Dr Joy Desai

MBBS MD DNB - Neurology

• Dr. Joy Desai is one of the best Neurologists and DNB teacher for Neurology at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre.
• Dr Joy Desai completed his MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from the BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• During this period Dr Joy Desai was the recipient of three gold medals.
• Dr. Joy Desai then moved to Mumbai and completed his DNB in Neurology at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre.
• During this period he was trained by Professors Noshir Wadia, Piroja Wadia, Sarosh Katrak, and Anil Desai. Dr. Joy Desai attributes his neurological skills to their tutelage.
• During this tenure Dr. Joy Desai participated in departmental clinical research. Dr Joy Desai then moved to The Royal London Hospital, London, UK for a period of three years for a fellowship in clinical neurology. He participated in clinical research and published extensively.
• Dr. Joy Desai joined the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre as Consultant in Neurology in 1999. In 2000, he took a three month fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He successfully completed a Comprehensive Epileptology Course conducted by the Cleveland Clinic and passed the examination with an outstanding percentage.
• Since 2000 Dr Joy Desai conducts the weekly specialist Epilepsy Clinic at Jaslok Hospital where he evaluates patients with refractory epilepsy for potential treatments and epilepsy surgery.
• He is an active participant in the video-EEG evaluation of such patients at Jaslok Hospital. Under his supervision, more than 90 patients have undergone epilepsy surgery after a comprehensive evaluation by the epilepsy evaluation team.
• More than 5000 patients have been evaluated and many have been rendered seizure free on rationalization of anti-epileptic drug regimes. Many of his national and international presentations have been a spin-off of this experience.