Dr. Nigel P Symss

About Doctor

• Dr. Nigel P Symss is one of the renowned Neurosurgeons in Chennai, India having 16 years of experience.
• Dr. Symss completed his MBBS from the Bangalore Medical College in 1993 and DNB in Neurosurgery from the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, VHS Medical Centre, Chennai, in 2005.
• His area of interest lies in applications of functional neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, skull base surgery, brain tumors, and spinal surgery.
• He has been awarded the Oi-Sami Fellowship at the Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan, where he extensively researched hydrocephalus and neuroendoscopy.
• He also did a one-year spinal fellowship at the Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide where he got trained in complex spinal surgery, neuron avigation, and micro neurosurgery.
• Following this, he also obtained a fellowship in functional neurosurgery at the Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide.
• He has successfully performed over 5000 neurosurgical procedures post qualification, both cranial and spinal in adults and children.
• He has 24 publications in Indian and International journals and has written many chapters in three textbooks of neurosurgery.
• Dr. Symss is on the continental editorial board of the International Journal of Hydrocephalus, and the Journal of Neuroendoscopy.

Qualifications

• MBBS, 1993, Bangalore Medical College

• DNB, 2005, Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, VHS Medical Centre, Chennai

• Fellowship, Japan

• Fellowship, Australia

Experience

• Senior Consultant, Fortis Malar Hospital ,Chennai
• Senior Consultant, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
• Consultant, The Voluntary Health Services Hospital, Chennai

Specialization and Expertise

Memberships & Certifications

Awards & Accomplishments

• He has been awarded the Oi-Sami Fellowship at the Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan, where he extensively researched hydrocephalus and neuroendoscopy.