Sawhney I. M. S. (Dr)
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Sawhney I. M. S. (Dr)
Dr. IMS Sawhney MBBS, MD, DM, FRCP
Specialities:
Neurology
Special Interests:
Epilepsy
Private Consulting Arrangements:
Sancta Maria Hospital
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Biography:
Dr IMS Sawhney graduated from Christian Medical College, Panjab, India in 1975 and obtained postgraduate degree in Medicine (MD) in 1979. He was trained in Neurology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India and received the degree of DM in the speciality of Neurology from the same institute in 1983. He was awarded Commonwealth fellowship for training in Epilepsy and EEG for a year in Maudsley and King's College Hospital in 1992-93. He was given full registration by the General Medical Council in 1997 and was placed on the Specialist Register for Neurology in 1998.
He was appointed as a Lecturer (Consultant) in Neurology in 1984 in the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Ediucation and Research, Chandigarh, India. He was promoted to the post of Assistant Professor in 1986. He rose to the position of Additional Professor in 1990 and held this position until September 1998 before the appointment of Consultant in Neurology in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK. At present, he is Programme Director for Neurology in Wales. He is actively involved in the care of Neurology patients. His special area if interest is Epilepsy and runs the Epilepsy Clinics in Morriston and Bridgend.
He was involved in the organisation of XIVth World Congress of Neurology, New Dehli, India, 1989 and worked in the capacity of Assistant Secretary and member of the Scientific Committee. He was Joint Secretary of the 1st International Conference on Organisation and Delivery of Neurological Sciences, New Dehli, India, 1994 and was Secretary of Epilepsy Subsection, Indian Academy of Neurology. He has been an examiner for MD (Medicine) and DM (Neurology) in India and MD (Paediatrics), University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has been appointed Senior Clinical Teacher in Neurology, University of Wales, Cardiff. He served as Associate Editor of Neurology India, the official journal of Neurology Society of India. He is Assistant Editor of World Neurology, a publication of the World Federation of Neurology.
He is a member of British Neurologists, British Medical Association, Medical Defence Union and South West England Neurologists Association. He has been appointmed member of the Research Group - Tropical Neurology, World Federation of Neurology. He has been made Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in 2005. He is Fellow of the Indian Academy of Neirology, member National Academy of Medical Sciences, life member Neurological Society of India.
His major areas of interest are Epilepsy and Tropical Neurology. He is involved in the clinical drug trials for Epilepsy. He has co-edited 8 books, published 83 papers and contributed 21 chapters to books. He has guided 10 theses: DM Neurology (1), Ph.D (1), M.Sc (2) and MD Medicine (6).
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