Dr. Bindu Thankappan

Dr. Bindu Thankappan

Senior Consultant 

19 Years of Experience

Neurologist

MBBS, MD, DM

MIOT International, Chennai

English, Hindi, Tamil

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About Dr. Bindu Thankappan

Dr. Bindu Thankappan is a highly accomplished Neurologist with a strong clinical background in managing complex neurological conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and muscles. As a trusted MIOT Neurologist, she is known for her methodical approach to diagnosis and her ability to manage both acute and chronic neurological disorders.

At MIOT Hospital Chennai, Dr. Bindu Thankappan has treated a large number of patients with stroke, epilepsy, migraine, movement disorders, neuromuscular diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. Her commitment to precision medicine, advanced diagnostics, and long-term neurological care has earned her recognition as a leading Brain Doctor in Chennai and a dependable Nerve Specialist that Chennai patients trust.

Dr. Bindu Thankappan’s Expertise and Specializations

  • Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disorders: Dr Bindu Thankappan specialises in the early diagnosis, acute management, and long-term prevention of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. As the best Neurologist in Chennai, she emphasises rapid intervention, risk-factor control, and rehabilitation planning to improve patient outcomes. She also works closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless post-stroke recovery and secondary prevention strategies.
  • Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders: She provides comprehensive epilepsy care, including seizure classification, medication optimisation, and long-term monitoring. Her evidence-based approach ensures effective seizure control with minimal side effects. Advanced diagnostic evaluations, such as EEG and imaging, are used to tailor individualised treatment plans.
  • Headache & Migraine Management: Dr Bindu Thankappan offers advanced evaluation and personalised treatment for chronic headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches, significantly improving patients’ quality of life. Her management plans focus on trigger identification, preventive therapies, and lifestyle modifications for sustained relief.
  • Neuromuscular & Nerve Disorders: As an experienced Nerve Specialist in Chennai, she treats peripheral neuropathies, nerve compression syndromes, myopathies, and neuromuscular junction disorders using advanced diagnostic tools, including EMG and nerve conduction studies. She ensures precise diagnosis and targeted therapy to restore nerve and muscle function.
  • Movement Disorders & Neurodegenerative Diseases: She manages Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions with a multidisciplinary, patient-focused approach. Her care emphasises symptom control, functional independence, and long-term neurological support for patients and caregivers.

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Top Procedures Performed by Dr. Bindu Thankappan and Their Estimated Cost

Below is an overview of the key neurological procedures performed by Dr. Bindu Thankappan, along with their estimated costs, designed to help patients understand potential treatment expenses in advance: 

Procedure

Cost in INR

Cost in USD

Neurology Consultation & Clinical Evaluation

INR 1,000 – INR 2,000

USD 12 – USD 25

EEG (Electroencephalogram)

INR 3,000 – INR 6,000

USD 36 – USD 72

EMG & Nerve Conduction Studies

INR 4,000 – INR 8,000

USD 48 – USD 96

Acute Stroke Evaluation & Management

INR 50,000 – INR 2,00,000

USD 600 – USD 2,400

Stroke Thrombolysis (as indicated)

INR 1,50,000 – INR 3,00,000

USD 1,800 – USD 3,600

Epilepsy Evaluation & Long-term Management

INR 20,000 – INR 80,000

USD 240 – USD 960

Migraine & Chronic Headache Treatment

INR 10,000 – INR 40,000

USD 120 – USD 480

Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorder Care

INR 25,000 – INR 1,00,000

USD 300 – USD 1,200

Dementia & Memory Disorder Assessment

INR 15,000 – INR 60,000

USD 180 – USD 720

Neuromuscular Disorder Evaluation

INR 20,000 – INR 90,000

USD 240 – USD 1,080

Note: Costs are indicative and may vary based on diagnostic requirements, treatment complexity, hospital policies, and duration of care at MIOT Hospital Chennai.

Some Noteworthy Patient Reviews of Dr. Bindu Thankappan

Discover what patients say in Dr. Bindu Thankappan's reviews, reflecting her commitment to excellence in neurological care:

“Dr. Bindu Thankappan diagnosed my condition accurately and explained everything with clarity and patience.”
“She is one of the best neurologists in Chennai. Her treatment helped my migraines significantly.”
“A highly skilled and compassionate brain doctor. I felt confident throughout my treatment.”

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Education

  • MD General Medicine
  • MBBS
  • DM Neurology

Past Experience

  • Senior Consultant – Neurology, MIOT Hospital Chennai (Current)
  • Consultant - GLB Hospital

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Field of Expertise

  • Aneurysm Coiling
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Stimulant Therapy
  • Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
  • Brain Surgery
  • Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
  • Cerebral Angiogram
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cervical Artificial Disk Replacement
  • Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Craniofacial Reconstruction Surgery
  • Cranioplasty
  • Craniotomy
  • Decompressive Craniectomy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
  • Digital Nerve Repair
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Endovascular Surgery for AVMs
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Gamma Knife Surgery
  • Hemispherectomy
  • High Cervical Stimulation
  • Hydrocephalus Treatment
  • Image-Guided Neurosurgery
  • Intrathecal Pain Pump
  • Lesionectomy
  • Liberation Therapy
  • Meningioma Treatment
  • Microsurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
  • Microsurgical Tumor Removal
  • Microvascular Decompression (MVD)
  • Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery for Brain Tumor
  • Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
  • Multiple Subpial Transections (MST)
  • Nerve Blocks
  • Nerve Repair Surgery
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Neurosurgery
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
  • Percutaneous Stereotactic Radiofrequency Rhizotomy (PSR)
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Pituitary Tumor Treatment
  • Rhizotomy
  • Robotic-Assisted Nephroureterectomy
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Speech Therapy
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Temporal Lobectomy
  • Thecoperitoneal Shunt
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Trigeminal Nerve Block
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  • VP Shunt
  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
  • ALD (Adrenoleukodystrophy)
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amnesia
  • Amyloidosis
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anaplastic Astrocytoma
  • Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondria, Hypochondriasis)
  • Arachnoid Cysts
  • Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Arthritis of the Spine (Spondylosis)
  • Astrocytoma
  • Ataxia
  • Atypical Parkinsonism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Avoidant Personality Disorder
  • Back Pain in Athletes
  • Back Strains and Sprains
  • Basal Ganglia Stroke
  • Bell's Palsy
  • Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar Psychosis
  • Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Botulism
  • Brachial Plexus Palsy
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Atrophy
  • Brain Cancer (Brain Tumor)
  • Brain Hemorrhage
  • Brain Stem Glioma
  • Brain: Temporal Lobe, Vagal Nerve, & Frontal Lobe
  • Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Tumors
  • Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Childhood Schizophrenia
  • Chordomas
  • Choroid Plexus Tumor
  • Chronic Migraine
  • Chronic Spine and Back Pain
  • Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
  • Cluster Headaches
  • Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Spine
  • Convexity Meningioma
  • Craniofacial Malformations
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Craniosynostosis (Craniostenosis)
  • Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Dementia
  • Developmental Delay in Children
  • Devic's Disease (Neuromyelitis)
  • Discitis
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
  • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor (DNET)
  • Dyslexia
  • Dystonia
  • Encephalitis
  • Encephalocele
  • Ependymoma
  • Epilepsy
  • Essential Tremor
  • Factitious Disorders
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Fibrillary Astrocytoma
  • Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
  • Generalized Seizures
  • Glioblastoma Tumors
  • Gliomas Tumors
  • Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GPN)
  • GLUT-1 Deficiency
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
  • Headache
  • Headaches in Children and Adolescents
  • Hemangioblastoma
  • Hemangiopericytoma
  • Hemicrania Continua
  • Hemimegalencephaly
  • Herniated Disk (Slipped, Ruptured or Bulging Disk)
  • HIV Neuropathy
  • HIV-Associated Dementia
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus in Children
  • Hyperkalemia (High Potassium)
  • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
  • Hypothermia (Low Body Temperature)
  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Infantile Spasm
  • Insomnia
  • Joubert Syndrome
  • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA)
  • Kleine-Levin Syndrome
  • Korsakoff's Syndrome
  • Leukodystrophy
  • Lewy Body Dementia
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST)
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Meningioma
  • Meralgia Paresthetica
  • Metastatic Spinal Tumors
  • Metastatic Tumors
  • Migraines in Children and Adolescents
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
  • Mitochondrial Diseases
  • Motor Neuron Disease
  • Motor Stereotypies
  • Moyamoya Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
  • Myoclonic Atonic Epilepsy
  • Narcolepsy
  • Narcolepsy in Children
  • Neck Sprain
  • Nerve Injury
  • Nerve Sheath Tumor
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Neurofibroma
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2)
  • Neurogenic Bladder
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Olfactory Neuroblastoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Optic Nerve Glioma
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Osteoma
  • Paralysis
  • Paraplegia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Partial Seizures
  • Pediatric Brain and Spine Injuries
  • Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
  • Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) in Adults
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Peroneal Nerve Injury
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)
  • Pituitary Adenoma
  • Pituitary Tumor
  • Poland Syndrome
  • Postherpetic Neuralgia
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
  • Pseudomeningocele
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis
  • Rathke's Cleft Cysts (RCCs)
  • Restless Leg Syndrome
  • Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schwannomas
  • Seizures
  • Sensory Ataxia
  • Skeletal Dysplasia
  • Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy (SFSN)
  • Spasticity
  • Spina Bifida
  • Stiff Person Syndrome
  • Stroke
  • Sturge Weber Syndrome
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
  • Subcortical Vascular Dementia
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Susac Syndrome
  • Syringomyelia
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (TTS)
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Tonic-Clonic Seizures
  • Torticollis
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Transient Global Amnesia (TGA)
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or Mini Stroke
  • Transverse Myelitis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Trichotillomania
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Vasculitic Neuropathy
  • Vestibular Schwannoma

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