Odisha-born neurosurgeon first Indian to get prestigious AANS award

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha-born neurosurgeon Basant Kumar Misra has received the prestigious ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’ conferred by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He is the first Indian to get this honour.
Misra, a native of Bhubaneswar and son of noted economist and litterateur Baidyanath Misra, is the chief of surgery, head of the department of neurosurgery, and Gamma knife radiosurgery, PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
“The award is actually a recognition of the high-quality medical care of India in the field of neurosurgery. The progress made in India in the past decade is phenomenal and on a par with the best in the world at a fraction of their cost,” Misra said.
He said the care in India is world-class and is rated very highly. “We have the best infrastructure, skill, and technology. At the same time, there is also a huge shortage of neurosurgeons. Around 2000 only for countries of more than one billion are too less,” he added.
He is the recipient of the most prestigious Dr BC Roy National Award in the category of ‘Eminent Medical Person’ (Highest Medical Award in India), in 2018. He was the world’s first surgeon to perform Computer-Guided Aneurysm surgery.
Misra is a member of over 20 associations or societies across the world. He is the first vice president of the world federation of neurosurgical societies (WFNS), president of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies, and honorary president of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery.
He is the visiting professor of around 14 medical schools and hospitals including Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. He is the reviewer of 10 medical journals across the world and recipient of awards and honours.
Misra, who has completed his MBBS from the VIMSAR Burla, was the best graduate of Sambalpur University in 1975. He was the recipient of four gold medals in the MBBS course. Later he received a Master of Surgery (MS) degree from Delhi University in 1980 and MCh Neurosurgery from the AIIMS New Delhi in 1983.
Misra, an alumnus of the Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS) Bhubaneswar, lives in Mumbai with his wife and two sons.
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