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Dr Sumit Kumar Sonu

MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Neurology), FRCP (Edin.)
PGDip(Diabetes)USW

Consultant

National Neuroscience Institute

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical Interest: General Neurology, Stroke, Headache, Interventional Neurology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
General Neurology.

Clinical Appointments

Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@SGH) Neurology Singapore General Hospital
Fellow of Academy of Medicine Singapore, Chapter of Neurology
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Consultant Department of Neurology National Neuroscience Institute

Academic Appointments

Core Faculty SingHealth Neurology Senior Residency
COMBINE (Collaboration for Mmed-FM programme B In Neurology Education) Programme Course director
Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS
PGY1 Faculty, Singapore General Hospital
Singapore General Hospital (Cadence PACES tutor)

Profile

Dr Sumit Kumar Sonu is a Consultant, Department of Neurology at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@SGH). He joined the SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency and subsequently completed his Senior Residency in Neurology in 2021.

Education

EDSI (ESMINT & EBNI) 2024
FRCP Edin. 2023
FAMS (Neurology)2021
SingHealth Neurology Senior Residency 2021
SingHealth Internal medicine Residency 2018
MRCP (UK), Neurology, 2020
Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes, University of South Wales, UK, 2017
MRCP (UK), 2014
MBBS (Madras Medical College /Dr MGR Tamilnadu Medical University), 2008

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member, Word Stroke Organisation
Member, European Stroke Organisation
Member, American Academy of Neurology
Corresponding Member, European Academy of Neurology
Collegiate Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Member of Society of Neurovascular Intervention and Surgery (Singapore)
Committee member of chapter of neurology, Fellow of Academy of Medicine Singapore
Member of The European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT)

Awards

NNI Service Quality silver award 2024
The COVID-19 RESILIENCE Medal 2023
SingHealth 10 years Long Service Award 2022
NNI 10 years Long Service Award 2022
Service with a Heart Award – SingHealth Service Quality Day 2021
IPSQ Poster Excellence Award – SingHealth Duke-NUS Quality & Innovation Day 2021
Certificate of Appreciation for Contribution in Fight Against COVID-19 – SingHealth Residency
Outstanding Resident Award – SingHealth RiSE Award 2020
Bronze Award – NNI Quality Improvement Project Award 2019
Best Quality Improvement Project Award – SingHealth Division of Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, 2018

Research Interests

Publications

Yi Jing Zhao MRCP, Jonathan Jia Yuan Ong FRCP, Sumit Kumar Sonu FRCP, Jiaojiao Dang MRCP, Chai Ching Ng MRCP, Keira Joann Herr PhD, Rohini Bose PhD, Yasmin Idu Jion MRCP
A real-world prospective observational study of eptinezumab in Asian patients with migraine
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 2024
https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.1111%2fhead.14737&umid=17714976-2899-5B06-9B67-C25414116C49&auth=4fe163d1a2584a8c6b4b2e7e7fb89a9416f5a236-7bb6c4668f7e8b70519ed3c5ee7d1fcf74bde782 .First published:24 May 2024
Sonu SK, Lai YW, Verma K, Sitoh YY, Purohit B.
Enterovirus-related rhombencephalitis and myelitis in the third trimester of pregnancy: A case report highlighting clinico-radiological findings at diagnosis and follow-up,
Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Aug;15(8):1323-1330.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.05.062. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32612733; PMCID: PMC7322137.
(Case report; Published in Print)
Tan JY, Sonu SK, Jion YBI, Umapathi T.
Acute dysphagia.
Pract Neurol. 2021 Jun;21(3):255-256.
doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002728. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PMID: 33649168.
(Case report; Published in Print)
Sonu SK, Lalmalani Y, Kumar S, Verma, K.
Acute acro-paraesthesia and bilateral clumsy hand syndrome rare presenting manifestation of vitamin B 12 deficiency: a case report highlighting clinico-radiological findings at diagnosis and follow-up.
Neurol Asia. 2020 Dec; 25(4):627-630.
Available from: https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.neurology%2dasia.org%2farticles%2fneuroasia%2d2020%2d25%284%29%2d627.pdf&umid=17714976-2899-5B06-9B67-C25414116C49&auth=4fe163d1a2584a8c6b4b2e7e7fb89a9416f5a236-bccc35994e062b898d673a161101e17691e776fd
(Case report; Published in Print)
Sonu SK, Ng JCH, Chua SM, Kumar MP, De Silva D.
Chorea precipitated by phototherapy as initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Oct;50(10):788-790.
doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021137. PMID: 34755174.
(Case report; Published in Print)
Shawn Zhi Zheng Lin ,Marco Lizwan ,Sumit Kumar Sonu
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome after starting Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Therapy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, A Case Report SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine
https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.21203%2frs.3.rs%2d3880312%2fv1&umid=17714976-2899-5B06-9B67-C25414116C49&auth=4fe163d1a2584a8c6b4b2e7e7fb89a9416f5a236-167ce94f36b5c95744ed0b59732df5ea1d1ad264 2024; n.a: N.A-N.A (Case Report; Published in Print)
Sarah Hasnor Abu Hassan; Sumit Kumar Sonu.
Paraneoplastic seropositive AQP4-IgG neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder associated with sigmoid adenocarcinoma. Neurology Asia 2023; 28(3) : 769 – 774 | Journal article DOI: 10.54029/2023kvu Case report; Published in Print)
Shawn Zhi Zheng Lin; Marco Lizwan; Mark Bangwei Tan; Sumit Kumar Sonu.
Case of infiltrative optic neuropathy with hypertrophic pachymeningitis as a manifestation of en plaque meningioma. BMJ Case Reports 2023-12 | Journal article DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257046 (Case report; Published in Print)
Marco Lizwan; Shawn Zhi Zheng Lin; Sumit Kumar Sonu
Rare case of anti-CV2 paraneoplastic polyneuropathy associated with lung adenocarcinoma
BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Feb 3;16(2):e253686. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253686 PMID: 36737068
(Case report; Published in Print)
Marco Lizwan, Sumit Kumar Sonu
Bilateral Thalamic Infarction Caused by Artery of Percheron Obstruction
BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jan 13;16(1):e253949. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253949 PMID: 36639198
(Case report; Published in Print)
Sonu SK, Yong MH, Koh YH.
Small fiber neuropathy in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Neurol Asia. 2022 Mar; 27(1):195-197.
doi: 10.54029/2022wzy.
(Case report; Published in Print)
Shekhawat RS, Lim WEH, Yong KP, De Silva DA, Sonu KS.
“Heartbeat in the head”–An atypical presentation of dural arteriovenous malformation.
Case Rep Intern Med. 2018 Oct; 5(4):19-22.
doi: 10.5430/crim.v5n4p19
(Case report; Published in Print)

Research Trials

STROKE:

A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Single-dose Design to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Nerinetide in Participants with Acute Ischemic Stroke Undergoing Endovascular Thrombectomy Excluding Thrombolysis (ESCAPE-NEXT)
TEMPO-2 acute stroke clinical trial
DIRECT-SAFE Clinical Trial
Brushing Up on Oral Hygiene - Perceptions and Practices of Stroke Survivors/ Caregivers on Oral Care in Stroke Patients
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of MLC1501 in Patients with Stroke [EFSA2021_01 – MAESTOSO].
Genetic Screening study of Young Ischemic Stroke patients (GeneSYIS)
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Study to Demonstrate the Efficacy and Safety of Milvexian, an Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor, for Stroke Prevention after an Acute Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack (LIBREXIA-STROKE)
A Phase 3 Active-controlled Study of Milvexian for Prevention of Cardioembolic Events in Participants with Atrial Fibrillation (LIBREXIA-AF).
A phase 2b, multinational, randomized, double-blind study to investigate the efficacy and safety of redasemtide (S-005151) compared with placebo in adult participants with acute ischemic stroke who are not eligible for tissue plasminogen activator or thrombectomy (REvive study)

HEADACHE:

A Real-life study of Eptinezumab in Asian Patients with migraine (REAP STUDY)

PARKINSON’S:

A Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter, Dose-Titrations Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of AM006 in Patients with Early Parkinson 's Disease without Levodopa

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS:

SGH Neurology, Medicine ACP, Junior Residency QI Project 2015-2018: Improvement of electronic result acknowledgement among internal medicine doctors.
SGH Neurology, Medicine ACP, Senior Residency QI Project 2018-2021: To eliminate cancellations of US carotid requests received by the Neurodiagnostic Unit in SGH from 18% over the next 6 months.
QI project 2018-2023: To reduce Door to Groin puncture (DTG) timings in acute stroke patients