Dr. Dorcas Gandhi

BPT, MPT (Neurology and Psychosomatic disorders), CMT, FWT-IA

Department of Physiotherapy

Christian Medical College and Hospital, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab 141008


10 Years of Experience

Video consultations: Wednesday - Thursday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

In-person consultations: Monday- Friday (By appointment @ 7508000703)

Department of Physiotherapy

Christian Medical College & Hospital, Brown Road, Ludhiana, Punjab 141008, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

EXPERTISE

  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Physiotherapy
  • Stroke rehabilitation

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Developed a Training document on Stroke care for Primary Health care workers in countries under the South-East Asia Research Organization, WHO (World Health Organization), 2019

Awarded a Travel grant for Young Investigators by the European Stroke Organization in 2019

Awarded the ‘Young Investigator Award’ by World Stroke Congress in 2018

Selected as one of the Top 25 Emerging Leaders 2018, from across the world in ‘Stroke Treatment, Prevention and Rehabilitation’, by World Heart Federation in collaboration with World Stroke Organization.

Top 10 abstracts in recovery and rehabilitation-Travel award, International Stroke conference (ISC) 2016, Los Angeles

Gold medal for highest marks in college in MPT

Dr. Veerendra Hegde award for academic excellence in MPT

Excellency award for highest marks in 1st year BPT

EDUCATION

  • BPT
  • Master of Physiotherapy
  • Certified Maitland Manual therapy
  • Fellow of Stroke Rehabilitation research- DBT India Alliance/Wellcome Trust

CERTIFICATIONS

BPT, MPT (Neurology and Psychosomatic disorders), CMT, FWT-IA 

Memberships & Fellowships

Member of World Stroke Organization, European Stroke Organization, emerging leaders cohort for stroke rehabilitation of World Heart Federation 

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Dr. Gandhi is a Physiotherapist by occupation working as an Associate Professor in College of Physiotherapy and as a Research Fellow in Department of Neurology in Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. She has been the National Clinical-Administrator of ATTEND trial, Principal-Investigator of ‘CARE FOR U’ and REPS trials and guide for three graduate-research-projects.


Publications:   


1. COVID-19: maintaining essential rehabilitation services across the care continuum. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5:e002670. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002670 

2. Mirror Therapy: Current Perspectives. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management. 2020:16;75-85. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32103968 

3.      Computer Game Based Rehabilitation for Post-Stroke Upper Limb Deficits. International Journal of Physiotherapy. International Journal of Physical Therapy. Int J Physiother. 2020:7(1);47-53. 

4.      Emerging Areas of Stroke Rehabilitation Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Stroke. 2019 Nov;50(11):3307-3313. 

5. Prevention of Stroke: Global Perspective. Lancet 2018; 392: 1269–78 

6. Clinical stroke research in resource limited settings: Tips and hints. Int J Stroke. 2018;13(2):129-37.

7. Family led rehabilitation after stroke in India (ATTEND): a randomized controlled trial. Lancet. 2017 Aug 5;390(10094):588-599.


Presentations:

                                i.            Lecture-‘Stroke rehabilitation- Reaching the unreached’.  Annual Fellow’s meet, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance 2019

                               ii.            Oral Presentation- Computer Game-Based Rehabilitation for Post-Stroke Upper Limb Deficits- European stroke organization conference-2019

                             iii.            Lecture- ‘Sensory rehabilitation after stroke’-Indian National Stroke conference-2019

                             iv.            Oral Presentation- ‘Implications of ATTEND trial’-World Stroke Conference-2018


Research Interests: stroke-rehabilitation/technological advances in Neuro-rehabilitation/stroke rehabilitation in LMIC.


Grants: Fellowship grant-Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance and Emerging-Leaders grant-World Heart Federation