Dr. Sapna Erat Sreedharan

Academic Qualifications

• DM Neurology, SCTIMST, 2005-2007
• MD General Medicine, Calicut University, 2000-2003
• MBBS, Calicut University,1993-1999

Professional Record

• Professor of Neurology,SCTIMST,1st January 2023 till date
• Additional Professor of Neurology,SCTIMST,2018-till date
• Associate Professor of Neurology, SCTIMST, 2015-2018
• Assistant Professor of Neurology, SCTIMST, 2012-2015
• Ad-hoc Consultant in Neurology, SCTIMST, 2009-2012

Honors

• Member of Indian Academy of Neurology -Clinical Neurophysiology subsection committee for formulating guidelines for Sleep disorders and Polysomnography 2022
• Member of World Sleep Society task force group on Hypersomnias 2022
• Member of writing group of World Sleep Academy 2022 under World Sleep Society and contributed to the chapter on Parasomnias.

Awards

• Best paper award for the paper " CTA Predictors of recurrence risk in EC-ICA stenosis" at Indian National Stroke Conference 2021
• First prize in quiz competition held at annual meeting of Indian Stroke Association-Indian National Stroke Conference 2022

Area of Interest

• Stroke -acute and rehabilitation,Sleep medicine,Neurology in systemic diseases

Collaboration

• Atrial cardiopathy study with Department of Cardiology ,SCTIMST.

Fellowships

• Certified Indian Sleep Medicine Specialist by World Sleep Federation 2016

Membership

• Indian Academy of Neurology,Indian Stroke Organization,Indian Sleep Disorders
• Association,Indian Society of Sleep Research.

On-going Projects

• Atrial cardiopathy in cryptogenic strokes in comparison with strokes of known etiologies-ICMR extramural adhoc project 5422 and 5396
• Mobile Medical Application based Post Stroke care Strategy (MOBILITY) for survivors and their caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial-ICMR funded under INSTRuCT network of stroke trials
• Stuttering lacunar strokes-predictors and outcome
• Sleep dysfunction after stroke-impact on patients and carers
• Predictors of recurrence risk and outcome in cryptogenic ESUS strokes

Projects Completed

• CT angiographic plaque characteristics in anterior circulation strokes-determining its prognostic significance independent of percentage stenosis
• Biomarkers in predicting hemorrhagic transformation risk and outcome in Acute ischemic stroke-Intramural TDF funded project 6115
• Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic strokes-impact of time of onset
• post stroke dysphagia predictors and outcome
• Impact of preoperative OSA on outcome in cardiovascular patients undergoing vascular surgery-Project 5341

Desertations Supervised

• Sleep dysfunction in stroke survivors-impact on patients and carers Senior Resident Dr Avinash Kulkarni 2021-23.
• Predictors of recurrence risk and outcome in cryptogenic ESUS strokes Senior Resident Dr Jithin George 2020-22
• Autonomic dysfunction in first ever ischemic stroke -predictors and long term outcome Senior Resident Dr Sandeep Nayani 2012-2014

Team

• Department of Neurology,Comprehensive Stroke care centre,Comprehensive Centre for Sleep disorders.

No. of Publications

• Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Jaffar Vali Sayed, V.P. Vipina, P. Manju Mohan, V.T. Jissa, P.N. Sylaja, Dysphagia continues to impact recovery at one year after stroke-an observational study, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Volume 31, Issue 8, 2022, 106545
• Lotlikar RS, Saikiran K, George J, Namboodiri N, Sylaja PN, Sreedharan SE. Predictors of Recurrence in Symptomatic Large Artery Atherosclerosis and Cryptogenic Strokes—A Comparative Study. Journal of Stroke Medicine. March 2022. doi:10.1177/25166085221082403
• Sreedharan Sapna Erat, Arun K, Kannath Santhosh, Jayadevan E R, Thulaseedharan Jissa V, Sylaja P NThe impact of time to reperfusion on recanalization rates and outcome after mechanical thrombectomy: A single center experience Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology Year : 2022 | Volume: 25 | Issue Number: 2 | Page: 256-260
• Harikrishnan Ramachandran, Harini Pavuluri, Sapna Erat Sreedharan, PN Sylaja If nothing goes right, it goes to the left: A case of left anterior cerebral artery stroke due to right internal carotid artery stenosis Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2022 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 2 | Page : 298-300
• Tandon, V., Senthilvelan, S., Sreedharan, S.E. et al. High-resolution MR vessel wall imaging in determining the stroke aetiology and risk stratification in isolated middle cerebral artery disease. Neuroradiology (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-021-02891-9
• K Arun, Poornima N Nambiar, Santhosh Kumar Kannath, Sapna E Sreedharan, Sajith Sukumaran, Sankara Sarma, PN Sylaja Prevalence of Aortic Plaques in Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke: Correlation to Vascular Risk Factors and Future Events Neurology India 2022 | Volume : 70 | Issue : 1 | Page : 182-187

Select Publications

• Madhukar Trivedi, Sapna Erat Sreedharan et al ,Central disorders of hypersomnolence in children and adults: A comparative study from South India Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2019 | Volume : 22 | Issue : 4 | Page : 442-446
• Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Bejoy Thomas, PN Sylaja, Sankara P Sarma Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: A Clinico-Radiological Study from South India Neurology India 2020 | Volume : 68 | Issue : 2 | Page : 378-382
• Shetty K,Sreedharan SE etal ,Malignant middle cerebral artery stroke management in developing world-outcome predictors July 2020 Neurology Asia 25(2 (2020)):103 – 108
• Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Jaffar Vali Sayed, V P Vipina, Manju P Mohan, Rejith Paul, PN Sylaja, Dysphagia and disability in minor strokes – An institutional study, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Volume 29, Issue 9, 2020, 105070, ISSN 1052-3057,
• S E Sreedharan et al ,Preoperative screening for obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular patients - How useful is STOP-BANG questionnaire in the Indian context? July 2021Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 24(3):308-312
• Mitta N, Sreedharan S, E, Sarma S, P, Sylaja P, N: Women and Stroke: Different, yet Similar. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra 2021;11:106-111. doi: 10.1159/000519540

Reviewer

• Cerebrovascular diseases extra
• Journal of Stroke Medicine
• The Neuroradiology Journal
• Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
• Sleep and Breathing
• Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Publications

Article

1. Sreedharan SE, Maintenance of Normoglycemia May Improve Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke., Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2017, Apr-Jun;20(2):122-126
2. Sreedharan SE, Cerebral aneurysms and metastases occurring as a delayed complication of resected atrial Myxoma: Imaging findings including high resolution Vessel Wall MRI., Neuroradiology., 2017, May;59(5):427-429, 28361344
3. Sreedharan SE, Autonomic dysfunction in first ever ischemic stroke: Prevalence, predictors and short term neurovascular outcome., Clin Neurol Neurosurg., 2016, Nov;150:54-58, 27588371
4. Sreedharan SE, Primary CNS vasculitis presenting as intraventricular bleeding., Ann Indian Acad Neurol., 2016, Jul-Sep;19(3):406-8, 27570401
5. Sreedharan SE, Persistent post-stroke dysphagia treated with cricopharyngeal myotomy., Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2016, Apr-Jun;19(2):249-51, 27293339
6. Sreedharan SE, Clinical and Polysomnographic predictors of Obstructive sleep apnea severity in South Indian population, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2016, 19(2):216-20, 27293333
7. Sreedharan SE, A novel association of Ocular Neuromyotonia with brainstem demyelination-2 case reports, Mult Scler, 2014, 20(10):1409-12, 25160126
8. Sreedharan SE, Moyamoya disease: A comparison of long term outcome of conservative and surgical treatment in India., journal of neurological sciences, 2014, 336(1-2):99-102, 24183032
9. Sreedharan SE, Employment status, social function decline and caregiver burden among stroke survivors. A South Indian study, journal of neurological sciences, 2013, 332(1-2):97-101, 23896258
10. Sreedharan SE, Antisynthetase syndrome with stroke-Letter to editor, Neurology India, 2013, 61(1) ;83-84, 23466851
11. Sreedharan SE, A rare cause of perioperative stroke., Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013, 16(1):103-5, 23661976
12. Sreedharan SE, Successful mechanical thrombectomy of acute middle cerebral artery occlusion due to vegetation from infective endocarditis, Neurology India, 2012, 60(2):239-40, 22626714
13. Sreedharan SE, Intracranial hypertension with polyradiculopathy--early CSF diversion to optimize neurological recovery., Br J Neurosurg., 2012, 26(4):558-60, 22448758
14. Sreedharan SE, Barriers to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke-Experience from Level 1 hospital in South Australia, Neurology Asia, 2011, 16(1);17-23
15. Sreedharan SE, Sinus arrest: complicating acute posterior cerebral artery stroke., Neurol India., 2011, 59(5):772-3, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22019674
16. Sreedharan SE, Reversible pancallosal signal changes in febrile encephalopathy: report of 2 cases., AJNR, 2011, 32(9):E172-4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21233225
17. Sreedharan S, Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in fulminant form of SSPE-brief communication, Can J Neurol Sci ;, 2009, 36:524-526
18. Sridharan SE, Incidence, Types, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Stroke in a Developing Country.The Trivandrum Stroke Registry, STROKE, 2009, 40(4):1212-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/108.531293