Chief Neurologist & Head of Neurology · Book an appointment
Dr T.C.R. Ramakrishnan is the Chief Neurologist and Head of the Department of Neurology at KG Hospital, Coimbatore. He trained first as a paediatrician and then as a neurologist, so he sees both adults and children with conditions of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.
He completed his MBBS at Coimbatore Medical College, his MD in Paediatrics at the Institute of Child Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, and his DM in Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College. He was Assistant Professor of Neurology at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital from 2006 to 2008 and has been a neuro physician at KG Hospital since 2008.
His main clinical interests are stroke, child neurology and critical care neurology. He leads the neurology side of KG Hospital's QAI-recognised Advanced Stroke Centre, including clot-dissolving (thrombolysis) treatment for acute ischaemic stroke – read our explainer on the stroke clot-dissolving injection time window. He also treats epilepsy, headache and migraine, vertigo, Guillain-Barré syndrome and other nerve and muscle disorders, and brain infections.
Dr Ramakrishnan is an active researcher. He was a co-investigator in a Phase III trial of tenecteplase (TNK-tPA) in acute ischaemic stroke and principal investigator for the Indian registry in ischaemic stroke with tenecteplase (IRIS-TNK). His work has appeared in Neurology India, the Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, BMJ Case Reports, Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery and the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs.
For the visit, please bring earlier scans, EEG or nerve-conduction reports and a list of your current medicines. More about the department: Neurology at KG Hospital.
KG Hospital's Advanced Stroke Centre and Neuro-Critical care teams are active 24/7.