Email

purushot@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Stroke Specialist

Neurology Care Line
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Addresses

Department of Neurology (Office)

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center
McNair Campus
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Fellowship at Stanford University

12/2009 - Palo Alto, California United States

Vascular Neurology

Residency at University of Arizona

04/2008 - Tucson, Arizona United States

Neurology

Internship at The Cleveland Clinic

06/2004 - Cleveland, Ohio

Internal Medicine

PhD from University of Minnesota

06/2003 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Biomedical Engineering

MS from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Powai, Mumbai India

Biomedical Engineering

MBBS from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

Pondicherry, Puducherry India

Certifications

Neurology

#55438 (06/01/2009 - 12/31/2019)

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Vascular Neurology

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Statement

Dr. Archana Purushotham is a board-certified Vascular Neurologist and a Neuroscientist. She is clinically affiliated to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC), where she directs the Integrative Headache Clinic for veterans.
Her past research has focused on Neuroimaging including fMRI and acute stroke imaging. An ongoing project relates to studying the neural basis of cognitive ability using MRI. In recent years, she has become very interested in Integrative Medicine - especially Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation - and how best to integrate them with the modern medical paradigm. She conducts research into these complementary modalities, and has published the first ever study of stand-alone Ayurvedic treatment of acute stroke.
She is able to offer Battlefield acupuncture and Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counselling as part of medical care to her patients. As a Whole Health Champion at MEDVAMC, she is at the forefront of the transformation of health care to the Integrative care model at the VA.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Purushotham A, Campbell BC, Straka M, Mlynash M, Olivot JM, Bammer R, et al "Apparent diffusion coefficient threshold for delineation of ischemic core." Int J Stroke. 2015;10(3):348-53. Pubmed PMID: 23802548
• Campbell BC, Purushotham A, Christensen S, Desmond PM, Nagakane Y, Parsons MW, et al "The infarct core is well represented by the acute diffusion lesion: sustained reversal is infrequent." J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2012;32(1):50-6. Pubmed PMID: 21772309
• Seidler RD, Purushotham A, Kim SG, Ugurbil K, Willingham D, Ashe J "Cerebellum activation associated with performance change but not motor learning." Science. 2002;296(5575):2043-6. Pubmed PMID: 12065841
• 1. U. Shehzad, A. Tumati, R. Reinsel, D. Singh, D. Dadra, A. Purushotham*, J. Mathew* "Evaluating the utility of fasting lipid panel in addition to random lipid panel in determining lipid-lowering therapy in acute ischemic stroke or TIA patients." Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020;197

Languages

Hindi, Kannada, Tamil