• Functional Neurosurgical Program was established in 1988
• The only comprehensive Functional Neurosurgical Program in India.
• The first and only multidisciplinary program having movement disorder specialist, pediatric neurologist, epileptologist, stroke expert and headache specialist. Further support provided by state of the art Neuroradiology and Neurophysiology facilities.
• Postsurgical care offered by dedicated nursing staff, rehabilitation specialist and physiotherapists.
• Conducting research in the field of glioma and PD surgery. Completed five research projects and two research projects are underway.
• It is the only centre that offers fellowship program in Stereotactic and Functional neurosurgery for qualified neurosurgeons. The fellowship program has a waiting period of more than three years.

Doshi PK.  History of Stereotactic Surgery In India; in Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Lozano AM, Gildenberg P, Tasker R (eds). 2nd Ed. Berlin, Springer. P155-69

• Trained in Functional Neurosurgery from reputed centers such as the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, the Maudsley Hospital, London, Yale University, USA, Newcastle General Hospital, UK, as well as centers in France (with Prof. Benabid), Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Germany

• First neurosurgeon to perform DBS surgery in India. Started DBS therapy in 1998 long before it was introduced in the USA (2002)

• Largest number of DBS surgeries in India.

• Only Neurosurgeon to perform DBS in patients with cardiac pacemakers

• Operated on the oldest patient (82 years old) of PD in the world

• Largest number of stereotactic procedures performed by a single person in India, with a success rate of  > 95%. Experience of 250 movement disorders surgeries of which 200 are DBS surgeries

• More than 30 publications including those in peer reviewed journals

• Delivered >150 lectures in national and international meetings
• Extensively interviewed by the National and International press, with live interviews on most TV channels
• Reviewer for “Neurosurgery” Journal, regional editor for WSSFN newsletter, Treasurer of Indian society of stereotactic and Functional neurosurgery, board member of Asian-Australasian society of functional neurosurgery, member of the task force to form guidelines on psychosurgery