- Hearing and Balance CenterYale Physicians Building800 Howard Avenue, Ste 4th FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
- Yale NeurologyYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Yale Physician's BuildingYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Dhasakumar Navaratnam, MD, PhD
Biography
Dhsakumar Navaratnam, MD, PhD, is a neurologist at Yale Medicine with a specialty in balance disorders and stroke.
Dr. Navaratnam pays close attention to each patient he meets. “There’s a lot you can tell just by the way someone walks,” he says. “It gives you a ton of information, just watching and seeing them come towards you, whether they’re holding onto a significant other for support, if they’re favoring one leg or another, or if they’re picking up their feet higher than normal.”
Once the patient has arrived in his office, Dr. Navaratnam uses that information in combination with the patient’s medical data to start a discussion about the patient’s medical history and his or her goals for the visit.
His hope is that his patients feel cared for. “Fundamentally, I want them to feel that when they come here, they’ve found somebody who wants to do what’s best for them,” he says.
In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Navaratnam works closely with the Yale Medicine Stroke Center to run clinical trials on the diagnosis and treatment of stroke using a new methodology called single-cell RNA sequencing. He also conducts research to better understand the cause of migraines.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Neurology and of Neuroscience
- Course Director Combined Neuroscience Course, CTW, Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology
- Attending Physician, Hearing and Balance Disorders Clinic, Surgery
- Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital Neurology Service, Neurology
- Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital Stroke Service, Neurology
Education & Training
- ResidentUniversity of Pennsylvania (2001)
- Post Doctoral FellowUniversity of Pennsylvania (1997)
- PhDOxford University (1991)
- MDUniversity of Colombo (1986)
Additional Information
Biography
Dhsakumar Navaratnam, MD, PhD, is a neurologist at Yale Medicine with a specialty in balance disorders and stroke.
Dr. Navaratnam pays close attention to each patient he meets. “There’s a lot you can tell just by the way someone walks,” he says. “It gives you a ton of information, just watching and seeing them come towards you, whether they’re holding onto a significant other for support, if they’re favoring one leg or another, or if they’re picking up their feet higher than normal.”
Once the patient has arrived in his office, Dr. Navaratnam uses that information in combination with the patient’s medical data to start a discussion about the patient’s medical history and his or her goals for the visit.
His hope is that his patients feel cared for. “Fundamentally, I want them to feel that when they come here, they’ve found somebody who wants to do what’s best for them,” he says.
In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Navaratnam works closely with the Yale Medicine Stroke Center to run clinical trials on the diagnosis and treatment of stroke using a new methodology called single-cell RNA sequencing. He also conducts research to better understand the cause of migraines.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Neurology and of Neuroscience
- Course Director Combined Neuroscience Course, CTW, Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology
- Attending Physician, Hearing and Balance Disorders Clinic, Surgery
- Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital Neurology Service, Neurology
- Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital Stroke Service, Neurology
Education & Training
- ResidentUniversity of Pennsylvania (2001)
- Post Doctoral FellowUniversity of Pennsylvania (1997)
- PhDOxford University (1991)
- MDUniversity of Colombo (1986)
Additional Information
- Hearing and Balance CenterYale Physicians Building800 Howard Avenue, Ste 4th FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
- Yale NeurologyYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Yale Physician's BuildingYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519