

Dr. Dilip Panikar
Specialist Neurologist

40 years experience
Dubai
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Dr.Dilip Panikar is a Specialist in the Department of Neurosurgery at Medcare Royal Speciality Hospital. He completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery from the prestigious M.S. University in Baroda, India. He then completed his MCh in Neurosurgery from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is a member of the Neurological Society of India, the Skull Base Surgery Society of India, the Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Society of India, the Indian Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery and the Neurovascular Society of India.
During the nascent stages of his illustrious career, Dr. Panikar was a Consultant at the renowned Manipal Hospital. He also served as a Professor and the Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi and an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He spent some time as the Chief of Medical Services and Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery at Aster Medcity in India before relocating to the UAE. He joined Aster Hospital in Mankhool as a Specialist Neurologist before moving to Medcare. His sterling career spans more than three decades of meritorious service.
Dr. Panikar treats neurosurgical illnesses of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves. His expertise covers the entire gamut of surgeries of the brain and spinal cord tumours in adults and children, including skull base tumours. He performs surgical treatment of vascular abnormalities, malformations, strokes and bleeds in all age groups, paediatric neurosurgery, surgery for epilepsy, pain and movement disorders, peripheral nerve surgery, congenital and acquired deformities of the head in adults and children, minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery, and general neurosurgical conditions. His skills in performing highly advanced and unique neurosurgical procedures are unparalleled. His areas of special interest include neuro-oncology and endoscopic skull base surgery, reconstructive surgery for craniofacial deformities, functional neurosurgery and neurovascular surgery.
Dr. Panikar has been a teacher to post-graduate students of Neurosurgery and an examiner at many universities across India. He has conducted several operative and laboratory dissection workshops and demonstrations of specialised neurosurgical operative techniques. He has published more than 25 research articles in prominent Indian and international medical journals. He speaks English, Hindi and Malayalam.
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MBBS
MS College

India
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MS in General Surgery
MS College

India
Experience

Specialist Neurologist
Neurology
Aster Hospital - Mankhool

Dubai, UAE

Consultant
Renowned Manipal Hospital

India

Professor and the Head of the Department of Neurosurgery
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

India

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology in Thiruvananthapuram

India
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The Indian Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery
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The Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Society of India
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The Skull Base Surgery Society of India
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