Dr Gurneet Singh Sawhney is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Neurology & Spine Surgery at Fortis Hospital, Mulund. He has more than 17 years of experience and is well-recognised for his innovation and skills in the field of his specialization He has built his reputation through dedication, personal attention to his patients, and excellent surgical outcomes. He brings a unique perspective to the highly technical field of modern-day Neuro and Spine surgery.
Dr Sawhney completed his MBBS from Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, MS (General Surgery) from St John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, and MCh (Neurosurgery) from the same institute. He pursued Fellowships in Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Neurosurgery from Japan (2019-2020). He went on to obtain a Fellowship in Neuroendoscopy from Jabalpur. He also did a Certificate course in Endovascular Neurointervention from Delhi, followed by another certificate course in Pain and Palliative from St. John’s Hospital. He publishes widely and has been conferred with many esteemed awards.
Dr. Sawhney achieved 1st position in MCh [Neurosurgery] from St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science. He also holds medical degrees in MS [General Surgery] from St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science and MBBS from Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.
Having a keen interest in Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, Dr. Sawhney has achieved a Fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery from prestigious Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan and Fellowship in Epilepsy Neurosurgery from Juntendo University, Japan in 2019-2020. Further, he has also achieved a Fellowship in Neuroendoscopy from Jabalpur in 2017. He has participated in the Cadaveric Workshop for Minimally Invasive Spine – Interlaminar Endoscopic (Destendau) Procedures - held in MIS Live Cad 2017 in Bangalore. He also has successfully completed a Certificate course in Endovascular Neurointervention from Delhi in 2018. He undertook certificate course of “Pain and Palliative” at St. John’s Hospital in 2008.
With his insightful exposure across various Medical Services, Disease Management, Research and Neurological Treatments, he was earlier leading as Consultant and Head Neurosurgery Department at City Care Trust Hospital in Ahmednagar. His key roles comprised of handling all neurosurgical emergencies and elective neurosurgical cases as well as managing all preop and postop neurosurgical cases. He also delivered his medical expertise at St. John’s Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore (parent institute) as an Assistant Professor Neurosurgery.