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Dr. Sandeep Vaishya – Fortis Hospitals

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 09:04:24 +0000

Director
Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram
Neuro & Spine Surgery

Doctor’s Profile

Dr. Sandeep Vaishya is renowned Neurosurgeon in India with more than 17 years of experience in the field having worked with some of the top institution and hospitals of India. He is an awardee of the Herbert Krause Medal and the Sundt Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, USA. He has worked as a faculty in the neurosurgery Department at AIIMS. He is one of the foremost surgeons in the world for brachial plexus Injuries and in South Asia for Gamma Knife Surgery. He also specialises in Minimal Invasive and Image Guided Neurosurgery, Intracranial Tumour Surgery including skull base tumours, Functional Neurosurgery , Spinal Surgery, and Peripheral Nerve Surgery.

Qualifications

MBBS, M.Ch

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Dr. Sumit Singh – Artemis Hospitals

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:55:51 +0000

Designation: Chief – Neurology

Specialty: Neurology

Location: Gurgaon

Nationality: Indian

Languages spoken: Hindi,English,Punjabi

Gender: Male

Artemis Hospitals

Profile:

Qualifications
MBBS – MLB Medical College, Jhansi
MD (Medicine) – LLRM Medical College, Meerut
DM (Neurology) – All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Delhi

Brief Profile
Dr. Sumit Singh – a topper at All India Institute of Medical sciences and a BL SONI Gold Medal Awardee at AIIMS joined the institute as a Faculty in the year 2000. He established the first Headache clinic in India in the government Sector in AIIMS in the year 2002. He is a known expert in headache disorders and has been instrumental in co authoring the headache management guidelines for the Indian subcontinent. He started the usage of Botulinium toxin for headache for the first time in India in 2002 and extended its usage in patients in trigeminal neuralgia. He is a known Parkinson’s disease specialist with experience in The DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY patient planning and programming. His Primary area of Interest has been movement disorders and is one of the few Botox injectors of the country for patients with Writer’s cramp, Spasmodic torticollis and other dystonias, hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm apart from spasticity management with Botox. He has done fair amount of research in Myasthenia gravis and Multiple sclerosis and has modified the plasma exchange protocols for these patients. Dr Sumit was additional director of Neurology at Medanta the Medicity where he worked from the year 2009 to 2016 and was a leader of the Movement disorders, and the headache program. He has to his credit 104 Publications in Peer reviewed journals and 14 Chapters in Books.

MEMBERSHIP
Indian Academy of Neurology.
International Headache society.
Movement Disorders Society.

HONOURS AND REWARDS
Clinical Focus – Parkinson’s disease, Writer’s Cramp, Spasmodic Torticollis, Blepharospasm, Hemifacial Spasm, Spasticity, Multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Neuropathies, Headache

Procedures
Botox for Headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Movement disorders and Spasticity. Plasma exchange. Injections for Carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Dr. Atma Ram Bansal – Medanta The Medicity

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:51:24 +0000

Senior Consultant
Institute of Neurosciences

Dr. Atma Ram Bansal is epilepsy specialist trained from premier epilepsy centre, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum. During his Epilepsy Fellowship he managed more than 1000 cases of epilepsy. He has expertise in advance reporting of electroencephalography (EEG), long term video-EEG monitoring and special work up for epilepsy surgery. He is one of the core team member of Epilepsy Surgery Case Selection Team. Dr Atma Ram Bansal has international publications and presentations in his name including a chapter on primary reading epilepsy in the international book on atlas of epilepsies. He has developed and implemented epilepsy protocol in Medanta Institute of Neurosciences and thrives to provide quality care to patients with epilepsy. He aims to develop epilepsy support group to assist and provide comprehensive care.

Medical Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS	INSTITUTE / DEPARTMENT	YEAR
PDF(Epilepsy)	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala	2010
D.M. (Neurology)	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala	2008
M.D. (General Medicine)	Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut (U.P)	2005
M.B.B.S	Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut (U.P)	2001

Specialization and Expertise

Epilepsy Surgery
Advance Reporting of Electroencephalography
Comprehensive Care for Epilepsy

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Dr. Rajiv Anand – BLK Super Speciality Hospital

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:46:03 +0000

Director & Sr. Consultant
Neurology

Qualification

MBBS
MD (Internal Medicine)
DM (Neurology)

Experience

Presently working as Director & Sr. Consultant, Department of Neurology at BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi

Previous Experience:

Chairman (Department of Neurology) – Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi
Visiting Consultant Neurologist – Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center

Membership

American Academy of Neurology
Neurological Society of India
Indian Academy of Neurology
Indian Epilepsy Association
Delhi Neurological Association
Indian Epilepsy Association
Medical Council of India
Delhi Medical Council
Association of Physicians of India
Maulana Azad Medical College Old Students Association

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Dr. V. P. Singh – Medanta The Medicity

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:41:12 +0000

Chairman
Institute of Neurosciences

With about 30 years of experience, Dr V. P. Singh’s competence spans all facets of neurosurgery –- cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves. Dr. Singh has special interest in brain tumor surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, epilepsy surgery and radiosurgery. He has operated over 400 intracranial aneurysms and is actively involved in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations by radiosurgery techniques.

Dr. VP Singh is credited with starting the Gamma Knife Unit and epilepsy surgery program at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was Additional Professor and Unit Head of Neurosurgery. He has also worked at VIMHANS, New Delhi along with colleague and mentor Prof. A. K. Banerji. In 2007 Dr. Singh joined Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, along with Prof. Banerji. At Apollo Dr. V. P. Singh was working as a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon.

Medical Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS	INSTITUTE / DEPARTMENT	YEAR
DNB Neurosurgery	National Board of Examinations	1989
MCh Neurosurgery	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	1987
MBBS	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	1982

Specialization and Expertise

Radiosurgery
Epilepsy surgery
Cerebrovascular surgery
Brain tumour surgery

Memberships & Certifications

CME Convenor – Neurological Society of India
President of Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Secretary of Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery
Editor – Journal of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Member – Executive Committee of Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Awards & Accomplishments

Diploma of merit for excellent poster at 3rd Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons Nagoya, 2000
Best paper award at the 7th Annual Indian Epilepsy Association Conference, 1999
Best paper award at the 4th Annual Indian Epilepsy Association Conference, 1996

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Dr. Anil Kumar Kansal – BLK Speciality Hospital

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:35:35 +0000

Director & HOD – Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine
Neurosurgery

Qualification

MBBS
M.S (General Surgery)
M.Ch (Neurosurgery)

Special Training & Fellowships:

Endoscopic (Brain & Spine) fellowship with Prof. M.R Ghab (Germany) & Prof M. Hussain K.G.M.C. Lucknow
Advanced Spinal Training from Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, South Korea
Percutanous Disectomy and Neucleoplasty training from Bangkok,Thailand
MAST (Minimal Access Spine Techniques) training from Gernal Hospital, Singapore
Training in Advance Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany
Training In Advance MIS (Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery), Philadelphia USA

Experience

Presently working as a Director & HOD – Neuro Surgery & Neuro Spine in BLK Centre for Neurosciences at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

Previous Experience:

Director & HOD Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery – Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh
HOD – Max Hospital, Pitampura
HOD & Sr. Consultant – Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Delhi
Consultant – VIMHANS Hospital, Delhi
Associate Consultant – Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Speciality Interest

Complex Spine Surgery and Instrumentation, Minimal invasive Spine Surgery, Endoscopic Brain and Spinal Surgery, Microscopic and Vascular Surgery, Epilepsy Surgery and Functional Neurosurgery

Membership

Member of NSI (Neurological Society of India)
DNA ( Delhi Neurological Association)
Delhi Spine Society, Neuro Spine Society of India
Member of DMA & IMA
Executive Member of Delhi Spine Society

Publications & Papers:

Presented a paper in ASICON 96, “The role of USG& FNAC in the diagnosis of abdominal masses in children.”
Presented a paper in NEUROCON 2000,”Comparative study of MRA and Intra-arterial DSA in Intracranial Vascular lesions.
In 2011 Presented paper of cervical disc replacement in national & international conferences .
In 2012 Presented paper on MAST in spine surgery in DNA.
In 2015 Guest lecture on surgical technique ofcervical arthroplasty in AIIMS.
Since 2011Guest Speaker in more than 15 engagements on Cervical Arthroplasty, Neurological Trauma, Spinal Trauma.
Presented paper in 2014 on surgical management of Spinal trauma in Neuro Trauma Conference.

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Dr. Aditya Gupta – Artemis Hospitals

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:10:25 +0000

Designation: Chief – Neurosurgery & CNS Radiosurgery & Co-Chief – Cyberknife Centre

Specialty: Neurosurgery

Location: Gurgaon

Nationality: Indian

Languages spoken: Hindi,English

Gender:Male

Artemis Hospitals

Profile:

Qualifications
MBBS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1994
M.Ch. (Neurosurgery): All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1999
•Advanced Trainings: University of Amsterdam; Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris; University of Marseilles; Wake Forest University, United States; University of Kiel, Germany
•Fellowship: CJW Medical center, Richmond, Virginia, United States

Brief Profile

Dr Aditya Gupta, is an accomplished Neurosurgeon, has been a graduate and topper at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was later selected to become Faculty, and remained as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery till 2009. Thereafter, he co-founded the Institute of Neurosciences at Medanta, where he worked till mid-2016 as Additional Director, Neurosurgery.
Dr Aditya Gupta has not only developed excellent surgical techniques for a wide variety of brain tumors, with an emphasis on microsurgery and radiosurgery, but also has special and unique skills in managing patients of Movement Disorders with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Surgery for Epilepsy, Nerve and Brachial Plexus Surgery, Brain aneurysms and AVMs. He is also an expert in all kinds of spine surgery. He has more than 40 scientific publications, chapters in books and is an invited speaker in national and international meetings. He has featured on national television on several occasions. He is clearly one of the best neurosurgeons in the country today.

MEMBERSHIP

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, US
Life Member, Neurological Society of India
Member, International Gamma Knife Society
Treasurer, Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Life Member, Skull Base Surgery Society

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Sir Dorabji Tata Award, 1996
Best Research Paper Award, IES, 1999
BOYSCAST Fellow, President of India, 2006
Chief of Army Staff Award, 2012

Clinical Focus and Procedures

•Brain Tumor Surgery
•Radiosurgery (Cyberknife, Gamma Knife)
•Spine Surgery
•Surgery for Epilepsy
•DBS Surgery for Parkinsons Disease
•Brachial Plexus and Nerve surgery
•Cerebrovascular Surgery (Aneurysms, AVMs)

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Dr Alok Ranjan – Apollo Hospitals: New Delhi

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 08:04:00 +0000

MBBS; MCh (Neurosurgery)

24 Years of experience

Work Experience

- Sr. Consultant & Coordinator, Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad (1999 – Present)
- Registrar Neurosurgery Morriston Hospital Swansea(1994-1997)
- Consultant (Locum), Morriston Hospital, Swansea (1997 – 1998)
- Faculty Member, Department of Neurosurgery, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore (1992 – 1995)

Registration No

43998

Services

Laminectomy

Gender

Male

Awards and Achievements

- He regularly conducts instructional courses in minimally invasive disc surgery, minimally invasive spinal fusion, disc arthroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty in nationally conducted workshops
- He has performed more than 9000 major neurosurgical operations since 1999 in Apollo hospitals, Hyderabad

Research and Publications

- Post Laminectomy Discitis and other infections. Alok Ranjan, Thomas Joseph, Mathew J Chnady. Neurology India 40:205-210; 1992.
- Non – Diagnostic CT- guided Stereotactic biopsies in a series of 407 cases; Influene of CT morpholgy and operator experience. Alok Ranjan, V Rajshekhar, T. Joseph, M J Chandy, S. M Chandi.Journal of Neursurgery 79:839-844; 1993.
- CT – guided stereotactic surgery: AN overview of 600 procedures. Alok Ranjan, V.Rajashekhar, S.Prakash, et al. Neurology India 41:193-197; 1993

Summary

- MBBS, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore (1986)
- MCh (Neurosurgery), Christian Medical College (1992)
- Natinal faculty for minimally invasive and complex spinal surgey

Professional Memberships

- Indian Medical Associaton
- Life Member of Neuorological society of India,
- International Membership Of American Association of Neurosurgeons.
- Member AO spine
- Member Eurospine

Special Interest

- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Micro-neurosurgery for brain and spine tumor and Vascular anomalies
- Skull base surgery
- Paediatric spinal cord surgery
- Aneurysm surgery/AVM surgery

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Dr. Sudheer Tyagi – Apollo Hospitals: New Delhi

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 07:53:23 +0000

Specialization: Neurosurgery

Department: Institutes of Neurosciences

Location: Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi

Qualification: MBBS, MS, Mch (Neuro Surgery)

Fellowships / Memberships

Member Neurology Society of India.
Member of Indian society of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Member of association of spinal surgeons of India

About

Dr. Sudheer Kumar Tyagi is a renowned Neurosurgeon with more than 20 years experience in the field of neurosurgery. He is known for his highly skilled and precise neurosurgical work. Dr. Tyagi is medical graduate of Prestigious King Gorge medical college Lucknow and trained in neurosurgery at the premier neurosurgical institute in India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. He has further been exposed to the best of neurosurgical centers in the world. He has undergone specialized training in the fields of neurovascular and skullbase surgery at clinical center Ljubljana, Slovenia under Prof. Vinco .V. Dolence who has a world authority in these fields.
Dr. Tyagi Completed training of Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery at St. Vincent Hospital Sydney under super vision of Dr. Malcolm Pell and did his hands-on training of Spinal Cord Stimulation at San Francisco USA. He has done more than 4000 neurosurgical procedures since his neurosurgical training His patients have been greatly befitted from his expertise in all kind of brain tumor ,skull base tumor functional stereotactic and epilepsy surgeries. He is known for his anterior cervical, lumbar microsurgical discectomy and craniovertebral junction surgeries .He also enjoys clipping of aneurysm, excision of AVM malformation and all kind of spinal tumor surgeries giving results as per international standards. Not to miss his skills in spinal instrumentation at all the levels from cervico occipital to Lumbosacral regions.

He is one of the pioneer in India who started functional stereotactic surgery programme at Apollo Hospital New Delhi and has done large number of Deep Brain Stimulation surgeries and ablative surgeries. He is the first surgeon in India who used Image Fusion technique to localize the targets in the Deep part of brain to do functional stereotactic surgeries.
Dr. Tyagi has presented his work of Deep Brain Stimulation at different National and International forums.
Dr. Sudheer Kumar Tyagi is known for his Frameless Stereotactic Navigation work in cases of epilepsy caused by small lesions which are close to eloquent areas of brain. Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is another domain in which he has done largest number of cases at Apollo Hospital New Delhi.He is actively involved in neurosurgical training and research work at Apollo Hospitals New Delhi

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Dr S Balamurugan – Apollo Hospitals: Chennai

Pathway International — Mon, 20 May 2019 07:46:27 +0000

MS, M.Ch (Neuro Surgery) , FNS(Japan)

12 Years of experience