Personal Biography:

Dr Achal Gupta secured 1st rank in Haryana PMT and did his MBBS from Pt B.D. Sharma Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Rohtak. He has leadership qualities. He was Physiology president and Class representative of the batch. He was selected and completed University research fellowship in genetics and molecular medicine 2011. He did his DrNB 6-year Neurosurgery training at prestigious Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre Mumbai. He has more than 60 presentations in national and international conferences and published more than 10 chapters and authored a book on “Happy and healthy living: a practical handbook”. Dr Achal Gupta is known for his dedication and compassionate nature. He believes in creating a patient-centric & individualistic plan of treatment, tailored according to the unique requirements for each of his patient’s case. He lays great emphasis on establishing a reliable & trustworthy relationship with his patients and with this approach, Dr Gupta has successfully treated his patients with extremely high success rate & with minimal post-surgery complications. His areas of interest include fully endoscopic spinal surgery, micro-endoscopic spinal surgery, complex spinal surgeries requiring pedicle screw fixation, percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty and pain management including neuropathic pain, rhizotomy, trans-foraminal block and sympathetic block. Dr Achal Gupta has done research on the cervical spine during his training which made him an expert in doing complex craniovertebral surgery, anterior cervical surgery and posterior cervical surgery. Dr Achal Gupta has been awarded with best presentation awards in multiple national and international conferences.

Qualification:

• MBBS: Pt B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
• DrNB neurosurgeon: Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai
• NSSA spine fellow: All is Well Hospital, Burhanpur

Awards and Accolades:

• Best paper award (1st prize) in SNVICON 2019
• Best paper award in NSSACON 2020
• Best paper award (3rd prize) in 11th Medica Neurosurgery Masterclass 2022
• Abstract selected for annual AANS 2019

Affiliation:

• Neurological Society of India
• Neuro Spinal Surgeons Association of India
• Neurological Surgeons Society of India
• Bombay Neurosciences Association
• International Child Neurology Association

Publications:

• Dange NN, Singh VJ, Dhar A, Gupta A. Coil embolization of post traumatic giant supraclinoid pseudoaneurysm presenting as carotid cavernous fistula. Asian J Neurosurg. 2018 Oct-Dec; 13(4): 1244-1246
• Dange N, Singh V, Gupta A, Agrawal A. Isolated sacral nerve root ependymoma. International Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Volume 9 Number 1, January – June 2017
• Dange NN, Gupta A: Pediatric Head Injury. IAPS Textbook of Pediatric Surgery. Ed. Redkar R, Agarwal P, Raveenthiran V: Jaypee, 2019. 216-26.
• Ramani PS, Prasad A, Gupta A, Shukla A. Salient Lumbar Spine Morphometry for use in Pedicle Screw Technology. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 26-33
• Patkar S, Maheshwari S, Prasad A, Gupta A. Pedicle screws in upper two cervical vertebrae: C1 & C2. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 76-87.
• Deogaonkar K, Prasad A, Gupta A. Occipital bone screws, plates and rods. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 99-101
• Parthiban JKBC, Gupta A. Screw placement in the lateral mass of sub-axial cervical spine. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 108-12.
• Modha P, Gupta A. Insertion of screw in the odontoid. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 114-9.
• Kulkarni A, Gupta A. Use of navigation in percutaneous insertion of pedicle screws. Human Spine and Pedicle Screws. Ed. Ramani PS. Inking Innovations, 2019. 130-4.
• Ramani PS, Gupta A. Pathogenesis of Lumbar Canal Stenosis. Current Trends in Surgical Management of Lumbar Canal Stenosis. Ed. Ramani PS: CBS Publishers, 2019. 24-6.
• Ramani PS, Sasane S, Prasad A, Gupta A, Kumar A. History of Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Ed. Rudrappa S: Thieme, 2020. 2-9.
• Ramani PS, Sasane S, Gupta A. Pathophysiology of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and OPLL. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: WFNS Spine Committee Book. Ed. Zileli M, Parthiban J: Thieme, 2021. 7-19.