Dr. Nishchit Hegde

Dr Nishchit Hegde is a consultant neurosurgeon in Bengaluru with 15 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

He holds an MCh Neurosurgery Gold Medal from M S Ramaiah Medical College and carries rare dual fellowship training in Functional Neurosurgery from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, and in Paediatric Neurosurgery from Great Ormond Street Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital in the UK, making him one of the few neurosurgeons in India with this depth of international subspecialty exposure.

He consults in English, Kannada, and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Functional Neurosurgery and Movement Disorders

Dr Nishchit Hegde manages patients with movement disorders, pain syndromes, and refractory neurological conditions using advanced neuromodulation and stereotactic techniques:

• Deep brain stimulation
• MRI guided focused ultrasound
• Radiofrequency lesioning
• Stereotactic procedures
• Occipital nerve stimulation

Paediatric Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology

Dr Hegde manages children with congenital, oncological, and vascular neurological conditions with age specific surgical planning from his dedicated training at GOSH and Birmingham Children's Hospital:

• Paediatric brain tumour surgery
• Hydrocephalus management
• Craniosynostosis correction
• Chiari malformation surgery
• Spinal dysraphism and foetal surgery

Epilepsy Surgery and Psychosurgery

Dr Nishchit Hegde evaluates and surgically manages patients with refractory epilepsy and selected psychiatric conditions using precision neurosurgical techniques:

• Epilepsy surgery planning and execution
• Stereotactic lesioning for epilepsy
• Neuromodulation for refractory epilepsy
• Deep brain stimulation for psychiatric indications
• Vagus nerve stimulation

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Dr Hegde manages patients with degenerative, traumatic, and oncological spinal conditions using minimally invasive surgical techniques:

• Minimally invasive discectomy
• Spinal decompression and fusion
• Anterior cervical discectomy
• Degenerative spine disease management
• Spinal tumour surgery

Neuro-oncology, Skull Base, and Emergency Neurosurgery

Dr Nishchit manages adult and paediatric patients with brain tumours, skull base lesions, cerebrovascular conditions, and acute neurosurgical emergencies:

• Brain tumour resection
• Skull base surgery
• Intracranial haemorrhage management
• CT guided clot aspiration
• Trauma and emergency neurosurgery

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, SDM College of Medical Sciences
• MS General Surgery, M S Ramaiah Medical College
• MCh Neurosurgery, Gold Medal, M S Ramaiah Medical College
• Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, MISSAB, April to May 2022
• Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK, October 2022 to September 2023
• Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK, September 2023 to September 2024
• Fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK, September 2024 to December 2025
• SIOP Paediatric Neuro-oncology Course
• Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider with Instructor Potential

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Gold Medal, MCh Neurosurgery, M S Ramaiah Medical College
• Best Superspecialty Presentation, M S Ramaiah Hospital Clinical Meet 2016, Inflammatory Lesions of the Pituitary Gland: Hypophysitis, Evaluation and Management
• Top Abstract of Conference, International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery, ISPN Toronto, October 2024, Post Operative Ocular Motility Disorders in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumours: 24 Years GOSH Experience

Research and Publications

• Post Operative Ocular Motility Disorders in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumours: 24 Years GOSH Experience, ESPN London, May 2025
• Fulminant Pan Vascular Extra and Intracranial Arterio Venous Thrombosis with Non Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Following COVID-19 Infection, Acta Neurologica Taiwanica, June 2023
• CT Guided Aspiration of Hypertensive Basal Ganglionic Haemorrhages: Surgical Technique and Short Term Outcome, World Neurosurgery, October 2021
• Ancient Retroperitoneal Schwannoma in a Young Male: A Rare Entity, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, January 2015
• Chat GPT in Paediatric Neurosurgery: A Preliminary Evaluation, ISPN Annual Congress, Chile, October 2023
• Neuroglial Heterotopia with Torcular Communication, ISPN Annual Congress, Chile, October 2023

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru

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