Aliasgar V. Moiyadi MS, MCh, DNB(Neurosurgery)

Dr. Aliasgar V. Moiyadi is a Professor and chief at The Tata Memorial Centre. His research interests are Skull Base Surgery, Molecular Biology, Novel Therapies, Spectroscopy, Surgical Oncology, Glioma, Brain Tumors, Astrocytoma, Craniotomy, and Microneurosurgery. Moiyadi completed his neurosurgical training at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, a premier neuroscience training institute in India. He was instrumental in establishing the Neurosurgical Oncology services at TMC, one of the few neurosurgical departments in India catering to neuro-oncology exclusively. His areas of interest include novel strategies for improving visualization and resection of gliomas particularly navigated ultrasound and optical imaging (which he has pioneered in the country), intraoperative brain mapping including awake surgeries, and minimally invasive neurosurgery, skull base surgery, and biology of malignant brain tumors. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is on the editorial board of many neurosurgical journals, besides being the Tumor section Editor for World Neurosurgery, one of the leading neurosurgical journals. He is a member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) – Technology committee and on the Executive committee of the Indian Society of Neuro-oncology. He is also involved in many clinical trials and translational research projects with collaborators within and outside of TMC. He is passionate about teaching and training, especially in the application of intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgical oncology.