• February 2018 to present - serving as Associate Consultant at Apollo hospitals, Greams road, Chennai.
• May 2018 to present – serving as Consultant at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai.
• May 2018 to present – serving as Consultant at Prashant Superspeciality Hospital, Velachery, Chennai.
• September 2016 to January 2018 – served as a Consultant Neurologist at Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• May 2012 – July 2013 – appointed and served as Assistant Civil Surgeon under the Directorate of Medical Services, Tamilnadu at Pernambut GH, Vellore and Arakkonam GH, Vellore – Resigned July 2013.

• PhD Neurology 2014 – 2018 (expected)
• Research Title: ‘Electrophysiological abnormalities in inflammatory demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system’.
• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
• DM Neurology 2013 – 2016
• Madras Medical College, Chennai.
• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
• MD General Medicine 2009 – 2012
• Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai.
• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
• MBBS 2002 – 2008
• IRT Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre, Perundurai, Erode.
• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member in American Academy of Neurology since 2014
• Member in Indian Academy of Neurology since 2014
• Indian Epilepsy Association - Life member
• Association of Physicians of India - Life member
• Movement Disorders Society of India – Member

• University medallist in DM Neurology.
• Received Gold Medal in Paediatrics during final year MBBS.
• Received International Elsevier Atlas award for co-authoring a review article titled ‘Application of mobile phones in Epilepsy care’ in the International Journal of Epilepsy June 2015.
• The same article has also been appreciated for being the most downloaded article till date in several national conferences.
• Received International Journal of Epilepsy Best Article Award 2015. DOI: 10.1016/S2213-6320(16)30047-1
• Declared south zone topper in Neurology in TYSA 2015 (Torrent Young Scholar award – National level Neurology competition conducted by Torrent Pharmaceuticals).
• Declared 2nd place at National level in TYSA 2015 (Torrent Young Scholar award – National level Neurology competition conducted by Torrent Pharmaceuticals).
• Received best poster presentation award at ICTRIMS 2016, Mangalore (Indian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis).
• Presented several papers in international and national conferences (AAN annual meeting, IANCON 2014, 2015, ECON 2015, ICTRIMS 2016 etc.).

• Chinnadurai SA, Venkatesan SA, Shankar G, Samivel B, Ranganathan LN. A study of cognitive fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis with novel clinical and electrophysiological parameters utilizing the event related potential P300. MultSclerRelatDisord. 2016 Nov;10:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 27919474
• Chinnadurai SA, Gandhirajan D, Srinivasan AV, Kesavamurthy B, Ranganathan LN, Pamidimukkala V. Predicting falls in multiple sclerosis: Do electrophysiological measures have a better predictive accuracy compared to clinical measures? MultSclerRelatDisord. 2018 Feb;20:199-203. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.01.027. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 29414299.
• Chinnadurai SA, Gandhirajan D, Pamidimukala V, Kesavamurthy B, Venkatesan SA. Analysing the relationship between polysomnographic measures of sleep with measures of physical and cognitive fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis. MultSclerRelatDisord. 2018 May 23;24:32-37. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.05.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29883851
• Chinnadurai SA, Ranganathan LN, Shankar G, Arulnambi T, Mehndiratta MM. A monograph on Perampanel. International Journal of Epilepsy. 2016; 3(2):86-90.
• Chinnadurai SA, Gandhirajan D, Srinivasan AV, Ranganathan LN (2017) Attention Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis and the Utility of Various Clinical Tests and the Event Related Potential P300 to Detect it – A Case Control Study From a Tertiary Care Centre in South India. BAOJ Neurol 3: 48.
• Chinnadurai SA, Kesavamurthy B, Ranganathan LN, Srinivasan AV. Cognitive Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Navigating Uncharted Waters. IAN Textbook of Neurology: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited; 2018; 878 – 882.
• Ranganathan LN, Chinnadurai SA, Samivel B, Kesavamurthy B, Mehndiratta MM. Application of mobile phones in epilepsy care. International Journal of Epilepsy. 2015; 2(1):28-37.
• Samivel B, Chinnadurai SA, Ranganathan LN et al. Current Concepts in Neurogenetics. Reviews in Neurology: CME proceedings of the Indian Academy of Neurology 2015.
• Ranganathan LN, Chinnadurai SA, Chellathurai A, et al. Atypical Parkinsonism: Disentangling the Clinical Conundrum. Journal of International Medical Sciences Academy 2016; 29 (1), 42-47.