Dr. Annu Aggarwal
MBBS, MD(Gen Medicine), DNB(Neurology), MRCP(UK)
- Skills :Neurologist, Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment, Acoustic Neuroma, Stroke Treatment
Highlights
- Dr. Annu Aggarwal is a specialist in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and a consultant neurologist.
- Dr. Annu Aggarwal’s clinical work is accompanied by research, and she has received numerous awards for her academics and research.
- Her areas of interest is in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Memory Disorders, Wilson Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Vascular dementia, Critical neurology
Profile Summary
Dr. Annu Aggarwal specializes in treating people with memory, cognitive, and behavioral issues. Such issues can arise as a result of neurodegenerative dementias as people age, and they are becoming more common as the population ages.
They can also be seen in younger patients as a result of neuro-metabolic disorders like Wilson disease, epilepsy, neurodegeneration, or other conditions.
Dr. Annu Aggarwal is a pioneer in both treating patients with such disorders and developing better diagnostic and treatment strategies to help them get better care.
Experience of Dr. Annu Aggarwal
Dr. Annu Aggarwal is an experienced Neurologist, practicing successfully for over 25 years.
Training and Certifications
- MBBS – University Of Bombay, 1997
- MD – General Medicine – University Of Bombay, 2001
- DNB – Neurology – Delhi University, 2005
- Fellowship, 2009, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
- Fellowship, Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India
- MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, UK
Expertise in Disease/Treatment
- Neurosurgery
- Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Stroke Treatment
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Craniotomy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gamma Knife for AVM of Brain Tumor
- Cranioplasty
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Bell’s Palsy Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- 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
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Awards and achievements
- Dr Jane Page Scholarship
- Hargobind Foundation Scholarship
- She has also won awards for Best Paper Presentations at various national and international conferences.
Publications
She has authored chapters in Neurology Textbooks and Encyclopedias, as well as numerous papers in reputable national and international journals. These are the following:
- Aggarwal A, Bhatt, “The pragmatic treatment of Wilson disease’, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2014,
- Aggarwal A, Munshi M, Sanghvi D, Ravan A, Parekh S, Rane P, Bhatt M, “A novel objective brain MRI Assessment Scale for Wilson disease (MAS for WD)”, AAN, Philadelphia, USA, 2014
- Chhabria MA, Bhatt M, Aggarwal A. 2013a, Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration from Lys478glu- Pantothenate Kinase 2 mutation presenting as adult onset focal dystonia”, Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2013.
- Chhabria MA, Bhatt M, Balasubramaniam A, Aggarwal A. 2013b. “Deep Brain Stimulation in Neuroacanthocytosis and Tardive Dyskinesia”, Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2013
- Chhabria M, Todorov T, Chandhok G, Tilve S, Zibert A, Bhatt M, Schmidt HH, Aggarwal A. “Wilson disease mutation pattern with genotype-phenotype correlations from Western India: confirmation of p.C271* as a common Indian mutation and identification of 14 novel mutations”, Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2013
- Aggarwal A, Bhatt M, “Wilson Disease: an update”, In Metals Related Neurodegenerative Diseases, International Reviews of Neurobiology, Editors: Bhatia KP and Scheinder SA, Elsevier, 2013
- Aggarwal A, Bhatt M, “Neurologic Aspects of Gastrointestinal / Hepatobiliary Diseases: Commonly used gastrointestinal drugs”, In Neurological Aspects of Systemic Disease, Volume 1, Editors: Biller J and Ferro JM. Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series, Third Series Editor: Aminoff MJ, Boller F, Swaab DF, Elsevier, 2013
- Stamelou M, Lai SC, Aggarwal A, Schneider SA, Houlden H, Yeh TH, Batla A, Lu CS, Bhatt M, Bhatia KP “Dystonic opisthotonus: A ‘red flag’ for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation syndromes?”, In print Movement Disorders, 2013
- Munshi M, Aggarwal A, Sanghvi D, Ravan A, Parekh S, Bhatt M, “Correlation of brain MRI abnormalities in Wilson disease with clinical disability”, 113th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), Washington DC, USA, April, 2013.
- Aggarwal A, Geschwind MD “Rapidly progressive dementias”, In Reviews in Neurology Editors: Khadilkar S, Singh G Indian Academy of Neurology, pp. 307-28, 2011
- Aggarwal A. “Wilson Disease”, Pharma Bio World Magazine, pp. 36-38, 2011
Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- Bombay Neurosciences Association
- Cognitive Neurology Section of Indian Academy of Neurology (Founding member)
- Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi, India
- Indian Academy of Neurology
- Indian Stroke Association
- International Child Neurology Association
- International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
- Maharashtra Association of Neurology
- Medical Council of Maharashtra
- Movement Disorders Section of Indian Academy of Neurology
- Neurorehabilitation section of the Indian Academy of Neurology
- Parkinson’s Disease Foundation of India
- Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
- Neurological Society of India
