Dr Suresh Sankhla is a Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) in Neurosurgery and a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS). He has been trained in neurosurgery from the reputed Sir JJ Group of Hospitals and Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences. His international experience includes serving as Registrar in the Department of Neurosurgery, Richmond Institute of Neurosciences at Beaumont Hospital in the Republic of Ireland; and as Senior Registrar in the Department of Neurosurgery at Royal Preston Hospital, UK, from 1991 to 1995. In addition to this, he has two clinical neurosurgery fellowships, one in skull-base surgery and the other in neuro-oncological surgery from 1995-1998, from esteemed medical institutions of the USA.
He has published over 114 papers and articles that have been featured in various indexed journals. He has also contributed over 24 chapters to various books and also edited two neurosurgery textbooks all by himself. He has been the Founder Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences in the year 2006 and held the post of Executive Editor of the journal for the following years.
He is an active member of several esteemed national and international medical organizations and has held various leadership posts such as the President, Skull Base Surgery Society of India (2013), President, Bombay Neurosciences Association (2014), President, Indian Society of Neurooncology (2019), President, Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2018-2020), and President, NeuroEndoscopy Society of India (2019-2021), among others. Presently, he is a senior faculty in the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery and International Federation of Neuroendoscopy. He has organized several national and international conferences in the past 20 years.
Expertise:
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery
- Skull base Surgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery