BVP, Pune
Principal Investigator
Dr. (Brig) Sankar Prasad Gorthi, graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He joined the Army Medical corps in 1984 and retired as Brigadier from Army Hospital R&R Delhi as Prof & HOD Department of Neurology in 2016. Post-retirement (May 2016) he worked as Prof and HOD department of neurology at Kasturba Medical College Manipal till Dec 2019 and Since 01 Jan 2020, he is heading Neurology at Bharati Vidyapeeth Hospital Pune. He underwent Observership in Movement disorders at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery queen square London in 2004 and 2017.
Major Achievements (Honors/Awards/ Publications): ML Soni award for the best resident in Neurology AIIMS, Best Research paper award annual conference IAN 2001 and in 2014, Awarded a lifetime achievement award- 8th International prestigious Sardar Patel Award for Excellence in Neurosciences Research. His areas of interest are Demyelinating disorders, Stroke Movement Disorders Stem Cell Research. He worked on immunomodulation in MS with natalizumab and cognition in MS