Dr. Sandeep Vaishya is renowned Neurosurgeon in India with more than 20 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

Work Experience

• Worked as Faculty & Additional Professor , Department of Neurosurgery , AIIMS, New Delhi for 10 Years
• Head of Department- Neurosurgery , Max Institute of Neuroscience, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

Education and Fellowships

• MBBS, GR Medical College, Gwalior
• MS (General Surgery), GR Medical College, Gwalior
• MCh (Neurosurgery), AIIMS, New Delhi
• Faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS for 10 years
• Fellowship from Mayo Clinic, USA

Speciality Interests

• Intracranial Tumor Surgery, Including- skull base tumors
• Minimal Invasive and image Guided Neurosurgery
• Spinal Surgery & Minimal Invasive spinal Surgery
• Functional Neurosurgery : Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson, Dystonia, OCD & Epilepsy , Surgery for spasticity and Surgery for pain
• Gamma Knife Radio Surgery
• Peripheral Nerve Surgery with special interest in Brachial Plexus Injuries

Awards and Honours

• Herbert Krause Medal for Best Paper in Neuro-Oncology (NSI 2001)
• Sundt Fellowship by mayo Clinic, USA
• Life Membership Award by Mayo Alumni Association
• Gold Medal in Medical school
• Dr. Majeed Memorial Oration Karachi, Pakistan (2008)

Research and Publication

• Has contributed more than 65 paper and chapter in peer reviewed medical journals and text books
• Has delivered more than 100 guest lectures in India and abroad

• President, Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
• Secretary, World Spinal Column Society
• Past President, Indian Society for Peripheral Nerve Surgery