Dr Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi MD, DM

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029

Office: Room no 706, Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Centre

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029

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Dr Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi did her MBBS from Tuticorin Government Medical College, The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University. She received the Best Outgoing Student Award and 14 University Medals and was the Topper of the University in 2010. Subsequently she did her MD Medicine (2011-13) at AIIMS, New Delhi and worked as Senior Resident in the Department of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi in 2014. She completed her DM in Neurology from AIIMS New Delhi (2015-2017). After acquiring her Neurology qualification, she has worked as Assistant Professor in Neurology in Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, JIPMER Pondichery from January-December 2018. After a brief stint in National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS, Bangalore) as Faculty (March 2019-October 2019), she joined as Assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at AIIMS, New Delhi in October 2019.

Areas of interest

Neuroimmunology, Movement disorders, Stroke, Headache, Infectious diseases, Neurology of Systemic Diseases, Clinical Epidemiology and Research Methodology

Speciality clinics

Movement disorders clinic; Botox clinic; Stroke clinic; Neuroimmunology clinic

Profesional membership

Indian Academy of Neurology

Indian stroke association

Movement disorders society of India

Delhi Neurology Association

American Academy of Neurology

Movement disorders society, Junior Member

Academic responsibilities

Peer reviewer in 8 International and National Journals

Assistant Editor, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Awards and Honours

Elavarasi A has received various awards during her schooling including the NTSE scholarship. She also topped the university in MBBS. She has presented her Research work in International forums and received Awards of honor during her MD course. She also has received prizes and awards for presentations in conferences during DM course.

She is the recipient of the prestigious American Academy of Neurology International Scholarship in 2018 and World Federation of Neurology Junior travelling fellowship in 2019.

Publications

Book chapters

1. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Role of botulinum toxin in drug refractory trigeminal neuralgia Trigeminal Neuralgia: Edited by Girija Rath; https://rd.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-2333-1 Pages 195-200
2. Elavarasi A, Bhatia R., Singh M.B. (2019) Chronic Meningitis. In: Singh M., Bhatia R. (eds) Emergencies in Neurology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5866-1_16 Pages 325-335
3. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Palliative care in Parkinson’s Diseases Edited by Nishkarsh Gupta (Accepted; In Press)
4. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Treatment outcomes and Prognosis  in Trigeminal Neuralgia, Nova Publishers Edited by Sujith Ovallath (Accepted; In press)
5. Ramavath Devendra Naik, Eugene Wesley Ely, Elavarasi A, Chapter-009 Sedoanalgesia and Delirium In book: Textbook of Critical Care: Including Trauma and Emergency Care 2016 DOI: 10.5005/jp/books/12700_10
6. Goyal V, Elavarasi A, Abhishek, Shukla G, Behari M. Practice Trends in Treating Central Nervous System Tuberculosis and Outcomes at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cohort Study of 244 Cases. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(1):37-46. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_70_18
7. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Brainstem tuberculoma: A Delayed Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2018.11.001
8. Elavarasi A, Singh MB, Srivastava P, Goyal V. Neuropsychiatric Lupus: The Devil is in the Detail. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(2):253-255. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_236_18
9. Elavarasi A, Vishnu VY, Padma Srivastava M V, Goyal V, Singh MB, Khanna G, Suri V, Sharma MC. Polymyositis with too many associations: A paraneoplastic syndrome. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2018 Oct-Dec;21(4):331-334. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_432_17
10. Naik RD, Gupta K, Soneja M, Elavarasi A, Sreenivas V, Sinha S. Sleep Quality and Quantity in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Cross-sectional Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2018;22(6):408-414. doi:10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_65_18
11. Elavarasi A, Goyal V, Vishnu VY, Singh MB, Padma MV. Pediatric Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: A case series. Indian J Pediatr (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2536-5
12. Sharma SK, Katoch VM, Mohan A, Kadhiravan T, Elavarasi A, Ragesh R, Nischal N, Sethi P, Behera D, Bhatia M, Ghoshal A G, Gothi D, Joshi J, Kanwar M S, Kharbanda O P, Kumar S, Mohapatra P R, Mallick B N, Mehta R, Prasad R, Sharma S C, Sikka K, Aggarwal S, Shukla G, Suri J C, Vengamma B, Grover A, Vijayan V K, Ramakrishnan N, Gupta R. Consensus and evidence-based Indian initiative on obstructive sleep apnea guidelines 2014 (first edition).  Lung India [serial online] 2015 [cited 2017 Dec 31];32:422-34. http://www.lungindia.com/text.asp?2015/32/4/422/159677
13. Sharma, S. K., Katoch, V. M., Mohan, A., Kadhiravan, T., Elavarasi A., Ragesh, R. et al. for Indian Initiative on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (INOSA) Guidelines Working Group. (2014). Consensus & Evidence-based INOSA Guidelines 2014 (First edition) Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2015 Jan-Mar;57(1):48-64.
14. Sharma, S. K., Katoch, V. M., Mohan, A., Kadhiravan, T., Elavarasi A., Ragesh, R. et al. for Indian Initiative on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (INOSA) Guidelines Working Group. (2014). Consensus & Evidence-based INOSA Guidelines 2014 (First edition). The Indian Journal of Medical Research, 140(3), 451–468.
15. Elavarasi A, Shukla G. Sleep disorders in Parkinson disease. Indian Journal of sleep medicine (Accepted, In press)

List of International publications

1. Elavarasi A, Manya Prasad, Tulika Seth, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo, Karan Madan, Neeraj Nischal, Manish Soneja, Atul Sharma, Subir Kumar Maulik, Shalimar, Pramod Garg. Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2020 (Accepted; In press)
2. Elavarasi A, Mahadevan A, Vijayan Sobha V. CNS and PNS vasculitis: Looking beyond the obvious-A teaching exercise. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020;195:105907. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105907
3. Samal P, Elavarasi A, Kumar A, et al. Intrathecal Hyaluronidase in Tubercular Arachnoiditis: The Unexplored Adjuvant. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 2020;28(4):230–233. doi:10.1097/IPC.0000000000000883
4. Elavarasi A, Kasturi, N., & Mani, B. (2019). Macular Star and Choroidal Tubercles: A Rare Cause of Opticospinal Syndrome. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, 46(5), 625-627. doi:10.1017/cjn.2019.45
5. Gorimanipalli B, Elavarasi A, Goyal V, Goyal C, Shukla G, Behari M. Sustained Effect Of Repeated Botulinum Toxin Type-A Injections In Trigeminal Neuralgia; Neurology and clinical Neuroscience 2019 DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.12309
6. Elavarasi A, Warrier A, Dash D, JainD, Leptomeningeal leukemia misdiagnosed as tubercular meningitis BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 5;12(3). pii: e228328. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228328.
7. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Jumping stump-Look before you label BMJ Case reports 2019 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228249.
8. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Reversible uremic leukoencephalopathy BMJ Case reports 2019 BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Apr 20;12(4). pii: e228261. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228261
9. Elavarasi A, Dash D, Bhatia R, Warrier A, Jain D, Kumar L et al. Spinal cord involvement in primary CNS lymphoma. J Clin Neurosci (2017), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2017.10.027
10. Elavarasi A, Dash D,Tripathi M, et al. Cerebellar ataxia and neuropathy as presenting features of hepatitis-B related cirrhosis and portal hypertension. BMJ Case Rep doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221912

List of publications in National Journals

11. Elavarasi A, Sahoo RK, Seth T, Shalimar, Madan K, Nischal N, Soneja M, Sharma A, Garg P, Prasad K. Anti-interleukin-6 therapies for Covid-19: A systematic review, critical appraisal and meta-analysis. Natl Med J India [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2020 Aug 15]. Available from: http://www.nmji.in/preprintarticle.asp?id=288119
12. Manya Prasad, Elavarasi A, Karan Madan, Neeraj Nischal, Manish Soneja, Tulika Seth, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo, Atul Sharma, Pramod Garg, Shalimar. Efficacy and safety of antivirals for Covid-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis Natl Med J India 2020;33:000–0
13. Tulika Seth, Elavarasi A, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo, Shalimar, Karan Madan, Neeraj Nischal, Manish Soneja, Pramod Garg, Kameshwar Prasad, Atul Sharma. Convalescent plasma therapy for Covid-19: A systematic review Natl Med J India 2020;33:e1-e9
14. Elavarasi A, Goyal V. Hydroxychloroquine and Myasthenia Gravis-Can One Take This Risk?. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020;23(3):360-361. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_363_20
15. Elavarasi A, George J, Sharma MC, et al. Multiple Neurologic Deficits and Cognitive Decline in a Young Woman. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(4):506-512. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_293_19
16. Elavarasi A, Goyal V, Singh MB, Padma Srivastava MV. Is Triamcinolone an Easy and Efficient Way to Treat Meralgia Paresthetica? A Cohort Study. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(3):308-310. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_432_18 
17. Elavarasi A, Dash D, Singh PK, Tripathi M. High pressure normocephalus: Raised ICP with false localizing signs. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, Published online DOI:10.4103/aian.AIAN_431_18

19. Elavarasi A, Goyal V, Samal P. Dancing Scapula: The Missed Movement. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(2):218-219. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_210_18
20. Elavarasi A, Haq TM, Thahira T, Bineesh C, Kancharla LB. Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Multiple Bee Stings_A Delayed Complication. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020;23(1):135-136. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_118_19
21. Elavarasi A, Haq TM, Thahira T, Bineesh C, Kancharla LB. Mobile Phone-Induced Vertebral Artery Dissection. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(3):349-350. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_123_19
22. Elavarasi A, Mani B. Vertical Diplopia: Skew Deviation and Medullary Lesion. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2019;22(4):490. doi:10.4103/aian.AIAN_46_19

25. Elavarasi A, Narayan SK. Endovascular Interventional management of Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A narrative review. Journal of Stroke Medicine August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/2516608518774211
26. Elavarasi A, Singh A, Goyal V. Retrograde migration and expulsion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt from the neck. Natl Med J India 2018;31:375