Dr. Nikhil C. Hiremath

Dr. Nikhil C. Hiremath is a Consultant in Neurology, with specialist training in stroke medicine and a broad practice across adult neurological disorders. His principal clinical interests include stroke, epilepsy, headache, neuropathy, demyelinating disease and neuromuscular disorders.

His work places particular emphasis on acute and preventive stroke care, epilepsy management and structured neurological follow-up. He evaluates patients with sudden neurological deficits, recurrent seizures, chronic headaches, peripheral nerve symptoms and inflammatory or demyelinating disorders.

Treatment planning may include emergency stroke pathways, secondary-prevention strategies, antiepileptic therapy, neuroimaging review and coordination with rehabilitation services when neurological disability affects mobility, speech or daily function.

Dr. Nikhil completed MBBS at JJM Medical College, Davangere, followed by MD in General Medicine at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi. He then completed DM in Neurology at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, where he also pursued a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Stroke.

His professional memberships include the Indian Academy of Neurology, Indian Stroke Association and Indian Medical Association. He may be relevant for patients requiring specialist assessment after stroke or transient neurological symptoms, people with difficult-to-control epilepsy, and patients with complex headache, neuropathy or neuromuscular presentations.

His practice combines accurate neurological localisation, evidence-based investigations and personalised treatment plans, with close follow-up to monitor recurrence risk, treatment response and functional recovery over time.

His practice also includes secondary stroke prevention and long-term neurological follow-up.