Dr. Pankaj A. Agarwal

Specialist:         Neurologist
Experience:      22+ years of experience
Hospital:            Global Hospitals, Mumbai

Brief About Doctor:

• Dr Pankaj Agarwal is currently working at Global Hospitals, Mumbai.
• Dr Pankaj Agarwal is Neurologist with an experience of over 22 years.
• Dr Pankaj Agarwal is one amongst very few Internationally Fellowship-Trained Movement Disorders Specialists in India, and is truly passionate about helping to improve the lives of people with diseases of Movement such as Parkinson’s Disease, Tremor and Dystonia.

• He holds vast experience and expertise in the medical, surgical and postoperative management of patients who undergo Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery, to improve the Quality of Life of patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Tremor and Dystonia, and heads the highly successful and acclaimed DBS program at Global Hospital Mumbai, where he established the Movement Disorders Clinic and DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) Program and Set up Protocols for DBS Patient Selection, Intra-operative MER (microelectrode recording) and Post-operative device programming.
• His Clinical and Research interests include Genetic aspects and pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders, Biomarkers in Parkinson disease, Functional neuroimaging in Parkinson’s disease, Clinical and phenomenological aspects of movement disorders, and botulinum toxin injection for dystonia and DBS therapy for Movement Disorders. 
• His work has been published in several national and international journals, including Lancet Neurology, the Highest ranked journal in Clinical Neurology in the World, with an Impact Factor of 26+ in 2017.
• He is a member of the IPMDS -International Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Society, Indian Academy of Neurology and a Reviewer for Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders journals.
• Dr Agarwal is well known nationally for his astute clinical skills, vast knowledge of and experience in movement disorders, speaking and teaching skills, dedication to teaching students at the prestigious Dept of Neurology, KEM Hospital & Seth GS Medical College Mumbai, where he is Honorary Teaching Faculty, movement disorders research, and ongoing contribution to developing the subspecialty of movement disorders in Indian Neurology.
• He is the Organising Secretary, Movement Disorders of India conference MDSICON Mumbai 2021 – an international meeting held annually. 

SPECIALISATION:

• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Dystonia and other Movement Disorders
• Hemifacial Spasm
• Blepharospasm
• Writer’s Cramp
• Cervical dystonia
• Oromandibular Dystonia
• Laryngeal dystonia
• Lower Limb dystonia
• Migraine, and other rarer indications
• Jaw Dystonia
• Writer’s Cramp
• and Laryngeal dystonia

List of Treatments:

• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Cerebral Angioplasty
• Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
• Endovascular Coiling
• Surgical Clipping

• Temporal Lobectomy
• Lesionectomy
• Hemispherectomy
• Corpus Callosotomy
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation
• Multiple Subpial Transections MST
• Microvascular Decompression MVD
• Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
• Stereotactic Radio Surgery
• Percutaneous Stereotactic Treatment – PSR
• Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
• Brain Tumour Surgery
• Pineal Region Tumours Treatment
• Gliomas Treatment
• Meningioma
• Schwannomas
• VP Shunting
• Ventriculostomy
• Skull Base Surgery
• Sleep Disorders
• Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
• Narcolepsy Treatment
• Headache
• Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
• Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
• Liberation Treatment
• Sensory Ataxia Treatment
• Pituitary Tumour Treatment
• Paediatric Aneurysm
• Arteriovenous Malformations
• Bell’s Palsy Treatment
• Cerebral Angiogram
• Craniotomy Surgery
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Gamma Knife for AVM of Brain Tumour
• Cranioplasty
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Brain Haemorrhage Treatment
• Blood Clot Brain Surgery
• CyberKnife Treatment
• Neurosurgery
• Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
• Acoustic Neuroma
• Stroke Treatment
• High Cervical Stimulation
• Electrical Cortical Stimulation
• Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
• Drug Pump Implantation for Chronic Pain Management
• Sacral Neuromodulation
• Conservative management
• Thecoperitoneal shunt
• Microsurgical tumour removal
• Endoscopic decompression
• Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
• Deep Brain Stimulation (non-rechargeable)
• NeuroRehabilitation
• Microsurgical repair of encephalocele
• VNS implantation

EDUCATION:

• MBBS
• MD
• DNB
• DM
• Movement Disorders Fellowship