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Dr. Sunitha Palasamudram

Dr. Sunitha Palasamudram

Senior Consultant and Lead in Diagnostic Neuroradiology

MBBS, DNB (Radiology), Fellowship in Neuroradiology
Speciality
Clinical Imaging & Interventional Radiology
Hospital
Aster Whitefield Bangalore
Languages
English , Hindi , Kannada , Tamil , Telegu
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Overview

Dr. Sunitha, is a Senior Consultant and a distinguished specialist in the field of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, with over 16 years of experience. After finishing MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi University, she completed her Radiology training from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of higher medical Sciences (SSSIHMS), Bangalore. She then pursued Adult and Pediatric Neuroradiology Fellowships at the prestigious University of Toronto, Canada which is ranked as 9th best in the world for the medical imaging.

She has delivered multiple lectures at the national and international conferences.  She has authored 2 chapters and has several publications in reputed journals. She was a staff consultant at SSSIHMS, Bangalore for about 9 years where she organized numerous conferences and CME programmes. Prior to joining Aster, she worked as a Senior Consultant and Lead Neuroradiologist at St Johns Medical college hospital, Bangalore. Dr Sunitha has been a mentor to many Radiology residents. She is enthusiastic about AI (Artificial intelligence) research in the field of Neuroscience, and has many AI-research collaborations. She can provide expert opinion in all aspects of Neuroradiology.

Area of expertise
  • Advanced imaging in Adult and Pediatric Neuroradiology
  • Neuro oncology
  • Epilepsy
  • Neuroinflammatory spectrum
  • Head and neck, and spine imaging
Awards and recognitions
  • International recognition award, ASNR (American Society of Neuroradiology) 2024 at Las Vegas, USA 
  • Certificate of appreciation award, ASNR (American Society of Neuroradiology) 2024 at Las Vegas, USA 
  • Awarded “Certificate of merit”, 9 times (2012-2017) at RSNA (Radiology Society of North America), Chicago, USA 
  • Committee member for scientific oral/exhibit abstracts, ASNR (American Society of Neuroradiology)
     

Memberships:

  • RSNA (Radiological Society of North America),
  • ASNR (American society of neuroradiology), ASHNR (American society of head and
  • neck radiology), ASPNR (American society of Pediatric neuroradiology).
  • Life Member of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA)
  • Life Member of Indian society of Neuroradiology (ISNR)

 

Papers Published:

Chapters

  • Palasamudram S. and Shroff M. Principles and Practice of Radiological Investigations for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Head and Neck Diseases. In: Campisi P., Forte V., Ngan BY., Taylor G. (eds) Pediatric Head and Neck Textbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59265-3_2; 2021.
  • Clinical application of MR spectroscopy in identifying biochemical composition of the intracranial pathologies “GABA And Glutamate - New Developments in Neurotransmission Research”. ISBN 978-953-51-3822-8.

Journals

  1.  John DS, Kankara SR, Palasamudram Kumaran S, Hussain AS. Clinicoradiological features of probable chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Apr 16;17(4): e258067. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-258067.
  2. A. M. Kumaar, S. Patalasingh, R. Agrawal, S. Jain, S. P Kumaran, S. R. Kankara, N. Menon, S. A. Rao. Harmonizing tb-fMRI and rs-fMRI: A Generative approach for mapping Language. DOI:10.26044/ecr2024/C-13388
  3.  Shreyas Reddy Kankara, Sunitha Palasamudram Kumaran, Meghana Kancharla, Shravan Reddy K. A comprehensive study of deep medullary veins: From anatomy to pathology. Neurographics 2024.
  4. Shreyas Reddy Kankara, Sunitha Palasamudram Kumaran, Meghana Kancharla, Shravan Reddy K. Outliers in MOG-AD Imaging: Beyond the Textbook Cases. Neurographics 2024.
  5.    Sunitha Palasamudram, Saikanth Deepalam, Sharath Kumar GG. Idiopathic herniation of gyrus rectus.  American journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) Case of the week section; 20 June 2024
  6.   Hema Kandru, Chaitra Govardhan, Bindu Narayanaswamy, Maria Lewin, Sunitha Palasamudram Kumaran. Therapeutic Vitamin B12 trial reversing neuroregression -Identifying the right time. Indian Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (IJDBP). July 2023 | Volume 1 | Issue 3. 22-29.
  7. Palasamudram Kumaran S, Reddy K S, Harish P, Ghosal N, Nagappa Sriramanakoppa N. Fat in the brain: Facts and features. The Neuroradiology Journal. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/19714009221150848
  8.  Kumaran SP, Gurram SL, Viswamitra S, Hegde V. Utility of DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) Metrics to Study Microstructural changes of Trigeminal Nerve in Patients with TrigeminalNeuralgia(TN).NeurologyIndia.Jan-Feb02;70(1):270-27 
  9. Kumaran SP, Sarma GRK, Kankara SR, Dsilva CS, Sharma VC, Deepalam SR, Govindappa SKG. MRI brain findings of Abamectin toxic encephalopathy: a case report with review of literature. Emerg Radiol. 2023 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s10140- 023-02180-3.
  10. Palasamudram Kumaran S, Mathew T, John SK, Goddu Govindappa SK. Spinal cord infarction: a rare but serious complication of pneumococcal meningoencephalitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Jan 3;17(1): e252209. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252209.
  11. Rani Niranjan U, Palasamudram Kumaran S, Nagappa Sriramanakoppa N, Viswamitra S. Restricted diffusion in benign intracranial neoplasms: a narrative review. Polish Journal of Radiology. 2023;88(1):494-505. doi:10.5114/pjr.2023.132536.
  12.  S. R. Kankara, S. Palasamudram, A. R. Menezes, S. K. Deepalam, J. JOHNY, J. Musib. Imaging of substantia nigra -let's not park at Parkinson’s disease. DOI:10.26044/ecr2023/C-10021
  13. Weidman DR, Palasamudram S, Zak M, Whitney R, McCoy B, Bouffet E, Taylor M, Shroff M, Bartels U. The effect of mTOR inhibition on obstructive hydrocephalus in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) related sub ependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA). J Neurooncol. May 2020; 147(3):731-736.
  14.  Elizabeth Pulcine MD, MSc 1, Michael Seed MD 2, Leonardo R. Brandão MD, MSc 3, Mahmoud Slim PharmD, PhD 1, Sunitha Palasamudram MD 4, Manohar Shroff MD 4, Mahendranath Moharir MD, MSc 1, Gabrielle deVeber MD, MSc 1, Nomazulu Dlamini MD, PhD 1. Rate of Hemorrhagic Transformation and Stroke Recurrence in Children with Cardiac Disease receiving Antithrombotic Therapy. J Thromb Haemost. Oct 2021; 19(10):2428-2439.
  15. Mahendrakar AK, Kumaran SP, Reddy BN, Viswamitra S. Utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in differentiating benign and malignant skull lesions with histopathological (HPE) correlation. J Clinical Neuroscience. Apr 2022; 98:21-28.
  16.  Kumaran SP, Thippeswamy PB, Reddy BN, Neelakantan S, Viswamitra S. An Institutional Review of Tuberculosis Spine Mimics on MR Imaging: Cases of Mistaken Identity. Neurol India. 2019 Nov-Dec; 67(6):1408-1418.
  17. Krishnan, P., Raybaud, C., Palasamudram, S. et al. Neuroimaging in Pediatric Hydrocephalus. Indian J Pediatr. 2019; 86, 952–960.
  18. Kumaran SP, Srinivasa R, Ghosal N. Unusual Radiological Presentation of Intracranial Dermoid Cyst: A Case Series. Asian J Neurosurgery. 2019; 14(1):269–271.
  19. Sunitha P Kumaran, Rajasumi Rajalingam, Jeffrey Wang, Holly Yim, Shirin Jalini, Alexandra Pikula. “Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: An Updated Review of Potential Mechanisms and their Management”. EC Neurology. 2018; 10.12: 1072-1078.
  20.  Neelakantan S, Kumaran SP, Viswamitra S, Ghosal N. Myriad of MR imaging phenotypes of primary central nervous system lymphoma in a cohort of immunocompetent Indian patient population. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2018; 28:296-304.
  21. Bhavana N, Sunitha P Kumaran, and Sanjaya Viswamitra “Classic case section: Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis. American journal of Neuroradiology. Apr 30 2018
  22. Bhavana N, Sunitha P Kumaran, Sanjaya Viswamitra “Classic case section: MRI of Encephalocranio cutaneous Lipomatosis (ECCL)” American journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR), Feb 26, 2018.
  23. B. N. Reddy, S. P Kumaran, S. Viswamitra. Imaging spectrum of basal ganglia pathologies: Use of advanced MRI imaging techniques in the diagnosis. DOI: 10.1594/ecr2017/C-0614
  24. B. N. Reddy, S. P Kumaran, S. Viswamitra. Imaging of intracranial pathologies with fluid levels: A radiological approach to the diagnosis. DOI: 10.1594/ecr2017/C-0609
  25. B. N. Reddy, S. P Kumaran, S. Viswamitra. American journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) Case of the week section; “Chordoid glioma” Jul 27, 2017. 
  26. B. N. Reddy, S. P Kumaran, S. Viswamitra. American journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) Case of the week section; epidural Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD); Aug 3, 2017.
  27.  Pushpa BT, Sunitha P Kumaran, Vinay Hegde, Sanjaya Viswamitra “Complications exclusive to long strut grafts used following multilevel cervical corpectomy- Utilisation of advanced imaging techniques”. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2017 Jul- Sep; 27(3):263-267.
  28. Sunitha P Kumaran, Zarina A, Sanjaya Viswamitra, Sai Kiran Narayanam, Nandita Ghosal: Tree in bud appearance in brain: Fungal granuloma on contrast MR imaging. Asian J Neurosurg. 2017 Oct-Dec; 12(4):741-742.
  29. Sunitha P Kumaran, Zarina A, Sanjaya Viswamitra, Sai Kiran Narayanam, Nandita Ghosal. NAA peak in extra axial extra osseous chondrosarcoma of brain-Unravelling a diagnostic dilemma. Neurology India. 2016 Jan-Feb; 64(1):176-8.
  30. Zarina Assis, Ravi Dadlani, Sunitha P Kumaran, Nandita Ghosal: Supratentorial parenchymal CNS melanocytoma-report of a rare case. Neurology India. 2014, Nov-Dec; 62(6):701-3.
  31. Nandita Ghosal, Sunil V Furtado, Sumit Thakar and Sunitha P Kumaran. Synchronous subcutaneous and calvarial Rosai– Dorfman disease diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology. Cytopathology. 2014, 25: 65–67.
  32. Nandita Ghosal, Ravi Dadlani and Sunitha P Kumaran. Unusual case of coexisting cerebellopontine epidermoid and neuroenteric cyst. Clinical Neuropathology. 2013, vol.32-No 6.
  33. Zarina Assis, Sunitha P Kumaran, Sanjaya Viswamitra, Sai Kiran, Nandita Ghosal. 'Neurothekeoma of petrous apex- an extremely rare entity'. Indian journal of neurosurgery. 2013; 2:210-2.
  34. Nandita Ghosal, Sunitha P Kumaran, Sunil V Furtado, A S Hegde: Mixed schwannoma with meningioma – report on 2 cases of unusual tumor with review of literature. Clinical Neuropathology. 2012 Sep-Oct; 31(5):374-8.
  35. Sunitha P Kumaran, Kanchan Gupta, Aparna Maddali, Sanjaya Viswamitra. “Post traumatic arachnoiditis ossificans: A case report”. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2012 Jul-Sep; 5(3): 250–252.
  36. Sunitha P Kumaran, Kanchan Gupta, Pushpa BT, Sanjaya Viswamitra, EV Joshy. “Role of Diffusion Weighted MR imaging as the first diagnostic clue to Creutzfeldt Jacob disease”. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2012 Sep; 3(3):408-10.
  37. Shambanduram Somorendra Singh, Kanchan Gupta, Sunitha P Kumaran, Nandita Ghosal, Sunil V Furtado “Ponto medullary white epidermoid: a rare cause of tinnitus - case report and review of literature”. Singapore Med J. 2012; 53(8): e179–e181.
  38.  Nandita Ghosal, Sumit Thakar, Sunitha P Kumaran, AS Hegde. Chordoid Glioma in suprasellar location with Extension into the third ventricle: Smear preparation morphology of a rare tumor. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2012 Feb; 40(2):155-8.
  39. Sumit Thakkar, Kanchan Gupta, Sunitha P (PS), Nandita Ghosal “A supratentorial primary parenchymal paraganglioma”. Journal of Clinical Neurosciences. 2011 Jul; 18(7):986-8.
  40. Kanchan Gupta, Naman Bagdi, Sunitha P Kumaran, Nandita Ghosal. “Isolated intracranial Rosai Dorfman Disease in a child mimicking a meningioma: Case report with review of literature”. British Journal of Radiology. 2011; 84 (20), e138– e141.
  41.  Sunitha P Kumaran, Kanchan Gupta, Shambanduram Somorendra Singh "A rare association of spontaneous pneumorrhachis with spondylolisthesis and lumbosacral vacuum phenomenon: A case report with review of literature". Neurology India. Jan-Feb 2011/ Volume 59/ Issue 1.
  42. Sunitha P Kumaran, Kanchan Gupta, Priyadarshini Harish, Nandita Ghosal. “Giant intradiploic epidermoid cyst of occipital Bone: Case Report and Literature Review”. The Neuroradiology Journal. 23: 2010.

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