Dr. Aparna Ramakrishna Pai

Professor & Head of the Dept.

Department of Neurology

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Professor and Head of the department

    • Delivering lectures to postgraduate students.
    • Scheduling classes, examination dates, project dates, research presentation etc.
    • Allocation of lecture classes, practical classes and other academic works to various faculty members in the department.
    • Guiding the students and attending to their academic related problems.
    • Initiating the process of curriculum development, modification, up gradation etc.
    • Organizing other academic activities such as workshops, CMEs, symposiums and conferences.
    • Motivating the faculty and students to attend workshops, conference etc.
    • Guiding the postgraduate students in their project and thesis preparation.
    • Collecting the question paper sets, internal assessment marks etc. from department faculty (through Course Coordinators) and forwarding to concerned authority.
    • Communicating the various information, periodic circulars, rules, norms, guidelines, deadline etc. to faculty members and students.
    • Forwarding applications of faculty and students to concerned authorities.
    • Authorizing and forwarding students attendance and internal assessment marks to KMC office within the deadline.
    • Chairman of the Board of studies for the department and conduct meetings regularly.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Fellow of European Board of Neurology 2018. Neurology European Board of Neurology 2018
Specialty Certificate Examination Neurology Royal College of Physicians UK Neurology Royal College of Physicians UK 2017
DM Neurology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal August, 2007
MD General Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Manipal July 2002
MBBS Bachelors Kasturba Medical College, Manipal June 1999

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
KMC, Manipal Professor and Head 30-01-20 till date
KMC, Manipal Professor 19-12-2018 till 30-01-2020
Zulekha Hospital JCI approved tertiary care hospital Sharjah UAE Consultant Neurologist 11-04-2016 to 09-04-2018
KMC Manipal Professor April 2014 till March 2016
KMC, Manipal Associate Professor January 2011 to April 2014
KMC,Manipal Assistant Professor 2007 to 2011.

Establishment of Indian Stroke Clinical Trial Network (INSTRuCT).

Principal Investigator, Establishment of Indian Stroke Clinical Trial Network (INSTRuCT).

Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in INDIA (SPRINT INDIA)

Principal Investigator, Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in INDIA (SPRINT INDIA)

Fever, Hyperglycemia, Swallowing and Hypertension Management in Acute Stroke: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Indian Quality Improvement in Stroke Care Study) (FeSSH)

Principal Investigator, Fever, Hyperglycemia, Swallowing and Hypertension Management in Acute Stroke: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Indian Quality Improvement in Stroke Care Study) (FeSSH)

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Neuromuscular disorders, Stroke, Epilepsy, Dementia, Demyelination

Area of Expertise

Neuromuscular disorders, Stroke, Epilepsy, Dementia, Demyelination

Area of Research

Neuromuscular disorders, Stroke, Epilepsy, Dementia, Demyelination

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

FELLOW OF EUROPEAN BOARD OF  NEUROLOGY 

Pathophysiology and diagnosis of Guillain Barre syndrome: Challenges and needs

International Journal of Neuroscience: Volume 125: 2015: 4 Sambit Dash Aparna R Pai Ullas Kamath Pragna Rao

Effectiveness of quality of a multi component intervention on quality of life of patients with migraine

Cephalalgia 37( 1s): 49-50 Vishnu Renjith Aparna Pai Anice George

Guillain Barre Syndromae and Matrix Metalloproteinases

J Neurol Disorder 2015:3;3 Dash S Kamth U Pai A Rao P

A prospective study of the drug prescribing rate and pattern and assessment of adverse drug reactions in patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease in a tertiary care hospital

American Journal of phytomedicine and clinical therapeutics. 2014: 420-429. Vijay Kumar Shruthi Bhimalli Smita Shenoy Aparna Pai Arul Amuthan Tara V Shanbag

Global aphasia without hemiparesis: A case series

Ann Indian Acad Neurol: 2011:14:185-188. Aparna .R. Pai Gopee Krishnan S. Prashanth Suryanarayana. Rao

Unusual Presentation of multiple cranial nerve palsies with granulomatous encephalitis due to Acanthameba species.

Human Parasitic Diseases:2013: 5:1-5. Vinay Khanna Aparna Pai Anirudda Deshpande K.V. Chakradar Chiranjay Mukhopadhayay

I can write two but not 2: Evidence for domain specific within modality dissociation 5 for number digits.

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 23(2011)73-74 Gopee Krishnan Aparna Pai Shivani Tiwari SN Rao

Rapid neurological deterioration in a patient with hepatitis A infection

Journal of clinical Neuroscience 19(2012)1199. D.S. Halprashanth Vijay Chandran S.N.Rao R.Pai.Aparna