Rup Sainju, M.B.B.S.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
- Specialty: Epilepsy and EEG
- Medical Director: EEG Lab
Education
- MBBS in Medicine, Nepal Medical College Kathmandu University, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Internship in Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Resident in Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Fellow in Clinical Neurophysiology: EEG/Epilepsy, Harvard Neurology Training Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Fellow in Epilepsy, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Research Interests
- Became a member of Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium- Role: Institutional PI (February 2015)
- A prospective multicenter observational study of new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) to identify causes, key determinants of outcome and determine the best management strategies.
- Prospective multicenter observational study of new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) to identify causes, key determinants of outcome and determine the best management strategies.
- Current projects are focused on SUDEP biomarkers by studying respiratory physiology in patients with drug resistant epilepsy undergoing video EEG monitoring,and potential effect of fluoxetine on HCVR.
- C. Published reviews of scholarship: Reviewer for: “Epilepsy Research” “Neurology” “Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology”
- Current projects are focused on SUDEP biomarkers by studying respiratory physiology in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy undergoing video EEG monitoring, and the potential effect of fluoxetine on HCVR.
Licenses & Certifications
- Federal DEA, Federal DEA
- Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Massachusetts Medical License, Board of Registration in Medicine - Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts
- ACLS, ACLS
- BLS, BLS
- Medical License, Nepal Medical Council
Selected Publications
- Sainju, R. K., Dragon, D. N., Winnike, H. B., Nashelsky, M. B., Granner, M. A., Gehlbach, B. K. & Richerson, G. B. (2019). Ventilatory response to CO2 in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 60 (3) 508-517. DOI: 10.1111/epi.14660. PMID: 30756391. PMCID: PMC6401234.
- Vilella, L., Lacuey, N., Hampson, J. P., Rani MRS, Sainju, R. K., Friedman, D., Nei, M., Strohl, K., Scott, C., Gehlbach, B. K., Zonjy, B., Hupp, N. J., Zaremba, A., Shafiabadi, N., Zhao, X., Reick-Mitrisin, V., Schuele, S., Ogren, J., Harper, R. M., Diehl, B., Bateman, L., Devinsky, O., Richerson, G. B., Ryvlin, P. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2018). Postconvulsive central apnea as a biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Neurology. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006785. PMID: 30568003.
- Sainju, R., Dragon, D., Winnike, H., Nashelsky, M. & Granner, G. (2019). Amygdala Enlargement in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: An Alternative Imaging Presentation of Limbic Epilepsy.
- Capizzano, A. A., Kawasaki, H., Sainju, R. K., Kirby, P., Kim, J. & Moritani, T. (2018). Amygdala enlargement in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: an alternative imaging presentation of limbic epilepsy. Neuroradiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00234-018-2109-y. PMID: 30353210.
- Gehlbach, B. K., Sainju, R. K., Tadlock, D. K., Dragon, D. N., Granner, M. A. & Richerson, G. B. (2018). Tolerability of a comprehensive cardiorespiratory monitoring protocol in an epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 85 173-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.006. PMID: 29981497.
- Murugesan, A., Rani MRS, Hampson, J., Zonjy, B., Lacuey, N., Faingold, C. L., Friedman, D., Devinsky, O., Sainju, R. K., Schuele, S., Diehl, B., Nei, M., Harper, R. M., Bateman, L. M., Richerson, G. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2018). Serum serotonin levels in patients with epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 59 (6) e91-e97. DOI: 10.1111/epi.14198. PMID: 29771456.
- Lacuey, N., Zonjy, B., Hampson, J. P., Rani MRS, Zaremba, A., Sainju, R. K., Gehlbach, B. K., Schuele, S., Friedman, D., Devinsky, O., Nei, M., Harper, R. M., Allen, L., Diehl, B., Millichap, J. J., Bateman, L., Granner, M. A., Dragon, D. N., Richerson, G. B. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2018). The incidence and significance of periictal apnea in epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 59 (3) 573-582. DOI: 10.1111/epi.14006. PMID: 29336036.
- Murugesan, A., Rani, S., Hampson, J., Zonjy, B., Lacuey, N., Faingold, C., Friedman, D., Devinsky, O., Sainju, R., Schuele, S., Diehl, B., Nei, M., Harper, R., Bateman, L., Richerson, G. & Lhatoo, S. (2018). Serum Serotonin Levels in Patients with Epileptic Seizures, Epilepsia.
- Lacuey, N., Hampson, J., Zonjy, B., Sainju, R., Gehlbach, B., Granner, M., Dragon, D., Richerson, G., Schuele, S., Friedman, D., Nei, M., Harper, R., Diehl, B., Millichap, J., Bateman, L. & Lhatoo, S. (2018). The incidence and significance of peri-ictal apnea in epileptic seizures.
- Gehlbach, B., Sainju, R., Tadlock, D., Dragon, D., Granner, M. & Richerson, G. (2018). Tolerability of a comprehensive cardiorespiratory monitoring protocol in an epilepsy monitoring unit.