Noshir Hormusjee Wadia is an Indian Doctor. He is a prominent figure in the field of Neurology. Dr Wadia is conferred with Padma Bhushan award by Government of India. Dr Wadia was conferred the Certificate of Appreciation for Services to Neurology by World Federation of Neurology (1993). Noshir Hormusjee Wadia obtained MD (Medicine) (1950) from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, and MRCP from London. He was Registrar, Neurology to Lord Brain, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases (1952-56), and later at the London Hospital, where he was also Tutor at the Medical School. He returned to India in 1957 as Honorary Assistant Neurologist; and was Lecturer in Neurology (1961-68) and Honorary Professor (1968-82), Grant Medical College. On retirement, he was appointed Consultant for Life at the Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital; concurrently, Director, Neurology Department at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre (1973 to-date). He also received DSc (hc) from Banaras Hindu University (1999).

Wadia set up one of the first Neurosciences Department within five years of his appointment, collaborating with colleagues at the JJ Hospital. In 1973 he organized another Department of Neurology at the Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre. He served as Member, Governing and Institute bodies of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (1981-2002); Chairman, Governing Body and President (Chancellor), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (1995-2002). He also served on the Neurology Expert Committee of ICMR (1963-66) and Scientific Advisory Board of ICMR (1989-91). Dr Wadia was conferred the Certificate of Appreciation for Services to Neurology by World Federation of Neurology (1993), First Rameshwardas Birla National Award for an Outstanding Practising Clinician in Modern Medicine (1999), Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Excellence by Harvard Medical International and Wockhardt Ltd for Pioneering and Immense Contributions in Speciality of Neurology, SS Bhatnagar Medal for Excellence in General Science by INSA (2003), Dhanvantari Award by Dhanvantari Medical Foundation for Outstanding Contribution in Medicine (2003), and Shree Dhanwantari Prize by INSA (2006). He was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Medical Sciences (1972), Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1983), and Royal College of Physicians, London (1970). He was also Honorary Member of the Sociedad Neurologica, Argentina (1961), Sociedad Chilena de Neurologica (1961), American Neurological Association (1977), Association of British Neurologists, UK (Foreign Member) (1979); and President, Neurological Society of India (1963-64).