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About
Dr. Veena Vedartham is a Consultant - Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders Specialist at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, Bangalore with specialisation in Neuromuscular Disorders which has been the focus of her extensive research and clinical work. Her academic career began with an M.B.B.S. at the Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, followed by an M.D. - Internal Medicine at Kasturba Medical College. She then specialised in Neurology, earning her DM - Neurology from the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST). Furthering her expertise, Dr. Veena completed a Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders at Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. She is the foremost Neuro Physician Bangalore.
Dr. Veena's primary area of interest lies in Neuromuscular Disorders, comprising Peripheral Neuropathy, Radiculopathy, Myopathies, and Myasthenia Gravis. She is also adept in Electrophysiology with Nerve Conduction Study and EMG, Neuro-immunology including Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune encephalitis, Stroke Management, and Epilepsy Care for children and adult epileptic disorders. Dr. Veena also routinely attends to patients with Movement Disorders including Parkinson’s disease, PSP, Dystonia, Tremors, Migraine and all types of headaches, and Memory Disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Frontotemporal dementia, etc.
As a top Neurologist in Bangalore, Dr. Veena Vedartham has contributed significantly to the medical literature with several publications. Her notable publications include “Rare anatomical variation in transverse sinuses falsely mimicking transverse sinus thrombosis probably due to resultant slow flow” - BMJ Case Reports (2014), “Association of Hematoma heterogeneity with functional outcome in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage” - Neurology India, “Homozygous Sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) mutation: a rare cause for childhood-onset progressive cerebellar ataxia with vertical gaze palsy” - Journal of Neurological Sciences, and more.
Throughout her career, Dr. Veena has actively participated in scientific conferences, presenting her research findings to the medical community. She presented an oral paper on the “Association of Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Risk Factor and insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes mellitus” at the RSSDI Bengaluru conference in 2014. Her work has also been showcased on international platforms, including a poster presentation on infarct of the splenium of corpus callosum at the International Non-Communicable Disease Research Meet in Manipal in 2013 and another on uncontrolled diabetes mellitus at RSSDI 2013 in Greater Noida. Notably, her oral paper on the CT swirl sign as a predictor of hematoma expansion was awarded the best paper at the INSC 2017 in Amritsar.
Dr. Veena’s extensive training, research contributions, and clinical expertise make her a leading figure in the field of Neurology, with a dedicated focus on improving outcomes for patients with Neuromuscular Disorders.
Education
MD (General Medicine), MAHE, Manipal
DM (Neurology), SCTIMST, Trivandrum
Fellowship in Neuromuscular disorders (Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada)
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Consultant - Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders Specialist
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