Stroke

Stroke


 Stroke Working Group

Chair: Dr Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Co-chair: Dr Vasantha Padma, Professor of Neurology, All Indian Institute for Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

 Members:

Dr PN Sylaja, Additional Professor, Department of Neurology, SreeChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Dr DheerajKhurana, Additional Professor, Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Dr SubashKaul, Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Nizam Institute for Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Dr Sanjith Aaron, Professor, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
Dr VikramHuded, Senior Consultant, Narayana Medical Center, Bangalore, India
Dr Bo Norrving, Sweden
Dr Valery Feigin, Auckland

 Roadmap for the next 3 years for the WG

  • Focus on stroke prevention strategies specific to Indian scenario and low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • Prepare guidelines for Acute Stroke Clinical care pathway for India
  • Provide guidelines to improve stroke rehabilitation in India
  • Organise a workshop to achieve the above aims in the first half of 2016
  • Stroke Advocacy effort with the policy makers in the country once the guidelines are prepared

Dr Jeyaraj Durai Pandian MD DM FRACP
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India