Qualification:
MD., DM (NEURO)., MRCP (UK)., FRCP (LONDON)., FRCP (EDIN)
Special Skills:
APART FROM GENERAL NEUROLOGY, DR. ARUL SELVAN IS INTERESTED IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, MOVEMENT DISORDERS AND NERVE CONDUCTION AND EMG STUDIES. HE PLANS TO ESTABLISH EPILEPSY SURGERIES FOR INTRACTABLE EPILEPSIES, MOVEMENT DISORDER SURGERIES WITH DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND DYSTONIA AND HIGH QUALITY NEUROPHYSIOLOGY LAB. HE IS THE 1ST ONE TO DO DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUING THE PROGRAM. HE ALSO INTRODUCED BACLOFEN PUMP FOR SEVERE SPASTICITY. HE IS RUNNING REGULAR PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND EPILEPSY, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AT KMCH. HE INTRODUCED INJECTION NATALIZUMAB FOR HIGHLY ACTIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 1ST TIME IN INDIA. HE ESTABLISHED SPINAL CORD STIMULATION AND DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE ABLATION (DREZ) FOR INTRACTABLE NEURALGIC PAIN.
HE WAS A LEADING MEMBER OF TEAM FOR EPILEPSY AND MOVEMENT DISORDER SURGERIES AT WALTON CENTER FOR NEUROLOGY. THESE INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS ARE NOT YET WELL ESTABLISHED IN TAMIL NADU PARTICULARLY IN COIMBATORE.