About me
Vinod Abraham, MD, is a neurologist at MedStar Shah Medical Group. Dr. Abraham received his medical degree from Calicut Medical College and completed two internships, the first at Trichur Medical College and the second at Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Abraham went on to complete a fellowship at the Dent Neurologic Institute in New York.
Clinical areas of focus
- Concussion
- Encephalopathies
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Headache
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Tingling
- Tremor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Arm Weakness
- Back Pain
- Benign Focal Amyotrophy
- Bethlem Myopathy
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Concussion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Dermatomyositis
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Distal Motor Neuropathy
- Distal Muscular Dystrophy
- Distal Myopathy
- Dropped Head Syndrome
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysarthria
- Dysesthesia
- Encephalopathies
- Eyelid Closure Weakness
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- HIV Myopathy
- Horner Syndrome
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Leg Numbness
- Leg Weakness
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Monomelic Amyotrophy
- Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensorimotor Neuropathy
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Muscle Atrophy
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myositis
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paresthesia
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Peroneal Nerve Injury
- Plantar Nerve Lesions
- Plexopathy
- Radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Sensory Problem
- Slurred Speech
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Spasticity
- Statin Myopathy
- Tibial Neuropathy
- Tingling
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar Nerve Injury
- Unsteady Gait
- Weakness
Procedures I perform
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Evoked Potential Testing
- Nerve Conduction Studies
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship Program: Dent Neurologic Institute (2006)
Residency Program: Virginia Commonwealth University (2004)
Internship Program: Flushing Hospital Medical Center (2001)
Internship Program: Trichur Medical College (1995)
Medical School: Calicut Medical College (1994)