Dr. Sharan Completed his MBBS from the prestigious Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute (BMCRI) 1992-1993 and is the first student to pass DNB neurosurgery from Karnataka state- completed in 2000. Dr. Sharan has performed over 8000 major brain and spine surgeries. He is a member of many national and international professional organizations and has given invited talks & chaired sessions in many regional, national & international conferences. He has been nominated as the sole Indian national representative in the managing committee of the AOSNR – Asia Oceania Society for NeuroRehabilitation. He was a part of the core organizing committee in charge of WCNR2018 @ Mumbai (World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation)
Dr.Sharan was followed by Worlds Leading Media for performing dystonia surgery while the patient was playing guitar. The news went viral the world over and got millions of views within 24Hrs, a proud moment for all Indians. He is a specialist in Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), and Neuro Rehabilitation.
Along with Dr. Sanjiv C.C, a senior consultant neurologist & Movement Disorders specialist, he has set up the Jain Institute of Movement Disorders & Stereotactic Neurosurgery (JIOMSN). This facility is dedicated to treating patients with Movement Disorders (like Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonia, etc.), Spasticity (following a stroke, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, etc.) & intractable pain. This is probably one of the few such Centres in India that is dedicated to this work, especially RF & other ablative surgeries!
Along with his wife Dr. Prathiba Sharan, a medical doctor & Neuropsychologist has started NewRo – Karnataka’s first (and probably a few in India) ‘standalone’ dedicated multidisciplinary center for Neuro Rehabilitation – helping patients who are neurologically disabled after a major stroke, head injury, brain infections, spinal cord problems, Parkinsonism, etc.
Dr. Sharan has pioneered to conceptualize the idea of integrating Ayurveda into Neuro-rehabilitation and has initiated the Vertical of AYURNEWRO- An Integrated (Fusion) Rehab Care Unit focusing on working from Sickness to Wellness!
Dr. Sharan heads a Bio-design & Bio-engineering team of doctors and engineers (NewRo Kaaya Pte Ltd) who are designing many innovative, affordable medical devices for the effective rehabilitation of neurologically disabled patients.
- Holosuit
- WALK-FREE – a ceiling-mounted, motorized, sensor-based, over-ground body-weight-support system harness
- An innovative, low cost, battery operated and Bluetooth enabled the device for balance assessment & training
- A mechanical upper limb unweighing system – for stroke rehab
- Have built and operating low-cost neuro-rehab centers and have a good business model around that.
- Innovative therapy processes for effective neuro rehab
- Dr. Sharan leading a team of 14 specialists and super-specialists to Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2015 for disaster management following the massive earthquake. The team reached Kathmandu on the third day after the devastating earthquake and remained there for 14 days and performed over 60 major surgeries, 100 minor procedures, and saw over 2000 OPDs. Also donated surgical implants, medicines, etc. totally costing over 8 lakhs! The team also went into the countryside by walk and distributed rations, food, clothing and blankets to those who had lost everything in the quake. All this charity was self-funded.
- They also run an NGO for funding poor patients – called Swaasthya Aarogya Foundation – 80G trust. They have funded major neurosurgeries so far for over 50 patients and advanced neuro-rehab therapies for over 100 patients.