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Dr. Mohit Bhatt
Verified Senior ConsultantNeurologyKokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai

Dr. Mohit Bhatt

Qualifications:MBBS, MD, DM
Experience
32 + Years
Surgeries
1000+ Done
Primary Hospital
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
Second Opinion
24–48h

Professional Background & Biography

Dr. Mohit Bhatt is a keen researcher and has contributed to understanding of the disease mechanism and treatment options of various Movement Disorders. He has to his credit over 60 publications in leading international medical and neurological journals. He has also contributed book chapters to numerous neurological textbooks. His present research interests include study of Wilson's disease, Brain Iron Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and functional neurosurgery application to Movement disorders and neurogenetic diseases. Dr. Bhatt's experience in diagnosing complex neurological and movement disorders is unmatched and he is a much sought after speaker at national and international neurological conferences.

Dr. Mohit Bhatt heads the Centre and has set up the Movement Disorders Programme at Kokilaben Hospital. He is responsible for the medical management of patients with movement disorders including selection of patients who will benefit from Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery. Dr. Bhatt had his entire medical training at the Grant Medical College (GMC) and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals in Mumbai. In addition, he has trained in the best institutes in the world in the field of Movement Disorders. Before joining Kokilaben Hospital, he was attached to Breach Candy Hospital and Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. Dr. Bhatt is the Founder Trustee of Parkinson's Disease Foundation of India (PDFI) and of Basal Ganglia Club, India (BGC). He is a member of the steering committee of Asian Oceanian Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society (AOPM) chapter of Movement Disorder Society.

Clinical Focus & Areas of Expertise

Movement Disorders
Deep Brain Stimulation
Parkinson Disease
Wilson Disease

Key Procedures & Surgical Treatments

Movement Disorders / Parkinson Disease
Deep Brain Stimulation
Wilson Disease
Carotid Endarterectomy
Cerebral Angioplasty
Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
Endovascular Coiling
Surgical Clipping
Temporal Lobectomy
Lesionectomy

Positions & Hospital Appointments

Director, Neurosciences and Consultant,Neurology and director, Medical Research at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
Senior Consultant at Jaslok Hospital

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

Movement Disorder Society
Parkinson's and related Movement Disorders Society
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN)
Maharashtra Association of Neurology (MAN)
Bombay Neurological Association
Parkinson's Disease Foundation of India
Basal Ganglia Club
Friends of the Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Trust

Select Clinical Research & Publications

Aggarwal A, Todorov T, Chandhok G, Tilve S, Zibert A, Schmidt HH, Bhatt M, Wilson disease mutation pattern with genotype-phenotype correlations from Western India: confirmation of p.C271* as a common Indian mutation and identification of 14 novel mutations. In print, Annals of Human Genetics, 2013.
Aggarwal A, Bhatt M Neurologic Aspects of Gastrointestinal / HepatoBiliary Diseases: Commonly used gastrointestinal drugs
In print, in Neurological Aspects of Systemic Disease, Volume 1. Editors: Biller J and Ferro JM. Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series, 3rd Series edited by Aminoff MJ, Boller F, Swaab DF,2012
Schapira AH, Stocchi F, Borgohain R, Onofrj M, Bhatt M, Lorenzana P, Lucini V, Giuliani R, Anand R. Long-term efficacy and safety of safinamide as add-on therapy in early Parkinson's disease. Eur J Neurol. 1468-1331:2012
Stocchi F, Borgohain R, Onofrj M, Schapira AH, Bhatt M, Lucini V, Giuliani R, Anand R; Study 015 Investigators. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of safinamide as add-on therapy in early Parkinson's disease patients. Mov Disord. 2012 Jan;27(1):106-12. 2010
Aggarwal A, Schneider SA, Houlden H, Silverdale M, Paudel R, Paisan-Ruiz C, Desai S, Munshi M,Sanghvi D, Hardy J, Bhatia KP, Bhatt M Indian-subcontinent NBIA: Unusual phenotypes, novel PANK2 mutations and undetermined genetic forms Movement Disorders, vol. 25(10), pp. 1424-31, 2010
Aggarwal A, Bhatt M Eye sign in an 18 year man with psychosis British Medical Journal, vol. 339, pp. b3494, 2009
Aggarwal A, Aggarwal N, Nagral A, Jankharia G, Bhatt M, A novel Global Assessment Scale for Wilsons Disease (GAS for WD), Movement Disorders, vol. 24, pp. 509-18, 2009 2007
Morrell MJ, Hayes FJ, Sluss PM, Adams JM, Bhatt M, Ozkara C, Warnock CR, Isojrvi J. Higher Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Hyperandrogenism, Ovulatory Dysfunction and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Valproate than Lamotrigine: Results of a Prospective, Randomized, 1-Year Study in Young Women with Epilepsy Submitted to Lancet 2007
F Stocchi , R Borgohain , M Onofrj, A Shapira, Bhatt M, Lorenzana P, S Rossetti, R Hartman, R Anand, for the Study 015 Investigators A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Safinamide as Add-on Therapy in Early Parkinson's Disease Patients Treated with a Single Dopamine Agonist Lancet 2007
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