Dr Alok Sharma

Dr Alok Sharma Neurosurgeon, Neuroscientist and Professor, is presently the Director of NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute in Mumbai, India. This world renowned Indian Neurosurgeon, is also the Professor & Head of Department of Neurosurgery at LokmanyaTilak Municipal General Hospital &LokmanyaTilak Municipal Medical College, more commonly known as Sion Hospital, Mumbai. He is also a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Fortis Hospital, Mumbai, and he is the President of Stem Cell Society (India) and Vice President, International Association of Neurorestoratology (IANR). Born on June 27, 1961, in India, with an experience of almost 3 decades as a surgeon, Dr AlokKundanlal Sharma brings with him extensive surgical expertise & experience in the areas of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience and Stem cells.

As an Indian Neurosurgeon, Dr Alok Sharma is best known for his contribution to the field of regenerative medicine. He is a fierce advocate & researcher in the use of stem cells for treating incurable neurological disorders for which earlier there were no definitive treatments. During the last decade alone, Dr Alok Sharma stem cells which are derived from adult bone marrow of the patient, has treated over 10,000 patients suffering from incurable disorders, such as spinal cord injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders, cerebellar ataxia, down's syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, intellectual disability.

Dr Alok Sharma has obtained his MBBS, M.S. and M.Ch. from the Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital of Mumbai University. Subsequently, he did fellowships in two departments that were pioneers of neural transplantation. In 1995, he did his Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Therapy at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, and in 1998, he did another Fellowship in Neurotransplantation at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, USA.

He has also received training at the following hospitals:

• • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
  • University Clinic Freiburg, Germany
  • Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
  • Department of Neuroendoscopy Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, USA
  • Microvascular laboratory of the Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
  • W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neurosciences at the State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA.

According to Dr Alok Sharma stem cell therapy is an idea whose time has come. At the prestigious Sion Hospital, Mumbai, began Dr Alok Sharma stem cells for neurological disorders journey. Dr Alok SharmaSion Hospital’s stem cell laboratory and research, initially with incurable cases such as spinal cord injury & multiple sclerosis. Back then this procedure was unaffordable and Dr Alok SharmaSion Hospital Neurosurgery department offered it for free. This gave tremendous hope for patients of many other incurable neurological disorders.

Dr Alok SharmaSion Hospital stem cells journey then expanded to a rented floor at Chembur’sSurana Hospital, where he started NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute. The patients that underwent cellular therapy at NeuroGen BSI, were also offered a rigorous rehabilitation routine. Dr Alok Sharma stem cells therapy gives a great deal of importance to neurorehabilitation. As per Dr Sharma, rehabilitation after cellular therapy is as important for the progress of a patient’s condition, as water & sunshine are for a tree’s healthy growth.

In 2014, Dr Alok Sharma stem cell therapy atNeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute subsequently expanded to an 11 storey holistic superspeciality hospital in Navi Mumbai. From treating around 150 patients per year, Dr Alok Sharma neurosurgeon started treating over 250 patients per month, from all across the globe. Throughout this incredible journey, Dr Alok Sharma has treated over 10,000 patients from over 70 countries, while having published over 144 scientific publications in national & international journals, has written 22 books & contributed chapters in 18 international books.

According to Dr Alok Sharma, NeuroGen's unwavering distinctiveness lies in its ability to combine the newest development of stem cells with conventional, tried and tested rehabilitation techniques. The amalgamation of the new and the old in the form of synergistic teamwork, all under one roof, enables Dr Alok Sharma’s patients to hope, in an otherwise despondent condition, for the possibility of a better quality of life.

Dr Alok Sharma neurosurgeon has been award the “Sushrut Award”, by Red Swastic Society, at Mumbai, India in 2010, the "Bharat Gaurav" award for Distinguished Services to the Nation & Outstanding Individual Achievements at the House of Commons of the British Parliament in London, UK, and the “The Rose of Paracelsus Award” by the European Medical Association (EMA) and Socrates Nomination Committee (Oxford, UK) at Cannes, France, 2016, amongst the 15 awards that he has received nationally, as well as, internationally.

Dr Alok Sharma & his team have successfully managed to build upon a sturdy footing in Mumbai, but he strongly believes that his work doesn’t stop there. His goal in life is to make stem cell therapy as accessible as possible for patients suffering from incurable neurological disorders. He has done extensive work with individuals from African & Asian countries, especially in those where good medical care is hard to come by, such as Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Gabon, etc. We also have several patients coming in from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. He is devoted to improving the quality of life of these individuals that are living with incurable neurological disorders.

Recently, Dr Alok Sharma has also launched a new center for holistic wellness, KLS Wellness Institute - Prevention of the Preventable and Delaying of the Inevitable, being the ideology, at Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, that will provide various modern medical treatments such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Ozone therapy, Cryotherapy, Chelation, Hormone Therapy, Naturotherapy, etc. Just like NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute, KLS Wellness will be a collective, committed concept, of paving the way to a brighter future, and a life of independence, for individuals that have lost hope due to their suffering, through the combination of revolutionary regenerative medicine, holistic comprehensive wellness program and medical intervention.