Dr. Sudhir Tyagi

About

A senior neurosurgeon who pioneered the functional stereotactic surgery program at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, performing a large number of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and ablative surgeries. Reported to be the first surgeon in India to use image-fusion technique to localize deep-brain targets, and known for frameless stereotactic navigation in epilepsy and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Has performed 9,000+ neurosurgical procedures. Member of the Neurological Society of India and the Indian Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery.

Education & Training

• MBBS — King George's Medical College, Lucknow
• MS & MCh (Neurosurgery) — AIIMS, New Delhi
• Specialized training in neurovascular & skull-base surgery (Clinical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia, under Prof. Vinko Dolenc); stereotactic/functional neurosurgery (St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, under Dr. Malcolm Pell); spinal cord stimulation (San Francisco, USA)

Publications & Contributions

• Book chapter on Functional Stereotactic Neurosurgery in a Textbook of Operative Neurosurgery; presentations at national and international forums