Dr. Daljit Singh — Vice Chairman & HOD of Neurosurgery in Delhi NCR

Dr. Daljit Singh is Vice Chairman and Head of Neurosurgery and Unit Head of Neuro Intervention at Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, in Delhi NCR, with more than 32 years of experience. His profile records neurosurgery, spine surgery and interventional neuroradiology.

His list is correspondingly wide. The tumour work covers brain tumor surgery, skull base tumor surgery and skull base surgery, pediatric brain tumor surgery and endoscopic brain surgery. The vascular work covers aneurysm clipping for brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformation surgery, which matches the interventional arm of his title. The functional work covers epilepsy surgery and deep brain stimulation, and he also performs peripheral nerve surgery and surgery for congenital brain and spine anomalies.

All three of his degrees were taken at Delhi University. He read MBBS at Maulana Azad Medical College in 1984 and took his MS in surgery at the same college in 1990, then the MCh in neurosurgery at G B Pant Hospital in 1994. In 2025 he received a fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.

His awards run from 1997 to 2017. They include the Dr. B C Roy National Award in 2016, the Times of India Legend in Neurosurgery Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of MAMC in 2017, the Dr. V S Dave Oration at KGMU in 2015, the Delhi State Doctor Award in 2011, a Best Published Paper Award, the Vishist Chikitsa Ratan Award and a Medical Innovation Award finalist place in 2012, the Rashtriya Gaurav Award in 2002, the Millennium Doctor Award in 2000 and DMA Distinguish Services Awards in 1997 and 2009.