Dr. (PROF.) Sumit Sinha

Dr. Sumit Sinha is a reputed and accomplished neurosurgeon who has completed his neurosurgical training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He comes with extensive experience of 17 years. Dr. Sinha over the years has been associated with various stalwarts in the field of neurosciences. Some of the prominent neurosurgeons of international repute, with whom he has trained and performed surgeries are  Prof Hiroshi Sano (Japan), Prof T Kanno (Japan), Prof Louis Vialle (Brazil), Prof B Meyer (Germany). Dr. Sumit Sinha has been trained in spinal surgery and is a qualified teaching faculty for AO Spine (International), a nonprofit organization for the dissemination of knowledge about spinal pathologies, all over the world. He is engaged in various teaching and research activities both in the country and abroad. His primary expertise and interest are in minimal access spinal surgery, wherein, he performs complicated spinal surgeries with minimal incisions, with the purpose of less pain and trauma to the patient and early return to activity. Dr. Sumit Sinha is a trained, qualified ATLS faculty. Dr. Sumit Sinha is also an accomplished brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgeon and has now operated on more than 250 complicated cases of nerve injury with a high success rate and has the largest experience in operating on such types of cases.

Previous Experience

  • Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife  Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
  • Additional Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife  Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
  • Associate Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery & Gamma-Knife  Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India-110029
  • Senior Research Fellow, Neurosurgery  Department of Neurosciences & Gamma Knife Centre, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

Specialty Interests

  • Minimal Invasive and Endoscopic Neurosurgery
  • Spine Surgery
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)
  • Neuro-Endoscopy Society of India (NESI)
  • Neurological Society of India (NSI)
  • Neurological Surgeon Society of India (NSSI)
  • Skull base surgery society of India (SBSSI)
  • Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
  • International society for brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury (ISBPPNI)
  • AO spine Surgeons International
  • Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
  • Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI)
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
  • National Neurotrauma Society (NTS)
  • American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
  • Founder Member and Secretary of INDIAN SOCIETY OF PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY (ISPNS)

Education and Fellowships

  • M.B.B.S (December 1988  December 1993) from S.N. Medical College, Agra, (UP).
  • Internship (December 1993- November 1994), S.N. Medical College, Agra (UP).
  • M.S. (General Surgery) [November 1995  November 1998] from Department of Surgery, K.G. Medical College, Lucknow (UP).
  • Senior Residency in Neurosurgery (Feb 2001- June 2002), Department of Neurosurgery, GTB Hospital, New Delhi, India.
  • Chief Residency in General Surgery (August 1999- August 2000), Department of Surgery, S.N. Medical College, Agra (UP).
  • Senior Residency in General Surgery (January 1999  July 1999), Department of Surgery, Asopa Hospital, Agra (UP).
  • D.N.B (General Surgery)
  • M.Ch (Neurosurgery) [July 2002  July 2005] from Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029.
  • IGASS spine fellow at the Hospital Rechts Der Isar, University of Munich, Germany; from 10th Jan 2012 to 20th Jan 2012. (Programme Director- Prof Bernhard Meyer)
  • AO Spine fellow- Hospital UniveritarioCajuru, PontificialCathlic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; from 15th May 2011- 14th June 2011. (Programme Director- Prof Luis Vialle).
  • Fujita Health University- from 18th August 2008- 18th November 2008- cerebrovascular, skull base, spine, cadaveric dissection, and endovascular neurosurgery- (Programme Director- Prof Hirotoshi Sano).

Research and Publications

  • Papers Published- 87
  • Indexed Journals- 67
  • Non-Indexed Journals- 20
  • Abstracts Published- 22
  • Indexed Journal- 4
  • Non-Indexed Journals- 18

Languages Spoken

  • English, Hindi

Awards and Honors

  • Best Paper award in the Basic Sciences Category for the paper entitled- Role of human umbilical cord blood stem cells and neural stem cells in neuronal regeneration and functional restoration: A comparative study in male adult rats with acute spinal cord injuries, to be presented at the Spine week, Singapore from 15-20th May 2016
  • Best Paper award in the Basic Sciences Category for the paper entitled- Role of human umbilical cord blood stem cells and neural stem cells in neuronal regeneration and functional restoration: A comparative study in male adult rats with acute spinal cord injuries, at the Annual Neurotrauma conference, New Delhi from 28-31st October 2015
  • AANS International travel scholarship conferred for the abstract selected as the best abstract at the 82nd Annual meeting of Neurological surgeons society held at San Francisco in April 2014.
  • Best Paper award for the paper entitled- Cognitive, functional and psychosocial outcome after severe traumatic brain injury: A cross sectional study at a tertiary trauma care center at AIIMS Annual Neurotrauma conference held at New Delhi, on 31st August -1st September 2013.
  • Best Poster award for the poster entitled- A cadaveric micro-anatomic study of the intrafascicular microanatomy of the brachial Plexus at AIIMS Annual Neurotrauma conference held at New Delhi, on 31st August -1st September 2013.
  • NTSI Alfred Trauma Research Development Award at the Annual conference of Neurotrauma Society of India at Guwahati for the paper entitled- Traumatic brachial plexopathies- analysis of postsurgical functional and psychosocial outcome
  • Awarded the best Poster award for the poster entitled A cadaveric micro-anatomic study of the intrafascicular microanatomy of the brachial Plexus at 61st Neurological society India annual meeting held at New Delhi, on 19-21st December 2012.
  • DST travelling fellowship to attend and present the original research work at the Congress of neurological Surgeon Meeting to be held at Chicago, Illinois, USA from 6-10th October 2012.
  • ICMR travelling fellowship to attend and present the original research work at the 3rd Sino-European meeting on brachial plexus Injuries, held at Milan from 14-16th September, 2012
  • Nominated by the International Whos Who Historical Society, for the contribution in the field of Medicine
  • Awarded the IGASS spine fellowship- to undergo training in spinal surgery at the Umiversity of Munich, Germany from 10th Jan 2012- 20th Jan 2012; under Prof Berhnard Meyer
  • Awarded the prestigious AOSpine fellowship- at Hospital UniveritarioCajuru, PontificialCathlic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; from 15th may 2011- 14th June 2011. (Programme Director- Prof Luis Vialle)
  • Awarded the Young Neurosurgeon Award to attend the 9th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery, to be held on 11-13thNovember, 2009 at Nagoya, Japan.
  • Awarded the WFNS traveling fellowship to attend the 9th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery, to be held on 11-13thNovember, 2009 at Nagoya, Japan.
  • Awarded the Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons Travelling Fellowship to attend the Annual meeting of congress of neurological surgeons, to be held on 24th-29thOctober, 2009 at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  • Successfully passed and achieved the Faculty status in the Advanced Trauma Life support course (ATLS), held at JPNA Trauma Center, from 16th-21st April 2009
  • Successfully passed and achieved the Instructor Candidate status in the Advanced Trauma Life support course (ATLS), held at JPNA Trauma Center, from 16th-21st April 2009
  • Best Paper award for the paper entitledCorrelation of cerebral oximetry and transcranial Doppler with intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury, presented at the Ist Annual Trauma Conference of Indian Society of Trauma and acute care, November 2008
  • Attended Basic Spine Course conducted by AO Spine at Chennai, India (20th-22nd June, 2008)
  • Best Poster award for the poster entitledCorrelation of cerebral oximetry and transcranial Doppler with intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury, presented at the 58th Annual Conference of Neurological surgical Society of India, Agra, India. December 2007.
  • Best Poster award for the poster entitled Bilateral anterior cerebral artery aneurysms due to mucormycosis, presented at the 9th Annual Conference of Skull Base Surgery Society of India. New Delhi, India, October 2007
  • Awarded the DST and INSA international traveling fellowship to attend the35th Annual meeting of International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK, Sep 2007, and presenting the paper entitled Intracranial aneurysms in children- are they different from adults. An experience in 66 cases.
  • Awarded the CSIR international traveling fellowship to attend the 8th European Skull Base Surgery Congress, May 2007; held at Prague, Czech Republic, and to present a paper entitled Microsurgical Management of Giant pituitary adenomas: A series of 177 cases.
  • Awarded the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery Scholarship for the paper entitiled Intracranial aneurysms in children- are they different from adults. An experience in 66 cases;presented at the35th Annual meeting of International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK, Sep 2007.
  • Awarded the Karl Storz Fellowship for the paper entitled Microsurgical Management of Giant pituitary adenomas: A series of 177 cases, presented at the 8th European Skull Base Surgery Congress; held at Prague, Czech Republic, May 2007. 
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