Neuroscience
Under the umbrella of Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) and Narayana Institute of Neurosciences (NIN), MSMC, Narayana Health, The Integrated Research on Neuroscience program has been initiated. One of the main areas of interest is stroke. Stroke is emerging as significant contributor to disability burden in our country. Neurological recovery after middle cerebral artery strokes remains variable and treatment of impairments are challenging with residual deficits being refractory to existing treatments. Standard of care include thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy, decompressive craniectomy if indicated, early rehabilitation. To address residual impairments arising from stroke despite best practices, new treatments in focus include stem cell therapy, neuromodulation, brain machine interface, robotic rehabilitation and multi-modal treatments.The program has been initiated with two major studies: 1) Stem Cell -Based Stroke Management Program 2) Neuroclinical pilot trial of Hyperbaric O2 therapy in progressive supranuclear palsy.

Dr Paul Salins
Managing Director, MSMF

Dr Amritha Suresh
Principal Investigator, Head of Operations, MSMF

Dr Debprasad Dutta
Research Scientist, MSMF

Dr Thimappa Hegde
Director of Neurosurgery

Dr Vikram Huded
Senior Consultant, Head, Department of Interventional Neurology

Dr Komal Prasad
Consultant, Neurosurgery, NH

Dr Srikant Venkatakrishnan
Consultant

Dr. Kuldeep Shetty
Consultant, Department of Neurology

Manjunath
Research Therapist