Dr Nitkunan was appointed as a consultant neurologist in 2013 with general neurology clinics at Croydon University Hospital and a specialist neuro-ophthalmology clinic at St George’s. Her two sub-specialist areas are stroke and neuro-ophthalmology.

Dr Arani Nitkunan MA (Cantab), MBBS, FRCP (Neurol), PhD, studied at Newnham College, Cambridge and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London graduating in 1999. She was awarded a PhD for stroke research at St George’s Hospital, London in 2007.

Nerve growth factor treatment increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor selectively in TrkA-expressing dorsal root ganglion cells and in their central terminations within the … GJ Michael, S...

Dr Arani Nitkunan was appointed as consultant neurologist at Croydon University Hospital in 2013. She is chair of the South West London Acute Provider Collaborative Neurology stream whose aim is to provide equitable accessible care in the region.

Dec 9, 2010 · Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major cause of stroke, age-related cognitive decline, and vascular dementia. 1 Despite its importance, few studies have specifically investigated treatment in this stroke subtype. 2, 3 This is due to a number of issues that complicate assessment of treatment efficacy: the risk of recurrent stroke is relat...

Correspondence to Dr Arani Nitkunan, Neurology Department, Croydon University Hospital, Croydon, UK; anitkunan{at}nhs.net Abstract My 96-year-old aunt taught me so much about end-of-life care.

Arani Nitkunan's 13 research works with 541 citations and 561 reads, including: Brain Atrophy and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease A Prospective Follow-Up Study

My 96-year-old aunt taught me so much about end-of-life care. As doctors dealing with long-term neurological conditions, our relationships with patients over many years should enable us to be much more involved in helping them make decisions about the ceilings of treatment.

In this article the authors briefly describe the two models of acute neurology set up recently in our neuroscience group and suggest a clinical approach that may help non-neurologists involved in acute care settings.

Dr Arani Nitkunan is a consultant neurologist at Croydon University Hospital and St George's Hospital and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George’s, University of London. She read medicine at Cambridge and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London.