Dr. Ketan Desai is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, where he has been operating since August 2006. Prior to this he was Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, while concurrently functioning as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital. Dr. Desai has nearly 25 years of experience in Neurosurgery overall, of which four years were as Registrar... [+]

Fellowships
  • Abelin CNS International Fellowship. Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Surgery at Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA, under Dr. David Kline. 2000-01.
  • Nargis Dutt Foundation Fellowship. 2000.
  • Association of Physicians from America (AAPI) Fellowship. 2001.
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Accreditation
  • Life Member, Neurological Society of India.
  • Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
  • Member, Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
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Testimonials

Research
Preperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia. Gujarat University, for MS (General Surgery).
Retrospective Analysis of 200 Operated Cases of Acoustic Neurinomas. University of Mumbai, MCh (Neurosurgery).
Publications
Article
Bhatjiwale M, Goel A, Desai K. Pathological laughter as a presenting symptom of trigeminal neurinoma. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 1996; 36(9): 644-648.
Article
Goel A, Deogaonkar M, Desai K. Fatal postoperative pituitary apoplexy - its cause and management. Br J Neurosurg 1995; 9: 37-40.
Article
Goel A, Desai K, Bhatjiwale M. Basilar invagination: A review and a new classification. J Neurosurg 1998; 88: 962-968.
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Presentations
    Presentation
  • Plates and Screws fixation for craniovertebral instability. 1st National Workshop and CME on Craniovertebral junction anomalies.  Lucknow, Oct 1997.
  • Presentation
  • Basilar invagination syndrome - An analysis of 200 surgically treated cases. 1st National Workshop and CME on Craniovertebral junction anomalies . Lucknow, Oct 1997.
  • Presentation
  • Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull - Our experience of 14 cases. First South-East Neurosurgical conference. Kathmandu, Mar 1999.
  • Presentation
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Training
MBBS: Smt. NHL Medical College, Ahmedabad. Gujarat University. 1989.
MS (General Surgery): NHL Medical College and Seth KM School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research and Seth VS Hospital, Ahmedabad. Gujarat University. 1992.
MCh (Neurosurgery): Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. University of Mumbai. 1996.
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