Dr. Guruprasad Hosurkar
Qualification : MBBS, MD, DNB
Specialization : Neurologist
Department : Neurology
Experience : 15+ Years
Designation : Consultant
Location : India, Bengaluru
Hospital(s): Manipal Hospital Formerly Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (Yeshwanthpur)
About Dr. Guruprasad Hosurkar
Dr. Guruprasad Hosurkar is the Consultant of Neurology in Columbia Asia Hospital. He joined Columbia Asia in 2008, and since 8 years, he has been consulting both at the Yeshwanthapur and Hebbal units of the hospital. Dr. Guruprasad has been instrumental in starting a Movement Disorders and Parkinsons Disease Clinic, in Columbia Asia Hospital, where he has successfully managed many patients with movement disorders for almost 7 years. He has handled these cases with a great degree of compassion and diligence and to the greatest satisfaction of his patients.
Experience
- Worked as a Research Fellow for 6 months in 2001 for the ICASS Stroke Study at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai.
- Consultant Neurologist at Care Hospitals, Hyderabad, from 2004 to 2008.
- In-charge of the Movement Disorder Program at Care hospitals, Hyderabad.
- Principal Investigator and Co-investigator at Care Hospitals, Hyderabad.
Clinical Focus
- Botulinum toxin injections for various movement disorders and spasticity
- Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinsons disease and movement disorders
- Intravenous, intra-arterial, and mechanical thrombolysis for acute stroke patients as well as neurorehabilitation
- Pre-surgical evaluation of refractory epilepsy patients
