Manickam Nicks Kumaravel, MD

Education

Medical School

Stanley Medical College and Hospitals, Madras, India

Residency

Internal Medicine, Accident & Emergency, General Surgery, Stanley Medical College and Hospitals, Madras, India

Residency

Orthopaedics & Trauma, Accident & Emergency, General Surgery, Queens Hospital, Burton NHS Trust, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

Residency

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Teaching Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Residency

Accident & Emergency (Including Hand Surgery), Crosshouse Hospital Ayrshire & Arran NHS Trust, Kilmarnock, UK

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology, University of Aberdeen/Grampian University NHS Hospitals, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Fellowship

Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Aberdeen/Grampian University NHS Hospitals, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Interventional Radiology

University of Aberdeen/Grampian University NHS Hospitals, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Fellowship

Emergency & Trauma Radiology, McGovern Medical School, formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Provide tertiary level interpretation of musculoskeletal imaging, with a subspecialty interest in Sports injuries.

Perform musculoskeletal interventions to diagnose and treat orthopedic and sports pathology. Interventions performed using ultrasound, plain radiography and, CT.

Perform therapeutic procedures under imaging guidance with biologics.

Research Interests

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Current Grant Support
Funded:

Principal Investigator – Patient centered care – Reduced patient anxiety through education. Toshiba AHRA Putting patients first grant. Dec 2017 to 2018

Current Research

Principal investigator – Evaluation of the Frequency of Femoral Head Osteochondral Injuries Associated with Traumatic Posterior Wall and Posterior Column Acetabular Fractures

Principal investigator – Hamstring injuries treatment with PRP ( platelet rich plasma)

Principal Investigator – Parapharyngeal gas in the base of the skull fracture

Principal Investigator – Evaluation of Acetabular Sublabral Sulcus with Arthroscopy and MRI

Principal Investigator – Intrinsic and extrinsic injuries in knees with anterior cruciate ligament tears

Principal investigator – Comparative pain relief in treatment of chronic hip pain with the use of PRP (Platelet rich plasma) and steroid injections into the hip.

Principal investigator – MRI Comparison of Microfracture and Nanofracture for treatment of chondral lesions in the knee

Principal Investigator – MCL ( Medial collateral ligament ) Stener like injury evaluation

Co-investigator – Incidence of extra-articular anterolateral ligament injury in acute tears of the anterior cruciate ligament

Co-investigator – A Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Total Knee Replacements done Utilizing Three Different Techniques: Patient Specific Guides and Implants vs. Patient Specific Guides and Standard Implants vs. Standard Guides and Implants

Co-investigator – Non-Invasive imaging to quantify peripheral nerve injury and repair in clinic

Co-investigator – UTE (Ultra Short TE) MRI evaluation of healing in ACL repairs and meniscal tears

Co-investigator – Vicis NFL Helmet study

Co-investigator – UTE (Ultra Short TE) MRI evaluation of shoulder tendon injuries

Co-investigator – An evaluation of in vivo positional stability of fibrin clots at the site of meniscus repair using UTE-T2 MRI

Publications