• The Department of Neurology was started in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh after the joining of its first faculty on 27/08/2021.

Mission:

• The department aims to become a center of excellence and provide the best health care to the patients, offer unsurpassed training in Neurology for trainees, and promote research which is the soul of modern medicine.

Academic programmes:

• The department has started D.M Neurology programme (one among the first D.M programmes in AIIMS Mangalagiri) in July 2024 with an objective to mould highly skilled neurologists who would be instrumental in improving the health care system of the country. The department is also involved in the academic programme of MBBS undergraduates M.D postgraduate trainees.

Patient care services:

• OPD services:
  • General Neurology OPD functions on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
    • The Outpatient services of the department were started on 31/08/2021. The department gives quality care and caters to the health-care of patients with various neurological diseases like stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders, auto-immune neurological disorders etc.
    • Neurology OPD is a referral OPD and provides consultations for patients requiring referral from other departments after initial assessment.
    • Milestones:
      • 1,000 OPD registrations: November 13, 2021
      • 5,000 OPD registrations: July 9, 2022
      • 10,000 OPD registrations: February 23, 2023
• IPD services:
  • The department started its in-patient services on 30/09/2021. Patients receive comprehensive care by expert doctors, nursing team and other health care staff.
• Neurology Laboratory services:
  • The role of good laboratory services in complementing clinical medicine needs no emphasis. The setting up of advanced Neurology labs like EEG, EMG, NCS, Evoked potentials, TMS, Doppler etc. is under process.
• Special Clinics:
  • The department has started special clinics on Thursdays for neurological illnesses which require special attention in terms of long-term comprehensive management. The consultations in these special clinics are by appointment only after being evaluated in General Neurology OPD prior to getting appointment date for the concerned special clinic.
    • Epilepsy Clinic
    • Neuro-immunology Clinic

    Other clinics like Stroke Clinic and Movement Disorders Clinic are planned.

  • Research:
    • Anything which does not progress will wither. Research is the soul of Modern Medicine. Many research projects including those funded by Indian Council of Medical Research are going on in the department. We aim to conduct researches in crucial fields like Parkinson’s disease, Auto-immune neurological diseases and artificial intelligence in neurology. We also collaborate for research with other institutes- medical and technological, to bring advances in the field of neurology