Palatucci Advocate Success Stories
"A policy of laissez-faire is no good. We should not let things merely drift, but should have confidence that we are able to do something positive for our profession and our patients at the community and national level."
—Dr. Apoorva Pauranik, MD, DM
| Name: | Apoorva Pauranik, MD, DM |
| Position: | Associate Professor, MGM Medical College and M.Y. Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | Advocacy Issue: |
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| Advocate in the News | |
| Dr. Pauranik's neurology information website (partially in English) | January 2008 |
Advocate's History
A senior neurologist and educator, Dr. Apoorva Pauranik believes that education about neurology is one of the most efficient means for advocacy. His targets include:
- Neurology residents, internists and family physicians in rural remote areas (through a one-week provincial annual neurology certificate course)
- Undergraduate and postgraduate medical students (through a provincial annual neurology quiz)
- Vocational groups including school teachers and police personnel (through workshops)
- Patients and their families (through creation of patient support groups and newsletter dedicated to different neurological diseases)
- The public at-large (through mass media, using articles, lectures, television/video, radio, and the Neurogyan website)
Dr. Pauranik has also worked hard with politicians, ministers and bureaucrats to start a neurology residency training program in Madhya Pradesh and to persuade primary school administrators to make special provisions for children with dyslexia and learning disabilities.