” …I was impressed, as no one could fail to be, by the experience of being present in the gallery of the operating room while Penfield stimulated the exposed cortex in awake patients…” (Brenda Milner, 1998)
Welcome to the Diaries of a Tattooed Neuropsychologist – Journey into the World of the Human Mind. My name is Dr Vigneswaran Veeramuthu @ Dr Vic , a clinical neuropsychologist of Malaysian origin, residing in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am also an adequately published clinician scientist specialising into areas of traumatic brain injury, disorders of consciousness, advanced neuroimaging and cognitive mapping in brain tumour/glioma surgeries.
In this blog, I would like to share my learnings, struggles, hopes, insights as a clinician, patient stories and heartbreaks experienced during the course of treating both adult and paediatric patients with various forms of neuropsychological disorders arising from central nervous system (CNS) related pathologies (predominantly the brain). Additionally, this blog would also feature occasionally guest writers who are clinicians or neuroscientists themselves. The list of other guest writers would also include some of my patients and their caregivers who’d probably share their journey with the disease, for others to see and learn from.
The topics in this blog would be a broad range of areas including fundamentals of neuropsychology, neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurological conditions, diagnostic assessments and testings, treatment options, clinical and clinician dilemmas, common diagnostic errors and mistakes, vicarious trauma for clinicians, patient-doctor/ clinician relationship, terminal conditions and death, caregivers burnouts, amongst others. I hope to raise more awareness and understanding in relation to the field of clinical neuropsychology as well as to stoke general interest in understanding the brain and its function.
Please do feel free to leave some suggestions or recommendations with regards to what you hope to see or read on this blog. Thank you.
Diaries of a Tattooed Neuropsychologist -Journeys into the World of the Human Mind
Diaries of a Tattooed Neuropsychologist - Journeys into the World of the Human Mind 
Hi dr.vic..
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Hi Jegan. Thank you for dropping by my blog.
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Dr Vic,
You’ve come a long way in your carrier as a neuropsychologist. The blog was a refreshing read to stoke my general interest as a novice in understanding the brain and its function The depth of the article show the effort you’ve put into educating the public and sharing your passion. I can’t wait to read your next article.
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