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{{short description|Indian neurologist, medical academic and writer}}
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| birth_date = 1965
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| occupation = Neurologist<br>Medical academic
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| known for = Acute Stroke Program<br>Medical writing
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[National Academy of Medical Sciences|NAMS]] Vimla Virmani Award
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'''Madakasira Vasantha Padma Srivastava''' (born 1965) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] neurologist, medical academic, former professor and writer, serving as the chairperson of Neurology at [[Paras Healthcare]], [[Gurugram]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Can brain strokes happen under 40? Do they always show symptoms? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/can-brain-strokes-happen-under-40-symptoms-9076385/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She is known for pioneering ''Acute Stroke Programme'' (Code-Red), a medical initiative for supporting patients afflicted with [[epilepsy]] and [[stroke]],<ref name="Wishing well">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080818-wishing-well-737173-2008-08-06 | title=Wishing well | publisher=India Today | date=6 August 2008 | access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> incorporating ''Hyperacute Reperfusion'' strategies including the [[thrombolysis]] program.<ref name="Prof M V Padma on AIIMS">{{cite web | author1=Pankaj | url=http://www.aiims.edu/en/2014-12-18-11-27-59/neurology_faculty.html?id=1390 | title=Prof M V Padma on AIIMS | work=AIIMS NEW | publisher=All India Institute of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for her contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf |title=Padma Awards |date=2016 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |access-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Padma Srivastava, born in 1965,<ref name="NASI Fellows">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI Fellows |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |date=2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> secured her master's degree in neurology from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] in 1990 before starting her career with her alma mater where she is the professor of neurology.<ref name="Wishing well" /> One of her main contributions to medical science is the initiation of the program, ''Code-Red'', at AIIMS which incorporates ''Hyperacute Reperfusion'' strategies, reportedly a first in public sector in India.<ref name="Prof M V Padma on AIIMS" /> She also contributed to the establishment of a comprehensive epilepsy program at AIIMS and is involved in government-funded research on [[Stroke]] and [[cerebral palsy]]. She is associated with the SITS-NEW registry for thrombolysis for stroke data from India as well as the SITS-SEARS registry with the [[Karolinska Institutet]] as their national coordinator and sits in the councils of National Stroke Surveillance program for India, the National Stroke Registry, the National Prevention Programs for Noncommunicable Diseases of India.<ref name="Prof M V Padma on AIIMS" />

Srivastava delivered the 2006–07 Achanta Laxmipathy Oration of the National Academy of Medical Sciences<ref name="NAMS Orations">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=NAMS Orations |url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/Oration_and_Award.pdf |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref> and the K. L. Wig Oration of the Association of Physicians of India and is a recipient of [[Vimla Virmani|Vimla Virmani Award]] of NAMS. The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected her as their fellow in 2013.<ref name="NASI Fellows" /> She served as the national president of the Indian Stroke Association during 2013–14.<ref name="Past Presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.stroke-india.org/past-presidents.php | title=Past Presidents | publisher=Indian Stroke Association | date=2016 | access-date=9 August 2016 | archive-date=6 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806230541/http://www.stroke-india.org/past-presidents.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a former member of the organizing committee of the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and a visiting professor at the Department of Neurology of the [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]. She also sits in many task forces of the [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Ministry of Science and Technology]], [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) and the [[Department of Biotechnology]] and is an external examiner of higher academic courses on neurology of many medical institutions. She is a member of the specialty board for neurology of the [[National Board of Examinations]]<ref name="Prof M V Padma on AIIMS" /> and the Institute Body of the [[Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology]], Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Institute Body">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Institute Body |url=https://www.sctimst.ac.in/About%20SCTIMST/Institute%20Body/ |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology}}</ref> She has edited one book, ''Controversies in stroke care'',<ref name="Controversies in stroke care">{{Cite book |last1=Moonis |first1=Majaz |title=Controversies in stroke care |last2=Srivastava |first2=M. V. Padma |publisher=Byword Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-8181930897 |pages=342}}</ref> published over 200 medical papers<ref name="Padma V Srivastava ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Padma_Srivastava3/publications |title=Padma V Srivastava |date=2016 }}</ref> and articles,<ref name="Stem cell therapy: A clinical trial of stroke">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.clineu-journal.com/article/S0303-8467(12)00533-1/abstract |title=Stem cell therapy: A clinical trial of stroke |last=Ashu Bhasin, M.V. Padma Srivastava, Sujata Mohanty, Rohit Bhatia, Senthil S. Kumaran, Sushmita Bose |journal=Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery |issue=7 |pages=1003–1008 |doi=10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.10.015 |volume=115 |via=Elsevier |year=2013 |pmid=23183251 |s2cid=29015340 |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="History of neurology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2015;volume=63;issue=5;spage=751;epage=761;aulast=Srivastava |title=History of neurology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences |last=M. V. Padma Srivastava, Deepa Dash |journal=Neurology India |year=2015 |issue=5 |volume=63 |pages=751–761 |doi=10.4103/0028-3886.166553 |pmid=26448236 |doi-access=free |url-access=subscription }}</ref> contributed chapters to books published by others<ref name="MunjalSharm2012">{{cite book|author1=Y P Munjal|author2=Surendra K Sharm|title=API Textbook of Medicine, Ninth Edition, Two Volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7pW3yGjj7kC&pg=PA1343|date=18 May 2012|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=978-93-5025-074-7|pages=1343–}}</ref> and has served on the editorial boards of many journals.<ref name="Prof M V Padma on AIIMS" /> She is an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (NAMS)<ref name="NAMS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/fellow2007.pdf | title=NAMS Fellows | publisher=NAMS | date=2016 | access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> where she is also a council member.<ref name="Council Members">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/webpages/councilmembers.html | title=Council Members | publisher=NAMS | date=2016 | access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> She serves as the professor of [[neurology]] at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[New Delhi]] in years including 2016.<ref name="Institute Body" /><ref name="Watch out for early symptoms">{{cite web |date=1 April 2013 |title=Watch out for early symptoms |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/health-and-fitness/watch-out-for-early-symptoms/story-cb40UXxFpVsn22NNEJCYHO.html |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref> As of 2023, she is the chairperson of Neurology at [[Paras Healthcare]], [[Gurugram]].<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==
* [[Epilepsy]]
* [[Stroke]]
* [[Multiple sclerosis]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite news |url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2011/07/22/multiple-sclerosis-surgical-%E2%80%98procedure%E2%80%99-triggers-debate/ |title=Multiple sclerosis surgical 'procedure' triggers debate |date=22 July 2011 |access-date=9 August 2016}}
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGZyz8pqZ_s |title=Neuro-regeneration following Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury |last=Srivastava |first=Padma |date=2013-10-26 |language=en |type=[[YouTube]] video}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |title=Efficacy of minocycline in acute ischemic stroke: a single-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. |vauthors=Padma Srivastava MV, Bhasin A, Bhatia R, Garg A, Gaikwad S, Prasad K, Singh MB, Tripathi M |date=2012-01-01 |journal=Neurol India |issue=1 |volume=60 |pages=23–8 |doi=10.4103/0028-3886.93584 |pmid=22406775 |doi-access=free }}

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