Dr Manish Salunkhe

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Stroke & Neurointerventional Neurology – Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai (June 2023 – June 2025)
• Post-DM Fellowship – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (December 2021 – October 2022)
• DM (Neurology) – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (January 2019 – December 2021)
• MD (General Medicine) – Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Hospital, Sion, Mumbai (2018)
• MBBS – Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai (2013)

• Indian Academy of Neurology
• Society of Neurovascular Interventions, India
• Association of Medical Consultants

• Neurointerventional Procedures:
  • Mechanical thrombectomy
  • Carotid artery stenting
  • Intracranial stenting
  • Aneurysm coiling
  • Middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolisation
  • Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) embolisation
  • Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) embolisation
• Neurological Specialties:
  • Acute ischaemic stroke management
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • CNS demyelinating disorders
  • Neuroimmunology
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
  • Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disorders
  • CNS vasculitis
  • Inflammatory myositis
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (20 publications; 86 citations)

1. Salunkhe, M., Haldar, P., Bhatia, R., Prasad, D., Gupta, S., Srivastava, M. V. P., et al. (2024). IMPETUS stroke: Assessment of hospital infrastructure and workflow for implementation of uniform stroke care pathway in India. International Journal of Stroke, 19, 76–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231189395
2. Salunkhe, M., Gupta, P., Singh, R. K., et al. (2023). Clinical and radiological spectrum of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody encephalitis: Single-centre observational study. Neurological Sciences, 44, 2475–2489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06686-z
3. Salunkhe, M., Gupta, P., Singh, R. K., Elavarasi, A., Vibha, D., Garg, A., et al. (2023). A comparative analysis of demographic, clinical and imaging features of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-positive, aquaporin 4 antibody-positive, and double seronegative demyelinating disorders: An Indian tertiary care centre prospective study. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 14(2), 313–319.
4. Salunkhe, M., Tayade, K., Priyadarshi, M., et al. (2024). Spectrum of various CNS inflammatory demyelination diseases following COVID-19 vaccinations. Acta Neurologica Belgica, 124, 193–203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02373-0
5. Salunkhe, M., Agarwal, A., Faruq, M., & Srivastava, A. K. (2022). Genetic testing in neurology: What every neurologist must know. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 25(3), 350–353. https://doi.org/10.4103/aian.aian_855_21
6. Salunkhe, M., Vibha, D., Singh, R. K., et al. (2022). Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: An evolving spectrum. Neurological Sciences, 43, 4019–4022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06032-9
7. Priyadarshi, M., Mohan, A., Gupta, P., Goel, V., Salunkhe, M., et al. (2025). Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following bacterial meningoencephalitis: Two case reports and review of literature. Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports, 6(2), 3455.
8. Gupta, P., Salunkhe, M., Garg, A., Agarwal, A., Das, A., Radhakrishnan, D., et al. (2022). Clinico-radiological profile and treatment outcomes in hypertrophic pachymeningitis: A retrospective study. Neurology, 98, S1.
9. Mathew, A., Padma, S. M., Salunkhe, M., et al. (2024). Diagnostic utility of high-resolution vessel wall MRI in the detection of cranio-cervical arterial dissection. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 95, A25.
10. Yavagal, D. R., Gaikwad, S. B., Vibha, D., Salunkhe, M., et al. (2025). Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke in a low- and middle-income country: Primary outcomes from the GRASSROOT Trial. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. Published online 10 December 2025. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2025-024470