Dr. Pravin Thomas

Dr Pravin Thomas is a Neurologist and Headache Specialist in Bangalore with 24 years of experience. He is currently working as a Consultant at Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center.

He is a former practitioner at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Indira Gandhi Hospital. He specialises in migraine, cluster headache, and facial pain.

Speciality Areas and Treatments

Headache and Migraine Neurology

Dr Pravin Thomas treats migraine, cluster headache, cervicogenic headache, medication overuse headache, status migrainosus, and status SUNCT, including onabotulinum toxin A injection, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibody injection, remote electrical neuromodulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, non-invasive vagal stimulation, supraorbital and supratrochlear stimulation, combined multichannel stimulation, and migraine device treatment.

Facial Pain and Neuralgia

He manages chronic neck pain, facial pain, greater occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and post-dural puncture headache, including greater occipital nerve block, sphenopalatine ganglion block, gasserion ganglion block, ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block, and targeted infusion therapy.

Intracranial Pressure and Spinal Neurology

Dr Pravin treats idiopathic intracranial hypertension, spontaneous intracranial hypotension, cerebrospinal fluid dysregulation, and cervical facet arthropathy, including intracranial pressure monitoring, optical coherence tomography (OCT) evaluation, cervical facet medial branch block, non-pharmacological yoga therapy, and targeted nutritional intervention.

Academic Background

Dr Pravin completed his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Neurology from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.

He earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Neurology from the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK, graduating with distinction, and received the Diploma of the European Board of Neurology from UEMS.

He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Complex Headache at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and a Fellowship in Pain Management from the Aesculap Academy.

He is the Founder and Chairman of the World Headache Society. He serves as a Lancet Commissioner on Rehabilitation for headache and brain health and holds a position as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

He is fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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