Dr. Ajay Hegde

Dr. Ajay Hegde

Consultant 

14 Years of Experience

Neurologist, Spine Surgeon

MBBS, MS, M.Ch, DNB, FRCS

Reg. No.:87161, Karnataka Medical Council

Manipal Hospital, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore

English, Hindi

Consultation Fee ₹ 900

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About Dr. Ajay Hegde

  • Dr. Ajay Hegde is a famous Neurosurgeon with 14 years of overall experience in the field.
  • He specializes in surgeries like brain surgery and spinal surgery.
  • His expertise lies in surgery for parkinson's disease, epilepsy surgery, pain surgery, neurooncology, and endoscopic pituitary surgery
  • His educational qualifications include an MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and a 2010 MS in General Surgery from JSS University, Mysore, 2014.
  • Dr. Ajay earned an MCh in NeuroSurgery from Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal, India, in 2017.
  • He is an esteemed member of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED), Bangalore Neurological Society, Neurological Society of India, and International Neuromodulation Society.

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Education

  • MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 2010
  • MS in General Surgery, JSS University, Mysore, 2014
  • MCh in Neuro Surgery, Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal, India, 2017
  • DNB, National Board of Examination, New Delhi
  • Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) in (NeuroSurgery)

Past Experience

  • Associate Professor, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 2023
  • Assistant Professor, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 2018

Awards

  • Victor and Clara Soriano Award, 10th World Stroke Congress, 2016
  • Paul Dudley White International Scholar, American Heart Association, 2021
  • Apollo Gold Medal, 2017

Associations/Membership

  • The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Bangalore Neurological Society
  • Neurological Society of India
  • International Neuromodulation Society

Paper Published

  • Gudigar, A., Raghavendra, U., Hegde, A., Menon, G. R., Molinari, F., Ciaccio, E. J., & Acharya, U. R. (2021). Automated detection and screening of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using computed tomography images: a comprehensive review and future perspectives. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(12), 6499.
  • Gudigar, A., Raghavendra, U., Hegde, A., Kalyani, M., Ciaccio, E. J., & Acharya, U. R. (2020). Brain pathology identification using computer aided diagnostic tool: A systematic review. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 187, 105205.
  • Inamdar, M. A., Raghavendra, U., Gudigar, A., Chakole, Y., Hegde, A., Menon, G. R., ... & Acharya, U. R. (2021). A review on computer aided diagnosis of acute brain stroke. Sensors, 21(24), 8507.
  • Pargaonkar, R., Kumar, V., Menon, G., & Hegde, A. (2019). Comparative study of computed tomographic scoring systems and predictors of early mortality in severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 66, 100-106.
  • Menon, G., Johnson, S. E., Hegde, A., Rathod, S., Nayak, R., & Nair, R. (2021). Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio–a novel prognostic marker following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 200, 106339.

Field of Expertise

  • ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion)
  • ALIF (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
  • Aneurysm Coiling
  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Anterior Spinal Fusion
  • Artificial Lumbar Disc Replacement
  • Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
  • Brain Surgery
  • Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
  • Cerebral Angiogram
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cervical Artificial Disk Replacement
  • Cervical Corpectomy
  • Cervical Decompression
  • Cervical Disc Replacement Surgery
  • Cervical Fusion for Tumor
  • Cervical Laminectomy
  • Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
  • Cervical Laminoplasty
  • Cervical Laminotomy
  • Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Craniofacial Reconstruction Surgery
  • Cranioplasty
  • Craniotomy
  • CyberKnife Surgery
  • Decompressive Craniectomy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
  • Digital Nerve Repair
  • Disc Replacement
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Endovascular Surgery for AVMs
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Foraminotomy
  • Gamma Knife Surgery
  • Hemispherectomy
  • High Cervical Stimulation
  • Image-Guided Neurosurgery
  • Intrathecal Pain Pump
  • Keyhole Spine Surgery
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Laminotomy
  • Lesionectomy
  • Liberation Therapy
  • Lumbar Decompression
  • Lumbar Discectomy
  • Lumbar Fusion for Tumor
  • Lumbar Laminectomy
  • Lumbar Microdiscectomy
  • Lumbar Posterior Fusion
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Microsurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
  • Microsurgical Tumor Removal
  • Microvascular Decompression (MVD)
  • Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery for Brain Tumor
  • Multiple Subpial Transections (MST)
  • Navigation Assisted Spine Surgery (NASS)
  • Nerve Repair Surgery
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Nucleoplasty
  • OLIF (Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
  • Pars Repair
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
  • Percutaneous Pedicle Fixation
  • Percutaneous Stereotactic Radiofrequency Rhizotomy (PSR)
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • PLIF (Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
  • Posterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Posterior Spinal Fusion
  • Posterior Thoracic Decompression
  • Posterior Thoracic Fusion
  • Posterior Thoracic Laminectomy
  • Revision Spine Surgery
  • Rhizotomy
  • Robotic-Assisted Nephroureterectomy
  • Scoliosis Spine Surgery
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Speech Therapy
  • Spinal Cord Detethering
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Spinal Decompression and Fixation
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Implant Removal
  • Spine Tumur Surgery
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Synovial Cyst Excision
  • Temporal Lobectomy
  • Thecoperitoneal Shunt
  • Thoracic Interbody Fusion
  • TLIF (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Traumatic Spine Stabilization
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  • VP Shunt
  • XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion)
  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
  • Adjacent Segment Disease
  • ALD (Adrenoleukodystrophy)
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amnesia
  • Amyloidosis
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anaplastic Astrocytoma
  • Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondria, Hypochondriasis)
  • Arachnoid Cysts
  • Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Arthritis of the Spine (Spondylosis)
  • Astrocytoma
  • Ataxia
  • Atypical Parkinsonism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Avoidant Personality Disorder
  • Baastrup's Disease (Kissing Spine)
  • Back Pain in Athletes
  • Back Strains and Sprains
  • Basal Ganglia Stroke
  • Bell's Palsy
  • Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar Psychosis
  • Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Botulism
  • Brachial Plexus Palsy
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Atrophy
  • Brain Cancer (Brain Tumor)
  • Brain Hemorrhage
  • Brain Stem Glioma
  • Brain: Temporal Lobe, Vagal Nerve, & Frontal Lobe
  • Burst Fracture
  • Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Tumors
  • Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Childhood Schizophrenia
  • Chordomas
  • Choroid Plexus Tumor
  • Chronic Migraine
  • Chronic Spine and Back Pain
  • Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
  • Cluster Headaches
  • Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain)
  • Comprehensive Myelopathy
  • Compression and Wedge Spinal Fracture
  • Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Spine
  • Congenital Spine Cord Malformations
  • Convexity Meningioma
  • Craniofacial Malformations
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Craniosynostosis (Craniostenosis)
  • Crooked Spine
  • Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Dementia
  • Developmental Delay in Children
  • Devic's Disease (Neuromyelitis)
  • Discitis
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
  • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor (DNET)
  • Dyslexia
  • Dystonia
  • Encephalitis
  • Encephalocele
  • Ependymoma
  • Epilepsy
  • Essential Tremor
  • Factitious Disorders
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Fibrillary Astrocytoma
  • Fixed Sagittal Imbalance
  • Flatback Syndrome
  • Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
  • Generalized Seizures
  • Glioblastoma Tumors
  • Gliomas Tumors
  • Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GPN)
  • GLUT-1 Deficiency
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
  • Headache
  • Headaches in Children and Adolescents
  • Hemangioblastoma
  • Hemangiopericytoma
  • Hemicrania Continua
  • Hemimegalencephaly
  • Herniated Disk (Slipped, Ruptured or Bulging Disk)
  • HIV Neuropathy
  • HIV-Associated Dementia
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus in Children
  • Hyperkalemia (High Potassium)
  • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
  • Hypothermia (Low Body Temperature)
  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Infantile Spasm
  • Insomnia
  • Joubert Syndrome
  • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA)
  • Kleine-Levin Syndrome
  • Korsakoff's Syndrome
  • Kummell Disease
  • Kyphosis
  • Leukodystrophy
  • Lewy Body Dementia
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Lumbar Radiculopathy
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST)
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Meningioma
  • Meralgia Paresthetica
  • Metastatic Spinal Tumors
  • Metastatic Tumors
  • Migraines in Children and Adolescents
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
  • Mitochondrial Diseases
  • Motor Neuron Disease
  • Motor Stereotypies
  • Moyamoya Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
  • Myoclonic Atonic Epilepsy
  • Narcolepsy
  • Narcolepsy in Children
  • Neck Sprain
  • Nerve Injury
  • Nerve Sheath Tumor
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Neurofibroma
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2)
  • Neurogenic Bladder
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Olfactory Neuroblastoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Optic Nerve Glioma
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Osteoarthritis of Spine
  • Osteoma
  • Osteomyelitis (Spinal Bone Infection)
  • Paralysis
  • Paraplegia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Partial Seizures
  • Pediatric Brain and Spine Injuries
  • Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
  • Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) in Adults
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Peroneal Nerve Injury
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Pituitary Adenoma
  • Pituitary Tumor
  • Poland Syndrome
  • Postherpetic Neuralgia
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
  • Prolapsed Disc
  • Pseudomeningocele
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis
  • Rathke's Cleft Cysts (RCCs)
  • Restless Leg Syndrome
  • Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis of Spine
  • Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction (SJD)
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schwannomas
  • Sciatic Nerve Pain
  • Scoliosis
  • Seizures
  • Sensory Ataxia
  • Skeletal Dysplasia
  • Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy (SFSN)
  • Spasticity
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spinal Deformities
  • Spinal Synovial Cyst
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Stiff Person Syndrome
  • Stinger (Neck Sports Injury)
  • Stroke
  • Sturge Weber Syndrome
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
  • Subcortical Vascular Dementia
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Susac Syndrome
  • Syringomyelia
  • Tarlov Cysts
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (TTS)
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Tonic-Clonic Seizures
  • Torticollis
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Transient Global Amnesia (TGA)
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or Mini Stroke
  • Transverse Myelitis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Trichotillomania
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Vasculitic Neuropathy
  • Vestibular Schwannoma

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