro Update Chennai, 2017
• SUPER EMG INDIA — Trivandrum, Kerala, 2018
• Prof. Zaheer Ahmed Sayeed’s Annual Master Class Series on EEG, 2018
• Pediatric Epilepsy Workshop — CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad, 2019
• NESSAN eEEG Course, 2020
• ECMT 2022 — Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
• ILAE VIREPA Course Participant with Partial Bursary, 2023

Experience

• Consultant Adult & Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
  Gleneagles Health City, Chennai
  November 2022 – Present
• Head of Epilepsy Monitoring Unit & Consultant Neurologist
  Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai
  October 2021 – October 2022
• Associate Consultant – Neurology & Epileptology
  Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai
  October 2020 – October 2021
• Post-Doctoral Fellow in Epilepsy
  Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
  September 2019 – September 2020
• Senior Resident – DM Neurology
  Government Thanjavur Medical College, Tamil Nadu
  August 2016 – August 2019
• Assistant Professor – Pediatrics
  Sri Venkateswara Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
  August 2015 – August 2016
• Junior Resident – MD Pediatrics
  Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Odisha
  June 2012 – June 2015
• Internship
  Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
  January 2010 – December 2010

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor – Department of Pediatrics, Sri Venkateswara Medical College & Research Institute
• Academic mentor and trainer for postgraduate residents in Pediatrics and Neurology
• Conducted neurology teaching sessions, epilepsy workshops, and EEG training programs
• Delivered guest lectures on pediatric epilepsy, renal markers, pediatric emergencies, and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Co-chair for postgraduate case presentations in state-level neurology seminars

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