Deepak Agrawal

Deepak Agrawal ^[2][3] born 10 November 1970, is a professor neurosurgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi^[1] is one of the top 10 surgeons in the neurosurgery.^[4] During his stint as chairman computerization,^[5][6][7][8] he reformed the ICT processes at AIIMS, New Delhi and also helped patients in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi to get a Unique Health Identification (UHID), which documents their journey in the hospital.^[9][10] He also pioneered stem cell research in spinal cord injury in India and set up the Stem Cell translational research in Neuroscience LAB (SCRTN) at AIIMS, New Delhi.^[11][12][13] He has also pioneered a new surgical technique—Expansive Duraplasty—for complete high cervical injury. This technique has shown improvement in a subset of patients with the ability to walk again.^[14]

Deepak Agrawal
Born	(1970-11-10) November 10, 1970 (age 54) Delhi, India
Occupation	Neurosurgery[1]
Website	drdeepakaiims.com

Pain Surgery

Agrawal has pioneered DREZotomy technique for neuropathic pain in India and has refined the procedure to make it safer and more accessible to patients.^{[15][16][17][18]} He has the largest series of Cervical DREZOTOMY in the Indian subcontinent.^[19] At Present. He is the only Neurosurgeon in the world who is performing Lumbar DREZOTOMY for lower limb spasticity and pain.^[20]

Agrawal was responsible^[21] for the care of Baby Falak and raising the issue in the media^[22] which led a national outcry against Child Abuse and Human trafficking.^{[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]}

He developed an UHID system in AIIMS to take appointment easily through ors.gov.in portal.^[28][10][29]

Agrawal developed mechanical AgVa Ventilator in collaboration with Indian scientist Diwakar Vaish of A-SET Robotics.^{[30][31][32][33]} During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 10,000 ventilators were manufactured and sold to various public and private hospitals across the Indian subcontinent.^[34]

Agrawal has been instrumental in setting up the most advanced Neurotrauma center in India (JPNATC). He equipped the department with India's first Intraoperative spine CT (O-arm) and portable CT scanner, which has benefited more than 20000 patients till now.^[35][36][37]

He has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (JPNS) since 2019,^[38] and editor-in-chief of the Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (IJNT) since April 2019.^[39]

He has 3818 citations on his published research with an h-index of 33 and i10-index of 95 as on 10 Oct 2024.^[40]

Career in Gamma Knife

Agrawal has expertise in Gamma Knife (stereotactic radiosurgery) and has treated the most patients with Gamma Knife in India.^[41] He has the most experience in treating ocular malignancies by Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in India.^[42] Agrawal is an authority on Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain tumors and vascular malformations and has extensively compared Gamma Knife with other forms of radiotherapy like CyberKnife and proton beam, and is a strong proponent of Gamma Knife vis-a-vis other modalities.^[43] He has published groundbreaking research on Gamma Knife, including a policy paper on improving neurosurgical access in developing countries using Gamma Knife.^[44] He also wrote the book Mastering Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Insights from Case-Based Learnings, which presents innovative and evolving approaches to Gamma Knife treatment, highlighting AIIMS-based clinical experiences and novel neurosurgical applications.^[45]

Awards

• 'CNS-CSNS young neurosurgeon of the year' award by the US Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) at the annual CNS meeting in September 2008 at San Diego, California.^[46][47]
• ‘Tata Innovation Fellowship’ by DBT for a 3-year period from 2013 of Rs 22.5 lakhs.^[48]
• "Dynamic CIO of the Year 2016" in the fifth Annual Healthcare Summit.^[49]
• AAPI International research award (1st prize) in 'Innovation in healthcare' at Global health summit (2016).^[2]
• Award given by Birac under the Department of Biotechnology of 50 lakhs.^[50]