Professional Experience :

1. Junior Resident, Orthopedics – GTB Hospital, New Delhi (2001-2002)
2. Junior Resident, Neurosurgery – LNJPN Hospital, New Delhi (2002-2003)
3. NPGR, Nephrology – GMCH, Guwahati (2003-2004)
4. PG Resident, MS Surgery – GMCH, Guwahati (2004-2007)
5. Resident Surgeon, Neurosurgery – GMCH, Guwahati (2007-2008)
6. Senior Resident, Burns & Plastic Surgery – RML Hospital, New Delhi (2008-2010)
7. Senior Resident, Neurosurgery – Sushruta Trauma Centre, New Delhi (2010-2011)
8. M.Ch Resident, Neurosurgery – NIMHANS, Bangalore (2011-2014)
9. Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery – Jorhat Medical College, Assam (2015-2022)
10. Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery – NEIGRIHMS (May 2016 – Nov 2016)
11. Consultant Neurosurgeon – Jorhat Christian Medical Center (September 2014 – Present)
12. Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery – Gauhati Medical College (May 2022 – June 2023)
13. Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery – Jorhat Medical College & Hospital (June 2023 - October 2025)

Achievements :

1. Deepika, Akhil, A. R. Prabhuraj, Amrit Saikia, and Dhaval Shukla. Comparison of predictability of Marshall and Rotterdam CT scan scoring system in determining early mortality after traumatic brain injury. Acta Neurochirurgica (2015).

2. Saikia, Amrit, Sonia Bansal, Mariamma Philip, Bhagavatula Indira Devi, and Dhaval P. Shukla. Prognostic value of FOUR and GCS scores in determining mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury. Acta Neurochirurgica 157(8) (2015): 1323-1328.

3. Saikia, Amrit Kumar, Kamath Sriganesh, Manish Ranjan, Marie Claire, Mohit Mittal, and Paritosh Pandey. Audit of the functioning of the elective neurosurgical operation theatre in India: A prospective study and review of literature. World Neurosurgery (2015).

4. Saikia, Amrit Kumar, et al. Outcome of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Tumor-Related Symptomatic Trigeminal Neuralgia: Our Initial Experiences from NIMHANS. Acta Scientific Neurology 7.8 (2024): 31-36.

5. Saikia AK, Longkiri T, Choudhary YK, Ashwini R. Nihilism in emergency neurosurgical patients in a rural setup: Our experience. GJRA - Global Journal for Research Analysis. 2024 Jul;13(7). doi: 10.36106/gjra.

6. Saikia AK, Longkiri T, Choudhary YK, Ashwini R. Ethical challenges of emergency neurosurgery in remote rural areas of Northeast India. Int J Sci Res. 2024 Jul;13(7). doi: 10.36106/ijsr.

7. Saikia AK, Ashwini R, Longkiri T, Choudhary YK. Outcome of traumatic brain injury patients following road traffic accidents in remote rural areas of Northeast India: Our experience in Jorhat Medical College and Hospital. Int J Med Sci Adv Clin Res. 2024 Jul;7(4):8-15.

8. Dubey S, Saikia AK, Rongpi R. Outcome of acute traumatic epidural hematomas based on the Glasgow Coma Scale in a rural setting. Int J Adv Res. 2023 Feb;11(2):533-535. doi: 10.21474/IJAR01/16278.

Research Topic :

• Clinical Study of Blunt Abdominal Trauma with Solid Organ Injury – Thesis submitted for MS Surgery (2004-2007, Principal Investigator)
• Utilization of Operating Theatre Time in Neurosurgery – Study submitted for M.Ch in Neurosurgery, NIMHANS (2014)
• Clinical Outcome of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Symptomatic Tumor- Related Trigeminal Neuralgia – Study submitted for M.Ch in Neurosurgery, NIMHANS (2014)