Dr. Pushparaja Shetty

Dr. Pushparaja Shetty is a consultant neurologist with many years of experience in various neurological disorders . He completed his DM Neurology from JNMC Belgaum under Rajiv Gandhi university of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He joined M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals, Bangalore, as Assistant Professor of Neurology in 2008 and then was promoted to Associate Professor and Consultant of Neurology in 2010.

His special interests include deep brain stimulation pre-surgical evaluation, intra-operative assessment and post-surgical programming in various movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Chorea, Dystonia etc.

He was a movement disorder specialist neurologist in the department which established the movement disorder program at M S Ramaiah Hospital, which is now well recognised in India. He also established Sri Sai Neurosciences and Rehabilitation Centre in 2010 in Bangalore which is an OPD-based neurocentre with diagnostics and neurorehabilitation. He moved to Dubai in 2012 where he worked for another private hospital group before joining Mediclinic in January 2019.

Core competencies

• Movement disorders – deep brain stimulation in various movement disorders
• Headaches
• Epilepsies
• Stroke
• Demyelinating disorders – Multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitic optica etc.
• Neuropathies
• Movement disorders – Parkinsons disease, dystonia, chorea etc.
• Neuro Infections – meningitis, encephalitis
• Neck pain, back pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Auto immune disorders affecting the nervous system
• Myasthenia Gravis and other neuromuscular disorders
• Memory disorders
• Myopathies

Professional affiliation

• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology –MBRU
• Member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society