Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Biosketch
Rajasumi Rajalingam, MD, MSc, is a resident physician in the Psychiatry Residency Program at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. She completed her Honours Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Human Biology and minors in Fine Arts History and Biology from the University of Toronto. Following this undergraduate education, she pursued her medical degree at Saint James School of Medicine. Subsequently, she earned her Master of Science degree from the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Her master's thesis focused on combining deep brain stimulation and rehabilitation to improve independent mobility in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. She has authored over 20 research publications and has presented her work at national and international conferences. Her clinical and research interests include mental health, neuropsychiatry, health-related quality of life, rehabilitation, and neuromodulation therapies.
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Education and Training
- MSc 2023, Medical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto
- MD 2013, Medicine, Saint James School of Medicine
- BSc 2008, Human Biology, Fine Arts History, Biology, New College, University of Toronto
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Research
- Systematic Reviews
- Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis
- Rehabilitation
- Quality of life of people with Parkinson's disease
- Quality of Life
- Neuropsychiatry
- Neurology
- Movement Disorders
- Mental health
- Clinical Trials
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Publications
Milovanović A., Westenberger A., Stanković I., Tamaš O., Branković M., Marjanović A., Laabs B.H., Brand M., Rajalingam R., Marras C., Lohmann K., Branković V., Novaković I., Petrović I., Svetel M., Klein C., Kostić V.S., Dragašević-Mišković N. ANO10-Related Spinocerebellar Ataxia: MDSGene Systematic Literature Review and a Romani Case Series Movement Disorders. 2024;39:887-892.
Rajalingam R., Sorrento G., Fasano A. Risk of fall with device-based advanced treatments in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 2024
Bruno V., Ruiz-Lopez M., Terroba-Chambi C., Freitas M.E., Rajalingam R., Chang A., Fox S.H., Lang A.E. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder in Parkinson's Disease: A Survey-Based Study Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2023;50(5):703-709.
Olszewska D.A., Shetty A., Rajalingam R., Rodriguez-Antiguedad J., Hamed M., Huang J., Breza M., Rasheed A., Bahr N., Madoev H., Westenberger A., Trinh J., Lohmann K., Klein C., Marras C., Waln O. Genotype–phenotype relations for episodic ataxia genes: MDSGene systematic review European Journal of Neurology. 2023;30(10):3377-3393.
Passaretti M., Maranzano A., Bluett B., Rajalingam R., Fasano A. Gait Analysis in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Meta-Analysis Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2023;10(11):1574-1584.
Rajalingam R., Fasano A. Punding in Parkinson's Disease: An Update Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2023;10(7):1035-1047.
Rossi M., Hamed M., Rodríguez-Antigüedad J., Cornejo-Olivas M., Breza M., Lohmann K., Klein C., Rajalingam R., Marras C., van de Warrenburg B.P. Genotype–Phenotype Correlations for ATX-TBP (SCA17): MDSGene Systematic Review Movement Disorders. 2023;38(3):368-377.
Zirra A., Rao S.C., Bestwick J., Rajalingam R., Marras C., Blauwendraat C., Mata I.F., Noyce A.J. Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2023;10(1):86-93.
Lange L.M., Gonzalez-Latapi P., Rajalingam R., Tijssen M.A.J., Ebrahimi-Fakhari D., Gabbert C., Ganos C., Ghosh R., Kumar K.R., Lang A.E., Rossi M., van der Veen S., van de Warrenburg B., Warner T., Lohmann K., Klein C., Marras C. Nomenclature of Genetic Movement Disorders: Recommendations of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Task Force – An Update Movement Disorders. 2022;37(5):905-935.
Visanji N.P., Ghani M., Yu E., Kakhki E.G., Sato C., Moreno D., Naranian T., Poon Y.Y., Abdollahi M., Naghibzadeh M., Rajalingam R., Lozano A.M., Kalia S.K., Hodaie M., Cohn M., Statucka M., Boutet A., Elias G.J.B., Germann J., Munhoz R., Lang A.E., Gan-Or Z., Rogaeva E., Fasano A. Axial Impairment Following Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: A Surgicogenomic Approach Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 2022;12(1):117-128.
Mestre T.A., Fereshtehnejad S.M., Berg D., Bohnen N.I., Dujardin K., Erro R., Espay A.J., Halliday G., Van Hilten J.J., Hu M.T., Jeon B., Klein C., Leentjens A.F.G., Marinus J., Mollenhauer B., Postuma R., Rajalingam R., Rodríguez-Violante M., Simuni T., Surmeier D.J., Weintraub D., McDermott M.P., Lawton M., Marras C. Parkinson's Disease Subtypes: Critical Appraisal and Recommendations Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 2021;11(2):395-404.
Jalini S., Rajalingam R., Nisenbaum R., Javier A.D., Woo A., Pikula A. Atrial cardiopathy in patients with embolic strokes of unknown source and other stroke etiologies Neurology. 2019;92(4):E288-E294.
Rajalingam R., Breen D.P., Chen R., Fox S., Kalia L.V., Munhoz R.P., Slow E., Strafella A.P., Lang A.E., Fasano A. The clinical significance of lower limb tremors Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 2019;65:165-171.
Cubo E., Rajalingam R., Fasano A., Munhoz R.P., Lang A.E., Calvo S., Marras C. A 21-Year Retrospective Study of the Toronto Western Hospital Deep Brain Stimulation Cohort Movement Disorders. 2018;33(5):850-852.
Jitkritsadakul O., Rajalingam R., Toenjes C., Munhoz R.P., Fasano A. Tele-health for patients with deep brain stimulation: The experience of the Ontario Telemedicine Network Movement Disorders. 2018;33(3):491-492.
Rajalingam R., Breen D.P., Lang A.E., Fasano A. Essential tremor plus is more common than essential tremor: Insights from the reclassification of a cohort of patients with lower limb tremor Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 2018;56:109-110.