Sirisha Sanamandra, MD
Assistant Professor of NeurologyCards
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2021
Isolated Encephalopathy Without Severe Disease in a COVID-19 Patient: Case Presentation and Workup Strategies
McAlpine LS, Barden M, Zubair AS, Sanamandra S. Isolated Encephalopathy Without Severe Disease in a COVID-19 Patient: Case Presentation and Workup Strategies. Cureus 2021, 13: e13277. PMID: 33728212, PMCID: PMC7955529, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13277.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 patientsSyndrome coronavirus 2Common COVID-19 symptomsCOVID-19 symptomsHuman coronavirus disease 2019Coronavirus disease 2019Multiple organ systemsCOVID-19Neurologic examinationRespiratory dysfunctionCoronavirus 2Disease 2019Respiratory diseaseSevere diseaseSensory examinationWorkup strategiesCase presentationCognitive declineOrgan systemsIntact motorDiseasePatients
2020
Clinical Reasoning: A 45-year-old man with progressive insomnia and psychiatric and motor symptoms
Lima JEE, Youn TS, Robinson C, Gilmore EJ, Schrag M, Sanamandra S, Maciel CB. Clinical Reasoning: A 45-year-old man with progressive insomnia and psychiatric and motor symptoms. Neurology 2020, 94: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009098. PMID: 32107325, PMCID: PMC7220232, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009098.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Definite Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) Disease with Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel (VGKC)-Complex Autoimmunity: A Rare Case of Molecular Mimicry or Incidental Finding? (P5.187)
Sanamandra S, Youn T, Maciel C, Schrag M, Machado D, Gilmore E. Definite Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) Disease with Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel (VGKC)-Complex Autoimmunity: A Rare Case of Molecular Mimicry or Incidental Finding? (P5.187). Neurology 2016, 86 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.86.16_supplement.p5.187.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Cancer Related Anemia in the Developing World: Risk Factors and Treatment Patterns
John G, Sanamandra S, Shet A. Cancer Related Anemia in the Developing World: Risk Factors and Treatment Patterns. Blood 2011, 118: 4747. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v118.21.4747.4747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchErythropoietin-stimulating agentsLimited resource settingsBlood transfusionPresenting complaintCancer patientsResource settingsCancer registry informationHigh baseline incidenceProphylactic blood transfusionNon-anemic patientsChronic renal diseasePresence of anemiaTertiary care centerMajority of patientsNon-anemic groupAdjusted odds ratioFemale cancer patientsBinary logistic regression analysisHigh baseline prevalenceLogistic regression analysisManagement of cancerChi-square testBinary logistic regressionHematinic therapyOngoing radiotherapy
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Sirisha Sanamandra, MD, specializes in general neurology and headache medicine.
Dr. Sanamandra is committed to both patient care and medical education, engaging with medical students, residents, and fellows in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She is an assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine and serves as the director of the Lumbar Puncture Clinic.
Dr. Sanamandra completed her medical training at St. John's Medical College in India and moved to the United States for her residency, where she trained in neurology at Yale and family medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago.
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Neurology; Headache
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