Bhubaneswar: Neurosurgeon Basant Kumar Misra born Odisha has received the ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in neurosurgery’ which was invited by the Association of American Neurological Surgeons (AAN).
He is the first Indian to get this honor.
Misra, Indigenous Population of Bhubaneswar and the famous economist and Litterateur Baidyanath Misra, is the head of surgery, head of the surgical surgical department, and radiosurgery gamma knife, Hindu Hindu Hospital and medical research center, Mumbai.
“This award is actually a recognition of high-quality medical care in India in the field of neurosurgery.
Progress made in India in the last decade is very phenomenal and equivalent to the best in the world,” said Misra.
He said care in India was a world class and was considered very high.
“We have the best infrastructure, skills, and technology.
At the same time, there are also shortcomings of neurosurgeons.
Around 2000 only for countries with more than one billion too few,” he added.
He was the most prestigious recipient of the National DR BC Roy award in the category of ‘the highest medical award’ (the highest medical award in India), in 2018.
He is the first surgeon in the world to carry out an aneurysm surgery guided by computers.
Misra is a member of more than 20 associations or communities around the world.
He was the first vice president of the federation of the nerve world (WFN), president of the world federation of the Skull base, and the honor of the Australasia Asian Neurological Surgery Community.
He is a guest professor of around 14 medical schools and hospitals including Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.
He is a reviewer of 10 medical journals around the world and recipients of awards and awards.
Misra, who has completed its MBBS from Vimsar Burla, is the best graduate of the University of Sambalpur in 1975.
He is a recipient of four gold medals in the MBBS course.
Then he received the title of Master of Surgery (MS) from Delhi University in 1980 and MCH Nurosurgery from AIIMS New Delhi in 1983.
Misra, alumni of the Multipurpose School demonstration (DMS) Bhubaneswar, lived in Mumbai with his wife and two sons.
Neurosurgeon born in Odisha, India first to get a prestigious AANS award
