Dr. Sarang Gotecha is a senior neurosurgeon serving Thergaon residents from Greens Centre, located opposite Pudumjee Paper Mill on Aditya Birla Hospital Marg. With MCh Neurosurgery and 12+ years of experience, he treats brain tumours, spine conditions and head trauma. Surgical procedures are delivered at Manipal Hospital, Baner.
Thergaon sits at a unique crossroads in PCMC. Within a two-kilometre radius lie the residential towers of Pimple Saudagar, the older industrial neighbourhoods of Chinchwad, the IT spillover from Wakad and the established communities of Kalewadi. This mix means the spectrum of neurological conditions seen at the Thergaon clinic is unusually wide. A young software engineer with a herniated cervical disc may be sitting next to a senior resident with spinal stenosis and a road-accident trauma patient transferred from Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital.
According to the National Health Mission Maharashtra, road traffic accidents account for a significant share of head-injury admissions in the PCMC belt. The Mumbai-Pune Highway, which runs close to Thergaon, is one of the higher-incidence stretches for accident-related neurological trauma. Separately, the Indian Stroke Association reports that stroke incidence in India has roughly doubled over the past four decades. For all these conditions, time matters and proximity to a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon changes outcomes.
Dr. Sarang Gotecha holds an MCh in Neurosurgery along with international fellowships from Seoul and Singapore. His Thergaon consultation clinic gives PCMC residents direct access to that level of training without the travel to central Pune or Mumbai.
Many neurological problems are time-sensitive. A new sudden headache, a first-ever seizure, weakness on one side of the body, a head injury after a fall, these are not symptoms that can wait three weeks for an appointment in central Pune. Having a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon consulting in Thergaon itself means the gap between symptom and specialist opinion can be a single afternoon rather than several days.
Beyond emergencies, the case for a local neurosurgeon is also about continuity. Spine surgery patients need post-operative follow-up at week one, week four and three months. Brain tumour patients need MRI review and surgical planning that may span multiple visits. Travelling to Baner or central Pune for every follow-up is hard on patients and families. Consultations in Thergaon, with surgery at Manipal Baner only when needed, is a model that works well for most PCMC patients.
Most headaches are not dangerous. But some need imaging to rule out structural causes. Headaches that have changed in pattern, that wake you from sleep, that come with vomiting, vision changes or one-sided weakness need a neurosurgical opinion. The clinic visit will determine whether MRI imaging is needed and what the next step should be.
A brain MRI finding is often the trigger for the first neurosurgical visit. The MRI may have been done for another reason (headache, dizziness, follow-up of another condition) and showed a lesion that needs evaluation. Brain tumour surgery covers the full spectrum from benign meningiomas to high-grade gliomas. Not every brain tumour needs immediate surgery. The clinic visit will clarify what the lesion is, what the urgency is and what the treatment options look like.
Spine conditions are among the most common reasons PCMC patients see a neurosurgeon. Cervical disc herniation causes neck pain with arm numbness or weakness. Lumbar disc prolapse causes the classic sciatica picture of pain shooting down the leg. Spine surgery is needed in only a minority of cases. Most respond to physiotherapy and time. The clinic visit determines which group you are in. For PCMC patients who do need surgery, minimally invasive spine techniques offer faster recovery with hospital stays of one to two days.
Head injuries are common in the PCMC belt because of the proximity of the Mumbai-Pune Highway and the volume of industrial worksites. Mild head injuries may need only observation. Moderate to severe head injuries can need ICU monitoring or emergency surgery. Traumatic brain injury management is one of the areas where having a neurosurgeon available close to home directly affects outcomes.
Stroke and cerebrovascular conditions include brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and certain types of haemorrhagic stroke. Some are detected incidentally on an MRI done for another reason. Others present with sudden severe headache or a neurological event. Cerebrovascular surgery is a sub-specialised area requiring microsurgical training and the right operating-room equipment, both of which are available at Manipal Hospital, Baner.
Dr. Gotecha completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery before pursuing MCh in Neurosurgery, the highest postgraduate degree in the field in India. This alone takes a decade of medical education after class 12. After MCh, he did two international fellowships.
The first was a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, in Seoul. This is one of Asia's leading centres for endoscopic and tubular-access spine techniques. The second was a World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies fellowship at the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore, focused on complex skull base and cerebrovascular procedures.
Very few neurosurgeons in Maharashtra hold both these fellowships at the same time. Beyond clinical practice, Dr. Gotecha has published 6+ research papers indexed on PubMed and Scopus, contributed two book chapters and holds multiple patents and copyrights in neurosurgery. He is a member of the Neurological Society of India and the Neurospine Association of India. Read more about Dr. Sarang Gotecha on the dedicated page.
Address: Pudumjee Paper Mill Colony, Thergaon, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra 411033
Hours: Monday to Sunday - 9 AM to 9 PM
Phone: +91-9322288645
Email: dr.sarangsgotecha@gmail.com
The clinic is located on Aditya Birla Hospital Marg, directly opposite Pudumjee Paper Mill. The Greens Centre building has parking. The clinic is on the fourth floor (Office O-402). Public transport access is good, with multiple PMPML bus routes passing along Aditya Birla Hospital Marg.
By road from key PCMC locations:
The Thergaon clinic is positioned to serve the central PCMC residential belt. Patients regularly travel from:
Patients are sometimes anxious about the first visit. The aim is to make it clear and unhurried.
A typical first visit covers:
Bring all imaging films and reports, your current medication list and any previous medical records. If another doctor has already given you a diagnosis, bring that report as well. An independent second opinion is more valuable when it has all the information available.
This is the question that decides everything else. The honest answer is that surgery is needed less often than many patients fear. It is sometimes more urgent than they realise.
Surgery is generally recommended when:
Surgery is generally not needed when:
Many patients come in expecting to be told they need surgery and leave with a non-surgical plan instead. The aim is the right treatment, not the most aggressive one.
Consultations at the Thergaon clinic are charged as private clinic visits. Some health insurers reimburse private consultations against itemised receipts. For surgery, the cashless facility is available at Manipal Hospital, Baner where the surgical procedure is performed.
Manipal Hospital, Baner is empanelled with all major health insurers including Star Health, HDFC Ergo, ICICI Lombard, Bajaj Allianz, Care Health, New India Assurance, National Insurance and most TPA networks. Bring your insurance card and a photo identity proof to the first consultation so the clinic team can advise on the coverage process for your specific insurer.
If you have a new neurological symptom, an MRI finding that needs review or an unresolved second-opinion question, the right next step is a clear diagnosis from a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon. Call 09322288645 to book a consultation at the Thergaon clinic, or visit the contact page for clinic timings and directions. PCMC patients can also learn about neurosurgery services in PCMC and the full range of neurosurgical procedures offered at the clinic.
