Dr Vishal Sawale

About Doctor :

Expertise :

• Acute Stroke and Thrombolysis
• Migraine and Headache
• Epilepsy and Seizure
• Back-pain and spine disorders, Neuropathy
• Vertigo
• Parkinsonism and movement disorders
• Brain tumours
• Trauma and head injury
• Pediatric neurology

Past Experience :

• Consultant and Head (Department of Neurology)Wockhardt Hospitals, Nashik
• Assistant Professor (Department of Medicine) in Grant Medical College and JJ Hospitals, Mumbai
• Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Esic Hospital and PGIMSR, Andheri

Publications :

Scientific Paper Publications : (National & International):

• Determinants of complications in first ever acute stroke pa- tients: a prospective observational study from India. Signa Vitae.2021;17(2):145-153. doi:10.22514/sv.2021.002.
• Lesion-aphasia discordance in acute stroke among Bengali- speaking patients: Frequency, pattern, and effect on aphasia recovery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100859
• Multiple cerebral abscesses in decompensated cirrhosis of liver as a mimicker of hepatic encephalopathy: A case report. Indian Journal of Case Reports, 4(4), 304-306. DOI: 10.32677/IJCR.2018.v04.i04.017
• Status Epilepticus and Bilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A Rare Presentation after Viper Bite. April 2019Annals of African medicine 18(2):111 DOI: 10.4103/aam.aam_21_18
• Chorea-ballism as a dominant clinical manifestation in heteroplasmic mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome with A3251G mutation in mitochondrial genome: a case report December 2019.Journal of Medical Case Reports 13(1) DOI: 10.1186/s13256-018-1936-0
• A rare case of Guillain-Barre syndrome following scrub typhus. Neurology India; Mumbai Vol. 62, Iss. 1, (Jan-Feb 2014): 82-3. DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.128340
• Demylinating neuropathy – A rare presentation of HCV infection without mixed cryoglobulinaemia. January 2016. Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine 17(1):50-53 JIACM 2016; 17(1): 50-53
• Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in the backdrop of cerebral venous thrombosis: A post-partum catastrophe. Indian Journal of Case Reports, 4(5), 366-368. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCR.2018.v04.i05.010
• Incidence and types of aphasia after first-ever acute stroke in Bengali speakers: age, gender, and educational effect on the type of aphasia DOI:10.1080/02687038.2019.1630597 International Journal of Aphasiology. Vol-33/8
• Study of Adenosine Deaminase Levels in Patients of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with and Without Pleural Effusion. January 2014IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 13(1):30-37 DOI: 10.9790/0853-13193037
• Screening of newborns for sickle cell disease by Automated High Performance Liquid chromatography. International Journal of anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry. IJAPB : Volume :2;Issue :4 ; April 2015.

Achievements & Awards :

• Best Presenter Award, for presenting in Movement Disorders Society of India (MDSICON), held on 14th July, 2018, titled – “Chorea-ballism as a dominant clinical manifestation in heteroplasmic MELAS syndrome with A3251G mutation in mitochondrial genome: a case report from Eastern India”
• Awarded the 1st prize in the Dr SD Deodhar All India intercollegiate Post Graduate Rheumatology QUIZ competition, organised by the Indian Rheumatology Association, 2014

Memberships :

• Membership: MAN( Maharashtra Association of Neurology)
• IAN( Indian Association of Neurology)
• IMA( Indian Medical Association)

Languages :

• English
• मराठी
• हिन्दी
• বাংলা