Arun Vishwanathan Krishnan

Professor Arun Vishwanathan Krishnan is a faculty member at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the Department of Neurology at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. He holds academic rank as a Professor. His research focuses on neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders, with a clinical emphasis on peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's Disease. His work integrates interdisciplinary approaches including neurophysiology, corneal confocal microscopy, and tear neuropeptide analysis.

• Affiliations: UNSW Sydney, Prince of Wales Hospital Neurology Department
• Education: MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Key research areas include diabetic neuropathy, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, vision changes in MS, and ocular surface markers for cognitive impairment. He leads studies on corneal nerve imaging for disease progression monitoring in Parkinson’s and migraine. His team's achievements include clinical trials demonstrating neuroprotective effects of dietary potassium restriction in kidney disease and benefits of potassium channel blockers in MS.

Supervision: Active mentorship of five PhD candidates across diabetic neuropathy, MS vision changes, Parkinson's tear neuropeptides, and cognitive impairment studies.