ChatAbout Dr. Dinesh Nayak
- Dr. Dinesh Nayak is one of the best Neurologists having 26 years of experience.
- He has expertise in video-EEG monitoring, pre-surgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy, vagal nerve stimulation, and intracranial EEG monitoring.
- He has performed the pre-surgical evaluation of over 2000 drug-resistant epilepsy patients.
- He has several publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals.
- In 2010 he set up a vibrant epilepsy surgery program in Chennai, India, and since then over 200 epilepsy surgeries, both temporal and extratemporal, as well as intracranial EEG with subdural grids and stereo-EEG depth electrodes, have been performed.
Hospital
Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai
Hospital Location
Chennai, India 
LocationSpecial Interest
Epilepsy Stroke Demyelinating Disorders
List Of Treatments
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cerebral Angioplasty
- Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Endovascular Coiling
- Surgical Clipping
- Temporal Lobectomy
- Lesionectomy
- Hemispherectomy
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Multiple Subpial Transections MST
- Microvascular Decompression MVD
- Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Percutaneous Steriotactic Treatment - PSR
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy - Neurotomy
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
- Gliomas Treatment
- Meningioma
- Schwannomas
- VP Shunting
- Ventriculostomy
- Skull Base Surgery
- Sleep Disorders
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Narcolepsy Treatment
- Headache
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
- Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
- Liberation Treatment
- Sensory Ataxia Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Paediatric Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Bell's Palsy Treatment
- Cerebral Angiogram
- Craniotomy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gamma Knife for AVM or Brain Tumor
- Cranioplasty
- Parkinson's Disease
- Brain Haemorrhage Treatment
- Blood Clot Brain Surgery
- CyberKnife Treatment
- Neurosurgery
- Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Stroke Treatment
- High Cervical Stimulation
- Electrical Cortical Stimulation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
- Drug Pump Implantation for Chronic Pain Management
- Sacral Neuromodulation
- Conservative management
- Thecoperitonial shunt
- Microsurgical tumor removal
- Endoscopic decompression
- Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
- Deep Brain Stimulation (non-rechargeable)
- NeuroRehabilitation
- Microsurgical repair of encephalocele
- VNS implantation
Work Experience of Dr. Dinesh Nayak
Senior Consultant, Fortis Malar Hospital
Senior Consultant, Global Hospitals and Health City
Associate Professor, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Consultant, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital
Consultant, K.G Hospital and Postgraduate Institute
Consultant, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Dr. Dinesh Nayak's
- MBBS
- MD
- DM, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India
Received a Gold Medal for highest marks in the final MD examination
- RATHORE C, BAHETI N, BANSAL A, JABEEN SA, GOPINATH S, JAGTAP S, PATIL S, SURYAPRABHA T, JAYALAKSHMI S, RAVAT S, NAYAK DS, PRAKASH S, RANA K, JAISWAL SK, KHAN FR, MURTHY JMK, RADHAKRISHNAN K. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on epilepsy practice in India: a tripartite survey. Seizure: European J Epilepsy 2021; 86: 60-67
- KANNAN L, JAIN P, NAYAK DS. Role of video-EEG in children. Indian J Pediatr 2021; doi: 10.1007/s12098-020-03605-4
- SRIDEVI V, RAMSUBBA REDDY M, SRINIVASAN K, RADHAKRISHNAN K, RATHORE C, NAYAK DS. Improved patient-independent system for detection of electrical onset of seizures. J Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 36:14-24
- ANUSA AM, THAVARAJAH R, NAYAK D, JOSHUA E, RAO UK, RANGANATHAN K. A study on drug-induced tardive dyskinesia: orofacial musculature involvement and patient’s awareness. J Orofac Sci. 2018; 10:86-95
- PUSHPA B, NAJUMUNISSA D, NAYAK D. Correlation analysis and modeling of EEG-EMG signal for startle-induced seizures. Online J Biol Sci. 2018; 18:17-23
- SURESHBABU S, NAYAK D, AGGARWAL V, PETER S, KHANNA L, MITTAL G. Intractable ictal vomiting: A new form of reflex epilepsy? Epileptic Disord 2017; 19:212-16
- SURESHBABU S, NAYAK D, PETER S, SHOBANA C, MITTAL G. Epileptic angina. Epileptic Behav 2017; 7:49-53
- SURESHBABU S, NAYAK D, MITTAL G, PETER S, SOBHANA C, AGGARWAL V. Lingual epilepsia partialis continua in neurocysticercosis. Neurology 2017; 88: 108-9
- SURESHBABU S, NAYAK D, PETER S, SOBHANA C, MITTAL G, AGGARWAL V. A case of symptomatic reflex epilepsy precipitated by bathing. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep 2016; 6: 64-66
- SURESHBABU S, NAYAK D, PETER S, KHANNA L. “Pink pinna sign”: a harbinger of lamotrigene-induced serious drug rash. Neurol India 2016; 64: 782-3
- NAYAK D, VALENTIN A, SELWAY RP, ALARCON G. Can single pulse electrical stimulation provoke responses similar to spontaneous interictal epileptiform discharges? Clin Neurophysiol. 2014; 25: 306-11
- VIVEKANANDAN S, NAYAK D. Microsurgical management of prolactinomas-clinical and hormonal outcomes. Neurology India 2011; 59:944-45
- VIVEKANANDAN S, NAYAK SD. Valpraote-induced hyperammonemia enhanced by topiramate and phenobarbitone. Ann Indian Acad Neurology 2010; 13:145-47
- CHERIAN A, SREEDHARAN S, RAGHAVENDRA S, NAYAK D, RADHAKRISHNAN A. Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in fulminant form of SSPE. Can J Neurol Sci 2009; 36: 524-26
- SREEDHARAN SE, UNNIKRISHNAN JP, SAJITH S, SYLAJA PN, NAYAK SD, SARMA PS, RADHAKRISHNAN K. Incidence, types, risk factors and outcome of stroke in a developing country. Stroke 2009; 40: 1212-1218
- DAS A, NAYAK SD. Delayed responses in TMS-EEG are different from SPES. Letters to editor. Epilepsia 2008; 49:1814-15
- INDIRADEVI KP, ELIAS E, SATHIDEVI PS, DINESH NAYAK S, RADHAKRISHNAN K. A multi-level wavelet approach for automatic detection of epileptic spikes in the electroencephalogram. Comput Biol Med. 2008;38 (7):805-16.
- RATHORE C, RADHAKRISHNAN A, NAYAK SD, RADHAKRISHNAN K. Teaching Video Neuroimage: Electroclinical characteristics of micturition-induced reflex epilepsy. Neurology 2008; May 13; 70 (20):e86
- BALAJI R, KESAVADAS C, RAMACHANDRAN K, NAYAK SD, PRIYAKUMARI T. Longitudinal CT and MR appearances of hemimegalencephaly in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008; 24(3):397-401.
- NAYAK SD, SAJEESH P. Technical standards for digital EEG recording in epilepsy practice. Ann Indian Acad Neurology, 2007; 10:121-127
- RAGHAVENDRA S, KRISHNAMOORTHY T, ASHALATHA R, NAYAK SD, RADHAKRISHNAN K. Hemimegalencephalic appearance of normal hemisphere in unilateral heterotopia and absent corpus callosum. Epilepsy Behav. 2006; 9:363-366
- VANNIARAJAN A, NAYAK D, REDDY AG, SINGH L, THANGARAJ K. Clinical and genetic uniqueness in an individual with MELAS. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2006; 141: 440-444
- NAYAK D, ABRAHAM M, KESAVADAS C, RADHAKRISHNAN K. Lingual epilepsia partialis continua in Rasmussen’s encephalitis. Epileptic Disord 2006; 8: 114-117
- VALENTIN A, ALARCON G, GARCIA-SAEONE JJ, LACRUZ ME, NAYAK SD, HONAVAR M, SELWAY RP, BINNIE CD, POLKEY CE. Single pulse electrical stimulation identifies epileptogenic frontal cortex in the human brain. Neurology 2005; 65: 426-435
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