Vijay G. Hegde, MD

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Affiliations
- Morton Plant Hospital
- BayCare Physician Partners ACO
- BayCare Physician Partners
- BayCare Medical Group
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Board Certifications
- AB Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
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Gender
- Male
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Insurances AcceptedWe Accept the Following Insurances
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Patient Reviews
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Provider Explained Things ClearlyProvider Listened CarefullyProvider Was Easy To UnderstandProvider Knew Medical HistoryProvider Showed RespectProvider Spent Enough TimeRate Your Provider 0-10258 Reviews, 85 Comments8/28/2026 | BayCare Verified PatientVery good8/21/2026 | BayCare Verified PatientDr Hedge is knowledgeable and informs you of everything. He explains everything and answers questions. He takes his time7/27/2026 | BayCare Verified PatientThe doctor is awesome!7/25/2026 | BayCare Verified PatientI felt the doctor was pretty abrupt and not very helpful in any additional ideas for addressing my issue.7/22/2026 | BayCare Verified PatientGood.
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Doctor Bio
Dr. Vijay Hegde is a board-certified neurologist serving the Clearwater, Florida area as part of BayCare Medical Group, where he sees patients age 18 and older. Dr. Hegde earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. He followed that up with an internal medicine internship at the Naval Medical Center-Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. Dr. Hegde continued his medical education by completing a neurology residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
As a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom with 20 years of experience as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Dr. Hegde treats traumatic brain injury and is proficient in common areas of general neurology such as migraine, epilepsy, nerve entrapments and multiple sclerosis. He is experienced in with dealing with common inpatient neurologic conditions such as stroke, epilepsy, and encephalopathy in an inpatient setting. Dr. Hegde is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital.
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Languages
- English
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Residency
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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Specialties
- Neurology
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Education
- Naval Medical Center
University of Miami Miller School Medicine
BayCare Health System
CME Stroke Prevention
- Naval Medical Center