Lisie Hospital - Doctor Profile

Dr. Soumya V C
Consultant

General Details

Consultant Neurologist, Epileptologist and Sleep specialist with 3 years’ experience
Has completed MBBS from Government Medical College, Trivandrum followed by MD in Pediatrics from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
Completed DM in Neurology from prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology followed by 1 year of Post Doctoral fellowship course in Electroencephalography and epilepsy from the same institute Has undergone special training in electroencephalography, medical management of epilepsy and presurgical evaluation of epilepsy.
Certified as International Sleep Specialist by World Sleep Society in 2021.
Major career goals are to To aid in expansion of the department on sub-speciality basis to ensure quality care and to actively participate in academic activities and research work

Qualifications

MBBS, MD( Paediatrics), DM (Neurology), Post Doctoral fellowship in Epilepsy, International Sleep Specialist ( WSS)
Achievements
- Member of Indian Epilepsy Society, Neurological Society of India, Kerala Chapter, Kerala Association of Neurologists, Indian Academy of Neurology.
- Won several prizes in quiz competitions and research presentations in various national conferences including 1 st prize in paper presentation on “Effect of intraoperative Electrocorticography on seizure outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery” at KAN Monsoon summit 2021, 1 st prize in Quiz at Pediatric Neurology conference 2019, Vellore, 2 nd prize in Quiz at Pediatric NeuroXchange 2018, Trivandrum and Emerging Brain 2019, Trivandrum.
- Presented several research works and delivered talks in National and international conferences Was selected as Best Post Doctoral fellow in Epilepsy 2021, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
Publications

1. Ashalatha R, Menon RN, Chandran A, Thomas SV, Vilanilam G, Abraham M, et al. Do auras predict seizure outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery? Epilepsy Research. 2018;147:109-14.
2. Chandrasekharan SV, Menon R, Cherian A, Radhakrishnan A. Effect of seizure viewing on psychological outcome in persons with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021;114(Pt A):107605.
3. Chandrasekharan SV, Sundaram S, Malaichamy S, Poyuran R, Nair SS. Myoneuropathic presentation of limb girdle muscular dystrophy R8 with a novel TRIM32 mutation. Neuromuscul Disord. 2021.
4. Sundaram S, Chandrasekharan SV, Nair SS. Metachromatic leukodystrophy: molecular mechanism and therapeutic effect. In: Neurochemistry of Metabolic Diseases: Lysosomal Storage Diseases,
Phenylketonuria, and Canavan Disease. 3rd Edition
5. Vijay Kumar Boddu, Alex Rebello, Soumya V. Chandrasekharan, Pavan Kumar Rudrabhatla, Anuvitha Chandran, Swathy Ravi, Gopeekrishnan Unnithan, Ramshekhar N. Menon, Ajith Cherian, Ashalatha
Radhakrishnan, How does “locus of control” affect persons with epilepsy?,Epilepsy & Behavior,2021,Volume 123
6. Chandrasekharan S.V., Nair S.S., Ganapathy, A. et al. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2S: identical novel missense mutation of IGHMBP2 gene in two unrelated families. Neurol Sci (2021)
7. Menon Ramshekhar N, Chandrasekharan Soumya V. Atypical Variants of Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. IAN Reviews in Neurology 2022: Epilepsy-Innovations and Advances,Ch14
8 Alfiya, F., Jose, M., Chandrasekharan, S.V. et al. C12orf57 pathogenic variants: a unique cause of developmental encephalopathy in a south Indian child. J Genet 101, 30 (2022).
9. Rebello A, Chandrasekharan SV, Kumar Rudrabhatla P, Vincent SJ, Menon RN, Radhakrishnan A. Satisfaction among persons with epilepsy towards physical consultation versus online video consultation for
follow up. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Mar;140:109081.
10. Fazal A, Jose M, Rudrabhatla PK, Chandrasekharan SV, Sundaram S, Radhakrishnan A, Banerjee M, Menon RN. Visual-sensitive epilepsy in GLUT-1 deficiency syndrome: Expanding the phenotype. Epileptic
Disord. 2023 Apr;25(2):265-268.
11. Jose M, Alfiya F, Harini P, Kumar Rudrabhatla P, Chandrasekharan SV, Jithu J, Banerjee M, Soumya Sundaram, Menon RN, Radhakrishnan A. Metabolic causes of pediatric developmental &amp; epileptic
encephalopathies (DEE)- genetic variant analysis in a south Indian cohort (Ahead of print)