Associate Professor Nimeshan Geevasinga
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Associate Professor Nimeshan Geevasinga

Clinical Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Associate Professor Nimeshan Geevasinga

Publications

Journals

  • Pavey, N., Hannaford, A., Higashihara, M., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Vucic, S., Menon, P. (2024). Cortical inexcitability in ALS: correlating a clinical phenotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, , jnnp-2024-333928. [More Information]
  • Gu, Y., Shih, S., Geevasinga, N., Chan, L., Frew, J., Sebaratnam, D. (2024). Economic Evaluation of HLA-B*15:02 Genotyping for Asian Australian Patients with Epilepsy. JAMA Dermatology. [More Information]
  • Hannaford, A., Pavey, N., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Shefner, J., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2021). Diagnostic Utility of Gold Coast Criteria in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology, 89(5), 979-986. [More Information]

2024

  • Pavey, N., Hannaford, A., Higashihara, M., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Vucic, S., Menon, P. (2024). Cortical inexcitability in ALS: correlating a clinical phenotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, , jnnp-2024-333928. [More Information]
  • Gu, Y., Shih, S., Geevasinga, N., Chan, L., Frew, J., Sebaratnam, D. (2024). Economic Evaluation of HLA-B*15:02 Genotyping for Asian Australian Patients with Epilepsy. JAMA Dermatology. [More Information]

2021

  • Hannaford, A., Pavey, N., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Shefner, J., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2021). Diagnostic Utility of Gold Coast Criteria in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology, 89(5), 979-986. [More Information]
  • van den Bos, M., Higashihara, M., Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2021). Pathophysiological associations of transcallosal dysfunction in ALS. European Journal of Neurology, 28(4), 1172-1180. [More Information]
  • Hannaford, A., Higashihara, M., Pavey, N., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Vucic, S., Menon, P. (2021). Split-hand index: A diagnostic and prognostic marker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis across varying regions of onset. Clinical Neurophysiology, 132(9), 2130-2135. [More Information]

2020

  • Menon, P., Higashihara, M., van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2020). Cortical hyperexcitability evolves with disease progression in ALS. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 7(5), 733-741. [More Information]

2019

  • Geevasinga, N., Howells, J., Menon, P., van den Bos, M., Shibuya, K., Matamala, J., Park, S., Byth, K., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2019). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnostic index: Toward a personalized diagnosis of ALS. Neurology, 92(6), e536-e547. [More Information]
  • Higashihara, M., Menon, P., Geevasinga, N., van den Bos, M., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2019). Motor neuron disease with malignancy: Clinical and pathophysiological insights. Clinical Neurophysiology, 130(9), 1557-1561. [More Information]
  • van den Bos, M., Geevasinga, N., Higashihara, M., Menon, P., Vucic, S. (2019). Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of ALS: Insights from Advances in Neurophysiological Techniques. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(11), 1-16. [More Information]

2018

  • van den Bos, M., Higashihara, M., Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2018). Imbalance of cortical facilitatory and inhibitory circuits underlies hyperexcitability in ALS. Neurology, 91(18), e1669-e1676. [More Information]
  • van den Bos, M., Menon, P., Howells, J., Geevasinga, N., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2018). Physiological Processes Underlying Short Interval Intracortical Facilitation in the Human Motor Cortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, 240. [More Information]
  • Agarwal, S., Highton-Williamson, E., Caga, J., Matamala, J., Dharmadasa, T., Howells, J., Zoing, M., Shibuya, K., Geevasinga, N., Vucic, S., Hodges, J., Ahmed, R., Kiernan, M. (2018). Primary lateral sclerosis and the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia spectrum. Journal of Neurology, 265(8), 1819-1828. [More Information]

2017

  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Scherman, D., Simon, N., Yiannikas, C., Henderson, R., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2017). Author response: diagnostic criteria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A multicenter prospective study. Neurology, 88(7), 719. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Korgaonkar, M., Menon, P., van den Bos, M., Gomes, L., Foster, S., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2017). Brain functional connectome abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are associated with disability and cortical hyperexcitability. European Journal of Neurology, 24(12), 1507-1517. [More Information]
  • Matamala, J., Geevasinga, N., Huynh, W., Dharmadasa, T., Howells, J., Simon, N., Menon, P., Vucic, S., Kiernan, M. (2017). Cortical function and corticomotoneuronal adaptation in monomelic amyotrophy. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(8), 1488-1495. [More Information]

2016

  • Geevasinga, N., Loy, C., Menon, P., de Carvalho, M., Swash, M., Schrooten, M., Van Damme, P., Gawel, M., Sonoo, M., Higashihara, M., Kiernan, M., Macaskill, P., Vucic, S., et al (2016). Awaji criteria improves the diagnostic sensitivity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review using individual patient data. Clinical Neurophysiology, 127(7), 2684-2691. [More Information]
  • Menon, P., Geevasinga, N., Yiannikas, K., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2016). Cortical contributions to the flail leg syndrome: Pathophysiological insights. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17(5-6), 389-396. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Scherman, D., Simon, N., Yiannikas, K., Henderson, R., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2016). Diagnostic criteria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology, 87(7), 684-690. [More Information]

2015

  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Howells, J., Nicholson, G., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2015). Axonal Ion Channel Dysfunction in C9orf72 Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. JAMA Neurology, 72(1), 49-57. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Sue, C., Kumar, K., Ng, K., Yiannikas, C., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2015). Cortical excitability changes distinguish the motor neuron disease phenotypes from hereditary spastic paraplegia. European Journal of Neurology, 22(5), 826-831. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Nicholson, G., Ng, K., Howells, J., Kril, J., Yannikas, C., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2015). Cortical Function in Asymptomatic Carriers and Patients With C9orf72 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. JAMA Neurology, 72(11), 1268-1274. [More Information]

2014

  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Yiannikas, C., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2014). Diagnostic utility of cortical excitability studies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 21(12), 1451-1457. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Menon, P., Kiernan, M., Vucic, S. (2014). Motor cortical function and the precision grip. Physiological Reports, 2(12), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Geevasinga, N., Cole, C., Herkes, G., Barnett, Y., Lin, J., Needham, M. (2014). Sickle cell disease and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21(8), 1329-1332. [More Information]

2008

  • Geevasinga, N., Morris, J., Ross, D. (2008). Carotid stenting and cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 15(3), 301-305. [More Information]

2007

  • Geevasinga, N., Ryan, M. (2007). Physician attitudes towards ventilatory support for spinal muscular atrophy type 1 in Australasia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 43(12), 790-794. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2015

  • Neurophysiological and Neuroanatomical evaluation of C9ORF72 related Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Geevasinga N, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Early Career Fellowships