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Dr. Abhishek Kotwal
MBBS, MD (Radio Diagnosis), DNB (Radio Diagnosis), DM (Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuro and Vascular Intervention
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- Dr. Abhishek Kotwal
MBBS, MD (Radio Diagnosis), DNB (Radio Diagnosis), DM (Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuro and Vascular Intervention
Professional Summary
Dr.Abhishek Kotwal completed his Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelors of Surgery (MBBS) in 2015 from Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Indore and MD in Radio diagnosis in 2018 from Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi. He then completed DNB in Radio diagnosis,from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India in 2019 and DM in Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology from the National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
Societies Membership
A. Senior Executive Member of Resident Doctors Association from 2015- 2018.
B.Active participation in public awareness programme on completion of 100 years of Lady Hardinge MedicalCollege.
C. Member of prestigious Kotwal family of Sirvi community.
Work Experience
Independently done/ assisted following interventional procedures till date:
1. PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS
Gastrosurgery and hepatobiliary surgery:
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm
TIPSS, DIPSS, BRTO
TACE, TARE, RFA liver tumors
PTBD and biliary stenting
Acute GI bleed
SMA stenting
Image guided biopsy and drainage (including robotic at
NIMHANS)
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery:
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm
EVLA for varicose veins, sclerotherapy
Acute limb ischemia, Femoroiliac stenting angioplasty for PAD
Aortic aneurysm stenting
Dialysis fistula complications
Cardio-Pulmonary:
Bronchial artery embolization
Pulmonary AVM embolization
Thoracic duct injury
Tracheal stenting
Thrombectomy for pulmonary artery embolization
Difficult central line placement, permacath/ PICC line placement
Orthopedics and pain management:
RFA osteoid osteoma
Genicular artery embolization
USG/fluoro guided cocktail injections
IVC filter placement, CDT for DVT
Urology:
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm
Renal artery stenting
AML embolization
2. NEUROINTERVENTIONS
Aneurysm treatment with coiling, stent/balloon assisted coiling,
flow diverter
Acute stroke management, mechanical thrombectomy, carotid
artery stenting
Cranial and spinal AVM and dural AV fistulas
JNA embolization, facial AVM embolization
Independently done more than 1000 procedures of 6 vessels
diagnostic cerebral angiograms and independently
done/assisted more than 350 therapeutic neuro interventional
procedures till date at NIMHANS and AIIMS J.
3. NEUROIMAGING
Reported more than 6000 brain and spine MRI scans in last 3 years at
NIMHANS.
Extensive experience in advanced neuroimaging.
Experience in molecular neuroimaging while working on the best and one of
the only three PET MRI of the country present at NIMHANS.
I am currently in process of procurement of medical imaging equipment and
establishing our own diagnostic center.
Research papers:
· Annual meeting of Korean Society of Radiology, Seoul, South Korea-
2017- CT of vagal schwannoma.
Annual meeting of European Society of Radiology, Vienna,
Austria- 2019- Role of MDCT in evaluation of Neck Masses in Adults.
· Accepted for annual meeting of American Society of
Neuroradiology, New York, USA-2022- Effects of Nimodipine and
Milrinone on Vasospasm
· LINNC seminar, Miami, USA- 2022- Intra-arterial Nimodipine
and intravenous Milrinone for management of delayed cerebral
ischemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
· Annual meeting of Society of Therapeutic Neuro- Intervention,
Mumbai-2018- Neuro-intervention difficulty in Right Sided Aortic Arch.
· Published “Diffusion and perfusion imaging biomarkers of H3 K27M
mutation status in diffuse midline gliomas” January 2022,
Neuroradiology. DOI:10.1007/s00234-021-02857-x
· Published “Prediction of H3K27M mutation status of diffuse midline
gliomas using MRI features” June 2021. Journal of neuroimaging.
DOI:10.1111/jon.12905
· DM thesis- To compare effects of Nimodipine and Milrinone on
· Vasospasm following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid hemorrhage.