Our Faculty

• MD (Internal Medicine)
• DM (Neurology)
• Fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Stroke (Calgary, Canada) Speciality: Stroke Medicine

Training & Work Experience

• Assistant Professor of Neurology and Head of Division of Stroke, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi from August 2013 onwards
• Stroke Fellowship, Calgary, Canada – 2011- 2013
• Consultant Neurologist, Caritas Hospital, Kottayam – 2009 – 2011
• Research Officer, Neuro epidemiology, Bombay Hospital – 01/06/2009 – 30/06/2009
• Senior Registrar in Neurology – 2006–2009
• DM Neurology under Professor Nadir E. Bharucha, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, India – Clinical decision making, regular-in patient management, teaching internal medicine and pediatrics post graduate residents, Electrophysiology, acute stroke therapeutics involving thrombolytic treatment.
• Worked with Dr. Anil Karapurkar, neuro-inteventionalist 2007, Bombay Hospital attended carotid stenting, AVM, aneurysm management
• Prof. K.Radhakrishnan, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute, 2008 Kerala, India. – Electrophysiology training

Post M.D. Experience

• Assistant Professor (Medicine) Jan – Jun 2006 Karuna Medical College, Palghat, Kerala, India – Teaching UG students & managing medical wards
• In charge, Dept. of Cardiology 2004 – 2005 MOSSC Mission Hospital Trichur, Kerala – Management of cardiac emergencies, thrombolysis,ventilatory care

Ongoing Projects

• Director, province-wide Telestroke program, by Govt of Kerala state
• Principal Research Co-ordinator, Kerala State Prospective Stroke Registry, by Kerala Association of Neurologists
• Local PI, ATTEND trial ( a prospective randomzed trial on home-based physiotherapy in India)
• Local PI, Maternal and neonatal stroke registry by University of North Carolina
• Ongoing prospective studies on
  • Isoprostenoids and Aspirin resistance in acute stroke
  • TORBSST evaluation in acute stroke patients
  • Anticoagulation in Episodic atrial tachycardia
  • A two year experience of carotid stenting
  • Amyloid angiopathy in TIA and stroke

Stroke Research – At University of Calgary

• Association of Physicians, India
• Bombay Academy of Neurosciences
• Maharashtra Association of Neurology
• Indian Academy of Neurology
• Neurological Society of India
• World Stroke Organization
• Indian Stroke Association

• Asymptomatic carotid stenosis- Is medical management sufficient’ as invited speaker at Indian Stroke Association Annual conference 2014, Trivandrum.
• Do reduced leptomeningeal collaterals in humans result in leukoaraiosis, lacunes and brain atrophy? Vivek Nambiar, Ondrej Volny, Sung Il Sohn, Emmad Qazi, Jayme Kosior, Mayank Goyal, Andrew M Demchuk, Bijoy K Menon. Europian stroke conference London 2013.
• Do baseline infarct volume thresholds predict outcome in acute ischemic stroke depending on how fast recanalization achieved? Vivek Nambiar, Sung Il Sohn, Emmad Qazi, Jayme Kosior, Mayank Goyal, Andrew M Demchuk, Bijoy K Menon-Platform presentation,European Stroke Conference , Lisbon May 2012.
• Lepto meningeal collaterals; Role in infarct growth reduction in patients with acute ischemic stroke Vivek Nambiar, Sung Il Sohn, Emmad Qazi, Abdul Qazi, Jayme Kosior, Mayank Goyal, Michael D Hill,Andrew M Demchuk, Bijoy K Menon CSC,2012
• Can attenuation characteristics on NCCT can be used instead the diffusion FLAIR mismatch in imaging triage of acute ischemic stroke patients? Vivek Nambiar, SI Sohn, E Qazi, A Qazi,J Kosior, M Goyal, MD Hill,AM Demchuk, BK Menon .Canadian Stroke Congress, Calgary, Canada 2012.
• Malignant emboli detected by TCD monitoring may predict post procedural DWI lesions and is most common during stent and distal protection device deployment during CAS. Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Sachin Mishra, MD; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD,Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk,MD,FRCPC American Heart Association, Honolulu 2013.
• Qualitative or quantitative flair changes on MRI brain in acute ischemic strokes with major proximal occlusions does not predict intracranial hemorrhages S Adatia, V Nambiar, M Almekhlafi, SI Sohn, BK Menon, A Demchuk. Europian Neurological Soceity, Barcelona 2013.
• Not All Successful Reperfusion Patients Are Equal: The Need for a TICI2c Score. Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Jamsheed Desai MD FRCPC; Sachin Mishra, MD; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; Muneer Eesa, MD; Bijoy K Menon, MD ; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC. ESC London 2013.
• Octogenarians should not be excluded from acute stroke intervention trials as major clinical responses arecommon with reperfusion. Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Sachin Mishra, MD; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; Jamsheed Desai MD,FRCPC; Muneer Eesa, MD; Bijoy K Menon, MD; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC. ESC London 2013.
• Imaging-to- Stent deployment Time Interval Is Shorter during Daytime hours Vs. Evening Times in Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Jamsheed Desai MD FRCPC,Sachin Mishra, MD; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; Muneer Eesa, MD ; Bijoy K Menon, MD ; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC ESC London,2013 Accepted
• Radiographic predictors of Major neurologic improvement after Mechanical thrombectomy assisted recanalization in acute stroke. Jamsheed Desai MD FRCPC, Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Sachin Mishra, MD; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; Muneer Eesa, MD ; Bijoy K Menon, MD ; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC ESC London 2013 Accepted
• Baseline clinical predictors of rapid neurological improvements in acute ishemic stroke patients treated with stentrievers. Jamsheed Desai MD FRCPC, Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; , Sachin Mishra, MD,Muneer Eesa, MD ; Bijoy K Menon, MD ; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC1; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC ESC London 2013 Accepted
• Achieving an IV Needle to Arterial Puncture Time under 60 Minutes in Acute Endovascular Stroke Therapy is Feasible. Jamsheed Desai MD FRCPC; Mohammed A Almekhlafi, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Vivek Nambiar, DM, MD; , Sachin Mishra, MD Muneer Eesa, MD ; Bijoy K Menon, MD ; Ondrej Volny; Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC; Andrew M Demchuk, MD, FRCPC ESC 2013,London, Accepted
• Moya moya disease a rare cause of stroke- a case series, Vivek Nambiar,Yogesh Sharma, Nadir Bharucha. World Congress of Neurology, Bangkok. 2009
• Hansen’s disease: Uncommon presentation of a common disease,Vivek Nambiar,Yogesh Sharma, Nadir Bharucha. World Congress of Neurology, Bangkok 2009
• Bharucha NE, Raven RH, Nambiar VK. Status Epilepticus in HIV & TB. Innsbruck’s colloquium, Vienna, Austria 2009
• Primary progressive aphasia, Bombay Neurosciences Academy, 2008
• Multiple organ dysfunction in leptospirosis, API, Kerala Chapter, 2004
• Arrhythmia in leptospiral mycocarditis, API, Kerala Chapter, 2004