About Dr. Dinesh Nayak

• Dr. Dinesh Nayak is an internationally recognized neurologist and among India’s foremost experts in epilepsy care with over 39 years of experience.
• After earning his MBBS and MD with outstanding academic honors, including the S.M. Munirathinam Chetty Gold Medal, he pursued DM Neurology from the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum.
• Driven by a deep passion for epileptology, Dr. Nayak was awarded the coveted Dr. P.N. Berry Scholarship to train at King’s College Hospital, London, where he specialized in advanced intracranial EEG and video-EEG techniques.
• During this period, he contributed to the global epilepsy surgery program and later served as faculty for the highly regarded Video-EEG Masterclass conducted by King’s College Hospital.
• Dr. Nayak’s expertise in presurgical evaluation has guided over 2000 cases of drug-resistant epilepsy, and he has successfully established a vibrant epilepsy surgery program in Chennai that has already performed 200+ complex surgeries, including temporal and extratemporal resections, stereo-EEG depth electrode studies, and vagal nerve stimulation.
• Apart from surgical epilepsy management, he has extensive proficiency in treating neurological conditions such as stroke, demyelinating disorders, neuromuscular diseases, and acute neurological emergencies.
• As a passionate teacher and academician, Dr. Nayak trains postgraduates, conducts EEG workshops nationwide, and has served on the editorial board of the Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology.
• Widely published in top-tier national and international journals, Dr. Nayak has received multiple best-paper awards and continues to contribute to advancing neurological sciences in India.