Kurupath Radhakrishnan is an Indian neurologist and epileptologist, who has established R Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, India.
16 Facts About Kurupath Radhakrishnan
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan has contributed for the resurgence of epilepsy surgery in India during 1990s, after the decline in 1970s.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan served as the director of SCTIMST from 2009 - 2013.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan did his schooling in Government Secondary School at Kottayi, Palakkad and later studied pre-degree course at the Government Victoria College, Palakkad.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan completed the MBBS course from the Government medical college Kozhikode, Kerala in 1971, where he won gold medals in physiology and medicine.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan pursued his higher studies; MD and DM from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 1979.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan was the first one to be awarded MNAMS by the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India in 1980.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan started his professional career in PGIMER, Chandigarh as a neurologist.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan returned to India in 1994 as Professor and Head of Department of Neurology at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, where he established R Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care using philanthropic funding in 1998.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan is a life member of the Neurological Society of India, Indian Academy of Neurology and Indian Epilepsy Association.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan is a past president of the Indian Academy of Neurology.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan is a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences India, American Academy of Neurology and American Neurological Association.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan was awarded the prestigious Mayo Clinical Award in 1994, and the 'Outstanding Achievement Epilepsy Award' at the Asian Ocean Epilepsy Congress, March 2012.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan has served in the editorial board of Epilepsia, Neurology India and Indian Academy of Neurology.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan has over 300 scientific publications, several book chapters, with more than 12,000 citations, h-index of 57 and i10-index of 174.
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Kurupath Radhakrishnan is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.