Dr Anand Kumar

About

Dr. A. Anand Kumar currently serves as Vice Principal of Amrita School of Medicine. He also serves as the Head and Professor at the Department of Neurology, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi.

Research Interest: Bio-spaciology, Cognitive Neurology, Medical Artificial Intelligence

Scientific career started with his MD research thesis on ‘Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Thrombo-Angiitis Obliterans’ in 1981. His DM research thesis was completed in 1985 titled ‘Thesis on Higher Cortical Functions in Man - A Computerised Tomography Correlation.’

His current active/completed work include 1) SEIZ - An expert system for the diagnosis of seizure disorders (a LISP-based expert system was developed at The Artificial Intelligence Lab; Electronics Research & Development Center, Trivandrum, India.) and 2) DIAGNOS - An empty shell for creating domain-specific knowledge base. SEIZ is a LISP-based expert system developed at the Artificial Intelligence Lab, Electronics Research & Development Centre, Trivandrum, India.

His current ongoing research projects include:

1) Pattern analysis of dysarthria
2) Seizure prediction by studying spatial changes
3) Oxalate in cardio-vascular disease
4) Autonomic dysfunction in critical care
5) Normative data for autonomic function parameters –priliminary step towards intelligent patient monitors
6) Brain atlasing
7) Proteiomics in demeyelinating diseases
8) Nano-drug delivery
9) Expert system for brachial plexus diagnosis and localization

Employment

• Amrita School of Medicine Vice Principal
  2021 - Present
• Amrita School of Medicine Professor and Head of Department
  1999 - Present
• Al Qassimi Hospital Neurologist
  1989 - 1999

Education

• Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Bio-Medical Technology Wing DM
  1985 - 1988
• The Medical College, Trivandrum, India MD
  1981 - 1983
• The Medical College, Trivandrum, India MBBS
  1976 - 1981

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (23)

• The prevalence and clinical phenotype of dual seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders at a national reference center in South Asia.
  Multiple sclerosis and related disorders 2023 7 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104736
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• Localizing epileptogenic network from SEEG using non-linear correlation, mutual information and graph theory analysis.
  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine 2022 10 citations DOI: 10.1177/09544119221134991
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• Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the prediction of the pain: A scoping systematic review.
  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine 2022 19 citations DOI: 10.1177/09544119221122012
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• Acute Fulminant Encephalopathy in an Adult due to Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency.
  Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2022 2 citations DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_1028_21
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• First case report of anti-AMPA receptor encephalitis presenting with features of parkinsonism.
  Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology 2022 2 citations DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06072-1
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• Quantification of Epileptogenic Network From Stereo EEG Recordings Using Epileptogenicity Ranking Method.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 20 citations DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.738111
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• Epileptic nystagmus due to a large parieto-temporo-occipital multilobar dysplasia.
  Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape 2020 2 citations DOI: 10.1684/epd.2020.1214
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• A prospective study on the effects of Ayurvedic massage in post-stroke patients.
  Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine 2018 23 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2018.02.137
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• Speech Signal Analysis and Pattern Recognition in Diagnosis of Dysarthria.
  Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2017 21 citations DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_130_17
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• Delayed Orthostatic Hypotension: A Pilot Study from India.
  Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2017 7 citations DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_498_16
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