Dr Abhishek Gohel is a consultant neurologist and epileptologist with advanced fellowship training in epilepsy. After completing DM Neurology at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, he undertook a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Epilepsy at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. His practice focuses on complex seizure disorders, drug-resistant epilepsy, long-term video-EEG monitoring, epilepsy surgery evaluation, functional seizures, neurocritical care, and comprehensive adult neurology.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Epilepsy – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi (2022–2023)
DM Neurology – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru (2019–2021)
MD General Medicine – Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, Ahmedabad (2015–2018)
MBBS – Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College & Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, Ahmedabad (2009–2014)
11+ years of experience.
Epilepsy and seizure disorders: Diagnosis and individualised treatment of first seizures, recurrent seizures, blackouts, and different epilepsy syndromes.
Drug-resistant epilepsy: Advanced evaluation and management when seizures continue despite appropriately selected antiseizure medicines.
Long-term video-EEG monitoring: Video-EEG recording and interpretation for seizure classification, diagnostic clarification, and treatment planning.
Epilepsy surgery evaluation: Presurgical assessment, video-EEG and stereo-EEG (SEEG) planning and analysis, neuroimaging review, and multidisciplinary case discussion.
Functional seizures / PNES: Careful evaluation of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, diagnostic explanation, counselling, and coordinated care.
Status epilepticus and neurocritical care: Management of prolonged seizures, neurological emergencies, and critically ill neurological patients.
Neuromodulation and advanced neurodiagnostics: Evaluation and clinical planning for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS), MRI brain post-processing, and intraoperative neurophysiology.
Headache and general neurology: Evaluation and management of migraine, stroke, neuropathy, movement disorders, neuroinfections, and other adult neurological conditions.
Co-established KD Hospital’s drug-resistant epilepsy and epilepsy-surgery service.
Author/co-author of 11 journal publications, 2 conference or supplement abstracts, 2 verified book chapters, and an Elsevier ClinicalKey Now clinical review.
All India Rank 4 in the NIMHANS DM Neurology entrance examination, 2018.
Secured a DM Neurology seat at SCTIMST, Trivandrum, 2018.
Topped the AIIMS DM Neurology theory paper, 2018.
Organised AACECON 2023 in Kochi, focused on MRI-negative epilepsies.
Online Journal Club, NESSAN — July 2022.
Case Presentation, NESSAN, Delhi — December 2023.
Characterizing cranial tremors in a case of spinocerebellar ataxia type 12: a unique positional tremor. Acta Neurologica Belgica. Published online 2 July 2026. DOI: 10.1007/s13760-026-03127-4.
Wada Demonstrates Ipsilateral Language Function in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome. International Journal of Epilepsy, 2024. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788708.
Shades of a channelopathy—Hypoperfusion, excitability, or both: A case video. Epileptic Disorders, 2023. DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20025.
AI-CoV Study: Autoimmune Encephalitis Associated With COVID-19 and Its Vaccines—A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2022. DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2022.18.6.692.
AI-CoV Study: Autoimmune Encephalitis Associated With COVID-19 and Its Vaccines—A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2022. DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2022.18.6.692.
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Leading to the Brainstem and Cerebellar Involvement: A Case Report of a Rare Co-occurrence. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022. DOI: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_48_21.
Systemic inflammatory syndrome in COVID-19—SISCoV study: systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatric Research, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01545-z.
Sacral osteoid osteoma: a rare cause of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in a young man. BMJ Case Reports, 2021. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244074.
Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy as a Complication of Chikungunya Infection. Neurology India, 2021. DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.314525.
Beware of the cortical ribboning: The spectrum—Experience from a case series. International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2020. DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_49_19.
Blink Reflex is Significantly Altered in Patients with Multisystem Atrophy Compared to Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Frontotemporal Dementia—A Pilot Study. Neurology India, 2020. DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.279678.
Non-multiple-Sclerosis-Related Typical and Atypical White Matter Disorders: Our Experience in the Last 2 Years in Both Children and Adults From a Tertiary Care Center in India. Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2019. DOI: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_37_19.
Hydrocephalus in Disguise: A Video Case Report of Atypical Presentation of Tetraventricular Hydrocephalus (P5-1.016). Neurology, AAN Annual Meeting supplement, 2024. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000204965.
The Cardiac Conundrum in Epilepsy: A Case Series Exploring Ictal Asystole and Its Implications. International Journal of Epilepsy, conference abstract, 2024. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1791415.
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery. In Paediatric Scoliosis, Springer, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3017-3_47.
Neurostimulation in Epilepsy. Book chapter; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.
Yadav R, Jha S, Gohel A. Tremor. ClinicalKey Now. Elsevier; published 9 February 2023. Clinical review.
Associations: IMA L-12158 · IAN LM-2067 · IES LM-759
