Bio
Dr. Manvir Bhatia is a senior neurologist, electro physiologist and sleep specialist. She is director of the Department of Sleep Medicine and Senior Consultant, Neurology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Neurology Sleep Centre, New Delhi. She is a co-director of the Ace School of Sleep Medicine for training physicians and paramedicals in field of sleep medicine. A pioneer in developing the specialty of neurophysiology and sleep medicine in the country, she has more than 25 years of experience in these fields. She was in charge of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at AIIMS and developed the ‘state of art’ Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory and started the first sleep disorders clinic under Neurology in the country. She initiated and was the coordinator of the epilepsy surgery program at AIIMS. She has been trained in USA and UK in Electrophysiology, Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine. She has published more than 80 papers in leading journals and several chapter in books. She organizes workshops and conferences on Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders.
Her first book, The Sleep Solution – Secrets For A Good Night’s Sleep (Penguin), is the first book on sleep in India.