Professor (Hon) Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair Nair

School of Medicine and Population Health

Honorary Professor

k.nair@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 (0) 114 2712769

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Professor (Hon) Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair Nair
School of Medicine and Population Health
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
Profile

I studied for medicine at Government Medical collegae Trivandrum, Kerala, India. After my graduation, I obtained an MD in General Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India and DM in neurology from national Institute for Mental health and neuroscines, Bengaluru, India. I worked in the same institute as an associate professor I came to Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford under a commonwealth fellowship scheme in 2000 . Since 2005, I am a consultant in Neurology with special interest in management of neurological disability in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust, United Kingdom.  

Research interests

My research focus is on use of technology to assess and enhance functional abilities in people living with disabilities due to neurological disorders. 

Teaching interests
  • Academic tutor for pastoral care of the medical undergraduates
  • Editor of the textbook Neurorehabilitation: Therapy and Therapeutics, published by the Cambridge University press.
  • Undergraduate Phase 3 A lead for Sheffield teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust
  • Co- supervisor for PhD students in University of Sheffield, Loughborough University and Sheffield Hallam University.
  • Educational supervisor for neurology specialty trainees   
Professional activities and memberships
  • President elect of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Member Joint Specilaty Committee on Stroke Medicne, Royal College of Physicans London
  • Member Joint Specilaty committee of Rehabilitation medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London
  • Member of Lancet commission on neurorehabilitation.
Current Projects
  • Use of digital sensor-based devices for assessment of activity in adults living with neurological disabilities
  • Enhancing physical activity in adults with cerebral palsy
  • Neuromodulation with multichannel sensory stimulation for post stroke spasticity.
  • Assessment of long term unmet needs of people with Multiple sclerosis
  • Use of power assisted exercise in people with multiple sclerosis
  • Remote ischaemic conditioning in improving activity in people with disabilities due to stroke, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury
  • Cognitive dysfunction in people with spinal cord injury
  • Genomics in cerebral palsy.