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NEUROLOGY UNIT

Dr. Sanjith Aaron, Professor & Head

Dr. Sanjith Aaron joined the Faculty of the Department in 2006 after completing DM in Neurology from Christian Medical College, Vellore. He has done a Stroke and Cerebrovascular Fellowship at the Calgary Stroke Program, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2010 - 2011. His subspecialty interests are Stroke, Cerebral Venous thrombosis and other Cerebrovascular diseases.

Dr. Mathew Alexander, Professor

Dr. Mathew Alexander joined the Faculty of the Department in 1992 after completing DM in Neurology from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology at Thiruvananthapuram. He has done a Neuromuscular fellowship at the Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada in the years 1999 - 2001. He was a Visiting Observer at the Department of Electromyography of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore and Department of Electromyography at Massachussets General Hospital, Boston. His subspecialty interests are Neuromuscular disorders, Quantitative EMG including Single Fiber EMG and Neuroimmunology.

Dr. Vivek Mathew, Professor

Dr. Vivek Mathew joined the Faculty in December 2006. He completed his DM in Neurology in 2005 from SMS, Jaipur. He was a Consultant in Neurology at MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery in 2005-06. Areas of interest: Clinical Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy​.

Dr. Ajith Sivadasan, Professor

Dr. Ajith Sivadasan joined the Faculty in 2010 after completing DM Neurology in CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Clinical Neurology, Neuromuscular Disorders, Neuroimmunology, Autonomic Nervous System, Sleep.

Dr. A.T. Prabhakar, Professor

Dr. A.T. Prabhakar joined the Faculty in 2013 after completing his DM in Neurology at CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Neurophysiology, Clinical Neurology, Critical Care.

Dr. Rohit Ninan Benjamin, Associate Professor

Dr. Rohit Ninan Benjamin joined the Faculty after completing DM Neurology in 2015 from CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Neuroimmunology, Neuroinfections and Neuromuscular diseases.

Dr. Shaik Atif Iqbalahamed, Associate Professor

Dr. Atif I. A. Shaikh joined the Faculty in 2017 after completing DM in Neurology at CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Clinical Neurology, Movement Disorders, Critical Care Neurology.

Dr. Arun Mathai Mani, Associate Professor

Dr. Arun Mathai Mani joined the Faculty in 2018 after completing his DM Neurology from CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Clinical Neurology, Movement Disorders.

Dr. P.T. Alexander, Associate Professor

Dr. Alexander joined the Faculty in 2019 after completing his DM Neurology from CMC, Vellore. Areas of interest: Clinical Neurology, Cognitive Neurology, Autoimmune Neurology.