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
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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)
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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
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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)
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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
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