After completion of MBBS and residency training at CMC Vellore for twelve continuous years, Dr. Sarkar has worked as Assistant Professor for two more years. Over the course of fourteen years, he witnessed and managed approx 2200 complex neurosurgical cases per year and at one of the most diverse neurosurgical centres in India and South East Asia.

Worked at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and Hirslanden Klinik, Switzerland to get his hands on state of the art, Robotic Cyberknife Radiosurgery system and computer guided surgery. Fellowship in keyhole and endoscopic Neurosurgery under mentorship of Prof Robert Reisch, Dr Daniel Simmens in Switzerland

Observership in Neuromodulation at the prestigious Karolinska Institute - Brief stint at the home place of Nobel Prize, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. The institute was pioneer in developing Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in the world.

•  Certificate of Honour in various subjects and winner of All India Medical Quiz Competition
• Published many research papers in national and international top indexed Neurosurgery journals and co authored books.
• Developed a new surgical tool (Vellore Localizer)
• Won, coveted, Best Paper Award (Sehgal Award) in Clinical Neurosurgery
• Won fellowship award during World Skull base congress that was held at Osaka in Japan.

Professional Memberships:

• Walter E Dandy Neurosurgical Society, USA
• North American Spine Society, USA
• Neurological Society of India
• World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
• Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai, India
• Bombay Neurosciences Association, Mumbai, India

• Ketan Soni, Mumbai

  I whole heartedly thank doctor Hrishikesh Sarkar and his team at Kokilaben Hospital to successfully perform this surgery. Chances of his survival were bare minimal but we had hope and faith in god, in our doctors and in the power of prayer.
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• Akanksha Dubey, Mumbai

  You saved his life not once but twice, when one month into the recovery he had a SDH and infection near the surgical site. Thank you for being so cautious and calculative while treating him and being so kind hearted and patient while dealing with me and my family.
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• Niranjan Ajgaonkar, Mumbai

  Thanks to the effective communication and confidence of Dr Sarkar and his team, when I went for a neurosurgery on 25th May-18 (one day after my 13th wedding anniversary), I was totally relaxed and cool about the entire procedure. It was an awake craniotomy, which meant that I was under local anaesthesia and fully conscious and awake throughout the procedure. However, the environment in the OT was completely relaxed and the way the doctors went about their tasks the surgery was a breeze. It went on for more than 5 hours but to me it seemed to be like under an hour.
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