Clin Asst Prof Sumit Kumar Sonu

Dr Sumit Kumar Sonu is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital Campus) and a Consultant in Interventional Neuroradiology at Singapore General Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Neurology), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and holds the European Diploma in Ischemic Stroke Intervention (EDSI). He is fluent in English, Tamil and Hindi.

Dr Sumit specialises in stroke, cerebrovascular diseases and neurointervention. In 2025–2026, he completed a Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP)-sponsored fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, where he received advanced training in mechanical thrombectomy, cerebral angiography, intracranial aneurysm treatment and the management of complex neurovascular disorders.

He manages a broad range of neurological conditions, including stroke, headache disorders, epilepsy, movement disorders and neuroimmunological diseases. His research interests include acute stroke treatment, endovascular stroke therapy and neurovascular diseases. Dr Sumit is also actively involved in medical education and serves as Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and Core Faculty of the SingHealth Neurology Senior Residency Programme.

• Director, COMBINE Programme (Collaboration for MMed-FM Neurology Education)
• Committee Member, Chapter of Neurology, Academy of Medicine Singapore
• Steering Committee Member, Medical Grand Ward Rounds, Singapore General Hospital
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS Neurology)
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin.)
• Member, Clinical Neuroscience Society (Singapore) (CNS)
• Member, Society of Neurovascular Intervention and Surgery (Singapore) (SNVIS)
• Member, Singapore National Stroke Association (SNSA)
• Member, World Stroke Organization (WSO)
• Member, American Stroke Association (ASA)
• Member, European Stroke Organisation (ESO)

1. ESCAPE-NEXT: Nerinetide in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Undergoing Endovascular Thrombectomy
2. TEMPO-2 Acute Stroke Trial
3. DIRECT-SAFE Clinical Trial
4. LIBREXIA-STROKE Trial
5. LIBREXIA-AF Trial
6. REvive Study (Redasemtide in Acute Ischaemic Stroke)
7. MAESTOSO Trial (MLC1501 in Stroke Recovery)
8. GeneSYIS: Genetic Screening Study of Young Ischaemic Stroke
9. REAP Study: Real-world Eptinezumab in Asian Patients with Migraine
10. Oral Care in Stroke Survivors and Caregivers Study
11. AM006 Trial in Early Parkinson's Disease

1. Sonu SK, Kusuma Y, Mitchell PJ, et al. Medium vessel occlusion thrombectomy: one positive and three negative trials to signal better patient selection. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 2026. doi:10.1136/jnis-2026-025184.
2. Sonu SK, Yan B. Expanding Equity in Thrombectomy: Sex Differences in Outcomes for Large Core Infarcts. Stroke. 2025;56(8). doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.051616.
3. Zhao YJ, Ong JJY, Sonu SK, Dang J, Ng CC, Herr KJ, Bose R, Jion YI. A real-world prospective observational study of eptinezumab in Asian patients with migraine. Headache. 2024. doi:10.1111/head.14737.
4. Lin SZZ, Lizwan M, Sonu SK. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome after starting Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Therapy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: A Case Report. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 2024.
5. Hassan SHA, Sonu SK. Paraneoplastic seropositive AQP4-IgG neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder associated with sigmoid adenocarcinoma. Neurology Asia. 2023;28(3):769–774. doi:10.54029/2023kvu.
6. Lin SZZ, Lizwan M, Tan MB, Sonu SK. Case of infiltrative optic neuropathy with hypertrophic pachymeningitis as a manifestation of en plaque meningioma. BMJ Case Reports. 2023. doi:10.1136/bcr-2023-257046.
7. Lizwan M, Lin SZZ, Sonu SK. Rare case of anti-CV2 paraneoplastic polyneuropathy associated with lung adenocarcinoma. BMJ Case Reports. 2023;16(2):e253686. doi:10.1136/bcr-2022-253686.
8. Lizwan M, Sonu SK. Bilateral Thalamic Infarction Caused by Artery of Percheron Obstruction. BMJ Case Reports. 2023;16(1):e253949. doi:10.1136/bcr-2022-253949.
9. Sonu SK, Yong MH, Koh YH. Small fiber neuropathy in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Neurology Asia. 2022;27(1):195–197. doi:10.54029/2022wzy.
10. Tan JY, Sonu SK, Jion YBI, Umapathi T. Acute dysphagia. Practical Neurology. 2021;21(3):255–256. doi:10.1136/practneurol-2020-002728.
11. Sonu SK, Ng JCH, Chua SM, Kumar MP, De Silva D. Chorea precipitated by phototherapy as initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2021;50(10):788–790. doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021137.
12. Sonu SK, Lalmalani Y, Kumar S, Verma K. Acute acro-paraesthesia and bilateral clumsy hand syndrome: a rare presenting manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency highlighting clinico-radiological findings at diagnosis and follow-up. Neurology Asia. 2020;25(4):627–630.
13. Sonu SK, Lai YW, Verma K, Sitoh YY, Purohit B. Enterovirus-related rhombencephalitis and myelitis in the third trimester of pregnancy: a case report highlighting clinico-radiological findings at diagnosis and follow-up. Radiology Case Reports. 2020;15(8):1323–1330. doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2020.05.062.
14. Shekhawat RS, Lim WEH, Yong KP, De Silva DA, Sonu SK. "Heartbeat in the head" – An atypical presentation of dural arteriovenous malformation. Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 2018;5(4):19–22. doi:10.5430/crim.v5n4p19.