Dr. Shankar Balakrishnan

About Dr. Shankar Balakrishnan

• Dr. Shankar Balakrishnan is a highly qualified interventional neurologist with 18 years of experience.
• His areas of expertise include brain tumor surgery, vagus nerve stimulation, brain suite, deep brain stimulation, and epilepsy surgery,
• Dr. Shankar Balakrishnan is a neuro-rehabilitation and movement disorder specialist proficient in diagnostic cerebral angiograms and procedural angiograms.
• The doctor excels in the treatment of chronic neurological diseases.
• Dr. Balakrishnan is the first doctor in India to help paralyzed children walk using a spinal cord pacemaker.
• Dr. Balakrishnan has conducted Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease in more than 35 patients.
• He has experience in STIMO (Stimulation Movement Overground).
• He completed his MBBS from The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University in 200 and an MD in Pediatrics from Gujarat University in 2010.
• Dr. Balakrishnan attained a DM in Neurology from The TamilNadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in 2015
• He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the International Movement Disorder Society (MDS), the International Headache Society (HIS), etc.

Education

• MBBS, The TamilNadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU), 2006
• MD in Pediatrics, Gujarat University, India, 2010
• DM in Neurology, The TamilNadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU), 2015
• Fellowship In Intervention Neuroradiology (FINR), University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2018

Past Experience

• Senior Consultant, MIOT International, Chennai
• Junior Consultant, SRM Institute of Medical Sciences, 2016

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