The Department of Neurosurgery currently has 12 faculty members and 7 post doctoral fellows(PDFs). It has had a total of 24 faculty members between the years 1995 to 2019. The list is inclusive of 2 neuro-otologists and 3 neuro-opthalmologists who were members of the department.
The department has an intake of 6 post MS (General Surgery) senior residents for a 3 year MCh training programme and 6 senior residents for hospital services per annum. The neuro-otology subspecialty inducts two senior residents for a 3 year dedicated training and 2 PDCC in neuro-otology and cochlear implant programme.
The department conducts 5 neurosurgical Outpatient clinics per week {( Monday to Friday; 9 a.m. onwards) excepting on Institute holidays}.The specialized areas in which focused services are offered include : Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cerebro-vascular surgery, Skull Base surgery, Surgery for peripheral nerve injury, Neuroendocrine surgery, Neuro-Oncology, Surgery for complex spinal disorders and minimally invasive spine surgery, Image guided and Endoscopic surgery, Functional, Epilepsy and Stereotactic surgery, Neurosurgical intensive care services and Neuro-Otology(including cochlear implants). The number of OPD patients has increased to nearly forty thousand in a year.