Dr. Nigel P Symss

Dr. Nigel P Symss

Director
Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
MBBS, MD, DM

About Dr. Nigel P Symss

Dr Nigel Symss is an Indian trained and educated neurosurgeon with multiple international fellowships, and 16 years of experience in cranial and spinal surgery. He has worked as consultant neurosurgeon at prestigious neurosurgical centres in Chennai. He specialized in transcallosal approach to colloid cysts and ventricular tumours in the brain, and has many publications on colloid cysts.

He has done extensive research on hydrocephalus, shunt systems, and is a member of “Hydrocephalus Research World Record Ranking Committee”. With a special interest currently in functional neurosurgery he has completed a fellowship at the Flinders Medical Centre, Australia. He has performed over 5000 neurosurgical procedures post qualification, both cranial and spinal in adults and children successfully. Dr Nigel P Symss, completed his undergraduate training from Bangalore Medical College in 1993.  He completed his DNB five years Neurosurgical training at the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, VHS Medical Centre, Chennai and was awarded the degree in 2005.

Special Interest

  • Functional neurosurgery
  • Pediatric neurosurgery
  • Skull base surgery
  • Brain tumors
  • Spinal surgery

List 0f Treatment

  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
  • Endovascular Coiling
  • Surgical Clipping
  • Temporal Lobectomy
  • Lesionectomy
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Multiple Subpial Transections MST
  • Microvascular Decompression MVD
  • Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
  • Stereotactic Radio Surgery
  • Percutaneous Steriotactic Treatment – PSR
  • Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
  • Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
  • Gliomas Treatment
  • Meningioma
  • Schwannomas
  • Metastatic Tumors Treatment
  • Radiotherapy
  • VP Shunting
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
  • Narcolepsy Treatment
  • Headache
  • Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
  • Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
  • Liberation Treatment
  • Sensory Ataxia Treatment
  • Pituitary Tumor Treatment
  • Cerebral Palsy – Stem Cell Treatment
  • Craniotomy Surgery
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Gamma Knife for AVM or Brain Tumor
  • Cranioplasty
  • Neural Stem Cell Therapy
  • Autism – Stem Cell Treatment
  • Muscular Dystrophy – Stem Cell Treatment
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Neuropathy – Stem Cell Treatment

Work Experience

  • Senior Consultant, Fortis Malar Hospital ,Chennai
  • Senior Consultant, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
  • Consultant, The Voluntary Health Services Hospital, Chennai

Education

  • MBBS, 1993, Bangalore Medical College
  • DNB, 2005, Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, VHS Medical Centre, Chennai
  • Fellowship, Japan
  • Fellowship, Australia

Awards & Achievement

Member of Hydrocephalus Research World Record Ranking Committee

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