Odisha-born neurosurgeon receives prestigious AANS Award

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | August 27, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, Aug 27: Odisha-born neurosurgeon Dr Basant Kumar Misra has received the prestigious International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery. He is the first Indian to get the prestigious award conferred by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). Misra, a native of Bhubaneswar, is the chief of surgery, head of the department of neurosurgery, and Gamma knife radiosurgery, PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai. Basant Kumar Misra is the son of noted economist and litterateur Baidyanath Misra, who was former vice-chancellor of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). Basant Misra is also 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. Mishra completed his MBBS from VIMSAR, Burla. He received a Master of Surgery from Delhi University in 1980 and MCh Neurosurgery from AIIMS New Delhi in 1983.

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