Dr. Shiva Kumar R is among the best neurologist and epileptologist in Bangalore, working as a Senior Consultant - Neurology & Epileptology at Sakra World Hospital. He was a consultant at the prestigious Narayana Hrudayalaya, Indiranagar, Bangalore, for almost 5 years. During his tenure, he has distinguished himself through expert patient care, his characteristic clinical acumen and professional leadership. He had established clinical facilities for the management of Epilepsy, Epilepsy monitoring Unit, Acute Stroke Care, Movement & Behavioural Disorders, Neuromuscular diseases and Neuro-Critical Care. Looking at his academic performance he is regarded as the most promising Neurologist and Epileptologist in Bangalore. He has achieved a unique reputation of being a devoted, dedicated Neurologist and Epileptologist in such a short period since his return from SCTIMST after completing his fellowship in Epilepsy.
He has been trained in Internal Medicine at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, and Karnataka. He did his Superspeciality training in Neurology at prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He also had special training in “Comprehensive Epilepsy Care” at Shri R. Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, SCTIMST with adequate and extensive training in the fields of Epilepsy like Medical treatment, Psychosocial intervention, Presurgical evaluation of difficult to treat Epilepsies, Video-EEG, Intraoperative Electrocorticography, Sub-Dural strip/Grid monitoring, Cortical stimulation and mapping and Surgery for refractory Epilepsy.
