Dr. Dilip Kiyawat

Dr Dilip S Kiyawat, after schooling from Jaora (MP), did his medical graduation MBBS from Indore (MP) in 1973. Further, he achieved his M Ch in Neurosurgery degree through a five years post-graduate course from KEM Hospital Mumbai in 1980. During this period he was trained under the able guidance of Prof. Dr Sunil Pandya and Prof. Dr R D Nagpal. He studied and submitted his work on brain stem tumours as a thesis entitled “A Retrospective Study of 76 Cases of Brain Stem Tumours from 1950 to 1975” to Bombay University. He has wide experience working and training in various countries such as the United Kingdom, USA, Korea, Singapore, and Germany where he learned Microneurosurgery, Epilepsy surgery, Stereotactic surgery, Endoscopic surgery and spine surgery. After training abroad he returned to India and joined Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, Maharashtra India in 1985. He also joined B J Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital Pune as an Honorary Assistant Professor and later as an Honorary Professor of neurosurgery for a period of 15 years. At both these hospitals he commenced micro neurosurgery for brain and spinal disorders. In 1998 he joined Jehangir Hospital Pune where he is working till the present date. During this period he developed an interest in Epilepsy surgery for which he visited centres in Liverpool, UK, Cleveland Clinic, USA and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. In association with his Neurologist colleagues Dr Nasli R Ichaporia and Dr Nandan Yardi he was the first to start Epilepsy surgery in Maharashtra. With the experience of more than 6000 neurosurgical operations during the last 45 years, Dr Kiyawat has gained expertise in surgeries of brain tumours, spinal tumours, surgery on slip disc (sciatica), degenerative disorders of the spine, Lumbar canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, brain injury, spinal injury, surgeries on craniovertebral region, epilepsy surgery, microvascular decompression of trigeminal nerve for trigeminal neuralgia, hydrocephalus, endoscopic brain and spine surgeries, and other paediatric conditions.