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Neurosurgery Department at Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital
  • The Neurosurgery Department has brought laurels to the institution and will continue its efforts in the future.
  • State-of-the-art high-tech facilities available:
    • fMRI
    • Stereotactic surgery
    • Neuro-navigation
    at very affordable costs.
  • Recognized as a PG and Superspeciality training center with:
    • 3 M.Ch. (Neurosurgery) seats sanctioned by the Medical Council of India.
  • Comprehensive training of the Neurosurgical Residency Program is ensured.
  • Services provided:
    • Daily outpatient services
    • Daily elective surgeries
    • 24x7 emergency services
  • Professor and team of neurosurgeons offer:
    • Thorough evaluations
    • Diagnoses
    • Treatments for brain, nerve, and spinal cord diseases and disorders in children and adults.
  • Each patient is treated as a unique individual, encouraging open and frank communication for effective medical care.
  • Compassion extends not only to patients but also to the families who care for them.
  • Excellent facilities and technologically advanced equipment enable treatment for various neurosurgical diseases.
  • Department comprises some of the most experienced neurosurgeons.
  • Surgical experience results have been presented at numerous professional forums, including:
    • Scientific publications
    • Abstracts
    • Presentations at national and international conferences
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Dr. Ashish Chugh Professor & HOD

MCh Neurosurgery Program
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Intake Capacity: 3 students per year
Fellowship Course
  • Fellowship in Endoscopic and Advanced Spine Surgery
  • Level of the Program: Fellowship
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Intake Capacity: 2 students
  • Eligibility:
    • M.Ch / DNB Neurosurgery
    • M.Ch / DNB Orthopedic Surgery
  • Proposed Fees: Rs. 1 Lakh

Day Unit Timing
Monday Unit 2 9 am to 4 pm
Tuesday Unit 1 9 am to 4 pm
Wednesday Unit 2 9 am to 4 pm
Thursday Unit 1 9 am to 4 pm
Friday Unit 2 9 am to 4 pm
Saturday Unit 1 9 am to 1 pm
IPD Services
  • 24/7 Emergency & Trauma Care with specialized ICU and Intensivist care
  • Neuronavigation guided excision of brain tumors
  • Skull base surgeries
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Endoscopic Brain surgeries
  • Cerebrovascular surgeries
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Facial Pain (Trigeminal Neuralgia) surgeries
  • Traumatic brain surgeries
  • Decompressive surgeries for stroke
  • Stereotactic brain surgeries (with frame and frameless)
  • CSF diversion (Endoscopic / shunt) procedures
  • Skull reconstructive surgeries
  • Degenerative spinal diseases
  • Spinal cord tumor surgeries
  • Minimally invasive spine surgeries
  • Spinal deformity correction (Congenital and Traumatic)
  • Traumatic spine surgeries
Specialty Clinics
  • Monday - Brain Endoscopy OPD
  • Tuesday - CVJ OPD
  • Wednesday - Spine OPD
  • Thursday - Epilepsy OPD
  • Friday - Oncology OPD
  • Saturday - Pediatric Neurosurgery OPD

SN Name of the Faculty Photograph Educational Qualification Designation Registration No.
1 Dr. Ashish Purshottam Chugh Dr. Ashish Purshottam Chugh MBBS, MS, MCh, DNB Professor & HOD 2001021052
2 Dr. Sarang Shirish Gotecha Dr. Sarang Shirish Gotecha MBBS, MS, MCh Professor 2009010124
3 Dr. Prashant Punia Dr. Prashant Punia MBBS, MS, MCh Professor 2022108617
4 Dr. Jayant Arun Gaud Dr. Jayant Arun Gaud MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship in MIS & Endoscopic Spine Surgery Assistant Professor 2013040993
5 Dr. Ishant Shekhar Rege Dr. Ishant Shekhar Rege MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery Assistant Professor 2014020342
6 Dr. Neeraj Singh Dr. Neeraj Singh MBBS, MS Senior Resident RMC23745
7 Dr. Addagada Avinash Dr. Addagada Avinash MBBS, MS Senior Resident APMCRMR 101123

  • Spacious Outpatient Department
  • Dedicated Operation Theatre for Neurosurgery
  • Dedicated Microscope
  • KINEVO 900
  • VARIO
  • S8 Neuro-navigation system
  • Dedicated C-arm
  • Spinal Endoscopes / Brain Endoscope - KARL STORZ - LOTTA system
  • Drills, State of the Art Instruments
  • Drills - Medtronics Drills system
  • Instruments
  • Asculap & Codman Micro-instruments
  • Spine and Brain Instruments set
  • 3 Tesla MRI (VIDA) / 1.5 Tesla MRI
  • 128 Multi-slice CT-scan
  • CUSA - Sonopet
  • Dedicated ICU
  • Ventilators / Monitors
  • Intensivists for pre and post-operative care
  • Dedicated male and female wards
  • State of Art Central Laboratory
  • Skills lab
  • Well-equipped central library and resource center as well as a separate department library

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Dr. Deepak Ranade (HOD)

Academics Extension and Research

Academic Activities
  • Seminars/Symposia
  • Demonstrations
  • Journal Clubs
  • Hands-on training / Cadaveric Dissections
  • Case Presentations
  • Bed-side Clinics
  • Mortality Meetings
  • Neuro-Radiology Meetings
  • Special Lectures
  • Regularly attending national & international conferences & presenting papers
  • Regularly attending CME’s & Workshops
  • Organised MCNS Workshop
  • Regular Publications in National & International journals
Future Plans
  • O ARM / To Start Centre of Excellence for Neuroendoscopy
  • Neuromonitoring
  • X-Gamma knife radiosurgery to be started within a reasonable period of time
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Regular P.G. Cadaveric Dissection Sessions
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Regular Attendance in National and International Conferences With Award-winning Paper and Poster Presentations
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Dedicated Department With Regular P.G Teaching Activities
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Regular P.G. Cadaveric Dissection Sessions
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Sr. No. Title of Research Project Investigators Research Grant
1 Analysis And Measurement Of The Entropy Of Default Mode Network Of 50 Patients Of Headache using fMRI. Dr. Deepak Ranade, Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Investigator: Dr. Amit Kharat, Professor of Radiology		 ___
2 Evaluation of Neuroplasticity using fMRI in patients undergoing ablation/disconnection procedures for surgical treatment of epilepsy. Dr. Deepak Ranade, Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Investigator: Dr. Nilesh Kurwale, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Dr. Amit Kharat, Professor of Radiology		 ___
3 Mapping the Neurotheological centers using fMRI in the study of transcendental states. Dr. Deepak Ranade, Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Investigator: Dr. Amit Kharat, Professor of Radiology		 ___
4 Oncomechanics: software for prediction and target screening in collaboration with CSIR Dr. Prashant Punia ___

Sr. No. Name of the Project and Duration Name of Teachers Amount of Seed Money Provided (INR in Lakhs) Sanctioned Year
1 Oncomechanics: software for cancer prediction and target screening Dr. Ram Rup Sarkar
Dr. Vikas Kothawade
Dr. Prashant Punia		 ___ 2020
2 Low cost fluorescein guided Dr. Sarang Gotecha Rs: 3 Lakh approved 2019

Sr. No. Title of Research Project Investigators Research Grant (INR) Year
1 Low cost Fluorescein guided system for malignant brain tumours Dr. Sarang Gotecha 10,00,000 2023

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Medtronic S8 Navigation System (Fully Loaded Crenial And Sanal Optical And Electromagnetic System)
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Dedicated Cusa (Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiratdr)
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Medtronics High Speed Drill System
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Well Equipped Operation Theater With Integrated Workstation (Microscope,endoscope And Navigation System)
Dedication Well Equipped Neurosurgical ICU
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Kinevo 900 Microscope :- First Fully Loaded Robotic 3D Microscope With 3D Exoscope And Endoscope
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Fully Equipped Operation Theater

  • D. Ranade, I. Rege, B. More, A. Patel. Importance of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Simultaneous Release of Tethered Cord and Corrective Surgery for Severe Kyphoscoliosis Deformity: A Case Report. The Egyptian Journal Spine. Submitted: April 24th, 2021; Accepted: June 1st, 2021; Published: July 2021. Vol. 38, Issue 1, Pages 68-76. Scopus, PubMed.
  • D. Ranade, A. Patel, B. More, A. Lachake. Report of a Rare Case of Spontaneous Subdural Hemorrhage in Dengue Fever That Mimics a Tumor on MRI: A Case Report. The Egyptian Journal Spine. Submitted: April 2nd, 2021; Accepted: June 13th, 2021; Published: July 2021. Vol. 38, Issue 1, Pages 76-80. Scopus, PubMed.
  • Ghosalkar J., Sonawane V., Pisal T., Achrekar S., Pujari R., Chugh A., Shastry P. Prostate Apoptosis Response-4 (Par-4): A Novel Target In Pyronaridine-Induced Apoptosis in Glioblastoma (GBM) Cells. Journal of Cancers.
  • CR Gore, P Mishra, R Rashmi, A Chugh. Piecing Together a Puzzle of Exceptional Lesions: A Retrospective Study of a Potpourri of 160 Space-Occupying Lesions of the Central Nervous System. Journal of Cureus.
  • Prashant Punia, Tanvi Malankar, Sonal Shah, Ashish Chugh. Circoid Aneurysm of Occipital Artery: Rare of the Rarest. Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery. 2022. Accepted. Scopus, PubMed.
  • Prashant Punia, Ashish Chugh, Sarang Gotecha. Contrecoup Extradural Hematoma: When Hematomas Do Not Follow Rules. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock. Submitted: 30-Apr-2021; Revised: 06-May-2021; Accepted: 13-Sep-2021; Published: 04-Apr-2022. Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 53-55. Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science.
  • Chhabra S, Ranade Deepak, More B, Sarang Gotecha, Prashant Punia, Vybhav Raghu, Dushyant Kashyap. Clinical Profile, Management and Surgical Outcome of Spinal Cord Tumors. International Surgery Journal. Received: 30 July 2021; Revised: 06 September 2021; Accepted: 07 September 2021; Published 2021. Vol 8, Issue 10, Pages 3013-3018. DOAJ.
  • Raghu Vybhav, Ranade Deepak, Gotecha Sarang, Punia Prashant, Chugh Ashish, More Bhagirath, Dr Apurva Lachake. A Comparative Study of Conventional Discectomy and Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomies. International Surgery Journal. Received: 30 July 2021; Revised: 06 September 2021; Accepted: 07 September 2021; Published 2021. Vol 8, Issue 10, Pages 3024-3030. DOAJ.
  • Kashyap Dushyant, Chugh Ashish, Punia Prashant, Ranade Deepak, Gotecha Sarang, More Bhagirath, Chhabra Shobhit, Raghu Vybhav. A Study on Obstruction at the Level of Foramen of Monro Causing Obstructive Hydrocephalus. International Surgery Journal. Received: 30 July 2021; Revised: 06 September 2021; Accepted: 07 September 2021; Published 2021. Vol 8, Issue 10, Pages 3019-3023. DOAJ.
  • Gotecha S, Kotecha M, Punia P, Chugh A, Shetty V. Neuroophthalmic Manifestations of Intracranial Tumours in Adults. Beyoglu Eye Journal. 2022; 7(4):304-312. DOI: 14744/bej.2022.50469.
  • Ranade D, Rege I, More B, Lachake A. Versatility of Anterior Approach for Management of Odontoid Fractures. Egyptian Spine Journal. 2022; 41(2):117-22.
  • CR Gore, P Mishra, R Rashmi, A Chugh. Piecing Together a Puzzle of Exceptional Lesions: A Retrospective Study of a Potpourri of 160 Space-Occupying Lesions of the Central Nervous System. Cureus. Published: March 28, 2022.
  • Ashish Chugh, Ashutosh Mohapatra, Prashant Punia, Sarang Gotecha, Priyam Choudhary. Giant Cell Tumour of the Occipital Bone in a 13-Year-Old Male. Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbotabad. 2022 Apr-Jun; 34(2):378-380.
  • Ghosalkar J., Sonawane V., Pisal T., Achrekar S., Pujari R., Chugh A., Shastry P. Prostate Apoptosis Response-4 (Par-4): A Novel Target In Pyronaridine-Induced Apoptosis in Glioblastoma (GBM) Cells. Cancers. Received: 3 June 2022; Accepted: 27 June 2022; Published: 29 June 2022.
  • Punia P, Chugh A, Gotecha S, Lachake A. Single level ossified ligamentum flavum causing holocordal syrinx: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. For publication. 4 August 2023.
  • Prashant Punia, Ashish Chugh, Sarang Gotecha, Shobhit Chhabra. Spontaneous and rapid resolution of acute subdural hematoma in a 5-year-old child: A case report. Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences. 13 June 2023. DOI: 4103/jpn.JPN_49_21.
  • Gotecha S, Chugh A, Punia P, et al. Endoscopic Transnasal Navigation Guided Treatment of Clivus Abscess in Adult with Mucormycosis: A Rare Report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04117-1. 24 July 2023.
  • Punia P, Chugh A, Gotecha S, Lachake A, Shinde V. Unusual presentation of osteoid osteoma of the cervical spine with dysphagia. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Accepted for publication. 24 April 2023.
  • Patel A, More B, Rege I, Ranade D. Clinical diagnosis and management of multiple cerebral ring-enhancing lesions—study of 50 patients at a tertiary healthcare center. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. May 02, 2023. DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1456_22.
  • More B, Rege I, Ranade D, Lachake A. Thoracic spinal cord compression by an atypical aggressive vertebral hemangioma–A case report. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2023 May 9; 20(1):76-79.
  • Chugh A, Punia P, Gotecha S, Rege I, Shinde V. Post Mucormycosis Frontal Bone Osteonecrosis: “A Road Less Traveled During the Pandemic.” World Neurosurgery. Volume 172, April 2023, Pages e335-e342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.023.
  • Prashant Punia, Ankit Patel, Sarang Gotecha, Apurva Lachake, Vinod Shinde, Ashish Chugh. Pituitary Apoplexy Presenting with Isolated Third Nerve Palsy: A Rare Case Report. DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-04221-2. 22 September 2023.
  • Sarang Gotecha, Ashish Chugh, Prashant Punia, Megha Kotecha, Vriddhi Shetty. A rare case of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma with hemorrhage. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. Accepted for Publication. 15 December 2023. DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1288_20.

Sr. No. Resident Name Topic Guide Name
1 Dr. Apurva Lachake Retrospective & prospective study of high anterior retropharyngeal approach for atlanto-axial dislocation/ instability Dr. Deepak Ranade
2 Dr. M. Rajeev Reddy Transnasal transsphenoidal excision of pituitary adenomas: a prospective and retrospective study in 50 patients Dr. Ashish Chugh
3 Dr. Ramis Abdual Aziz Comparison of Nurick score and modified Japanese orthopedic association score as prognostic indices of surgical outcome of cervical Dr. Sarang Gotecha
4 Dr. Neeraj Singh Recent trend in intracranial tumour: brain tumour registry in tertiary care centre in western Maharashtra Dr. Prashant Punia
5 Dr. S. Chirag An observational study of endoscopic management of colloid cyst Dr. Ashish Chugh

Sr. No. Name Designation Details of Achievements
1 Dr. Nilesh Kurwale Associate Professor European Conference on Epileptology: “Stereo tubes technique: a novel substitute for intraoperative MRI in epilepsy surgeries” in Sept 2016
2 Dr. Nilesh Kurwale Associate Professor Best Poster Award at Neuropedicon Ahmedabad for presenting “Emergency epilepsy surgery for management of refractory status epilepticus in children: a series from Pune” in September 2016
3 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor Fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery: Catholic University of Korea - Seoul at St. Mary’s Hospital
4 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) fellowship from National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
5 Dr. Deepak Ranade Professor and HOD Fellowship in DBS – Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
6 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor Observership at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
7 Dr. Ashish Chugh HOD & Professor Dhanvantari Puraskar, Lokmat, 02/02/2023

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Sr. No. Title Date Guest Speaker No. of Delegates Attended
1 MCNS (Midwest Chapter of Neurological Surgeons) 15 Feb 2019 Dr. Deepak Ranade
Dr. Ashish Chugh		 150

Sr. No. Designation Name of the Participant Name of the CME/Conference/Workshop Date & Venue/Place Role
1 Professor Dr. Ashish Chugh XL Annual Research Society Conference Pune 2014 Delegate
2 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha 3rd Skull Based Cadaver Course & Product Training M S Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore, on 28th June 2014 Delegate
3 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha The Indo-Japan Neurosurgical Conference Aurangabad, on 29th to 30th August 2014 Delegate
4 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha Spine 2014, the Annual Conference of Neuro Spinal Surgeons’ Association of India Ahmedabad on 19th to 21st September 2014 Delegate
5 Professor Dr. Ashish Chugh Neuro Spinal Surgeons Goa 2015 Delegate
6 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha 28th Annual Conference of Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSICON) 2015 Pune on 23rd to 25th January 2015 Delegate
7 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha ASSICON 2015 November 2015 at Goa Delegate
8 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha Annual conference of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons of India (MISSICON) Hyderabad October 2018 Delegate
9 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale National Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Symposium April 2018 Delegate
10 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale MCNS: Midwest Chapter of Neurosurgery - Organized Cadaveric Workshop and Live Surgical Workshop 2018 Organizer
11 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale SUSIE Germany July 2018 Delegate
12 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale NESSAN Delhi 2018 Delegate
13 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale Paediatric Epilepsy Update Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune 2018 Delegate
14 HOD & Professor Dr. Deepak Ranade MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
15 Professor Dr. Ashish Chugh International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery Mumbai 2019 Delegate
16 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
17 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
18 Assistant Professor Dr. Prashant Punia MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
19 Assistant Professor Dr. Anil Patil MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
20 Assistant Professor Dr. Bhagirath More MCNS: Chapter of Neurosurgery at Pune February 2019 Organizer
21 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale SEEG Singapore June 2019 Delegate
22 HOD & Professor Dr. Deepak Ranade INSELSPITAL Universitatsspital Bern Switzerland 10 September 2019 Delegate
23 Associate Professor Dr. Nilesh Kurwale NESSAN Delhi 2019 Delegate
24 Assistant Professor Dr. Bhagirath More NSI: Neurological Society Of India 2019 Delegate
25 H.O.D & Professor Dr. Deepak Ranade 11th National Conference of Midwest Chapter of Neurological Surgeons organized in association with Goa Association of Neurological Surgeons (GANS). MCNS 2020 Goa MCNS Feb 2020 Delegate
26 Associate Professor Dr. Sarang Gotecha 11th National Conference of Midwest Chapter of Neurological Surgeons organized in association with Goa Association of Neurological Surgeons (GANS). MCNS 2020 Goa MCNS Feb 2020 Delegate
27 JR II Dr. Vybhav Raghu 11th National Conference of Midwest Chapter of Neurological Surgeons organized in association with Goa Association of Neurological Surgeons (GANS). MCNS 2020 Goa MCNS Feb 2020 Delegate

Sr. No. Name of the Participant Name of the CME/Conference/Workshop National/International Date & Venue/Place Role
1 Dr. Ashish Chugh NSICON National 09/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 Agra Delegate
2 Dr. Ashish Chugh Sakal Educon Finland National 04/09/2023 to 09/09/2023 Finland Delegate
3 Dr. Sarang Gotecha NSICON National 09/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 Agra Delegate
4 Dr. Prashant Punia NSICON National 09/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 Agra Delegate
5 Dr. Ashish Chugh MCNS National 24/02/2023 to 26/02/2023 Mumbai Faculty
6 Dr. Sarang Gotecha MCNS National 24/02/2023 to 26/02/2023 Mumbai Delegate
7 Dr. Prashant Punia MCNS National 24/02/2023 to 26/02/2023 Mumbai Delegate
8 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Gujarat Neurocon National 04/02/2023 to 06/02/2023 Rajkot Delegate
9 Dr. Prashant Punia 1. Neuroendoscopic Management of Colloid Cyst
2. Moderator of Invited Faculty at YNF-2023
3. How to Balance Surgical Work with Academic & Research		 National 09/06/2023 to 11/06/2023 MCNS 2023 Hyderabad Chairperson/Panelist
10 Dr. Prashant Punia NSICON 2023 National 14/12/2023 to 17/12/2023 Bhubaneshwar Delegate