Contributor biography

Monica Saini, MD, works as Physician (Neurology) at the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore.

Her work experience includes clinical, academic and research fellowships among others at PGIMER (India), the University of Alberta (USA),  and the National University of Singapore and National University Hospital (Singapore).

Monica is a Clinical Tutor at Yong Loo Lin and Lee Kong Chien Schools of Medicine, Member of the WSO Young Stroke Committee and Co-Chair of the WSO Education Committee.

Selected publications:

1. Jan K, Saini M, Sng G, Low TB, Leong SF, Sohail AH, Sajan A, Griepp DW, Tan TY.Transient global amnesia and focal diffusion weighted imaging lesions in mesiotemporal region: A ten-year experience. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Mar;202:106522.
2. Koh PX, Neo SX, Chiew HJ, Singh DR, Saini M, Chen Z. Syphilitic spinal disease: an old nemesis revisited. A case series and review of literature. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jan 26. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001391
3. Koh JS, De Silva DA, Quek AML, Chiew HJ, Tu TM, Seet CYH, Hoe RHM, Saini M, Hui AC, Angon J, Ker JR, Yong MH, Goh Y, Yu WY, Lim TCC, Tan BYQ, Ng KWP, Yeo LLL, Pang YZ, Prakash KM, Ahmad A, Thomas T, Lye DCB, Tan K, Umapathi T. Neurology of COVID-19 in Singapore. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Sep 3;418:117118.
4. Chen Z, Saini M, Jan K, Chai JY. Occam’s Razor or Hickam’s Dictum: A Case of Myopathy Double Trouble. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2019 Aug;48(8):264-267.
5. Saini M, Belson S, Lahiff-Jenkins C, Sandercock P. Top 10 global educational topics in stroke: A survey by the World Stroke Organization. Int J Stroke. 2019 Oct;14(8):843-849