K S Hegde Medical Academy
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lekha Pandit is the Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Centre For Advanced Neurological Research, KS Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE University, Mangalore. Her academic interests are focused on central nervous system demyelinating disorders and in particular Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). Since 2007 she has established a registry for demyelinating CNS disorders at her university, in the southwest part of India at Mangalore. She has a special interest in the characterization of optic neuritis, particularly in the detection of clinically silent disease using optical coherence tomography and specialized electro retinography. She has many publications to her credit.