Dr. Nipun Pauranik Interventional Neurologist Indore, Pauranik Neuro Center

A  conscientious, reliable and hard working clinical neurologist with excellent interpersonal and time management skills, with special interest in management of Acute Stroke and other Neurological emergencies. 

Dr. Nipun Pauranik is the main driver of the center. He has envisioned the center in a futuristic and holistic manner. He is blessed by the presence and guidance of his father Dr. Apoorva Pauranik, a senior Best Neurologist in Indore.

Education :

·       D.M. (Neurology)  G.B. Pant Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College,

New Delhi, Delhi University (2010-2013)

·       M.D. (Internal Medicine), Sasoon General Hospital and B.J. Medical College, Pune, India, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik (2006-2009)

·       MBBS (Medical Under-graduation) King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India; Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik (1999-2005)

Professional Experience

v Assistant Professor of Neurology (SAIMS, Indore)

September 2013 to present

·       Looking after stroke services in the Neurology department, including acute care and rehabilitation of Stroke patients.

·       Credited for starting Stroke OPD (every Saturday) in which there is regular follow up of all the stroke patients coming to Neurology department. (first of its kind in Indore)

·       Regular lectures and ward teaching of MBBS , MD (medicine) and DM (neurology) residents

·       Experience of working in dedicated Neuro ICU.

v Senior Resident in Neurology

August 2010 to July 2013

·        G.B. Pant Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

·       Outpatient and inpatient care including critical care, stroke Unit, electrophysiology, neurosurgery, Neuro-imaging, Psychiatry and Neuropathology.

·       Teaching neurology to M.D. (internal Medicine) resident and M.B.B.S. Undergraduates of  Maulana  Azad Medical College, New Delhi

v Resident in Internal Medicine (2006-2009)

·  Sasoon General Hospital and B.J. Medical College, Pune, India; Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik

·       Outpatient and Inpatient care including sub specialty of Neurology as a major component along with critical care.

·       Teaching Neurology and Internal Medicine to junior residents and MBBS undergraduates.

v Junior Resident, Critical Care for 3 months in 2006 Bombay Hospital, Indore a tertiary care referral and teaching center for super-specialties.

v Compulsory Rotating Internship ; (2004-2005)

Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Hospital and MGM Medical College, Indore

v Merit in examinations

Secured All India Rank 1 in DM Neurology entrance examination at

1 CMC Vellore

2 Delhi University

v Research and publications

1.    Autonomic dysfunction in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.

Dissertation submitted to Maharashtra University of Medical Science as part of M.D. in Internal Medicine.

2.    Cognitive impairment in Idiopathic Parkinsonism.

Dissertation submitted to Delhi University as part of D.M. in neurology

3.    Multiple System Atrophy can present with non supporting features : Dementia in Multiple System Atrophy, MRI and FDG-PET Findings in Multiple System Atrophy journal of medical case reports 07/2014,3:2319-383252

Extra-mural work

·       Member organizing  team of Annual National and Neurology Quiz at MGM Medical College, Indore in Years 2006, 2007 and 2008. Member organizing team  of Annual Madhya Pradesh state level Neurology Certificate course at M.G.M. Medical College, Indore in Years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

·       Served as volunteer and clinical assistant in a number of neurology health fairs cum patient camps at District Head quarters as member of teams from MGM Medical College, Indore

Membership :

·       Indian Academy of Neurology

·       YINTA  Young Indian Neurological Trainee Association

Special Interest :

·       Management of acute stroke with the aim of maximizing the use of Thrombolytic therapy in acute stoke, Starting of Intervention in acute Stroke and Intracranial Aneurysms (there is void in neuro intervention in Indore) Critical care Neurology,

·       Patient education including development  support groups  with patients and their kin and Neuro-Rehabilitation.

Family :

·       Wife : Dr. Ritu Pauranik, MD, Anesthesia

·       Daughter : Nirjhari 3  years

·       Father : Dr. Apoorva Pauranik, Professor of Neurology, MGM Medical College, Indore

·       Mother : Dr. Neerja Pauranik, Head, OB-GYN Dept, Bombay Hospital, Indore

·       Sister : Dr. Anvita Pauranik, Fellow, Diagnostic Neuro-radiology (2013-2015), University of Toronto, Canada.

Hobbies

-        Travelling , Cooking and Badminton