Dr. Kanchana Pillai is an accomplished neurologist with over 8 years of extensive experience across leading national institutions, including AIIMS New Delhi, LTMGH Sion, Bombay Hospital, and Nanavati Max Hospital. She holds a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship in Movement Disorders and has specialised expertise in Parkinson’s disease, DBS therapies, and complex neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. Pillai is highly recognised for her academic excellence, securing multiple national awards, distinctions and scientific accolades. Her strong research portfolio includes publications in international neurology journals, with a focus on Parkinson’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and neuro-COVID.

Educational Qualifications:

• Post-doctoral Fellowship (Movement Disorders) – Aster Medcity, Kochi (2023)
• DM (Neurology) – AIIMS, New Delhi (2020)
• MD (General Medicine) – LTMGH & LTMMC, Sion, Mumbai (2017)
• MBBS – Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai (2013)

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Neurology, Nanavati Max Hospital, Mumbai (2025–Present)
• Consultant – Neurology, Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre (2023–2025)
• Lecturer – Neurology, LTMGH, Sion (2021)
• Senior Resident – Neurology, AIIMS New Delhi (2018–2020)
• Speciality Medical Officer – Medicine, LTMGH, Sion (2017)

Professional Memberships:

• Indian Academy of Neurology
• Movement Disorders Society of India
• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
• Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai

Awards & Achievements:

• “Best Resident Paper Presentation” for Mirror Movements, an Interesting Clinical Sign – Bombay Neurosciences Association Conference (2021)
• Distinction in DM (Neurology) (2020)
• First Prize – EEG Quiz, AIIMS–PGI Neurology Update (Virtual Conference) (2020)
• Second Prize – Neurology Quiz, MDSICON, Kovalam (2020)
• Third Prize – Neurology Quiz, AIIMS–PGI Neurology Update, PGI Chandigarh (2019)
• First Prize – Quiz, 72^nd Annual Conference of Bombay Medical Congress (2016)
• Second Prize – Dr Jaykar, MD, Final-year Inter-College Practical Examination (2016)
• First Prize – Dr Rahul Ambedkar Memorial Award for 3^rd-year MD Medicine Dissertation (2016)
• Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Fellowship – Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• Certificate of Distinction – Dr Homi Bhabha Balvaidnyanik Science Talent Search Examination
• First Rank – All India Atomic Energy Quiz Competition

Research Papers & Publications:

• Reddy C, Pillai K, Joshua S, et al. Modified ratio of Tremor/Postural Instability–Gait Difficulty score as an indicator of short-term outcomes of subthalamic-nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Movement Disorders.
• Pillai KS, Rajeswari P, Kamble RB, et al. Multimodality brain-imaging markers in progressive supranuclear palsy subtypes and Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice.
• Chovatiya H, Pillai K, Reddy C, et al. Video-oculography for enhancing the diagnostic accuracy of early oculomotor dysfunction in progressive supranuclear palsy. Journal of Movement Disorders.
• Panigrahi B, Pillai KS, Radhakrishnan DM, et al. Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease – a narrative review. Annals of Movement Disorders.
• Kishore A, Sturm M, Soman Pillai K, et al. Resequencing the complete SNCA locus in Indian patients with Parkinson’s disease. NPJ Parkinson’s Disease.
• Saini A, Holla VV, Kalikavil Puthanveedu D, Mehta S, Elavarasi A, Pillai KS, et al. Novel PANK2 variant in Asian Indians with atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. Movement Disorders.
• Khadilkar S, Desai M, Pandya D, Pillai K, et al. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension. In: IAN Reviews in Neurology: Stroke and Headache. Jaypee Publications.
• Pillai KS, Misra S, Siripurapu S, Govinda G, et al. De novo movement disorders associated with COVID-19: a systematic review of individual patients. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology.
• Pillai KS, Bhat P, Srivastava AK, et al. Zonisamide add-on in tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.
• Soman Pillai K, Maramattom BV, Santhamma GN, Kishore A. Head-drop and trunk flexion as an early manifestation of anti-IgLON5 disease. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice.
• Radhakrishnan DM, Pillai KS, Das A, Rajan R, Srivastava AK. Unraveling movement disorders in spinocerebellar ataxia. Annals of Movement Disorders.
• Pillai KS, Thakre M, Asole M, et al. Teaching Video NeuroImage: congenital hemidystonia–hemimidbrain atrophy syndrome. Neurology.
• Pillai KS, Vibha D, Gupta P, Sudheer P, et al. Comparison of disease profiles and three-month outcomes in neurological patients with and without COVID-19: an ambispective cohort study. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology.
• Pillai K, Misra S, Siripurapu G, et al. Systematic review of movement disorders in COVID-19. International MDS Congress, Madrid (conference abstract).
• Pillai KS, Trivedi TH, Moulick ND. Hyponatremia in ICU. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.