Dr. Krishna Chaitanya N

Overview

Dr. Krishna Chaitanya N. is a highly experienced neurosurgeon with over 14 years of expertise in the field. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 6500 surgeries, demonstrating his exceptional skill and dedication to patient care. He specialises in brain-related surgery, including spine, neurovascular and endovascular surgery, deep brain stimulation, tumour removal, and the correction of problems involving the cranio-vertebral junction.

In addition to his surgical accomplishments, Dr Chaitanya is an active contributor to the specialised medical community through his work with several prestigious journals. His contributions to the field of neurosurgery have been widely communicated through his several publications that he has written and published in national and international journals.

Dr Krishna Chaitanya N.’s commitment to excellence in neurosurgery and his contributions to medical literature makes him a respected figure in the healthcare community. Patients and colleagues alike recognize his dedication to advancing the field and improving patient outcomes.

Work Experience

• Senior Consultant – Apollo Hospitals
• Head of the Department – Kauvery Hospital – October 2021 to June 2024.
• Senior Consultant- Brains Hospital – July 2017 to October 2021
• Consultant – Sagar Hospitals – October 2016 to July 2017
• Consultant- Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals – August 2015 to July 2017
• Associate Consultant- Apollo Hospitals – Sept 2012 to August 2015
• Junior Consultant – BGS Global Hospitals – March 2011 to Sept 2012
• Junior Consultant – Fortis Hospital – Sept 2010 to March 2011

Education

• MBBS – JIPMER, Pondicherry – 2000
• MS (General Surgery), JIPMER, Pondicherry – 2006
• M.Ch. (Neurosurgery), SMS Medical College, Jaipur – 2010

Honors & Awards

Papers Published

• Case Report – Post-traumatic Intradiploic cysts, CP Angle Lipomas, Penetrating injuries to the spine, Recurrent Spinal Hydatidosis.
• Case Report – Cementifying Fibroma of the Sphenoid Wing in a Child.
• A Pilot Clinical Study – Bilateral Transplantation of Allogeneic Adult Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the Sub-ventricular Zone of Parkinson’s Disease

Affiliations & Memberships

• Neurological Surgeon Society of India

Special Interests

Vascular surgeries like Aneurysmal Clipping, AVM excision, Carotid endarterectomy Spine Surgeries, Skull Base Neurosurgery, Complex Spine Surgery

Area of Expertise

• Performed all kinds of neurosurgical procedures.
• Posterior Fossa approaches for vestibular schwannoma, cerebellum tumours, lateral approaches for foramen magnum lesions, microvascular decompression of the 5th nerve, and anterior skull base approaches.
• Vascular surgeries like Aneurysmal Clipping, AVM excision, Carotid Endarterectomy
• Endovascular procedures, including therapeutic interventions like carotid stenting for ICA stenosis, coiling for aneurysms, embolisation of AVM and dural AVM fistula and diagnostic endovascular procedures
• Endoscopic procedures like Endoscopic 3rd Ventriculostomy and Transnasal Pituitary tumour excisions.
• Surgeries for movement disorders and epilepsy, like DBS and epilepsy surgeries.
• Spine surgeries for degenerative conditions such as microdiscectomies, fusion procedures for cervical and lumbar, disc arthroplasties, minimally invasive spinal surgeries, traumatic spine conditions, deformity correction like kyphosis and scoliosis
• Correction of Craniovertebral junction disorders