Dr. Asha Bakshi

Senior Consultant Neurosurgery

Experience

27+ Years

Qualifications

MBBS

Fellowship - Neuroendoscopic Surgery

DNB - Neurosurgery

Fellowship - Neurovascular Surgery

Fellowship - Skull Base Surgery

Post Doctoral Fellowship

Area of Expertise

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Neurovascular field & stem cell research & therapy

Brief Profile

Dr Asha Bakshi is a brilliant and dynamic Neurosurgeon associated with PSRI Hospital. She has 32 years of experience in Neurosurgery and has worked as an expert in different cities in India. She was previously associated with Moolchand Medcity, Max Healthcare and the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. Dr Asha Bakshi is specialised in Head Injury, Spine Injury, Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Cerebrovascular Surgery (Stroke, Aneurysm, AVM), Congenital and Developmental Disorders of the Brain and Spine (CVJ).

She was involved in a DBT-funded multicentric clinical trial across the country for stem cell therapy in stroke patients. At ISIC, she was involved in the ICMR project for stem cells in spinal cord injury patients

Qualification

MBBS

Fellowship - Neuroendoscopic Surgery

DNB - Neurosurgery

Fellowship - Neurovascular Surgery

Fellowship - Skull Base Surgery

Post Doctoral Fellowship

Institute / Department

Kilpauk Medical College, Madras University, Madras

Mainz, Germany

Army Hospital, Research and Referral, Delhi

Nagoya University, Japan

King Edward’s Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

Year

1992

1998

1999

1999

2001

2005


    Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal “Neurology India”
    Member of Indian Stroke Association”
    Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
    Member of the Neurological Society of India
    Member of the Indian Stroke Association
    Member of the “World Congress of Neurological Surgeons” Member of “Women In Neurosurgery”
    Member of Delhi Neurological Association
    Member of Bangalore Neurological Society
    External Assessor, NHSRC, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India
    Neuroendoscopy Fellowship, University of Mainz, Germany, 1998.
    Fellowship in Microvascular Neurosurgery at the Fujita Health University, Japan, 1999.
    Observership in Interventional Endovascular Neurosurgery at the Dotter’s Intervention Institute, Oregon Health State University, USA, 2000.
    Fellowship in skull base surgery at King Edward’s Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 2001.
    Post-doctoral Fellowship in Stem Cell Research, Traumatic Brain Injury Lab at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 2003-2005.


    Best Paper award – Trauma Conference, Army Hospital, R&R, Delhi Cant 1998

    Best Paper award – 2nd place- “Postdoctorate Symposium” University of Pennsylvania, USA 2003



    • Abstract: “Current concepts in diagnosis and management of spinal mass lesions based on an analysis of 86 cases” – Neurology India, Vol 44 (Suppl), Dec 1996.
    • Abstract: “Review of surgical approaches and microanatomical considerations in orbital tumours” Neurology India, Vol 45 (Suppl) Dec 1997
    • Thesis submitted to National Board of Examinations – Jan 1999 – “A Prospective comparative analysis of the surgical outcome of three different types of surgery for single level lumbar disc prolapses.”
    • Bakshi A, Mukherjee D, Bakshi A, Banerji AK, Das UN. Gamma-linolenic acid therapy of human gliomas. Nutrition. 2003 Apr; 19(4):305-9.
    • Bakshi A, Patir R, Bakshi A, Banerji AK. A multifunctional, modified rigid neuroendoscopic system: clinical experience with 83 procedures. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2003 Aug; 99(2):421-5.
    • Bakshi A, Bakshi A, Banerji AK. Neuroendoscope-assisted evacuation of large intracerebral hematomas: introduction of a new, minimally invasive technique. Preliminary report. Neurosurg Focus. 2004 Jun 15; 16(6): e.
    • Thompson HJ, Bakshi A. Methylprednisolone was associated with an increase in death after head injury. Lancet, 2004 Oct 9-15; 364(9442): 1321-8.
    • Bakshi A, Keck CA, Koshkin VS, LeBold DG, SIman R, Snyder EY, McIntosh TK. Caspase-mediated cell death predominates following engraftment of neural progenitor cells into traumatically injured rat brain. Brain Res. 2005 Dec 14; 1065(1-2):8-19. Epub 2005 Nov23.
    • Bakshi A, Shimizu S, Keck CA, Cho S, LeBold DG, Morales D, Arenas E, Snyder EY, Watson DJ, McIntosh TK. Neural progenitor cells engineered to secrete GDNF show enhanced survival, neuronal differentiation and improved cognitive function following traumatic brain injury. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Apr; 23(8):2119-34.
    • Marklund N, Bakshi A, Castelbuono DJ, Conte V, McIntosh TK. Evaluation of pharmacological treatment strategies in traumatic brain injury. Curr Pharma Des.2006; 12(13):1645-80. Review.
    • Isaac H Chen, Asha Bakshi, Nicolas C Royo, Suresh N. Magge and Deborah J. Watson. Neural stem cells as Biological Minipumps: A Faster Route to Cell Therapy for CNS? Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy. Volume 2, Number 1, January 2007
    • Kameshwar Prasad, Apoorva Pauranik, Neelakshi, Asha Bakshi. An evidence-based clinical neurological examination. Progress in Clinical Neurosciences, Volume 24, 2010 (book chapter).
    • Kameshwar Prasad, Subhash Kaul, MV Padma, SP Gorthi, Dheeraj Khurana, Asha Bakshi. Stroke Management. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2011 July; 14(Suppl1): S82–S96
    • Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Asha Bakshi, A S Mathani, A K Verma and Anil Gurnani. Challenges in Awake Craniotomy for Intrinsic Brain Tumors in Eloquent Cortex. Medical & Clinical Research, Vol. 2 Issue 5
    • Sujata Baveja, Nitin Karnik, Asha Bakshi, Anand Krishnan. Rapid volunteer-based SARS-Cov-2 antibody screening among health care workers of a hospital in Mumbai, India. 72(3); 148-154; IJMS _234_2020

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