Professional background

Dr Rajakulendran is a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and honorary senior lecturer at UCL Institute of Neurology.

Dr Rajakulendran trained in neurology at The The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital. Following the completion of his training, he undertook an epilepsy fellowship at King's College Hospital.

His PhD, obtained from UCL - Institute of Neurology, was on the clinical, genetic and neurophysiological aspects of paroxsymal disorders of the central nervous system such as epilepsy, ataxia and migraine.

His clinical interests include general and acute neurology, epilepsy and paroxysmal disorders of the central nervous system. He runs specialist epilepsy clinics at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. 

Research interests

  • Epilepsy, clinical and basic science status epilepticus
  • Metabolic aspects of epilepsy
  • Paroxysmal disorders of the central nervous system
  • Ion channel disorders