Dr Githin Benoy George

 STROKE AND INTERVENTIONAL NEUROLOGY 
o Transcranial doppler
o Neck vessel doppler
o Nerve ultrasound & Optic nerve sheath diameter estimation
o Cerebral Digital subtraction angiogram
o Carotid and intracranial angioplasty and stenting
o Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large vessel occlusion -Acute ischemic strokes
o Venous sinus manometry ,angioplasty and stenting
o Embolisation for
o Arteriovenous malformations in the brain and spine ,
o Carotico cavernous fistulae,
o Dural arteriovenous fistulae,
o Highly vascular brain and spine tumours
o Botox injection- spasticity/blepharospasm/hemifacial spasm/dystonia
o Lumbar puncture
o Intrathecal drug administration
o Steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome

• Major Achievements (Honors/Awards):
  ▪ Awarded Dr Ramdas Pisharody award in 2023 for the best research work
  (During DM residency 2018-2021)
  • First rank holder for DM Neurology KUHS ( Kerala university of health sciences )2021
   
  ▪ First prize in:
  ▪ TYSA SOUTH ZONE 2020 (Torrent young scholar award)
  ▪ Quiz, Stroke summer school 2019-Indian Stroke Association
  ▪ Quiz-SHINE 2020- 10th International Conference of Clinical Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
  ▪ Quiz, Emerging brain 2019- Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
   
  ▪ First runner up:
  ▪ Poster presentation, NIMHANS Annual reviews in practical Neurology 2019
  ▪ Second runner up:
  ▪ Award paper, Kerala Association of Neurologist; KAN 2020 midterm meet
  ▪ IANCON (Indian Academy of Neurology) Quiz 2020
   
  Oral paper presentation at international forums:
   
  • International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Congress 2021; Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized controlled double-blind trial.
  • International conference on Neurology and Brain disorders INBC 2020; COVID 19 and stroke trends in a tertiary care centre from South India
   
  During MD residency (2015-2018)
   
  ▪ First runner up:
  ▪ Poster; Association of physicians of India,2018
  ▪ Award paper, Association of physicians of India; API 2018
   
  ▪ Second runner up:
  ▪ Award paper –CALFM 2018, Calicut
  ▪ Poster -INDUSEM 2016-Indo US Emergency medicine summit medical college 2018
   
   
  • Editorial Responsibilities:
   
  o Official reviewer of International Journal of Stroke; the flagship publication of the World stroke Organisation
   
  • Research and Publications
   
  i. Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial ; PIPD Trial:          Movement Disorders 2021;September ,Vol:36
  ii. Clinical profile and outcome of non-COVID strokes during pandemic and the pre pandemic period: COVID-Stroke Study Group (CSSG) India: Journal of the Neurological Sciences .2021 Sept 15; 428:117583 (Elsevier )
  iii. Clinical Features and Outcome of Stroke with COVID‐19. COVID‐19 Stroke Study Group (CSSG), India ; Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology.
  iv. A case series of Eosinophilic Meningitis from South India (Accepted): Neurology India
  v. COVID 19 and Stroke Trends in a Tertiary care Centre from South India-Our monsoon experience (Accepted) Neurology India
  vi. A rare case of subacutely evolving hemiparesis in an IV mainliner; Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2019 –Volume 22; supplement.(Case report)
  vii. A reversible cause of cognitive decline ; ARDSI-Alzheimer's and related disorders society of India 2019-Supplement (Case report)
  viii. COVID 19 and Stroke Trends in A Tertiary Care Centre from South India ; Cerebrovascular Disorders 2021;50(supplement)
  ix. Lumps and Bumps -Teaching Neuroimage -Medical and Research Publications, Volume 5 ,Oct1 2022
   
  o Manuscripts submitted
   
  I. Limping gait-Unravelling decades of Pigmentation-Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI)
  II. Marrow in the brain -Teaching Neuroimage - Neurology India
   
   
  • Oral papers presented at international forums:
  o International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Congress 2021; Effect of probiotics on MDS UPDRS in Parkinson disease at 12 weeks: A Randomized controlled double-blind trial.
  o International conference on Neurology and Brain disorders INBC 2020; COVID 19 and stroke trends in a tertiary care centre from South India