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Dr. Kameshwar Prasad

Department of Neurology
Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj
New Delhi, India
Total experience
40+ Years

About Profile

Dr. (Prof.) Kameshwar a Prasad Padmashree Awardee is one of the eminent Neurologist experts with 40 yrs of working experience in Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Serving as the current member of WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group (Brain Health), Dr Prasad is having rich experience in latest treatment of Neurological disorders like Stroke, Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, memory problem, Epilepsy, Headache, multiple sclerosis, Meningitis, Parkinson's disease Brain TB, acute and chronic neuropathies including Guillain Barre syndrome, spinal muscular atrophies and muscular dystrophies and many others. He is a pioneer of Stem Cell Therapy of Stroke and multiple sclerosis in India.

Dr. (Prof.) Kameshwar Prasad has made several contributions towards Government of India national programs starting way back in 1997 and pioneered Evidence-Based Healthcare in India. He is Founding President of ‘Indian stroke society’. With his career spanning over 40 Yrs Dr. Prasad represented India at various National & International platform as member or Chairperson of many committee. Dr. Prasad is an Expert Member of Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, WHO Meningitis Guidelines Group, World Stroke Organization and World Federation of Neurology. He has more than 400 publications to his credit including papers, book chapters and books. Dr. Prasad has now joined as Director of Neurology at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj.

Qualification

  • MBBS (Hons) in 1979 from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi
  • MD Medicine in 1983 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • DM in Neurology in 1985 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • MMSc in Clinical Epidemiology from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Awards

  • Member, Institute Body, and Chairman, Selection Committee, AIIMS, New Delhi
  • Member, Institute Body, and Chairman, Selection Committee, AIIMS, Madurai
  • National coordinator for several multi-centric international clinical trials i.e. IST/ENOS/STICH/ FOOD and National DBT Stem Cell Study in Stroke
  • Elected Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Coordinator and First PI, DBT-funded AIIMS-Cohort study (LOCARPON) (15000 subjects; 32 crore equivalent of US$ 5 million project)

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