Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, M. D.
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BOARD CERTIFICATION: Unrestricted and Current
- Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specialty of Neurology.
- Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specialty of Clinical Neurophysiology.
- Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specialty of Neuromuscular Diseases.
- Diplomate of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
MEDICAL LICENSE
- Active Medical License in Arizona.
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK.
- Doctor of Medicine (M.B., B.S. British System).
EDUCATION
- 1993 – 1995 FELLOWSHIP – NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
- 1992 – 1993 CHIEF RESIDENT – NEUROLOGY The Mount Sinai Medical School & Hospital, New York.
- 1990 – 1993 RESIDENT in NEUROLOGY The Mount Sinai Medical School & Hospital, New York.
- 1988 – 1990 RESIDENCY in INTERNAL MEDICINE Hull Royal Infirmary, England.
- 1987 – 1988 INTERNSHIP Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- 1981 – 1986 MEDICAL SCHOOL School of Medicine. U of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2007 –
- Neuromuscular Neurologist Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center Phoenix, AZ.
2001- 2004
- Chief, Neuromuscular Diseases Section Founder and Director, MDA-ALS Center Barrow Neurological Institute & St. Joseph’s Hospital Phoenix, AZ
- Director, Neuromuscular Research Center
- Director, Neuromuscular Clinic of Arizona
1997 – 2001
- Attending Neurologist
- Director, MDA Clinic
- Director, Neuromuscular Research Program.
- Neuromuscular Diseases Section, Division of Neurology Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix AZ
- Director, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Diseases Fellowship Programs Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, AZ
- Associate Professor of Neurology College of Medicine University of Arizona
1995 – 1997
- Visiting Scientist
- Neuromuscular Diseases Section, Medical Neurology Branch
- National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Consultant Neurologist York Health Service-NHS Trust York, England.