Dr. Rajesh Shankar Iyer,MD,DM,DNB,MNAMS,MRCP(UK)(Neurology), FRCP(Glasgow),FEBN, Fellowship in Epilepsy.,
2020: FRCP (Glasgow). 2019: Fellowship of the European Board of Neurology. 2018:: MRCP (UK) (Neurology. 2008: Fellowship in Epilepsy and EEG from SCTIMST . 2004: DNB Neurology 2004: DM in Neurology, Institute of Neurology Madras Medical College, Chennai. 2000: DNB in General Medicine. 1997 – 2000 : MD in General Medicine, Madurai Medical College. 1989 – 1995 : MBBS, T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha.
Dr. Rajesh Shankar Iyer,
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Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist at PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore from 01-11-2017 till 08-06-2020. Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist at KG Hospitals, Coimbatore from 02-03-2011 till 31-10-2017. Consultant in Neurology at Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technlogy (SCTIMST), Trivandrum from 12.02.2009 till 31.12.2010. Consultant Neurologist in Edappal Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Edappal, Malapuram district, Kerala from April 2004 to till 31.12.2007. Consultant Physician in St. John’s Hospital, Kattapana, Idukki, Kerala from May 2000 to March 2001.
Epilepsy. Stroke. Autoimmune Neurology. Sleep Medicine.
National Academy of Medical Sciences. Indian Academy of Neurology. Indian Medical Association. Association of physicians of India. American Academy of Neurology.
Best paper on Epilepsy Award at the Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2009 at Cochin, India. Best Poster award at the 12th European Congress on Epileptology, Prague, Czech Republic,September 2016.
S Rajesh, R Durairaj, K Mugundan, M Rajasekar, S Balasubramanian, S Gobinathan, S Velusamy,Shanbhogue K R Somnambulism due to Temporal Lobe Epilepsy – A case report. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2004, Vol.7: 437 – 438
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K R Shanbhogue, S Rajesh, R Durairaj, K Mugundan, S Balasubramanian, S Gobinathan, S Velusamy. Early Dropped Head Syndrome in a Case with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2005, Vol.8:53 – 54. Lincy George, Rajesh S. Iyer, Renjith James, P. Sankara Sarma, Kurupath Radhakrishnan. Employment outcome and satisfaction after anterior temporal lobectomy for refractory epilepsy: a developing country’s perspective. Epilepsy & Behavior 16 (2009) 495–500. Rinki Ratnapriya, Joseph Vijai · Jayaram S. Kadandale, Rajesh S. Iyer Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Anuranjan Anand. A locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy maps to 2q33–q36. Hum Genet. 2010 Aug;128(2):123-30.
Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Bejoy Thomas. Reversal sign on CT in a child with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Neurology 2011;76;e27 Mugundhan Krishnan, Palanivel Rajan, Chandrasekharan Kesavadas, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. The ‘heart appearance’ sign in MRI in bilateral medial medullary infarction. Postgrad MedJ2011,87:156-157 Haseeb Hassan, Bejoy Thomas, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Insights from a rare clinical presentation of herpes simplex encephalitis: Adding to the catatonic dilemma? Neurologist2011 Mar;17(2):114-6. Ramshekhar Menon, Neeraj N. Baheti, Ajith Cherian, Rajesh S Iyer. Oxcarbazepine induced worsening of seizures in Jeavons syndrome: Lessons learnt from an interesting presentation.Neurology India, 2011;59(1):70-2. Ajith Cherian, Neeraj N. Baheti, Ramshekhar Menon, Rajesh S Iyer. Hemispheric Intracranial lipoma with seizure -Look Under The Carpet.Neurology India, 2011;59(1):128-30. Anis Jukkarwala, Haseeb Hassan, Muralidharan Nair, Rajesh S Iyer. Extraoccipital photoparoxysmal response in a case of focal encephalitis. Epileptic Disord. 2011 13: 103-106. Haseeb Hassan, Anis Jukkarwala, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Structural correlates of Fixation-off Sensitivity: Evidences from a case of symptomatic occipital epilepsy with bilateral occipital gliosis. Epilepsy Res.2011;94:121-5. Rajesh S Iyer, Mangattuthodi Rekha, T Santhosh Kumar,Kurupath Radhakrishnan. Primary care doctors' knowledge with respect to management of epilepsy in Kerala, southern India. Epilepsy & Behavior 2011 Jun;21(2):137-42. Ramshekhar N. Menon , Neeraj N. Baheti, Ajith Cherian, Chaturbhuj Rathore, Rajesh S. Iyer, Ashalatha Radhakrishnan. Post-irradiation "acquired cavernous angiomas" with drug resistant seizures. Epilepsy Res. 2011 Sep;96(1-2):161-5. Mahesh Kate, Bejoy Thomas, Abraham Kuruvilla, Muralidharan Nair, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. A six-year-old girl with progressive ataxia.J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Feb;19(2):299, 340. Ajith Cherian, Neeraj N. Baheti, Ramshekhar N. Menon, Rajesh S. Iyer, Chaturbhuj Rathore, Ashalatha Radhakrishnan. Atonic variant of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (atonic-BECTS): a distinct electro-clinical syndrome Brain and development 2012 Jun;34(6):511-9. Mugundhan Krishnan, Senthil Kumar, Shaheer Ali, Rajesh S Iyer. Sudden bilateral anterior cerebral infarction: unusual stroke associated with unusual vascular anomalies. Postgrad Med J. 2013 Feb;89(1048):120-1. Koramadai Karuppuswamy Kamaleshwaran, Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Joppy Antony, Edathuruthy Kalarickal Radhakrishnan, Ajit Shinto. 18F-FDG PET/CT findings in voltage-gated potassium channel limbic encephalitis. Clin Nucl Med. 2013 May;38(5):392-4. Prasanna Venkatesan, R. Balakrishnan, K. Ramadoss, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Heart appearance sign in pontine stroke: a result of bilateral infarction due to small vessel disease. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):115-6. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Thanikasalam, Mugundhan Krishnan. Migrating partial seizures in infancy and 47XYY syndrome: Cause or coincidence? Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2014 Mar 20;2:43-5. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, S.R.Nisha. Absence status epilepsy: report of a rare electro-clinical syndrome. Neurol India. 2014 Mar-Apr;62(2):224-6. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Tiruppur Chinnappan Ramalingam Ramakrishnan. Lingual epilepsia partialis continua as the presenting manifestation of herpes simplex encephalitis: uncommon presentation of a common disease. Neurol India. 2014 Jul-Aug;62(4):439-41. K.Mugundhan, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Sudden Simultaneous Cerebellar Infarction in the Territories of the Medial Division of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Arteries. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Aug;64(8):90-91. K.Mugundhan, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Conus Medullaris injury following spinal anaesthesia J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Sep;64(9):75 . K.Mugundhan, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Myelopathy following cypermethrin poisoning. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Sep;64(9):85-86. Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Proximal upper limb jerking: important clinical sign to diagnose epilepsy with myoclonic absences. Pediatr Neurol. 2017 ;71:88-89. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, S. Padmanabhan, Manoj Ramachandran. Unilateral optic disc swelling associated with idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis: A rare cause for a rare clinical finding. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Mar 27. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Wattamwar P, Thomas B. Reversible Holmes' tremor due to spontaneous intracranial hypotension. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 27. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, T.C.R.Ramakrishnan, Karunakaran,Ajit Shinto, Koramadai Karuppuswamy Kamaleshwaran. Faciobrachial dystonic seizures result from fronto–temporo–basalganglial network involvement. Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports 8 (2017) 47–50. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Ravi Mohan Rao, Karunakaran Muthukalathi, Praveen Kumar.Trapped ipsilateral lateral ventricle: a delayed complication of hemispherotomy for Rasmussen’s encephalitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 19. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, Bejoy Thomas, Saleem Akhtar, Praveen Kumar. Olfactory nerve hypertrophy: a clue to the presence of ipsilateral megalencephaly. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 23. Rajesh Shankar Iyer, T.C.R.Ramakrishnan, Saleem Akhtar, Karunakaran Muthukalathi, Praveen Kumar,Kumar Muthukumar. Is it safe to treat cerebral venous thrombosis with oral rivaroxaban without heparin? A preliminary study from 20 patients. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.2018:175; 108-111. Sunny AA, Vallipalam J, Ramasamy B, Rajesh Shankar Iyer. ‘Enemy within’: an interesting cause for anemia during warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation BMJ Case Rep 2019; Jul 26;12(7) Rajesh Shankar Iyer., Ramalingam RTC, Akhtar S, et al. Bilateral independent periodic lateralised epileptiform discharges at presentation followed by rapid recovery: novel observations from a case of EpsteinBarr virus encephalitis BMJ Case Rep 2019;12:e229879. Saleem Akhtar , Ramakrishnan TCR , Mugundhan Krishnan , Rajesh Shankar Iyer. Prevalence, Clinical Presentation and Aetiology of Secondary Headache from a Tertiary Care Centre in Western Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Research & Review.2019:10;337-342.
Crossed Aphasia – A case report. At the 7th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association (ASNA) and 47th Annual Meeting of the Neurological Society of Thailand from 6th to 9th March 2007 at Cha-Am, Thailand.
Can subcortical lesion present with intractable seizures? Interesting association of early thalamic hemorrhage with late CSWS. At the 19th World Congress of Neurology from24th to 30th October 2009 at Bangkok, Thailand.
Bilateral MTLE-HS: Is it a distinct electro-clinical entity? At the American Epilepsy Society (AES) 63rd Annual Scientific Conference December 4 - 8, 2009; Boston, Massachusetts.
Faciobrachial dystonic seizures result from fronto-temporo-basal ganglial network involvement. At the 12th European Congress on Epileptology, Prague, Czech Republic, 11th to 15th September 2016.
Is it safe to treat cerebral venous thrombosis with oral rivaroxaban without heparin? A preliminary study from 20 patients. At the11th World Stroke Congress. Montreal, Canada 17th to 20th October, 2018
Empower the caregivers for better care: Positives and pitfalls in the current knowledge, attitude and practices among caregivers of adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy .At the 5th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Oslo, Norway, June 2019.