Bhargavi Ramanujam

Brief Profile

Dr. Bhargavi Ramanujam is an expert in the field of Neurology. She specialises in the area of Epilepsy, particularly Drug-Resistant Epilepsy and headache Medicine besides General Neurology.

She has also actively taken part in many research activities and published articles (40+ publications) in National and International Medical Journals of repute. She has been on the editorial board of the journal Neurology India and has been a reviewer of many international journals. She is a member of the Indian Epilepsy Society.

Dr. Bhargavi has served as an Assistant Professor of neurology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She worked as an associate Professor of Neurology at Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Hapur.

Qualification

MBBS

MD (Medicine)

DM (Neurology)

Institute / Department

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

Year

2000

2004

2014

Surgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children. Chandra PS, Ramanujam B, Tripathi M. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jan 25;378(4):399. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1715424. PMID:29365299
A randomized controlled study comparing the efficacy of rapid and slow withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs during long-term video-EEG monitoring. Kumar S, Ramanujam B, Chandra PS, Dash D, Mehta S, Anubha S, Appukutan R, Rana MK, Tripathi M. Epilepsia. 2018 Feb;59(2):460-467. doi: 10.1111/epi.13966. Epub 2017 Dec 7. PMID: 29218705
Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions to Lamotrigine and Human Leukocyte Antigen Typing in North Indian Patients: A Case Series. Srivastava S, Ramanujam B, Ihtisham K, Tripathi M. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2017 Oct-Dec;20(4):408-410. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_234_17. PMID: 29184346.
Surgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children. Dwivedi R, Ramanujam B, Chandra PS, Sapra S, Gulati S, Kalaivani M, Garg A, Bal CS, Tripathi M, Dwivedi SN, Sagar R, Sarkar C, Tripathi M. N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 26;377(17):1639-1647. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1615335. PMID: 29069568
Does education play a role in language reorganization after surgery in drug-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: An fMRI-based study? Chaudhary K, Ramanujam B, Kumaran SS, Chandra PS, Wadhawan AN, Garg A, Tripathi M. Epilepsy Res. 2017 Oct;136:88-96. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.07.017. Epub 2017 Jul 29. PMID: 28802988
Is Depression Related to Low Folate Levels in People with Epilepsy? An Observational Study and Meta-analysis. Ramanujam B, Bajaj BK, Kaur K, Anand KS, Buxi G. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2017 Jul-Sep;8(3):381-388. doi: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_468_16. PMID: 28694617
Altered glutamatergic tone reveals two distinct resting state networks at the cellular level in hippocampal sclerosis. Banerjee J, BanerjeeDixit A, Srivastava A, Ramanujam B, Kakkar A, Sarkar C, Tripathi M, Chandra PS. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 23;7(1):319. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00358-7. PMID: 28336943
Ictal PET in Ohtahara Syndrome With Hemimegalencephaly. Roy SG, Tripathi M, Tripathi M, Ramanujam B, Singhal A, Bal C. Clin Nucl Med. 2017 May;42(5):e263-e264. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001593. PMID:28195914
EFHC1 mutation in Indian juvenile myoclonic epilepsy patient. Thounaojam R, Langbang L, Itisham K, Sobhani R, Srivastava S, Ramanujam B, Verma R, Tripathi M, Aguan K. Epilepsia Open. 2017 Feb 1;2(1):84-89. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12037. eCollection 2017 Mar. PMID:29750216
Evaluation of Ictal Consciousness in Temporal and Extra Temporal Epilepsy: Observations from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Chaudhari RM, Dash D, Ramanujam B, Rana MK, Appukuttan R, Sharma A, Kunwar Y, Tejaniya G, Padma V, Chandra SP, Tripathi M. J Epilepsy Res. 2016 Dec 31;6(2):93-96. doi: 10.14581/jer.16017. eCollection 2016 Dec. PMID: 28101481.
Spectrum of Cutaneous Adverse Reactions to Levetiracetam and Human Leukocyte Antigen Typing in North-Indian Patients. Ramanujam B, Ihtisham K, Kaur G, Srivastava S, Mehra NK, Khanna N, Singh M, Tripathi M. J Epilepsy Res. 2016 Dec 31;6(2):87-92. doi: 10.14581/jer.16016. eCollection 2016 Dec. PMID: 28101480
Utility of a questionnaire tool (QUARAS) for localizing and lateralizing seizures in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU). Chaudhari RM, Ramanujam B, Appukuttan R, Sharma A, Kunwar Y, Tejaniya G, Garg A, Padma MV, Tripathi M, Bal C, Dash D, Chandra SP, Tripathi M. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Feb;153:64-66. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.12.012. Epub 2016 Dec 22. PMID: 28043024
Can ictal-MEG obviate the need for phase II monitoring in people with drug-refractory epilepsy? A prospective observational study. Ramanujam B, Bharti K, Viswanathan V, Garg A, Tripathi M, Bal C, Chandra PS, Tripathi M. Seizure. 2017 Feb;45:17-23. doi: 10.1016/j. PMID: 27912111
Paraneoplastic syndrome mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy. Dash D, Choudhary R, Ramanujam B, Vasantha PM, Tripathi M. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Oct;32:162-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.02.032. PMID: 27318371
A case of recurrent status epilepticus and successful management with progesterone. Ramanujam B, Arora A, Malhotra V, Dash D, Mehta S, Tripathi M. Epileptic Disord. 2016 Mar;18(1):101-5. doi: 10.1684/epd.2016.0792. PMID: 26841950
Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: The story of a great masquerader. Bajaj BK, Pandey S, Ramanujam B, Wadhwa A. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2015 Jul-Sep;6(3):399-401. doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.158781. PMID: 26167025
Epilepsia Partialis Continua as Presenting Manifestation of AIDS: A Rarity. Ramanujam B, Dash D, Dabla S, Tripathi M, Srivastava MV. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2016 Jan-Feb;15(1):19-22. doi: 10.1177/2325957415570743. Epub 2015 Feb 9. PMID:25667167
The effect of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A6 genetic polymorphism on valproic acid pharmacokinetics in Indian patients with epilepsy: a pharmacogenetic approach. Munisamy M, Tripathi M, Behari M, Raghavan S, Jain DC, Ramanujam B, Arumugam K, Rajakannan T, Mallayasamy SR, Subbiah V. Mol Diagn Ther. 2013 Oct;17(5):319-26. doi: 10.1007/s40291-013-0041-8. PMID:23749495
Radhakrishnan DM, Ramanujam B, Srivastava P, Dash D, Tripathi M. Effect of providing sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) information to persons with epilepsy (PWE) and their caregivers—Experience from a tertiary care hospital. Acta Neurol Scand. 2018; 00:1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12994.
A Case of Narcolepsy with HLA-Typing from North India. Srivastava S, Ramanujam B, Ihtisham K, Tripathi M. Neurol India. 2018 Sep-Oct;66(5):1485-1486. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.241338.
Association of cutaneous adverse drug reactions due to antiepileptic drugs with HLA alleles in a North Indian population. Ihtisham K, Ramanujam B, Srivastava S, Mehra NK, Kaur G, Khanna N, Jain S, Kumar S, Kaul B, Samudrala R, Tripathi M. Seizure. 2019 Mar;66:99-103. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.02.011. Epub 2019 Feb 20. PMID: 30826555
Endoscope-assisted (with robotic guidance and using a hybrid technique) interhemispheric transcallosal hemispherectomy: a comparative study with open hemispherectomy to evaluate efficacy, complications, and outcome. Chandra PS, Subianto H, Bajaj J, Girishan S, Doddamani R, Ramanujam B, Chouhan MS, Garg A, Tripathi M, Bal CS, Sarkar C, Dwivedi R, Sapra S, Tripathi M. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Nov 9;23(2):187-197. doi: 10.3171/2018.8. PEDS18131. PMID: 30497135.
Can home videos made on smartphones complement video-EEG in diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures? Ramanujam B, Dash D, Tripathi M. Seizure. 2018 Nov;62:95-98. doi 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.10.003. Epub 2018 Oct 3. PMID: 30316048.
Hypothalamic Hamartoma and Endocrinopathy: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective. Doddamani RS, Tripathi M, Samala R, Agrawal M, Ramanujam B, Bajaj J, Girishan S, Tripathi M, Bal CS, Garg A, Chandra PS.Neurol India. 2020 May-Jun;68(Supplement):S146-S153.
Left Temporal Lobectomy Using Functional MRI in a Math Genius: A Case Report. Bajaj J, Chaudhary K, Chandra PS, Ramanujam B, Girishan S, Doddamani R, Tripathi M, Nehra A, Tripathi M.Neurol India. 2020 Jan-Feb;68(1):170-172.

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