Dr Prasad Kalpana

Dr Kalpana Prasad is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Neurology at National Neuroscience Institute.

Dr Prasad received MBBS degree from India and specialist training in the Department of Neurology at National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore. She did her Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She performs and reports Nerve Conduction Study / Electromyography. She also reports muscle biopsy. 

Specialist Accreditation in Neurology (Singapore) 2013

MRCP (United Kingdom) 2009

Doctor of Medicine, General Medicine (India) 1999

MBBS (India) 1994

• Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute
• Visiting Consultant (Neurology), Department of General Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital 
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Clinical Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Neurology Residency Program
• Site Director, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, for Geriatric Medicine Residents (The National Healthcare Group) rotated at National Neuroscience Institute
• Site Director, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, for Rehabilitation Medicine Residents (The National Healthcare Group) rotated at National Neuroscience Institute
• Site Director, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, for Advanced Internal Medicine Residents (The National Healthcare Group) rotated at National Neuroscience Institute

• National University of Singapore Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence for outstanding teaching and mentoring of students in Academic Year 2015/2016
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2017: Gold Award in recognition of outstanding and commendable service for the period April 2015 to March 2016
• National Neuroscience Institute Service Quality Award 2017: Gold Award for outstanding service and distinguishing as a Service Champion

• Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus in an Intellectually Disabled Patient Mimicking Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Zheyu Xu, Kalpana Prasad, Tianrong Yeo. J Mov Disord. 2017; 10(2): 99-101
• Transverse myelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus may occur without contiguous spread. M Saini, K Prasad, LM Ling, K Tan. Spinal Cord. 2014, 52, S1-S2
• Peripheral Neuropathy: Clinical and Electrophysiological Considerations. Tae Chung, Kalpana Prasad, Thomas E. Lloyd. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 2014 Feb, 24(1): 49-65.
• White Matter Disease Independently Predicts Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease in a Clinic Cohort. Kalpana Prasad, Lynn Wiryasaputra, Amanda Ng, Nagaendran Kandiah. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2011; 31:431-434.