Dr Nirmal Surya (M.D., D.N.B, FIAN, MNAMS, FAAN) is a Hon. Ass. professor in Neurology at Bombay Hospital & Research centre and Hon. Petrophysical at Saifee hospital, Mumbai. He is also Honorary Neurologist to Maharashtra Police and Honorary Professor and course director of Neurorehabilitation in pacific centre of Neurosciences Udaipur and Adjunct faculty at Toronto Music Academy, Toronto, Canada.
Dr Surya is the Chairman of Surya Neuro Centre and Founder Trustee and Chairman of Epilepsy Foundation India, which is a not-for-profit organisation working for the cause of epileptic patients in India.
The few positions Dr. Surya holds on the academic front are as follows:
President, Asian Oceanian Society of Neurorehabilitation
Secretary General: World Federation for Neurorehabilitation
Chair for Special Interest Group (SIG) on developing world forum of WFNR
(Founder) President, Indian Federation of Neuro Rehabilitation (IFNR)
Past president, Indian Academy of Neurology (2021-22)
Past President, Indian Stroke Association
Commissioner, Lancet Commisison on Neurorehabilitation and Ambassador, One Neurology for India
Member, Program committee, 9th World Congress in Neurorehabilitation, May2016, Philadelphia & 11th WCNR, Oct 2020, Lyon, France President, 10th World Congress in Neuro-Rehabilitation (WCNR 2018), Mumbai, India 07th – 10th Feb 2018. Chair, Program committee, 14th WCNR 2026, Korea
Past President of Bombay Neurosciences Association (BNA) and Maharashtra Association of Neurology (MAN)
Member of Editorial board of 8 international journals including , Frontierer in Neurology Pakistan Journal of Neurosciences, was on editorial board of Indian Journal of Paediatric Neurosciences , Journal of Neurorehabilitation and Indian Clinical update hand book, EC Neuro & others., was Guest Editor of Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation April 2004 issue, Review editor for frontier in Rehabilitation science.
.He has 3 Chapters in IAN Text Book in Neurology, 2 chapters Parkinson’s Disease and movement disorder & 3 in Reviews in Neurology. Editor in Chief of the IFNR textbook of NeuroRehabilitation released in May 24 and Editor in Chief of Monogram on “Holoistic Management of Epilpesy” released on 22nd Aug25. Editor in chief of Journal of IFNR.
Beside these he has received many awards (including Kenneth M VisteJr, MD patient Advocacy of the year Award by AAN 2022), Mahatma Award 2022 by Mahatma Gandhi foundation, AAN voluntary service Award 2025 by American Academy and delivered many orations in India and across world in various capacity
Country: India
Affiliation: Hon. Ass. professor in Neurology at Bombay Hospital & Research centre and Hon. Petrophysical at Saifee hospital, Mumbai
