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Syam Krishnan

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Government Medical College Kozhikode, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Government Medical College Kottayam

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2889-2771
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Dr Syam Krishnan Nair is a Neurologist interested in the sub-specialty of Movement Disorders. He is currently a Professor of Neurology at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an Institute of National Importance under the Government of India and a tertiary care teaching hospital with the status of a university. After his doctoral neurology training at SCTIMST, Dr Nair joined the Institute as a faculty member. He was trained in movement disorders by Prof Asha Kishore, one of India's most senior movement disorder specialists. Dr Nair currently heads the Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders of the Institute, which is actively involved in clinical, academic and research activities in Movement Disorders and specialized intervention procedures like Deep Brain Stimulation, other functional neurosurgical procedures, and Botulinum Toxin Therapy. Dr Nair has also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Kannur University, Kerala, India. He is also an active member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS), an executive committee member of Movement Disorders Society of India and the Associate Editor of the PubMed Indexed Journal “Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology”

Employment

  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Professor of Neurology
    2018 - Present
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Additional Professor
    2014 - 2018
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Associate Professor
    2011 - 2014
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Assistant Professor
    2008 - 2011
  • Government Medical College Kozhikode Senior Lecturer
    2008 - 2008
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Assistant Professor (Adhoc)
    2008 - 2008

Education

  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology DM
    2003 - 2005
  • Government Medical College, Trivandrum MD (General Medicine)
    1999 - 2002
  • Government Medical College Kottayam MBBS
    1992 - 1998

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