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Vernon Leo Velho

Vernon Leo Velho MCh

Neurosurgery
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Dr. Vernon Velho joined the department in 2000 as Lecturer after getting selected through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission selection procedure. He had done his M. Ch training at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital (LTMMCH) at Sion, Mumbai where he had more exposure to neurotrauma cases. His training on the neurosurgical microscope was infantile. Here at J.J. Hospital, the Department of Neurosurgery was bigger, with more bed strength, a separate floor for operation theaters, wards, and all other neurological facilities like conducting an electromyogram (EMG) and an electroencephalogram, unlike at LTMMC Sion. The wards here were filled with patients with various neurological diseases. He could also learn and perform various endoscopic neurosurgical procedures under the guidance of Professor D.A. Palande. These surgeries, unlike those of spine and trauma, lasted for longer hours, under the care of the full-time and qualified neuro-anesthetist, Professor Bharati Kondwilkar. 

Dr. Vernon Velho was promoted as Associate Professor in 2005 and administrative responsibilities increased by many folds as he took over as Head of the Department in November 2007 after the retirement of Professor D.A. Palande. The shortage of full-time staff members resulted in an increased workload and surgeries per day with only a few basic equipment available at that time.

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