Dr. Asha Kishore

Dr. Asha Kishore has 31 years of expertise as a Neurologist and 25 years of experience as a Movement Disorders Specialist. Her specialist expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of complex movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonian syndromes, dystonias, tremor disorders, TICS, myoclonus, and others. She is also an expert in the selection, evaluation, and counselling and programming of Deep Brain Stimulation therapy for Parkinson's disease, Dystonia, and Essential Tremor using Micro Electrode Recording (MER). She has almost two decades of expertise treating various focal dystonias with Botulinum toxin. Dr. Asha Kishore was a former Senior Professor of Neurology, the Director of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum, and the Head of the Comprehensive Care Centre for Movement Disorders. At the University of British Columbia in Canada, she completed a two-year clinical research fellowship in movement disorders. She also received additional short-term training in Microelectrode guided Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorder therapy at the University of Atlanta in the United States and the University of Toronto in Canada. She has 35 years of teaching and research expertise.

Qualification

• Clinical Research fellowship in Movement Disorders
• DM Neurology
• MD Internal Medicine and Medical graduation