Dr. Hillol Kanti Pal

Core Competencies

• Diagnosis of common pain syndromes
• Advanced pain procedures including Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections, Cervicaldisc radiculopathy management, and Radio frequency Ablations for lumbar andcervical facet joint blocks
• Spine surgery: Microdiscectomy, Endoscopic discectomy, Decompressive laminectomy, and spinal tumors
• Spinal Fusion Surgery: Lumbar –TLIF, PLIF, ALIF, Disc arthroplasty, and Cervical –ACDF, Disc arthroplasty, Foraminotomy
• Craniovertebral junction surgeries
• Neurotrauma management (Brain and Spinal Cord injuries)
• Brain surgery, including skull base surgery, hydrocephalus, and tumors
• Epilepsy surgery in selected cases

Brief Profile

Prof. Hillol Kanti Pal is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Endoscopic Spine Surgeon with over three decades of experience in Neurosurgery across India, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dr. Pal completed his medicalstudies from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NewDelhi, India. He has worked at large public hospitals as a Teaching faculty in all the three countries. Dr. Pal is one of the UAE’s best- known neurosurgeons for his exclusivity and expertise in the diagnosis of low back pain, neck painand intractable headaches.

Besides other neurosurgical domains, Dr. Pal’s expertise pertains toInterventional Pain Procedures and Minimally Invasive Surgery related to Degenerative Disc Diseases of Lumbar and Cervical spine. These include failed previous surgeries, redo-surgeries, spinal instability from trauma and spine tumours. Dr. Pal is a Faculty of the Mission Spine Foundation (Pune, India). Hehas a keen interest in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas. He has a keen interest in surgical management of intractable epilepsy.

Dr. Hillol is a prolific writer with many of his original books gracing the shelves of internationally renowned libraries having won prestigious awards like the MAPIM-2008.

Qualification

• M.Ch (Neurosurgery) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences), New Delhi, India (1989)
• MBBS All India Institute of Medical Sciences (All India Instituteof Medical Sciences), New Delhi, India (1984)

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