Education & Training

Medical School

Madurai Medical College

Internship

Transitional Year

  • Kingston Public Hospital
  • Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai

Residency

Neurology

  • State University of NY Health Science Center/Brooklyn

Internal Medicine

  • State University of NY Health Science Center/Brooklyn

Fellowship

Sleep Medicine

  • University of Missouri School of Medicine GME

Boards

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology-Sleep Medicine

Insurances

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Academic Information

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology

Research Interests

  • General neurology
  • Sleep medicine
  • Headache
  • Neuromuscular disorders
  • Cerebrovascular disease/stroke

Areas of Expertise

  • General neurology
  • Sleep medicine
  • Headache
  • Neuromuscular disorders
  • Cerebrovascular disease/stroke

Publications

  • Bollu P, Kale A, Goyal M, Sivaraman (Manjamalai S), Johnson J, Sahota P, Idiopathic hypersomnia-Demographic and Polysomnographic features in comparison with Narcolepsy without cataplexy, APSS 2015
  • Bollu P, Thakkar M, Goyal M, Sivaraman M, Johnson J, Sahota P, REM Sleep related breathing disorder: Demographics and clinical features, APSS 2014
  • Bollu P, Lim A, Sivaraman M, Goyal M, Sahota P, Vagal Nerve Stimulator Induced ‘Pearls on string’ Chin EMG artifact, APSS 2014
  • Lim S, Kale A, Sivaraman M, Bollu P and Vellipuram A, Leukodystrophic Changes in Oculodentaldigital Dysplasia –AAN annual meeting 2013
  • Lim S, Thakkar MM, Goyal MK, Sivaraman M, Johnson J, Sahota P, Risk factors associated with REM related breathing disorder, Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, 2013
  • Lim S, Thakkar MM, Goyal MK, Sivaraman M, Johnson J, Sahota P, REM Sleep related Breathing disorder: Demographics and Clinical features, APSS, 2013Sahota PK, Dabbagh O, Jain SSSivaraman M, Martin A, Shawa I.
  • Dholakia S, Goyal M, Thakkar M, Sivaraman M, Sahota P, REM sleep related breathing disorders: Clinical features and implications on treatment decisions, Annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting, Boston, MA 2012
  • Dholakia S, Lim, S, Thakkar M, Goyal M, Sivaraman M, Sahota P, Severity of Obstructive sleep apnea does not correlate with Periodic limb movements of sleep, Annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA 2012