Dr Prashant Makhija

Neurologist with 12+ years of experience

• Dr Prashant Makhija is a highly skilled and experienced Neurologist and has an experience of more than 12 years.
• His areas of expertise are ADHA, deep brain stimulation, neurotomy, Micro Endoscopic, Discectomy, Stroke Treatment, Spinal Tap, Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt, Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) and Brain Tumor Surgery.
• He completed his M.B.B.S. from JIWAJI University Gwalior in 2004, MD - General Medicine from Awadesh Pratap Singh University in 2008 and DM - Neurology from the University of Delhi in 2014.
• At the 10th World Stroke Congress 2016, Hyderabad, he received the Young Investigator Award.
• In 2017, he was also awarded the Budur Krishna Murthy Silver Jubilee Conference Award and the NIMHANS Internship Award.

Education

• M.B.B.S. from G.R. Medical College, Gwalior in 2004.
• M.D. In Internal Medicine from S.S. Medical College, Rewa in 2008.
• D.M. IN Neurology from G.B. Pant Hospital & attached Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in 2016.

Professional Experience

• PDF Epilepsy & Sleep Medicine Amrita Advanced Center for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
• Senior Resident in Dept. Of Neurology: Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi.
• Senior Resident in Dept. Of Neurology: Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital & University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
• Senior Resident in Dept. Of Medicine: Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi.
• Consultant Neurologist at Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai

Research and Publication

• M.THESIS – Study of occurrence and pattern of Polyvascular atherosclerotic disease and its associations with risk factors outcome in patients of Ischemic stroke
• D.THESIS- The study of Electrocardiographic changes in patients on Psychotropic drugs with special reference to QTc interval
• Sasidharan A Makhija P , Sharma S , Radhakrishnan K (2018), High Frequency Oscillationsin in Scalp – record EEG, In Radhakrishnan K, Murthy JMK, Rathore C( Eds ),EEG in Clinical Practice(pg. 431-38).Maipal: Manipal Universal Press.
• Makhija P, Gopinath S, Kannoth S, Radhakrishnan K. A case of post – leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep–related hyper motor seizures Epileptic Disord.2017 Nov 21. Doi: 10.1684/epd.2017.0941.[Epub ahead of print]
• Raut TP, Baheti G, Hinduja A, Makhija P, Ansari  K, et al. ( 2017) Sudden Onset Altered Sensorium: Artery of Percheron Infarct, J Neurosci, Vol .8 No.4:212.
• V Puri, N Chaudhry, P Makhija P(2016) Clinical Approach to a Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy. In S Prabhakar, G Singh (Eds), Differential Diagnosis in Neurology ( pg.361-70).New Delhi, Delhi: Jaypee
• Chaudhary N, Duggal AK, Makhija P, Puri V, Khwaja GA, Statin-induced bilateral foot droop in case of Hypothyroidism, Ann Indian Acad Neurol [EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT].
• Chaudhary N, Makhija P, Puri P, Khwaja GA, Duggal A, An Unusual Case of Myelitis with Myositis, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research: JCDR, 2016: 10(5): OD19-OD20. Doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/13095.7777.
• Cranial Nerve Examination (E –Module for Elsevier) Dr.(Prof). Man Mohan Mehndiratta, M.D, D.M, DIP, NBE, FRCP, MNAMS, FICP, FIAN, Professor & HOD of Neurology, Director-Janak Puri Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi and Dr Prashant Makhija, M.D, D.M.(Neurology)
• Makhija P, Thakur S, Theengh D, Yadav P, Arya V, Agarwal A. Approach to a patient with a Continuous Cardiac Murmur. JLACM 2011;12(3):216-20.

Achievement

• Young Investigator Award,10th World Stroke Congress 2016, Hyderabad.
• BUDUR KRISHNA MURTHY SILVER JUBLIEE CONFERENCE AWARD,2017 (Indian Society for Sleep Research, The International Conference on Sleep Medicine & Research- Goasleep 2017).
• NIMHANS INTERNSHIP AWARD,2017 (Indian Society for Sleep Research, The International Conference on Sleep Medicine & Research- Goasleep 2017).
• 2nd position at zonal level type Neurology quiz 2013.