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Department Introduction

The department of Neurosurgery at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh came into existence in January 1962 when Dr. Des Raj Gulati joined as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery. To start with, he looked after both Neurology as well as neurosurgical services due to the lack of working hands. Working single-handed, Dr. Gulati got some assistance a couple of years later from Registrars of Neurosurgery namely Dr. K.S. Mann, Dr. S.N. Dhaliwal and others. The department progressed and the first M.Ch. candidate, Dr.V.P. Sachdev obtained the degree in 1968. During the same year, with the joining of Dr.J.S.Chopra, the department of Neurology was started. Towards the end of 1969. Dr.V.Kak joined the department of Neurosurgery. The department progressed steadily thereafter with candidate joining regularly for M.Ch. (Neurosurgery) course. Dr.K.C. Pani was awarded degree in 1971. Dr.D. Rout joined as a Lecturer in Neurosurgery in 1972. Dr. Mann following his training at England joined as a faculty in 1975. Dr.V.K. Khosla joined as Lecturer in 1977 and followed by other faculty members namely Dr.S.N. Mathuriya, Dr.B.S. Sharma, Dr.A.Pathak and Dr. M.K .Tewari. In 1992, Dr.S. K. Gupta joined as Assistant Professor. Dr.D.R. Gulati continued to head the department until reaching the age of superannuation in August, 1983. Working with great zeal and enthusiasm, he become the Dean of the Institute in November, 1983 and was Acting Director of the Institute from March, 1981 to November 1981. Dr. Kak was appointed Director- Principal of Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh in 1995. Dr.Kak retired from the PGI Chandigarh in 1998.

Dr. V.K. Khosla took over as Head of the department in 1995. Both Dr.V.K. Khosla and Dr.S.N. Mathuriya were promoted as Professor of Neurosurgery in December 1999. Dr.B.S. Sharma who was appointed as Professor of Neurosurgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi joined the post in March, 2000. Since inception, the workload of the department has been increasing by leaps and bounds. Starting with 24 beds, the department struggled to serve the public and cater to the heavy rush of neurosurgical work, both trauma and non-trauma. The workload  had increased to such an  extent that a separate ward called as "Trauma B' was established in the year 1981 with 9 beds. As the pressure of work, bed strength was increased to 14.

A total of 30 beds were allocated to the department of  Neurosurgery in the new emergency complex. Currently, the official beds strength of the Neurosurgery department stands 58. Besides this, on an average, about 20 patients are admitted/taken care of by the Neurosurgery department in the private/other wards. On an average 20 new patients report to the neurosurgery emergency OPD everyday.

Departmental Email-Id: smathuriya@yahoo.com

Important Telephone Numbers

• Neurosurgery O.T. : 2756366

• Neurosurgery OPD : 2756941/2756940

• Neurosurgery Ward : 2756229

• Neurosurgery ICU : 2756230

• Neurosurgery Emergency  : 2756317

• Neurosurgery Emergency Ward III : 275 6312

• Neurosurgery Office : 2756699/2756688