Biography
Dr. Vijay Chandra brings his renowned skills to Medeor Hospital, Delhi. He did his M.B.B.S from All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India, Residency in Neurology University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is highly skilled in the field of Dementia, Headache, Stroke, Epilepsy, Psychosomatic Disorder and Depression & Anxiety.
He has been previously associated with various leading hospitals like Instructor in Neurology, College of Medicine, (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA), Medical Officer (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) Consultant in Neurology (Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi), (Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi), (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, New Delhi), Regional Adviser – Neurosciences at (South-East Asia Regional Office, World Health Organization New Delhi), Additional Director & Head Department of Neurology (Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj) Director & Head Department of Neurology (Paras Hospital, Gurugram and Primus Hospital, Chanakyapuri). He has more than 35+ years of extensive experience and training in the field of Neurology.
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Dr. Vijay Chandra brings his renowned skills to Medeor Hospital, Delhi. He did his M.B.B.S from All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India, Residency in Neurology University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is highly skilled in the field of Dementia, Headache, Stroke, Epilepsy, Psychosomatic Disorder and Depression & Anxiety.
He has been previously associated with various leading hospitals like Instructor in Neurology, College of Medicine, (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA), Medical Officer (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) Consultant in Neurology (Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi), (Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi), (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, New Delhi), Regional Adviser – Neurosciences at (South-East Asia Regional Office, World Health Organization New Delhi), Additional Director & Head Department of Neurology (Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj) Director & Head Department of Neurology (Paras Hospital, Gurugram and Primus Hospital, Chanakyapuri). He has more than 35+ years of extensive experience and training in the field of Neurology.
- Dementia
- Headache
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Psychosomatic Disorder
- Depression & Anxiety
- American Academy of Neurology.
- American College of Epidemiology.
- International Epidemiology Association.
- World Federation of Neurology.
- International Psycho geriatric Association.
- Chandra V, Anwar N. Closing the treatment gap for neurological diseases in less resourced countries.
To be presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Washington DC, April 2015. - Anwar N, Chandra V, Kahandaliyanage A. Reorienting health systems in South-East Asia to deliver care for mental and neurological disorders. International Psychiatry 2012; 9:86-87
- Chandra V. "The role of psychosocial factors in the short and long-term prognosis of MI patients." Doctoral thesis.
- Kennedy HL, Chandra V, Sayther KL, Caralis DG. "Effectiveness of increasing hours of continuous ambulatory electrocardiography in detecting maximal ventricular ectopy. Continuous 48 hour study of patients with coronary heart disease and normal subjects." American of Cardiology 1978;42:925-930.
- Stone RW, Comstock GW, Tonascia JA, Chandra V. "Predictive value of respiratory findings." Bulletine European de Physio Pathologic Respirator 1978;14:189-196.
- Bellur SN, Chandra V, McDonald LW. "Association of meningiomas with extra-neural primary malignancy." Neurology 1979;29:1165-1168.
- Bellur SN, Chandra V, McDonald LW. "Arachnoidal cell hyperplasia: its relationship to aging and chronic renal failure." Archives of Pathology 1980;194:414-416.
- Bellur SN, Chandra V. "Meningioma size: its relationship to other diseases." Archives of Pathology 1981;38:458-459.
- Chandra V, Szklo M, Goldberg R, Tonascia J. "The impact of marital status on survival after an acute myocardial infarction: a population-based study." American J. of Epidemiology 1983;117:320-325
- Chandra V, Schoenberg BS. "Assessment of Symptoms and Diagnosis by Functional Analysis or Interview Techniques: Nervous System." In: Beyen K, ed. Proceedings of the symposium on "Air Pollution - Effects on Humans, Register of Effects." Dusseldorf, West Germany. Sw Albers, 198;207-216.
- Chandra V, Bharucha NE, Schoenberg BS. "Deaths related to epilepsy in the United States." Neuroepidemiology 1983;2:148-155.
- Chandra V, Bharucha NE, Schoenberg BS, Feskanich D. "National mortality data for deaths due to and all deaths related to epilepsy in the United States." In: Advances in Epileptology, Volume XV, J. Porter and A.A. Ward, Jr., editors. New York, Raven Press, 1984, pp. 531-534
- Chandra V, McDonald LW, Anderson RJ. "Metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung presenting as pituitary apoplexy and Cushing's syndrome." of Neuro-Oncology 1984;2:59-66.
- Chandra V, Bharucha NE, Schoenberg BS. "Nervous system tumors: case-control study of associated conditions at the time of death." Neuroepidemiology 1984;3:35-39.
- Chandra V, Bharucha NE, Schoenberg BS. "Mortality data for the US for deaths due to and related to twenty neurologic diseases."
- Neuroepidemiology 1984;3:149-168
- Chandra V, Bellur SN, Anderson RJ. "Low CSF protein in idiopathic pseudotumor cerebri."Annals of Neurology 1986;19:80-82.
- Chandra V, Bharucha NE, Schoenberg BS. "Patterns of mortality from types of dementia, United States, 1971 and 1973-1978. Neurology 1986;36:204-208.
- National Scholarship of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India (given to the first 50 students in whole of India) for outstanding performance in the Indian School Certificate examination
- Placed on the Merit List of the University of Delhi (top 10 students in the entire University) for outstanding performance in the Premedical examination.
- Faculty Roll of Honor for teaching excellence, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
- Golden Apple award for the Best Teacher University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
- Princess Mental Health Award Presented by Her Royal Highness, Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand for creating mental health services in rural and remote areas in South-East Asia.