Dr. Sunita Iyer

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Critical care EEG monitoring, Long term video telemetry for cases of refractory epilepsy, Stereo EEG technique and interpretation for non lesional epilepsies, techniques of intraoperative EEG monitoring used in tumour resections and epilepsy surgeries and intraoperative spinal monitoring, EMG/nerve conuction studies for adults and children, Complex nerve injuries in trauma patients.

TREATMENTS/PROCEDURES OFFERED:

EEG, Video EEG-( short and long term monitoring), Electromyography, Intraoperative monitoring for brain and spine surgeries., Electromyography (EMG)- adults and children, Evoked potentials (VEP, SSEP, BERA), Facial nerve study, Single fibre EMG for myesthenia gravis, Autonomic studies

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• Jaslok Hospital And Research Centre, Mumbai
• Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
• Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA

After completion of her Internal Medicine training in Jaslok hospital,Mumbai she worked for a period of 3 years in the field of neurology in Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre and Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital before foraying into neurophysiology. She visited Cleveland Clinic, USA for training in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology and worked with Dr Bashar Katirji in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland in the field of neuromuscular medicine and EMG.

She is a passionate speaker and has made academic contributions to international journals and text books for medical students.(P J Mehta) and national and international medical conferences.

She is an engaging and astute teacher and runs a neurotechnologist training course in Kokilaben hospital certifying and training new technologists as per the best standards. She takes active part in educating junior doctors and nurses.

She has worked in the emergency medicine department in Lilavati Hospital and with Dr Farokh Udwadia in general medicine in Breach Candy Hospital prior to her residency.

KDAH Experience

Dr. Iyer been an exclusive and fulltime Consulting Neurophysiologist since the last 7 years.
Performs Electromyography, SFEMG, electrophysiology studies like BERA, VEP, SSEP, Decrement study and autonomic studies.

Dr. Iyer has been doing

• EEG, VEEG, and long term bedside monitoring for ICU patients. (Kokilaben Hospital is the only hospital offering this service in Mumbai)
  
• Intraoperative monitoring for brain tumour with speech/language mapping, central sulcus and motor area mapping. (maximum no of cases in the city of Mumbai).
• Spine surgeries requiring motor evoked potential (MEP), somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and Dwave mapping for spinal tumours (one of the two centres in Mumbai offering all these modalities).
• Epilepsy surgery requiring Electrocorticography. Complex epilepsy requiring Stereo EEG recording (maximum cases in Mumbai city). These are high end state of the art technologies which are still sparsely available in Mumbai.

Performs Electromyography, electrophysiology studies like BERA, VEP, SSEP, Decrement study. Dr. Iyer has been doing EEG, VEEG, Intraoperative monitoring for brain and spine surgeries.

Dr. Iyer’s experience in the field of neurophysiology and intraoperative monitoring is wide with the large numbers and makes her a unique pillar in the department of neurosciences. She is a sought after teacher and speaker at national conferences and has regular posters pertaining to her field in international conferences.

Publications

• Poster presentation in World Congress of Neurology 2019 in “frontal lobe seizure semiology “ and “ our experience with stereoEEG -cases from tertiary health centre in india”
• Platform presentations in 2018,2019 in International society of Intraoperative neurophysiology  meetings on “Electrocorticography” and “ our experience with spine monitoring in scoliosis cases”
• Poster in International child neurology society meeting 2018 on” NMDA receptor encephalitis” and “Lacosamide responsive ESES”
• Poster at American Academy of neurology  2018 in ”outcome of epilepsy surgery- our experience “
• Presented a poster on “outcome of epilepsy surgery in  a developing country in a heterogenous group of adults and children” in the American Epilepsy Society meeting ,2016 , Houston, USA.
• International journal, The Endocrinologist: Idiopathic GrannulomatousHypophysitis presenting as panhypopituitarism, a case study.(May/June 2010,20(3):102-104).
• Contributor to Neurology section in “Practical guide to Medicine”- P.J Mehta : Edition- Nov2013 and 2018

Professional Memberships

• Indian Academy of Neurology- Neurology& Neurophysiology.
• Bombay Neurosciences Association(BNA)
• Neuromuscular society of India
• American Epilepsy Society.