Integrated Evaluation of Disability

About Ramar Sabapathi Vinayagam

Ramar Sabapathi Vinayagam MD in 1973 obtained a medical degree from Madurai University India and he also trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Madras. After working as a tutor assistant professor and additional professor he became the professor and head of the Institution of Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine Madras Medical College Chennai in 2001. He assumed the position of General Secretary from 19941999 and was vice president of the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 20002002. Subsequently he worked as a consultant 20022011 and was the chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 20112012 in the Ministry of Health of Kuwait.Dr. Ramar has more than 40 years of clinical experience with skills in electrodiagnostic studies which includes electromyography and nerve conduction studies and pain management including interventional pain management for peripheral joints rehabilitation of stroke rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury and amputation and disability evaluation.Dr. Ramar has served as a postgraduate teacher in physical medicine and rehabilitation; chairman Board of Studies School of Physiotherapy The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Chennai; postgraduate examiner in physical medicine and rehabilitation for universities in India and the National Board of Examinations New Delhi. He has served as coordinator on the accreditation committee for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital Ministry of Health Kuwait; and as chairman of the Committee on Disability Evaluation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital Ministry of Health Kuwait. He has served as a resource person in WHO expert group committees and participated in the Delphi Process from India for the WHO Collaborative Project with Munich University Germany on ICFInternational Classification of Functioning in Disability and Health 2000.He has received numerous awards and honors including the DHADHIJI Award in 1997 from the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 1993 he wrote the book Objective Evaluation of Impairment and Ability in Locomotor Handicapped; and in 2001 he authored a chapter in the book Neurorehabilitation Principles and Practice (Second Edition).