Dr. Sanjith Aaron is a Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at Christian Medical College, Vellore. He holds an MBBS, MD in Internal Medicine, and a DM in Neurology, along with a Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke. He joined the faculty at CMC Vellore in 2006 after completing his DM in Neurology, and subsequently completed a Stroke and Cerebrovascular Fellowship at the Calgary Stroke Program, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
His subspecialty interests are stroke, cerebral venous thrombosis, and other cerebrovascular diseases. He leads the CMC Vellore CVT registry, one of the largest cerebral venous thrombosis registries in India, contributing significantly to the understanding of the epidemiology, risk factors, and long-term outcomes of this condition.
Dr. Sanjith Aaron has an extensive publication record spanning stroke, demyelinating diseases, paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, and clinical neurosciences. His work continues to advance the understanding and management of cerebrovascular diseases in South Asia and beyond.
Publications
1. Jena SS, Mathew A, Sanjith A, Ajith S, Nair BR, Prakash J. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presentation in severe scrub typhus infection: a rare entity. Neurol India. 2014 May-Jun;62(3):308-10. doi: 10.4103/0028- 3886.136991. PMID: 25033856.
2. Mishra AK, Aaron S, Abhilash K, Iyadurai R, Shaikh A, Lazarus E, Alexander V, George AA, Vishali P, Sudarsanam TD. Simple telephone call a feasible, useful and acceptable method of following up patients with cerebrovascular accidents: Prospective Cohort study in South India. Int J Stroke. 2016 Oct;11(8):NP87-NP88. doi: 10.1177/1747493016654486. Epub 2016 Jul 9. PMID: 27306362.
3. Kumaran D, Balagopal K, Tharmaraj RG, Aaron S, George K, Muliyil J, Sivadasan A, Danda S, Alexander M, Hasan G. Genetic characterization of Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 in a South Indian cohort. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Oct 25;15:114. doi: 10.1186/s12881-014-0114-5. PMID: 25344417; PMCID: PMC4411758.
4. Mammen S, Nair A, Kumar S, Zonderveni Z, Prabhakar AT, Vijay Prakash T, Aaron S, Alexander M, Zachariah A, Abraham AM. Clinical Features of Four West Nile Virus Cases and Its Molecular Characterization from a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 16;2020:1315041. doi: 10.1155/2020/1315041. PMID: 32724683; PMCID: PMC7381993.
5. Aaron S, Mannam PR, Shaikh A, Mani AM, Bal D, Pandian JD. Acute Ischemic Stroke in Term Pregnancy Treated with Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator. Case Rep Neurol. 2020 Dec 14;12(Suppl 1):4-8. doi: 10.1159/000506763. PMID: 33505265; PMCID: PMC7802499.
6. Benjamin RN, Aaron S, Sivadasan A, Devasahayam S, Sebastin A, Alexander M. The Spectrum of Autonomic Dysfunction in Myasthenic Crisis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2018 Jan-Mar;21(1):42-48. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_270_17. PMID: 29720797; PMCID: PMC5909145.
