Complications in Neurosurgery

Professor Keki E. Turel graduated from Grant Medical College and J.J Group of Hospitals, one of the oldest in Mumbai and India. He got his P.G degree (Masters in Surgery) in neurosurgery in 1975, FABCNS [Fellow (Diplomate) of the American Board of Clinical Neurological Surgery, USA] in 1991, FAANaOS [Fellow (Diplomate) of the American Academy [Board] of Neurological & Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery, USA] in 1991, and was bestowed with Honorary FRCS (Edinburgh) without examination in 2002. He is former Head (1994-2011) and current Professor Emeritus of the Department of Neurosurgery of the Bombay Hospital (Mumbai, India). He is past President of the Asian Oceanian Skull Base Society (1997-1999), Bombay Neurosciences Association (2007-2008), of which he was the founder in 2002, Madjid Samii Conference of International Neurosurgeons (2007-2009), Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica (2009-2011), Neurological Society of India (2011-2012). He remains the President of Skull Base Trust of India, since its inception in 1998. He organized landmark conferences in Mumbai while presiding over those associations and was Chairman and Organizer of the first ever ‘International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery’ (March 3-5, 2017).

Dr. Hrishikesh Sarkar completed residency from one of the premier neurosurgical institute in Asia - Christian Medical College and Hospital (Vellore, India). He had fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery in Hirslanden Klinik (Zurich, Switzerland) and a brief training in neuromodulation in Karolinska University (Stockholm, Sweden). He has publications in leading indexed, peer reviewed, national/international neurosurgery journals and contributed to CME textbooks of Neurological Society of India. He is currently working as Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India. He was Co-Organizer of the first ever ‘International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery’ (March 3-5, 2017).