INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

• LEAD DELEGATION MEDICAL OFFICER – for Indian Delegation to Special Olympics, World Winter Games, to be held during 22nd – 28th January 2022 at Kazan, Russia.
• GOODWILL AMBASSADOR – for Global Rainbow Foundation, Mauritius – a Non- Governmental Organization for the welfare of Differently abled and Under-privileged.

CONFERENCES PRESENTED / PARTICIPATED

International Conferences / Webinars - Presented

• Invited Guest Lecture on "Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke and Autistic Spectrum Disorders at Anna Medical College, Mauritius on 11th June 2018.
• Presented the research work on Safety, Adaptability and Compliance of CYBOLIMB - Robotic Exoskeletal Orthosis, for the patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury at 16th ASCoN Conference & Workshop at the UNISERV, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand on 7th - 10th December 2017
• Invited as an Guest Speaker with lecture titled as - Spinal Cord Injury - Prevention of Complications and Maximizing the Potential - at Global Rainbow Foundation, Mauritius on 30th July 2017
• Guest Speaker on " Mentally Challenged - Inclusivity and Empowerment" at meeting of Ceylon Association of Mental Retardation - on 26th November 2016 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• As an INVITED FACULTY - presented a research work on "Robotic Exoskeletal Orthosis - Clinical Experience" at International Spine and Spine Injury Conference - ISSICON 2018, on 5th - 7th October 2018, at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Chennai. Tamilnadu, India.
• Organised and Moderated – Webinar on “Cochrane Rehabilitation – An Instrument for Evidence Based Medicine in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine” – by Prof. Stefano Negrini M.D (Italy), Scientific Director, ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy, Director, Cochrane Rehabilitation, Chief Editor – European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine on 10th May 2020.
• Organised and Moderated – Webinar on “Knowledge Gaps between Clinical Practice and Research Evidence : Identifying clinically relevant questions in PMR” – by Dr.Anand Viswanathan. M.D (PMR), Senior Clinical Fellow, Princess Royal Spine Injuries Centre, Sheffield, UK on 6th June 2020.

National / State Conferences/ Webinars – Presented

• As PANELIST – participated in the “Panel Discussion: Involving NGOs/ Societies and community for Injury Prevention in India: Means and Ways” – Organised by the Spinal Cord Society, under the aegis of Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, on 2nd September 2021.
• As Chairperson – Free Paper Session during the REHABCON 2021 – 14th Annual Conference of Kerala Chapter of Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – 28th & 29th August 2021.
• As Chairperson – Session on Cerebral Palsy – during AOCNR 2021 – 4th Asia Oceanian Congress of Neuro-rehabilitation, on 6th – 8th August 2021. Organised and moderated – Webinar on “Guidance on Intellectual Property Rights and Patents – For Healthcare Professionals” – by Dr.Deepa Bopanna, Indian Registered Patent Attorney, on 18th July 2021.
• As Invited Speaker during Webinar on “Nutritional Disorders among Persons with Disabilities” – organized by Department of Therapeutics, National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerent, Government of India – on 27th May 2021.
• As CHAIR PERSON for a Scientific Session of "Psychological Disorders associated with ASD" during the conference on " Understanding the Socio-emotional aspects of individuals with disability" on 30.11.2018 organised by National Institute for Empowering of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD, Chennai) at Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai.
• As an INVITED FACULTY - presented a research work on "Robotic Exoskeletal Orthosis - Clinical Experience" at International Spine and Spine Injury Conference - ISSICON 2018, on 5th - 7th October 2018, at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Chennai. Tamilnadu. INDIA.
• Presented a Research Work titled as " ASIA Scale as Android Mobile Application for easy and efficient management of Data of persons with Spinal Cord Injury" - under GOLD MEDAL PAPER category on 5th - 7th October 2018, at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Chennai. Tamilnadu. INDIA.
• Delivered a Guest Lecture on "Life after Stroke - Stroke Rehabilitation" at a CME Program organised by Cresent Neuro and Spine Centre, Chennai on 29th September 2018, at Hotel Holiday Inn, Chennai. Tamilnadu. India.
• Poster on Spinal Cord Injury - got selected as ONE AMONG EIGHT BEST POSTERS from all over the world - in the Online Poster Competition conducted by International Spinal Cord Society on the eve of World Spinal Cord Injuries Day - 5th September 2018.
• INVITED FACULTY - for CME on Gait Analysis - Basic Concepts and Data Interpretation, on 1st September 2018 - at Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chennai, INDIA
• Presented paper titled - "OPD Induced Delayed Neuropathy - OPIND - on 26th August 2010, at Academy of Medical Sciences, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu. INDIA
• Presentation of Scientific Paper on Medical Legal Aspects in Clinical Practice - on 22nd January 2014, at Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai. INDIA

IN THE MEDIA

Awareness Video on Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury – released by Tamil TV Channel - Puthiya Thalaimurai – on 15th October 2017

             

Interview on “Awareness on Rehabilitation Medicine” – released by Tamil Channel – The Hindu – Tamizh Disai – 13th August 2019

Article on “Air conditioned Class rooms in Schools” – in Kumudham Tamil Weekly dated 20.6.2012

Article on “Awareness with Spinal Cord Injury” – in Kalki Tamil weekly dated 10.05.18

Press Release on being selected as "Lead Medical – Indian Delegation" for Special Olympics – World Winter Games, to be held on 22nd to 28th January at Kazan, Russia.

Interests

• Interested areas of specialisation are Neuro-rehabilitation, Pain Management and Community Based Rehabilitation.
• Application of Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Health Care and Medical Education.
• Rehabilitation Engineering - designing of Rehabilitation aids with Robotics technology.