Dr Veena Vedartham is a Consultant in Neurology & Neuromuscular Disorders at Manipal Hospitals Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. She completed advanced training including a fellowship in neuromuscular disorders at the University of Toronto, and her clinical focus spans neuromuscular disease, neuro-immunology, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders and cognitive neurology. She has contributed to multiple publications and received a Best Paper Award at the Indian National Stroke Conference 2017 for research on the “CT swirl sign” in intracerebral haemorrhage. 

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally
  
• MD – Internal Medicine – Kasturba Medical College
  
• DM – Neurology – SCTIMST, Trivandrum
  
• Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
  

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Neurology & Neuromuscular Disorders, Manipal Hospitals Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
  

Awards & Achievements:

• Best Paper Award at Indian National Stroke Conference 2017: “CT swirl sign in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage”.
  
• Publications in international journals on childhood-onset cerebellar ataxia, anomalies of venous drainage of the brain.
  
• Distinguished academic achievements and gold medals during MBBS/MD training.
  
  

Professional Memberships:

• Member – Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN)
  
• Member – American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  

Certifications / Fellowships:

• Fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders at Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
  

Publications:

• Monigari N, Deshpande A, Vedartham V, Nalabothu M. “Rare anatomical variation in transverse sinuses (duplication on right, hypoplasia of left) 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.