Doctors

Brief Profile:

Dr. (Lt Gen) CS Narayanan is a Neurologist, currently associated with Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi as a HOD and consultant in Department of Neurology.

He has 41 years of experience in the same field.

He completed his DM (Neurology) at AIIMS in 1998, He gained rich experience in leading Clinical Services, Teaching and Research in Neurology for 20 years at the largest tertiary care centres of the Armed Forces.

He rose to the rank of Lt Gen, the highest that can be tenanted by a medical professional in the Armed Forces and tenanted the appointment of Dy Chief Integrated Defence Staff.

He held two key appointments - Dy Commandant and Dean (Academics) at Army Hospital (Research and Referral), which is the apex super-speciality hospital of the Armed Forces, and that of Senior Consultant (Medicine), responsible for overseeing the professional care of all specialists and super-specialists in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).

He have vast experience in administration of botulinum toxin for various Movement Disorders. He was part of the team that performed the first deep brain stimulation procedure in the Armed Forces in 2000.

Education and Training:

MBBS: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (1979)

MD (Medicine): Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (1988)

DM (Neurology): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (1998)

Expertise:

Epilepsy (including video EEG monitoring)

Stroke (including thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy)

Migraine and other headache disorders

Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders

Multiple Sclerosis and other auto-immune disorders

Spondylitis and other spinal cord disorders

Peripheral Neuropathy (including NCV and EMG)

Experience:

Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka, New Delhi

Neurology HOD*

Army Hospital, Ministry of Defence, Delhi

Neurology Professor*

Ministry of Defence Neurology

Senior Consultant 2015 - 2016

Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi

Neurology Professor 2013 - 2015

Base Hospital, Delhi

Neurology Professor and HOD 2011 - 2013

Command Hospital, Chandigarh

Neurology Professor and HOD 2009 - 2011

Base Hospital, New Delhi

Neurology

Associate Professor and HOD 2004 - 2009

Command Hospital, Banglore

Neurology Associate Professor 2001 - 2004

Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi

Neurology Assistant Professor 1999 - 2001

Membership and Fellowship:

Member, Indian Academy of Neurology

Member, Neurological Society of India

Member, Delhi Neurological Association

Member, Indian Epilepsy Association

Member, Movement Disorders Society of India

Member, Association of Physicians of India

Member, Editorial Board of the Medical Journal of Armed Forces of India

Member of several task forces in Neurology at the Indian Council of Medical Research

Assessor, Medical Council of India and National Board of Examinations

Chairperson, Armed Forces Ethical Committee

Awards and Achievements:

Chief of Army Staff commendation twice (2002 and 2007)

Conferred with the Capital Foundation National Award in Oct 2014 by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha

Elected as Colonel Commandant of the Army Medical Corps on 5th Oct 2016

Appointed as Honorary Surgeon to the President of India on 25th Jul 2017

Unique distinction of being awarded the Vishisht Sewa Medal for distinguished service by the Hon’ble President of India three times (2009, 2014, and 2015)

Chief of Army Staff commendation 2007

Vishisht Sewa Medal by the President of India

Vishisht Sewa Medal by the President of India