Dr V. Balambighai

Brief Profile

Dr Balambighai is a proud alumnus of the prestigious Madras Medical College where she finished her undergraduate degree. Then, she completed her post-graduation in Paediatrics from Kauvery Medical Centre, Trichy, and her super-specialty training in Neurology from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. Her areas of expertise include management of stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, neuro critical care and varied paediatric neurology conditions.

She has special interest in neurorehabilitation (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, behavioural therapy) in adult and paediatric patients to improve their quality of life and help them to face their challenges. She has been training undergraduate, postgraduate, super-specialty, and allied health sciences students, encouraging them to publish articles in various national and international journals and helping them conduct research work in their respective fields.

Educational Qualification

• MBBS – Madras Medical College, The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai (2003)
• DNB (Paediatrics) – Kauvery Medical Centre & Hospital, Trichy (2013)
• DrNB (Neurology) – Apollo Hospitals, Chennai (2019)

Training

• Paediatric Epilepsy Training – BPNA (Nov 2021)
• Boston University School of Medicine – Neuro E-Zone (2022)
• Advanced Management Of Neurological Diseases – Harvard Medical School (2024)

Presentations

• Acute Stroke Interventions in Tertiary Care Hospital – IANCON 2017
• IgG4 Related Pachymeningitis Presenting as Extraocular Cranial Nerve Palsy – A Case Report – IANCON 2018
• Hypertrophic Cervical Nerve Root- Rosai Dorfman Disease – A Case Report – TANCON 2019
• An Unusual Combination of Autoimmune Encephalitis with GBS: A Case Report and Review of Literature – IANCON 2019
• Clinical Profile of Anti NMDA Receptor Antibody Encephalitis and Their One Year Follow-up in a Tertiary Care Hospital – IANCON 2019
• Two Important Eye Signs in Neurology – NEUROUPDATE, Chennai (2019)
• A Case of Tuberculous Meningoencephalomyelitis – Difficult Cases Forum, Chennai (2019)
• A Case of Hypertrophic Cervical Nerve Root – Difficult Cases Forum, Chennai (2019)
• A Case of Tinnitus and Vertigo – VERTIGO EXPANDING PROBABILITIES, Chennai (2020)

Publications

Balambighai V., Dhanraj M. “IgG4 Related Cranial Pachymeningitis and Extraocular Paralysis”, Journal “Medical Science” from The Discovery Scientific Society 2022;26:e2349

Presentations under guidance of Dr Balambighai

International

• Retrospective Analysis of Stroke in COVID-19 Patients in a Medical College Hospital in South India – Dr Neeraja, Dr Balambighai – Asia Pacific Stroke Conference (2021)
• Acute Paraplegia due to Bilateral ACA occlusion – Dr Ragasivamalini, Dr Balambighai – Asia Pacific Stroke Conference (2023)

National

• Crossed Aphasia in Dextrals – Dr Ragasivamalini, Dr Balambighai – IANCON 2023
• Three Unusual Cases of Ischemia in Young Patients in a Month – Platform Presentation by Dr Ragasivamalini, Dr Balambighai – Indian National Stroke Conference, Kolkata (March 2024)