Dr. (Prof) Sumit Sinha

About Dr. (Prof) Sumit Sinha

Dr. (Prof) Sumit Sinha is Vice Chairman & Unit Head of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery at Max Healthcare (Max Hospital, Dwarka). Before joining Max, he was Director of Neuro & Spine Surgery at Paras Healthcare, Gurugram (2017–2024), and served for over a decade as neurosurgery faculty at AIIMS, New Delhi — rising from Assistant Professor to Professor of Neurosciences & Gamma Knife (2005–2017).

Trained through international fellowships in Germany (IGASS Spine, Munich), Brazil (AO Spine) and Japan (Cerebrovascular, Fujita Health University), he is a founder of the Indian Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery and President-Elect of the Neurotrauma Society of India. He has published 205 papers, 35 book chapters and 5 books.

Areas of expertise

Skull Base SurgeryVascular SurgeryBrain Tumour SurgeryBrachial Plexus SurgeryBrain Stem SurgerySpinal SurgeryEndoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery

Education & training

✓M.B.B.S — S N Medical College, Agra
✓M.S. (General Surgery) — K G Medical College, Lucknow
✓Chief Residency in General Surgery — S N Medical College, Agra
✓D.N.B (General Surgery)
✓M.Ch (Neurosurgery) — All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
✓IGASS Spine Fellowship — Munich, Germany
✓AO Spine Fellowship — Brazil
✓Cerebrovascular Fellowship — Fujita Health University, Japan

Work experience

✓Vice Chairman & Unit Head / Principal Director – Robotics and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Max Hospital, Dwarka — present
✓Director, Neuro & Spine Surgery — Paras Healthcare, Gurugram (2017–2024)
✓Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife, Department of Neurosurgery — AIIMS, New Delhi (2016–2017)
✓Additional Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife — AIIMS, New Delhi (2012–2016)
✓Associate Professor, Neurosciences & Gamma Knife — AIIMS, New Delhi (2008–2012)
✓Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery & Gamma Knife — AIIMS, New Delhi (2005–2008)
✓Senior Research Fellow, Neurosurgery — AIIMS, New Delhi (2005)

Memberships

✓Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)
✓Neuro-Endoscopy Society of India (NESI)
✓Neurological Society of India (NSI)
✓Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI)
✓Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI)
✓Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
✓International Society for Brachial Plexus & Peripheral Nerve Injury (ISBPPNI)
✓AO Spine Surgeons International
✓Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
✓Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI)
✓American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
✓Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
✓National Neurotrauma Society (NTS)
✓American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
✓Founder Member & Secretary, Indian Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (ISPNS)

Awards & recognition

✓President-Elect, Neurotrauma Society of India (2023–2025)
✓President-Elect, Indian Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (2024–2026)
✓Member, WFNS Committee on Peripheral Nerve Surgery (2022–ongoing)
✓Founder Secretary, Indian Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (2011–2020)
✓EC Member (2022–2025), Neurological Society of India
✓CME Convener (2022–2025), Neurological Society of India
✓Ex-Secretary (2019–2022), Neurotrauma Society of India
✓Faculty, AO Spine; Ex-Education Officer, AO Spine India (2019–2021)
✓Faculty, Advanced Trauma Life Support
✓Ex-EC Member, Neuro-Endoscopy Society of India (2021–2023)
✓Ex-Faculty In-charge, Cadaver Training and Research Facility, AIIMS JPNA Trauma Centre — conceptualized and established the state-of-the-art facility at AIIMS, New Delhi

Research & publications

✓Papers published: 205 (indexed journals: 83; non-indexed journals: 49)
✓Abstracts published: 59 (indexed journals: 15)
✓Chapters in books: 35
✓Books published: 5

Location

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Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dwarka

New Delhi & Gurugram, India

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