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श्री चित्रा तिरुनाल आयुर्विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, त्रिवेंद्रम

विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग, भारत सरकार के अधीन एक राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

An Institution of National Importance, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

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BMT

AMCHSS

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Dr. Sylaja P. N.

Professor & HOD

Phone : 09446566287

Email :

Academic Qualification Professional Record Publications

Academic Qualifications

MBBS ;Trivandrum Medical College;1986

MD (Medicine);Trivandrum Medical College;1993

DM (Neurology);SCTIMST;1998

Professional Record

Additional Professor ,Dept of Neurology;SCTIMST;since July 2010

Assistant Professor of Neurology;SCTIMST;Feb 1999-June 2005

Senior consultant neurologist;Ananthapuri Hospitals ;Jan 2007-June2010

Awards

Young scientist award 2008- Physicians association of Trivandrum

Best paper award at Annual conference of Neurological Society of India in 2002

Current Activities

in charge of Comprehensive stroke program

Fellowships

Fellowship of Cerebrovascular diseases ,at University of Calgary, Canada( July2005-Nov 2006)

Membership

Indian Epilepsy Association (life member)

Neurological Society of India (life member)

Indian Medical Association (life member)

Indian Epilepsy Society (life member)

Indian Academy of Neurology (life member)

World Stroke Organization

Indian Stroke Association (life member)

A Phase IIb prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center, dose escalation placebo controlled study of NTx-265: human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and epoetin alfa (EPO) in acute ischemic stroke patients (REGENESIS) Principal investigator-Dr.P.N.Sylaja Status: Completed Sponsor: Stem cell Therapeutics Corporation,Canada.

Conducted a study on the Impact of nutrition on the outcome of stroke in collaboration with CMC Ludhiana.

Ongoing multicentric study on risk stratification in patients with TIA and minor strokes

Publications

Article

Coutts, S B; Sylaja, P N; Choi, Y B; Al-Khathami, A; Sivakumar, C; Jeerakathil, T J; Sarma, P S; Hill, M D, The ASPIRE Approach for TIA Risk Stratification., Can J Neurol Sci, 2011, 38; 78-81, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21156434

Shobha, N; Sylaja, P N; Kapral, M K; Fang, J; Hill, M D; Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network, Differences in stroke outcome based on sex., Neurology, 2010, 74; 767---71, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194917

Sridharan, Sapna E; Unnikrishnan, J P; Sukumaran, Sajith; Sylaja, P N; Nayak, S Dinesh; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Incidence, types, risk factors, and outcome of stroke in a developing country: the Trivandrum Stroke Registry., Stroke, 2009, 40; 1212---8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19228849

Sylaja, P N; Hill, Michael D, Transient ischemic attacksa--definition, risk prediction and urgent management., Neurol India, 2009, 57; 252---6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19587463

Puetz, V; Sylaja, P N; Hill, M D; Coutts, S B; Dzialowski, I; Becker, U; Gahn, G; von Kummer, R; Demchuk, A M, CT angiography source images predict final infarct extent in patients with basilar artery occlusion., AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2009, 30; 1877---83, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19643923

Sylaja, P N; Dzialowski, Imanuel; Puetz, Volker; Eliasziw, Michael; Hill, Michael D; Krol, Andrea; O'Reilly, Christine; Demchuk, Andrew M, Does intravenous rtPA benefit patients in the absence of CT angiographically visible intracranial occlusion?, Neurol India, 2009, 57; 739---43, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139502

Sylaja, P N; Setiawan, Melissa; Hill, Michael D; Demchuk, Andrew M; Wong, John, Treatment of stroke after carotid endarterectomy using intravenous abciximab., Neurol India, 2009, 57; 780---2, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139510

Sylaja, P N; Puetz, Volker; Dzialowski, Imanuel; Krol, Andrea; Hill, Michael D; Demchuk, Andrew M, Prognostic value of CT angiography in patients with suspected vertebrobasilar ischemia., J Neuroimaging, 2008, 18; 46---9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18190495

Sylaja, P N; Coutts, Shelagh B; Krol, Andrea; Hill, Michael D; Demchuk, Andrew M; VISION Study Group, When to expect negative diffusion-weighted images in stroke and transient ischemic attack., Stroke, 2008, 39; 1898---900, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18420957

Puetz, Volker; Dzialowski, Imanuel; Hill, Michael D; Subramaniam, Suresh; Sylaja, P N; Krol, Andrea; O'Reilly, Christine; Hudon, Mark E; Hu, William Y; Coutts, Shelagh B; Barber, Philip A; Watson, Tim, Intracranial thrombus extent predicts clinical outcome, final infarct size and hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke: the clot burden score., Int J Stroke, 2008, 3; 230---6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18811738

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Puetz, Volker; Sylaja, P N; Coutts, Shelagh B; Hill, Michael D; Dzialowski, Imanuel; Mueller, Pia; Becker, Ulf; Urban, Gabriele; O'Reilly, Christine; Barber, Philip A; Sharma, Pranshu; Goyal, Mayank;, Extent of hypoattenuation on CT angiography source images predicts functional outcome in patients with basilar artery occlusion., Stroke, 2008, 39; 2485---90, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18617663

Sylaja, P.; Demchuk, Andrew., Intravenous thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke: The art and science of treatment decision making, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2008, 11; 24---29, http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2008;volume=11;issue=5;spage=24;epage=29;aulast=Sylaja;t=6

T??A?llez-Zenteno, Jos??A? F; Pillai, Sylaja N; Hill, Michael D; Pillay, Neelan, Chronic PLEDs with transitional rhythmic discharges (PLEDs-plus) in remote stroke., Epileptic Disord, 2007, 9; 164---9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17525027

Sylaja, R N; Goyal, M; Watson, T; Hill, M D, Wallerian-like degeneration after ischemic stroke revealed by diffusiona--weighted imaging., Can J Neurol Sci, 2007, 34; 243---4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17598606

Sylaja, P N; Dong, Wei; Grotta, James C; Miller, Mary K; Tomita, Kristen; Hamilton, Scott; Semba, Charles; Hill, Michael D, Safety outcomes of Alteplase among acute ischemic stroke patients with special characteristics., Neurocrit Care, 2007, 6; 181---5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17572861

Varma, Nisha P; Sylaja, Padmavathy N; George, Lincy; Sankara Sarma, P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Employment concerns of people with epilepsy in Kerala, south India., Epilepsy Behav, 2007, 10; 250---4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17218155

Lipska, K; Sylaja, P N; Sarma, P S; Thankappan, K R; Kutty, V R; Vasan, R S; Radhakrishnan, K, Risk factors for acute ischaemic stroke in young adults in South India., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2007, 78; 959---63, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17220290

Durai Pandian, Jeyaraj; Padma, Vasantha; Vijaya, Pamidimukkala; Sylaja, P N; Murthy, Jagaralpudi M K, Stroke and thrombolysis in developing countries., Int J Stroke, 2007, 2; 17---26, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18705983

Sylaja, P N; Coutts, S B; Subramaniam, S; Hill, M D; Eliasziw, M; Demchuk, A M; VISION Study Group, Acute ischemic lesions of varying ages predict risk of ischemic events in stroke/TIA patients., Neurology, 2007, 68; 415---9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283315

Sylaja, P N; Hill, Michael D, Stroke due to calcific embolus following coronary angiography., Neurology, 2006, 67; E16, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17101880

Sylaja, P N; Cote, Robert; Buchan, Alastair M; Hill, Michael D; Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study (CASES) Investigators, Thrombolysis in patients older than 80 years with acute ischaemic stroke: Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2006, 77; 826---9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16505004

Sylaja, P N; Dzialowski, Imanuel; Krol, Andrea; Roy, Jayanta; Federico, Paolo; Demchuk, Andrew M; Calgary Stroke Program, Role of CT angiography in thrombolysis decision-making for patients with presumed seizure at stroke onset., Stroke, 2006, 37; 915---7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16456124

Sylaja, P N; Radhakrishnan, K; Kesavadas, C; Sarma, P S, Seizure outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy and its predictors in patients with apparent temporal lobe epilepsy and normal MRI., Epilepsia, 2004, 45; 803---8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15230705

Vijai, J; Cherian, P J; Sylaja, P N; Anand, A; Radhakrishnan, K, Clinical characteristics of a South Indian cohort of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy probands., Seizure, 2003, 12; 490---6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12967578

Sylaja, P N; Ahsan Moosa, N V; Radhakrishnan, K; Sankara Sarma, P; Pradeep Kumar, S, Differential diagnosis of patients with intracranial sinus venous thrombosis related isolated intracranial hypertension from those with idiopathic intracranial hypertension., J Neurol Sci, 2003, 215; 9---12, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14568121

Sylaja, P.N.; Radhakrishnan, K., Problems and pitfalls in developing countries, Epilepsia, 2003, 44; 48---50, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1528-1157.44.s.1.11.x/full