1) MBBS - KEM Hospital, Mumbai
2) MD - Neurology (USA)
3) Fellowship in Epilepsy - UCSF, USA (University of California in San Francisco)
4) Clinical Attachment in Movement disorders including Parkinson's - Kings College, London
Neurologist
'Neuro+ aims to provide world-class clinical care, especially for Epilepsy (seizures) & Parkinson's disease, including resistant cases. Dr. Siddharth Kharkar has trained in the best Institutes in India, USA & UK. EPILEPSY: Diagnosis of epilepsy and related disorders e.g. syncope & sleep disorders. Video EEG. Adjustment of anticonvulsant medications, & epilepsy surgery including vagal nerve stimulation, & surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy, Focal cortical dysplasia is done in selected patients. PARKINSON'S: Differentiation from essential tremor, parkinsons plus syndromes, adjustment of Parkinson's medications e.g. levodopa. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation & programming is done in selected cases.
Ex-faculty, Division of Epilepsy, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA.
• Indian Academy of Neurology • Maharashtra Association of Neurology • American Academy of Neurology • American Epilepsy Society • International Movement Disorders Society
• 2011 – Best Resident Research project award • 2010 – Selected for the national “Neurology Residents Scholar Program” for epilepsy training • 2008 – Humanitarian Resident of the Year award
English, Hindi, Marathi. Can understand Gujarati, but incompletely fluent in speaking Gujarati.