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NIMHANS
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Clinic
Hospital services
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Clinic
Special Clinic:
Parkinson Disorder and Movement
Disorder Clinic
On 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month, except on declared holidays.
Time: 10 AM to 2 PM
Place: NIMHANS Out-patient Department
Services
This is a speciality clinic
for patients (adults or children) with a variety of disorders which classify under "Movement Disorders".
These include:
- Parkinson's disease, Essential tremor, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal
Degeneration, Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinson plus syndromes, Diffuse Lewy body
disorders, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Friedreich's Ataxia, Huntington's disease,
Hallervorden-Spatz disease, etc.
- Problems like tremor, dystonia (including torticollis, Writer's Cramp, Blepharospasm,
focal and generalized dystonias), Hemifacial spasm, tics, chorea, athetosis, ballism,
myoclonus, or a combination of these problems.
- Secondary Movement Disorders as a result of trauma (e.g. head injury), hypoxia,
birth asphyxia, kernicterus (severe jaundice at birth), infections of brain
(e.g. encephalitis), stroke, metabolic disturbances, etc.
- Psychogenic Movement Disorders. The clinic offers a multidisciplinary approach
for diagnosis and treatment of these disorders.
We provide:
- Clinical evaluation by neurologists well experienced in Movement Disorders (Movement Disorder
Specialist).
- Investigations including high resolution MRI scans, Functional MRI, electrophysiology
(including tremor recording, evaluation of myoclonus, transcranial magnetic stimulation, etc.),
screening for metabolic disorders, dynamic posturography (assessment of balance), gait analysis,
evaluation of sleep (polysomnography), assessment of autonomic function.
- Medical treatment of patients on an out-patient basis or short-term hospital admission
(for stabilization of dosage).
- Referral to linked specialized services at NIMHANS , which include neuropsychiatric evaluation
(by psychiatrist experienced in Movement Disorders), neuropsychological assessment and cognitive and
behavioural therapy, neurorehabilitation, balance and gait training, psychosocial assessment and
counselling, speech therapy.
- Genetic tests and counselling.
- Botulinum Toxin injections for a variety of dystonias - toticollis, blepharospams, hemifacial
spasm, Wrtier's cramp and focal dystonias. When required, facilities and expertise is available for
EMG guided injections of Botulinum Toxin.
- Surgical treatment of selected movement disorders by a team of Neurosurgeons who are experienced
in Movement Disorders surgery. Surgical treatment for conditions include selected patients of
Parkinson's Disease, Essential tremor, secondary tremors, and hemidystonias.
The surgical procedures
include:
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
- Lesional surgeries - thalamotomy and pallidotomy
Research
Apart from offering services, we invite voluntary participation from patients for active research in
various areas of Movement Disorders.
How to
Contact Us:
If it is your first visit, you can fix a consultation by sending an email to:
pdmdclinic@hotmail.com
You can also call Neurology office at +91-080-26995150 during office hours on working days
for information.
For follow up, you will be advised appointments during your visits to the clinic.
Movement Disorder Specialists:
Dr. Pramod Kumar Pal, MD, DM
Fellowship in Movement Disorders (Vancouver, Canada) and
Human Motor Physiology (Toronto, Canada)
Additional Professor of Neurology
NIMHANS
Phone (Off): +91-080-26995147
E-mail: palpramod@nimhans.kar.nic.in
Dr. Ravi Yadav, MD, DM
Associate Professor of Neurology
NIMHANS
E-mail: raviyadav@nimhans.kar.nic.in
Neurosurgeons:
Dr. Dwarakanath Srinivas, MS, MCh
CNS-Sugita Fellow in Functional Neurosugery (Toronto, Canada)
Associate Professor of
Neurosurgery
NIMHANS
Phone (Off): +91-080-26995724
E-mail:
dwarakaneuro@yahoo.com
Dr. A. Arivazhagan, MCh
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
NIMHANS
E-mail: arivazhagan.a@gmail.com
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