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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

YouTube Videos
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 ___


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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. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor Fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery: Catholic University of Korea - Seoul at St. Mary’s Hospital
2 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) fellowship from National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
3 Dr. Deepak Ranade Professor and HOD Fellowship in DBS – Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
4 Dr. Sarang Gotecha Associate Professor Observership at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
5 Dr. Ashish Chugh HOD & Professor Dhanvantari Puraskar, Lokmat, 02/02/2023

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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