Dr. Vishal Madhukar Sawale
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Registration No: MMC 2010/03/0642
Member of MAN( Maharashtra Association of Neurology)
Member of IAN( Indian Association of Neurology)
Member of NSN (Nashik Neurological Society of Nashik)
Member of IMA( Indian Medical Association)

Educational Qualifications :

• Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in the specialty of Neurology from Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER & SSKM Hospital), Bangur Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata, West Bengal. (MCI recognised WBMC registered)
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) in the speciality of General Medicine from Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur in 2015. ( MCI recognized, Manipur University registered)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) from Government Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra in 2009 with internship completion in 2010 under Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Maharashtra. ( MCI recognised MUHS registered)
• Higher Secondary (MSBSHSE, Maharashtra) from Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya (Jr. College) , Latur, Maharashtra in 2004 with 86.83% marks
• Secondary (MSBSHSE, Maharashtra) from Bharat Vidyalaya Buldhana, Maharashtra in 2002 with 88.80 % marks

Work experience

1. Presently working as- Owner & Director at NeuroPlus Advanced Neurology Centre Nashik .
2. HOD and Consultant Neurologist & medical Director of Advanced stroke centre at Ashoka Medicover Hospital Nashik.
3. 2019-2023: Head and Senior Consultant Neurologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Nashik
4. 2016-2019: DM Neurology Resident, Institue if Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER & SSKM Hospital), Kolkata.
5. August 2016 – Present – DM Neurology Resident, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, (IPGMER & SSKM Hospital), Kolkata
6. November 2015 – April 2016 – Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Hospital, Mumbai.
7. July 2015 to October 2015 – Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, ESIC Hospital, Mumbai.
8. May 2012 – May 2015 – Junior Resident (Post graduate training program in Dept of General Medicine), Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.
9. April 2010 to March 2011- Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre (Rural), Buldhana, Maharashtra.

Achievements & Awards & Merit/Felicitation:
1.  JANIV PURASKAR (जाणीव पुरस्कार) for excellence in Neurology
2.  ⁠North Maharashtra Icon Award for excellence in Neurology
3. Listed as one of the Top 3 Neurologists in Nashik by Three Best Rated Excellence Awards, 2025
4. Best Presenter Award, for presenting in Movement Disorders Society of India (MDSICON), held on 14th July, 2018, titled – “Chorea-ballism as a dominant clinical manifestation in heteroplasmic MELAS syndrome with A3251G mutation in mitochondrial genome: a case report from Eastern India”
5. Awarded the 1st prize in the Dr SD Deodhar All India intercollegiate Post Graduate Rheumatology QUIZ competition, organised by the Indian Rheumatology Association, 2014.

Poster presentation:
1. “Determinants and outcome of complications in first ever acute stroke patients: an observational study from india – E-Poster at the 5th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2019), to be held in Milan, Italy on 22-24 May 2019.
2. A Clinical Profile and Response to Treatment in Patients of Autoimmune Encephalitis from a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern India- A Prospective Study in 26th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Neurology, IANCON, 2018.
3. “Dystonic Storm – Same Presentation- Different Difficulties” in 31st Annual Conference of Association
of Neuroscientists of Eastern India, ANEICON, 2017.
4. “ A Rare Case of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) following Scrub Typhus” in 3rd Eastern Zonal Conference of Association of Physicians of India & 20th Annual Conference of API West Bengal Branch, 2013.

Paper Presentations:
1- “Chorea-ballism as a dominant clinical manifestation in heteroplasmic MELAS syndrome with A3251G mutation in mitochondrial genome: a case report from Eastern India” in Movement Disorders Society of India (MDSICON), Kolkata, 2018
2- “Demyelinating Neuropathy- A Rare Case Presentation of HCV Infection without mixed Cryoglobulinemia” in 3rd State Level Medical Conference organised by Medical Society, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, MESOCON, 2013, Imphal.

Scientific Paper Publications: (National & International)
1. Multiple cerebral abscesses in decompensated cirrhosis of liver as a mimicker of hepatic encephalopathy: A case report.
Indian Journal of Case Reports, 4(4), 304-306.
DOI: 10.32677/IJCR.2018.v04.i04.017
Vishal Madhukar Sawale, Durjoy Lahiri, Souvik Dubey, Nirmalendu Sarkar
2. Status Epilepticus and Bilateral Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A Rare Presentation after Viper Bite.
April 2019Annals of African medicine 18(2):111
DOI: 10.4103/aam.aam_21_18
Durjoy Lahiri, Vishal Madhukar Sawale, Souvik Dubey, Biman Kanti Roy, ShyamalKumar Das
3. Chorea-ballism as a dominant clinical manifestation in heteroplasmic mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome with A3251G mutation in mitochondrial genome: a case report

December 2019.Journal of Medical Case Reports 13(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-018-1936-0
Durjoy Lahiri, Vishal Madhukar Sawale, Subhadeep Banerjee, Souvik Dubey, Biman Kanti Roy, ShyamalKumar Das
4. A rare case of Guillain-Barre syndrome following scrub typhus

Sawale Vishal; Upreti, Sanjay; Singh, Th. Suraj; Singh, N; Singh, Th.
Bhimo. Neurology India; Mumbai Vol. 62, Iss. 1, (Jan-Feb 2014): 82-3.
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.128340
https://search.proquest.com/openview/b0f667f3e7e9831bef7854974060e3
18/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=28294
5. Demylinating neuropathy – A rare presentation of HCV infection without mixed cryoglobulinaemia.
Sawale Vishal M, Kh Yoihenba, N Biplab Singh, Robinson Ningshen, Th
Bhimo Singh.
January 2016. Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine 17(1):50-53
JIACM 2016; 17(1): 50-53
http://medind.nic.in/jac/t16/i1/jact16i1p50.pdf
6. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in the backdrop of cerebral venous thrombosis: A post-partum catastrophe.
Indian Journal of Case Reports, 4(5), 366-368.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCR.2018.v04.i05.010
DOI: 10.32677/IJCR.2018.v04.i05.010
Durjoy Lahiri, Vishal Madhukar Sawale, Souvik Dubey, Biman Kanti
Roy
7. Incidence and types of aphasia after first-ever acute stroke in Bengali speakers: age, gender, and educational effect on the type of aphasia
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1630597
International Journal of Aphasiology. Vol-33/8
Durjoy Lahiri,Souvik Dubey,Alfredo Ardila,Vishal Madhukar Sawale,Biman Kanti Roy, Souvik Sen &Goutam Gangopadhyay
8. Study of Adenosine Deaminase Levels in Patients of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with and Without Pleural Effusion.
Dr. Sonone Kanchan K; Dr. Varma Santosh G; Dr. Sawale Vishal M;
Dr. Abhichandani Leela G; Dr.Nilaanjana Guha Niyogi; Dr.Abhijeet Joshi.
January 2014IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 13(1):30-37
DOI: 10.9790/0853-13193037
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f291/382b221789d38215ed530cca79415
644c03a.pdf
9. Screening of newborns for sickle cell disease by Automated High Performance Liquid chromatography. International Journal of anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry. IJAPB : Volume :2;Issue :4 ; April 2015.
http://www.eternalpublication.com/search.php?s=Screening+of+newborns
+for+sickle+cell+disease+by+Automated+High+Performance