Dr Ratnavalli Subbarao

Dr Subbarao is a senior neurologist at Manipal Hospitals Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, with over 20 years of clinical expertise. She pioneered India’s first memory clinic in 1998 and has since led the multidisciplinary Cognitive Neurology Clinic where she has assessed over 1 000 patients from across India. Her academic journey includes a DM in Neurology and a fellowship in cognitive neurology from the UK, and she is highly active in professional development, research grants and outreach in dementia and stroke care.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – Kasturba Medical College
• MD (General Medicine) – Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College, Davangere
• DM (Neurology) – Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology – American Academy of Neurology, Cambridge, UK

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Neurology, Manipal Hospitals Old Airport Road, Bengaluru.
• Head – Multidisciplinary Cognitive Neurology Clinic (from approx. 2007)

Awards & Achievements:

• Founded India’s first memory clinic in 1998.
• Received research grant under Cognitive Science Research Initiative (DST) in 2015.
• Elected Steering Committee Member of the Alzheimer’s Association PIA-Cognition, 2020.

Professional Memberships:

• Life Member – Bangalore Neurological Society
• Life Member – Indian Stroke Association
• Life Member – Neurological Society of India

Certifications:

• Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology (UK)

Fellowships:

• Commonwealth Fellowship / Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology, Cambridge, UK, 1999-2000.

Publications:

• “The Prevalence of FTD (frontotemporal dementia)