Dr L S Harishchandra

Biography

Dr Harishchandra is a Consultant Neurosurgeon specialised in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, and Epilepsy Surgery. Following completion of neurosurgical training, he has worked at the prestigious King’s College Hospital (London), Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool) in UK and Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital in Israel. He has gained immense experience in treating Neurosurgical Disorders in Children (Tumours, Spina Bifida, Craniosynostosis, Hydrocephalus, Spasticity, and Epileptic Disorders), Movement Disorder Surgery (DBS for Parkinson’s disease, Tremors, Dystonia) and Epilepsy Surgery (Hemispherotomy, Callosotomy, Temporal Lobectomy, and Vagal Nerve Stimulation). He has also been involved in several research projects, published in national and international peer reviewed journals, and presented at national and international forums in the field of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Movement disorder and Epilepsy surgery.

Qualifications

2009
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
Chengalpattu Medical College

2016
MCh (Master of Chirurgiae) in Neurosurgery
Madras Medical College, Chennai

Affiliations

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FRCS), Glasgow

Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)

European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
(ESSFN)

World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
(WSSFN)

International Society Paediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)

Indian Society Paediatric Neurosurgery (IndSPN)

Neurological Society of India (NSI)

Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI)

Paediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, U.K

Paedritric Neurosurgery Fellow, Dana – Dwek Children’s Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel

Functional / Epilepsy Surgery Fellow, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

Recognitions

2015
Torrent Young Scholar award in Neurosurgery

2016
Thiru C V Charry memorial prize for Neurosurgery

2018
Fred Epstein Scholarship at ISPN 2018

2018
Medal winner for FRCS Neurosurgery