Dr. Sumit Singh
Speciality: Neurologist
Experience: 23 years of experience
Hospital: Artemis Hospital
Brief About Doctor:
• Chief – Neurology
• Sumit Singh has been a topper at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and a BL SONI Gold Medal Awardee at AIIMS.
• 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 Botulinum toxin for headache for the first time in India in 2002 and extended its usage in patients with 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.
• Dr Sumit was an 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
Education & Fellowships:
• MBBS – MLB Medical College, Jhansi
• MD (Medicine) – LLRM Medical College, Meerut
• DM (Neurology) – All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Special Areas of Interest:
• Parkinson’s disease
• Writer’s Cramp
• Spasmodic Torticollis
• Blepharospasm
• Hemifacial Spasm
• Spasticity
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Neuropathies
• Botox for Headache
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Movement Disorders and Spasticity Plasma Exchange
• Injections for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Memberships:
• Indian Academy of Neurology
• International Headache Society
• Movement Disorders Society
List of Treatment Procedures:
• VP Shunting
• Ventriculostomy
• Skull Base Surgery
• Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
• Narcolepsy Treatment
• Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
• Chronic CerebroSpinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
• Vitrectomy
• Retinoblastoma
• Strabismus Surgery – Eye Muscle Surgery
• Phacoemulsification
• Extracapsular Cataract Extraction
• Occuloplasty
• Intraocular Implants (IOLs)
• Cranioplasty
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Cerebral Angioplasty
• Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
• Endovascular Coiling
• Surgical Clipping
• Brain Tumor Surgery
• Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
• Gliomas Treatment
• Meningioma
• Schwannomas
• Metastatic Tumors Treatment
• Gamma Knife for AVM of Brain Tumor
• Microvascular Decompression MVD
• Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Percutaneous Stereotactic Treatment – PSR
• Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
• Cervical Corpectomy
