Dr. Chirag Jain began his medical education in Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, where he finished his MBBS and furthered his study with an MCh in Neurosurgery from the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. He has previously worked as a Neurosurgeon in the Government of Karnataka-funded project ‘Karnataka Brain Health Initiative’ at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.
Additionally, he is also a researcher in the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Acquired Brain and Spine Injury. He is also a co-investigator in several randomized controlled trials on traumatic brain injury. He has an active interest in academic neurosurgery and research. He is certified in the advanced management of Neurotrauma.
- Brain tumors (supratentorial, infratentorial, skull base)
- Surgery for brain and spine tumors with neuromonitoring (for motor and speech function)
- Degenerative spine disorders
- Emergency management of traumatic brain, spine and peripheral nerve conditions
- Management of chronic traumatic brain, spine and peripheral nerve injury
- CSF disorders – hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Pain disorders – headache, back and neck pain, trigeminal neuralgia
- Peripheral nerve disorders including brachial plexus
- Vascular disorders – aneurysms, cerebral revascularization
- Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery
- Dr Chirag Jain is the recipient of various prizes and awards including a gold medal for Biochemistry, the Torrent Young Scholar Award in Neurosurgery, the 1st prize for Poster
- Presentation at the Indian Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery Conference (ISPNSCON 2024) and the Platform presentation (Top ten abstracts) at Euro Neuro 2023, Brussels, Belgium.
- Jain C, Rewatkar A, Roy AK, Devi BI. Delayed Posttraumatic Tension Pneumocephalus: Case Report and Review of Literature. Indian J Neurotrauma 2023;20:151-154 (Corresponding author)
- Shukla D, Konar S, Kulkarni A, Bhat DI, Sadashiva N, Devi BI, Dikshit P, Mehta S, Jain A new comprehensive grading for giant pituitary adenomas: SLAP grading. Br J Neurosurg. 2022 Jun;36(3):377-384. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2022.2057432. Epub 2022 Apr 1. PMID: 35361030.
- Sadashiva N, Konar S, Jain C, Shukla D. Navigation guidance in neuroendoscopic management of complex hydrocephalus. Neurosurg Focus Video. 2023;8(2):V4. Published 2023 Apr 1. doi:10.3171/2023.1.FOCVID22152
- Devi BI, MS Gopalakrishnan, Jain C, Bhat DI, Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Where do Neurosurgeons Stand? Journal of Peripheral Nerve Surgery, J Peripher Nerve Surg 2022–23;6–7:2. https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0043-1778665.
- Jain C, Devi BI, Bhat DI, Shukla DS, Konar S Hinge Craniotomy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Surgical Technique – Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0044-1782690.
- Jain C, Pruthi N C1-C2 fixation for Chiari with syringomyelia associated with atlantoaxial instability, atlantooccipital assimilation and an anomalous vertebral artery course – World Neurosurgery,2024,ISSN 1878-8750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.08.007.
- Jain C, Devi BI, Bhat DI, Shukla D Current Status of Traumatic Brain Injury In India.
- Indian J Neurotrauma (10.1055/s-0044-1789260)
Accepted Papers
- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Brachial Plexus Injury – Chapter in Ramamurthy and Tandon’s Textbook of Neurosurgery 3rd Edition (Jain C, Shukla D, Bhat DI, Devi BI)
- Hinge Craniotomy – Chapter in Ramamurthy and Tandon’s Textbook of Neurosurgery 3rd edition (Jain C, Shukla D, Bhat DI, Devi BI)
- Biomarkers in Traumatic brain injury – Chapter in Ramamurthy and Tandon’s Textbook of Neurosurgery 3rd edition (Jain C, Devi BI, Phaneendra GS, Shukla D, Bhat DI)
- The role of dental pulp stem cells in sciatic nerve regeneration and histologic analysis – Journal of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (Shinde B, Bhat DI, Shukla D, Devi BI, Jain C, Datta I)
- Impact of Single Blast Exposure on Neuronal Damage and Protein Levels in the Rat Brain at Varying Pressures – Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (Bansal P, Bhat DI, Jain C, Subramaniam S, Mahadevan A, Shukla D, Devi BI)
