About Dr. L S Harishchandra

• Dr. L S Harishchandra is a highly skilled Neurosurgeon with over 16 years of experience.
• His expertise lies in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, and Epilepsy Surgery.
• Over the course of his career, he has gained substantial international experience, having trained and worked at prestigious institutions including King’s College Hospital (London), Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool, UK), and Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital (Tel Aviv, Israel).
• Dr. Harishchandra specializes in treating complex neurosurgical disorders in children, including brain and spinal tumors, spina bifida, craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus, spasticity, and epileptic disorders.
• He is also an expert in movement disorder surgeries, performing procedures such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease, tremors, and dystonia. In the field of epilepsy surgery, he performs hemispherotomy, callosotomy, temporal lobectomy, and vagal nerve stimulation, offering advanced surgical solutions for refractory epilepsy.
• He completed his MBBS from Chengalpattu Medical College in 2009 and pursued MCh in Neurosurgery from Madras Medical College, Chennai, in 2016.
• To further specialize, he completed fellowships in Paediatric Neurosurgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, and a fellowship in Functional and Epilepsy Surgery at King’s College Hospital, London, UK.
• Dr. Harishchandra is actively involved in research, with multiple publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals.
• He has presented his work at numerous national and international forums in paediatric neurosurgery, movement disorders, and epilepsy surgery.
• He is a member of several professional societies, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FRCS), Glasgow, the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), the World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN), the International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), the Indian Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (IndSPN), Neurological Society of India (NSI), and the Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI).
• Dr. Harishchandra has been recognized with several awards for his contributions to neurosurgery, including the Torrent Young Scholar Award in Neurosurgery (2015), Thiru C V Charry Memorial Prize for Neurosurgery (2016), Fred Epstein Scholarship at ISPN (2018), and Medal Winner for FRCS Neurosurgery (2018).