Dr. Vinod Puri

Qualification and Experience of Dr. Vinod Puri

Dr. Vinod Puri is a well-trained and experienced neurologist with 47 years of experience. He has worked at numerous hospitals and clinics in the country. His work is well recognized among his peers and he is widely regarded as an “expert” with vast knowledge about neurology. Throughout his career, he has handled many complex cases. Yet, he has always delivered his services with the same finesse. He is a senior consultant and Professor at Neuraxis DBS care. His dedication to Epilepsy has fetched him immense prestige. He was previously associated with Max SuperSpecialty Hospital, New Delhi, India. His interests include Epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, stroke, and muscle and nerve disorders.

He received his MBBS from the University of Kashmir. Following his undergraduate studies, he completed an MD in Pediatrics at Punjab University. Afterward, he decided to follow his passion for neurology and enrolled for a DM in Neurology at the University of Delhi in India. This superspecialization course paved the way for his career as a neurologist. He gained the skills and knowledge required to diagnose and treat neurological disorders. After this stint as a student, he finally established himself as an independent specialist in the field of neurology. He used his training to provide precise diagnoses and solutions for his patients’ problems.

Dr. Vinod Puri is competent at providing treatments for conditions like brain aneurysms, sleep disorders, headaches, meningioma, glioma, sleep disorders, Parkinson’s, autism, stroke, muscular dystrophy, schwannomas, cerebral palsy, and tumors in the penial region. He performs treatment procedures like VP shunting, endovascular coiling, surgical clipping, vagus nerve stimulation, stereotactic radiosurgery, ventriculostomy, lesionectomy, and cranioplasty.

Contribution to medical science of Dr. Vinod Puri

Dr. Vinod Puri has had many significant achievements throughout his career. These have led him to contribute to the medical community immensely. Some of his accomplishments are:

• Dr. Vinod Puri has been the guiding light for many junior doctors and has trained several junior neurologists as a Professor at many renowned medical schools all over the world. He was the head of the neurology department at SSPH & PGTI. He was also a professor at Indiana University Medical School, Indiana, USA, and the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
• He is also dedicated to research on Epilepsy and its treatment. Dr. Vinod Puri has conducted extensive clinical research on the disease as part of the Epilepsy Program at G.B.Pant Hospital, New Delhi. His research has resulted in over 1000 publications in various peer-reviewed journals. Some of his publications include:
  • Kumar, S., Puri, V., Mehndiratta, M.M. et al. Paradoxical response to antitubercular drugs. Indian J Pediatr 62, 695–701 (1995).
  • Roshan S, Puri V, Chaudhry N, Gupta A, Rabi SK. Sleep abnormalities in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy-A sleep questionnaire and polysomnography-based study. Seizure. 2017 Aug;50:194-201.
• At Neuraxis, he will also be acting as the principal investigator for overseeing clinical research work on Epilepsy. He will establish an Epilepsy program at DBS in collaboration with NIH hospital.

Qualification

• MBBS
• MD

Past Experiences

• Professor and head of the Neurology Department - Super Speciality Post Graduate Teaching Institution (SSPH & PGTI)
• Professor and Head Department of Neurology - G.B Pant Hospital, Delhi