Dr. Sandeep Vaishya

Dr. Sandeep Vaishya

Head of Department (HOD)

36 Years of Experience

Neurosurgeon, Spine Surgeon

MBBS, MS, M.Ch

Reg. No.:7480, Delhi Medical Council

Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon

English, Hindi

Consultation Fee ₹ 2000

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About Dr. Sandeep Vaishya

  • Dr. Sandeep Vaishya is recognized as one of India's top Neurosurgeons.
  • He has over 36 years of experience and has been affiliated with several premier hospitals in India.
  • His areas of expertise include Intracranial Brain Tumour Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Brain Surgery, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine Surgery, Image-Guided Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and Brachial Plexus Surgery.
  • Dr. Vaishya earned his MBBS in 1988 and MS in General Surgery in 1991 from G R Medical College, Gwalior.
  • Later, in 1996, he received his MCh in Neurosurgery from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
  • He also received a Sundt Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, USA.
  • He is globally recognized for his expertise in brachial plexus injuries and is a leading surgeon for Gamma Knife Surgery in South Asia.
  • His treatment for hydrocephalus was featured in the Netflix documentary "Rooting for Roona."
  • Dr. Vaishya is a member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the Middle East Spine Society, the World Spinal Column Society, the Neuromodulation Society, and a founding member of the Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

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Education

  • MBBS, G R Medical College, Gwalior, 1988
  • MS (General Surgery), G R Medical College, Gwalior, 1991
  • MCh (Neurosurgery), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1996
  • Sundt Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, USA

Past Experience

  • Senior Consultant (Neurosurgery), Max Super Specialty Hospital, Gurugram
  • Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

Awards

  • Gold Medals in academics
  • Herbert Krause Medal for Best Paper in Neuro-Oncology, NSI 2001
  • Dr. Majeed Memorial Oration, Karachi, Pakistan, 2008
  • Life Membership Award by Mayo Alumni Association, USA

Associations/Membership

  • World Spinal Column Society
  • World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
  • Middle East Spine Society
  • The Neuromodulation Society
  • Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Indian Society for Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Paper Published

  • Das, Sumanta & Ahlawat, Sunita & Panda, Arun & Sarangi, Jayati & Jain, Priti & Gupta, Rakesh & Vaishya, Sandeep & Patir, Rana. (2024). Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas: A Comprehensive Histopathological, Immunohistochemical and Molecular Integrated Approach in Routine Practice. Pathology - Research and Practice. 258. 155347. 10.1016/j.prp.2024.155347.
  • Sankaralayam, Dinil & Ramaniharan, Anandh & Gupta, Rakesh & Patir, Rana & Ahlawat, Sunita & Vaishya, Sandeep & Singh, Anup. (2024). Evaluating the Role of Leakage Correction of Hemodynamic Parameters derived from Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI for Glioma Grading. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 10.1002/jmri.29338.
  • Sreenivasan, Sanjeev & Arora, Chinmay & Agarwal, Neha & Rallo, Michael & Jaikumar, Vinay & Miglani, Rahul & Vaishya, Sandeep & Patir, Rana & Gupta, Gaurav. (2023). Tension pneumocranium following trans-sphenoidal surgeries - A case report and systematic review of the literature with an analysis of predisposing factors and treatment regimens: Is early skull base repair better than conservative treatment? World Neurosurgery. 176. 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.04.109.
  • Parvaze, Suhail & Bhattacharjee, Rupsa & Verma, Yogesh & Singh, Rakesh & Yadav, Virendra & Singh, Anup & Khanna, Gaurav & Ahlawat, Sunita & Trivedi, Richa & Patir, Rana & Vaishya, Sandeep & Shah, Tejas & Gupta, Rakesh. (2022). Quantification of Radiomics features of peritumoral vasogenic edema extracted from FLAIR images in glioblastoma and isolated brain metastasis, using T1?DCE perfusion analysis. NMR in Biomedicine. 36. 10.1002/nbm.4884.
  • Vats, Neha & Sengupta, Anirban & Gupta, Rakesh & Patir, Rana & Vaishya, Sandeep & Ahlawat, Sunita & Saini, Jitender & Agarwal, Sumeet & Singh, Anup. (2022). Differentiation of Pilocytic Astrocytoma from Glioblastoma using a Machine-Learning framework based upon quantitative T1 perfusion MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 98. 10.1016/j.mri.2022.12.013.
  • Parvaze, Suhail & Bhattacharjee, Rupsa & Singh, Anup & Ahlawat, Sunita & Patir, Rana & Vaishya, Sandeep & Shah, Tejas & Gupta, Rakesh. (2022). Radiomics-based evaluation and possible characterization of dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) perfusion derived different sub-regions of Glioblastoma. European Journal of Radiology. 159. 110655. 10.1016/j.ejrad.2022.110655.
  • Bhattacharjee, Rupsa & Gupta, Mamta & Singh, Tanu & Sharma, Shalini & Khanna, Gaurav & Parvaze, Suhail & Patir, Rana & Vaishya, Sandeep & Ahlawat, Sunita & Singh, Anup & Gupta, Rakesh. (2022). Role of intra-tumoral vasculature imaging features on susceptibility weighted imaging in differentiating primary central nervous system lymphoma from glioblastoma: a multiparametric comparison with pathological validation. Neuroradiology. 64. 10.1007/s00234-022-02946-5.
  • Sarkar, Biplab & Munshi, Anusheel & Rastogi, Khushboo & Ganesh, Tharmarnadar & Bansal, Kanika & Manikandan, Arjunan & Mohanti, Bidhu & Tyagi, Brijbhushan & Vaishya, Sandeep & Ghosh, Bhaswar & Bandyopadhyay, Syamasis & Pradhan, Anirudh. (2022). Cancer care medical tourism in the national capital region of India - Challenges for overseas patients treated in two private hospitals.. Health Policy and Technology. 11. 100659. 10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100659.
  • Sreenivasan, Sanjeev & Arora, Chinmay & Vaishya, Sandeep & Patir, Rana. (2022). Concurrent intracranial infarct and intraventricular hemorrhage with spontaneous nontraumatic extradural hemorrhage in follow-up: An enigma of COVID-19-associated intracranial vasculopathy. Surgical Neurology International. 13. 90. 10.25259/SNI_132_2022.
  • Sasi S, Dinil & Gupta, Rakesh & Patir, Rana & Ahlawat, Sunita & Vaishya, Sandeep & Singh, Anup. (2021). A comprehensive evaluation and impact of normalization of generalized tracer kinetic model parameters to characterize blood-brain-barrier permeability in normal-appearing and tumor tissue regions of patients with glioma. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 83. 10.1016/j.mri.2021.07.005.
  • Patir, Rana & Sreenivasan, Sanjeev & Vaishya, Sandeep. (2021). Negative Pressure Assisted Micro-Environment Surgical Hood (NEPA-MESH): A novel cost-effective device to minimize aerosol contamination during neurosurgical procedures, in times of COVID-19. World Neurosurgery. 150. 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.055.
  • Munshi, Anusheel & Agrawal, Shaleen & Vaishya, Sandeep & Patir, Rana & Gupta, Rakesh & Sarkar, Biplab & Ganesh, Tharmarnadar & Mohanti, Bidhu. (2019). Early initiation of radiotherapy in patients diagnosed with gliomas: A retrospective analysis of patient in a single institution a tertiary care center. 10.4103/IJNO.IJNO_1_19.
  • Rajsekar, Kavitha & Kuhar, Meenakshi & Narayanasamy, Nandita & Vaishya, Sandeep & Devaraj, Niranjali & Rajasekaran, Shanmuganathan. (2016). Polymorphism in the C-terminal Cytoplasmic Site, Arginine Phosphorylation Site and 3?UTR of Connexin 43 and its Association with the Progression of Disc Herniation. Global Spine Journal. 06. 10.1055/s-0036-1582831.
  • Kiran, Narayanam & Kale, Shashank & Vaishya, Sandeep & Gupta, Aditya & Sharma, Manish & Sharma, Bhawani & Mahapatra, Ashok. (2009). Gamma knife radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations of basal ganglia, thalamus and brainstem-a retrospective study comparing the results with that for AVMs at other intracranial locations. Acta neurochirurgica. 151. 1575-82. 10.1007/s00701-009-0335-0.

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
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Stimulant Therapy
  • 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
  • Chiropractic Adjustment
  • 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 Baclofen Pump
  • 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 Blocks
  • 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
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • 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)
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Traumatic Spine Stabilization
  • Trigeminal Nerve Block
  • 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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