Dr. Manjari Tripathi
About Manjari
Dr. Manjari Tripathi completed her training in Neurology at NIMHANS, Bangalore in the year 1996 and worked as Faculty in the Department of Neurology at St Johns Medical College Bangalore 1997-1998. She joined AIIMS as Assistant Professor of Neurology in 1998. She was awarded the NIH- FELLOWSHIP in EPILEPSY at the prestigious University College of Los Angeles - USA under the mentorship of Prof. J Engel (Chairman, Seizure Disorder center, UCLA) from 2005-06 and was further awarded the American Academy of Sleep medicine (2008) International scholarship for sleep training at Northwestern University Chicago (USA) under the mentorship of Program Director Dr Phyllis Zee.
Manjari observed functioning of Dementia clinic with Prof. M Mesulam Northwestern University, Chicago, USA in 2002. She is a member of Professional societies like American Academy of Neurology, Indian Epilepsy Society and Association, 10/66 Dementia research group, National Epilepsy and disability workgroup. She is a faculty of 1000 with the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and is a member of the Task Force for Chronic disease biology and stem cell research in the (Department of Biotechnology (DBT ).
Her main areas of interest are epilepsy - especially refractory epilepsies, women with epilepsy, and functional neuroimaging in epilepsy. She is also interested in the use and programming of implantable devices in epilepsy. Her other areas of interest are cognitive disorders, especially dementias, childhood acquired aphasias, sleep medicine, and tropical neurology. She is an integral part of the comprehensive epilepsy care program; runs the Drug Refractory Epilepsy Clinic, and is the core member of the formulation of epilepsy treatment guidelines in India the GEMIND.
Areas of focus
epilepsy
quality of life
epilepsy surgery
Links
LinkedIn | CV | AAIMS | Centre of Excellence for Epilepsy | ILAE | ICNApedia | Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Episode
Still Having Seizures? Don't Just Accept It
30 July 2026
In this episode we hear of:
Why epilepsy treatment is about far more than medication
When surgery should be considered - and why referrals often come far too late
How sleep, exercise, mental health and family support can all improve quality of life
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