Dr. Shishir Kumar

Dr. Shishir Kumar

Department: Neurosurgery
Work experience: 10 Years
Consultation Fees: Rs 1500
Location: Ghaziabad

Expert in specialities:

Dr. Shishir Kumar is a highly regarded neurosurgeon, neurointerventionist, and endoscopic spine surgeon in the Delhi/NCR region, with over nine years of experience. He holds a national board-certified doctorate in neurosurgery and has completed post-doctoral fellowships in Neurointervention and Endovascular Surgery from the Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, and in Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery from Seoul, South Korea. Additionally, he received microsurgery training at the AIIMS Skills Lab, New Delhi, and completed a six-year residency at the prestigious Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health, Bangalore.

Dr. Kumar is one of the few neurosurgeons in the country providing comprehensive neurosurgical care for both adult and pediatric patients. His expertise covers a wide range of conditions, including headaches, seizures, stroke, limb paralysis/numbness, neck and back pain, abnormal sensations in the limbs, blurred vision, facial pain, facial deformities, hallucinations, vertigo, walking imbalances, CSF rhinorrhoea, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, back swelling, and movement disorders. Dr. Kumar is dedicated to thoroughly explaining conditions and treatment options to his patients, emphasizing patience and compassion in his collaborative approach to care.

Currently, Dr. Shishir Kumar practices at the Neurosciences Centre of Yashoda Healthcare, serving patients at all three locations: Nehru Nagar, Sanjay Nagar, and Vasundhara in Ghaziabad.

Key procedures

• Vascular & endovascular neurosurgery
• Spine surgery
• Functional neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery & pain management
• Pediatric neurosurgery
• Neuro-oncology & skull base tumor
• Peripheral nerve surgery
• Multidisciplinary surgeries

Memberships:

• Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), New Delhi
• Member, Neurological Society of India
• Member, Bangalore Neurological Society

Accolades:

Awards 

• Faculty Delegate, First Assistant in Live Surgery For Spasticity Narayana Pediatric Neurosurgery Course (31st March - 1st April 2019)
• Best Poster, 'Moya moya as a manifestation of varicella associated vasculopathy - A case report and review of literature,' Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, February 2018
• Reviewer of Journals: Journal of Pediatric Neurology, British Medical Journal
• Statistical analysis inputs-research project on 'Voice related quality of life in patients with pharyngeal cancer undergoing organ preservation' (Principal investigator - Smita Caren Mathias)

Researches 

• Thesis, "Clinical and Radiological Factors Affecting Surgical Outcome in Patients with Chiari Malformations" (Guide- Dr. Komal Prasad, Co Guide- Dr. Kiran M)
• Thesis, "Clinical and Radiological Factors Affecting Surgical Outcome in Patients with Chiari Malformations" (Guide- Dr. Komal Prasad, Co Guide- Dr. Kiran M)
• Co-Principal Investigator, 'Morphological differences of the infra-clinoid internal carotid artery between moyamoya and normal population- a multinational, multicenter study.'
• Kumar S, et. al "Development and validation of a multivariable model to predict surgical outcome in patients with chiari malformations" Neurology India, 2022 May 1;70(3):905.
• Kumar S, et. al "Development and validation of a multivariable model to predict surgical outcome in patients with chiari malformations" Neurology India, 2022 May 1;70(3):905.
• Kumar S, et. al. "The relationship between a patient and clinician-reported voice tool in pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer post organ preservation," International Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 2020 Sep 24;10(9):460-8
• Kumar S, Pillai SV. "Moyamoya syndrome as a manifestation of the varicella-associated cerebral vasculopathy-case report and review of literature," Child's Nervous System. 2019 Apr 5;35(4):601-6.
• Presentation, 'Can moyamoya susceptible internal carotid artery be identified in advance? - Development of a multivariable moyamoya prediction model'
• Oral presentation, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons Meet, Singapore, November 2021.
• Award Poster presentation, 'Proximal myopathy due to phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor - the importance of making the diagnosis, localizing the tumour, and successful resection. A case report', Neurological Society of India Conference, 2018.
• Poster presentation, 'Moya moya as a manifestation of varicella associated vasculopathy - A case report and review of the literature', Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeon Conference, 2018.
• Oral presentation, 'Epithelioid sarcoma of C2 vertebrae - Case presentation and management approach', Bangalore Neurological Society Meet, 2017.
• Poster presentation, 'Ventral cord herniation', Neurological Society of India Conference, 2016.
• Poster presentation, 'Ventral cord herniation', Neurological Society of India Conference, 2016.

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