Neurology

Neurology

Neurology / Brain

The department deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the Brain, Nervous System, Spinal Chord, Blood Vessels, Muscles, And Nerves. Top of the line doctors in the field of neurology and neurosurgery treat these diseases. Expertise includes management of Headache, Epilepsy, Seizures, Stroke, Movement Disorders, Neuro Infections, Demyelinating Neurological Disorders, Degenerative Disorders, Dementia, Status Epilepticus, GB Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Acute Headache, Neuromuscular Disorders and other Rare Neurological Diseases.

Our Team

Dr. Deepak Goel

Dr. Deepak Goel

Professor & Head

Dr. Manish Mittal

Dr. Manish Mittal

Associate Professor

Dr. Ashwani Bhat

Dr. Ashwani Bhat

Associate Professor

Neurology installations deal with the Management of

All disorders of the brain, spine, peripheral nerves Brain and spinal cord injuries
Brain tumors, Aneurysms/vascular pathology Head injury
Spinal canal stenosis Herniated disc disease (Disc prolapse)
Degenerative disc disease Spinal instability due to arthritis
Degenerative arthritis Spina bifida
Spinal cord tumors Scoliosis

Facilities available :-

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  • Restorative neurology and rehabilitation
  • Stem cell therapy
  • Complex brain tumor surgery
  • Skull base surgery
  • Deep brain stimulation
  • Stereotactic neurosurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – MISS – ‘Keyhole Surgery’ using endoscopic devises
Neurology
  • Dedicated Operation Theatres, Microscope, Endoscopy
  • Intraoperative Electrophysiological monitoring, Isocentric C-Arm, I.C.P Monitoring
  • Speed drill, head clamps, Stereotactic frame, bone scalpel
  • Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) and ERBE Neurosurgical Diathermy EEG, EMG, NCV
  • Botox Therapy: Botulinum toxin or Botox in short is a therapy to take the edge off facial wrinkles. Botox injections are used to treat conditions such as neck spasms (cervical dystonia), excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), an overactive bladder and lazy eye. These may also be used to prevent chronic migraines.
  • Neurophysiology Labs: These labs offer Evoked Potential Studies, which are checked out to measure electrical signals along nerve pathways. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials help diagnose hearing losses, distinguishing between damage to the ‘acoustic nerve’from damage to the ‘auditory pathways’ within the brain stem.
  • Neuropsychology Services: This is a branch of psychology, which is concerned with how a person’s cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Doctors focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.
  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services: These include treatment for all kinds of Paralysis with maximum results. Offers medications, physiotherapy, speech and swallow therapy, psychological therapies, occupational therapies, teaching or retraining patients on mobility skills, communication processes etc. Neuro-Rehab is essential for outcomes after both brain and spinal cord injuries.
  • * Neuromuscular Lab – Offers complete services for gauging nerve and muscle disease, including clinical evaluation, nerve and muscle biopsy, tissue preparation and pathological interpretation.
  • NCV/EMG Studies Including RNS Test, Facial Nerve Studies, Evoked Potential and Event Related Potential Tests.
  • Digital EEG lab – for routine diagnosis of epileptic disorders.
  • Video EEG lab – These are put to usefor prolonged EEG along with video monitoring for the diagnosis, classification of seizures.
  • Sleep Lab – Sleep studies are conducted in these labs during a patients normal sleeping hours so that sleep disorders can be diagnosed and treated.

Himalayan Institute of Medical Science is a multidisciplinary,tertiary care hospital. Neurology was started in the Hospital in 1995.A full-fledged separate Neurology department came into existence in--. This department is the first integrated department of Neurology in the state of Uttarakhand and provides ministrations to neurological disorders of all types,not only from state of Uttarakhand but also from UP, HP and Haryana. It has 40 beds including 6Neuro-critical careand emergency beds. At present four neurologists man the department. The Neurology Department provides comprehensive ‘in-patient’ and ‘out-patient’ neurological services, treating the full range of neurological disorders. Itoffers state-of-art Emergency & Trauma serviceand treats around1500 in-patients annually. Notably it has awell-established outpatient service, seeing 40000 outpatients per year. The Department has developed sub-specialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy, degenerative disorders, neuromuscular disorders and headache.

The department is committed to providing excellence in neurological care through quality management, education and training of health care professionals. Today it is well known for its academic excellence and inexpensive medical care in this part of the country.

The Department of Neurology has been permitted by Medical Council of India to start DM program with an intake capacity of two candidates per year.

Specialized Care in Department of Neurology

Neurology specialty services offer treatment for diseases of the nervous system including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, neuro-muscular junction and muscle. The department boasts of state-of-the-art facilities for comprehensive evaluation of neurological problems and its management.

Stroke

Stroke is an acute neurological problem due to problems related to blood circulation. We have all necessary facilities for management of patient with stroke.

  • Speech therapy
  • 24 x 7 emergency services for acute stroke care
  • CT with Multiphasic Angiogram/MRI facility
  • IV Thrombolysis facility (within 4.5 hours: 10 thrombolysis /month).
  • Physiotherapy and rehabilitation services of stroke patients
  • Dedicated stroke evaluation - To determine the exact cause of stroke for prevention in future

Epilepsy And Seizure Disorders

We offer comprehensive evaluation and treatment for all epilepsy and seizure disorders.Wehave the professional expertise and facilities needed to provide the highest level of medical and surgical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy. We have Video EEG/portable EEG facility.

Movement Disorders

These include Parkinsonism/Dystonia/various types of tremors. Botulinum toxin injections are administered for various conditions like hemi facial spasm/spasticity/various kinds of dystonia

Headache

Advance management of all type of Headache disorders including Botox therapy and nerve blocks.

Neuro Muscular Disorders

Like myopathies and muscular dystonia, myasthenia

Demyelinating/Autoimmune Disorders

Including Guillian Barre syndrome, A.D.E.M, Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune encephalitis with facility for plasma exchange.

Cognitive Problems and Dementia

 

Infections of Nervous System

Meningitis/Encephalitis

Sleep Disorders

Problems with sleep is now found to be the root cause for many systemic illnesses.

The Sleep lab is functional for overnight sleep study (PSG) + MSLT. Sleep disorders can be diagnosed and in selected casesof (OSA) CPAP titration is done and homeCPAP support is recommended.