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Dr K Kartik Revanappa

Neurosurgeon

MBBS,MS (Ortho),MCh. Neurosurgery (CMC Vellore)

14 years experience overall

Apollo Hospitals, Opp.iim 154/11,bannerghatta Road. Bannerghatta Road.bangalore-560076 Ph:080-26304050, Bangalore

Specialities
  • Headache
  • Neuro - trauma - head + spine injuries
  • Paediatric Neurosurgery
  • Neuro oncology - Minimally invasive therapist - liquid biospy for diagnosis of tumors
  • image guided surgeries
  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Neuro Endoscopy
  • Brain & Spine surgery
Experience
  • Consultant Neurosurgeon (Assistant Professor) in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological sciences, CMC Vellore from September 2011 – May 2013.
  • Senior registrar in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, CMC Vellore from August 2006 – August 2011
  • Consultant and lecturer in Traumatology and Orthopaedics at Medical College, Pune from July 2004 – July 2005

 

Members ship

Dr.Karthik has vast experience in this field and has performed more than 1000 neurosurgical procedures including operations on brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, spinal stabilization, stereotactic procedures, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.

Certifications
  • Best scientific paper award at Neurocon 2011 Bengaluru, 60th annual conference of the Neurological Society of India 
  • First in M.S. Orthopaedics in the University – November 2003
  • Best Outgoing Student in MBBS -   February 1999
  • Dr. Erram prize -first in Anatomy- November 1995
  • Prof. Dr. John L S Eden prize – first in Surgery(Final year MBBS) – October 1998
  • Late Raghunath Jairam Joshi Walwa prize – first in Final year MBBS examination - October 1998 
  • The Yashwant Mahadeo Joshi Prize - first in Final year MBBS examination – October 1998 
 
  1. Middle fossa extradural repair of sphenoidal encephaloceles Krishna Prabhu, Kartik Revanappa Kumbhar, Ari George Chacko British Journal of Neurosurgery 2011 Feb;25(1):124-6.
  2. Comparison of Nurick grading system and modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system in evaluation of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Rajshekhar V. European Spine Journal. 2011 Sep;20(9):1545-51. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1773-y.
  3. Changes in the range of motion of the cervical spine and adjacent segments at ≥24 months after uninstrumented corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Vedantam A, Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Rajshekhar V. Acta Neurochirugica (Wien). 2011 May;153(5):995-1001.
  4. Short Term Outcome in Children with WHO grade 3 Supratentorial Anaplastic Ependymoma Kartik Revanappa Kumbhar, Ranjith Moorthy, Vedantam Rajshekhar Abstract - Journal of Paediatric Neurosciences; Year : 2010 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 2 | Page : 173-181 Neuropedicon 2010, Hyderabad 20th - 21st November, 2010
  5. Modification of Nurick scale and Japanese Orthopedic Association score for Indian population with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Revanappa K Kartik, Moorthy RK, Jeyaseelan V, Rajshekhar V Neurology India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):24-9. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152627.Neurology India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):24-9. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152627.
  6. Recovery of sympathetic skin response after central corpectomy in patients with moderate and severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Ranjith K. Moorthy, Mathew Alexander & Vedantam Rajshekhar British Journal of Neurosurgery  Pages 1-6 | Received 19 Feb 2014, Accepted 13 Jun 2016, Published online: 14 Jul 2016
     

Conferences/CME programmes attended and papers presented (Neurosurgery):

  1. Participated WFNS(World federation of Neurosurgeons)-AANS(American Academy of Neurological Surgeons) education course and CME at Agra 13-14th February 2010
  2. Participated International Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Conference (Hands-on Workshop on CRW and Leksell system) at Vellore in September 2009
  3. NEUROPEDICON 2010, 21st annual conference of Indian society for Pediatric Neurosurgery – Presented a Paper titled: ‘Short Term Outcome in Children with WHO grade 3 Supratentorial Anaplastic Ependymoma’
  4. ISNOCON 2011, 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology – Presented a paper titled: ‘Meningeal hemangiopericytoma presenting with intracranial haemorrhage’
  5. NEUROCON 2011, 60th annual conference of the Neurological Society of India, Bangalore – Presented a paper titled: ‘Assessment of autonomic dysfunction in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) using the sympathetic skin response (SSR) test’- Got Best Paper Award
  6. NEUROCON 2012, 61st annual conference of the Neurological Society of India, New Delhi – Presented a paper titled: ‘Posterior Interspinous Wiring – Cervical Spine Flexion Injuries’

Conferences/CME programmes attended and papers presented (Orthopaedics):

  1. 48th National Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association, Chennai 18 -21 December 2003 - Presented paper titled: ‘Myths and pitfalls in the management of subtrochanteric fracture’
  2. 21st Annual Conference of Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association, Kolhapur 5 – 7th November 2004 - Presented paper titled: ‘Cephalomedullary Nailing of Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures’
  3. 49th National Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association, Agra 14 – 19th December 2004 Presented - paper titled: ‘Management of Humerus Fractures by Antegrade Humeral interlocking: Changing trends’
  4. National Orthopaedic Trauma Update Conference, Baroda 4 – 6th March 2005 Best paper award for presenting paper titled: ‘PFN: A Novel Approach’
  5. “NAILSCON 2005”, Pune 18- 20th March 2005 Presented paper titled: ‘Nailing of Humeral Fractures: Minimally Invasive technique’
  • Middle fossa extradural repair of sphenoidal encephaloceles Krishna Prabhu, Kartik Revanappa Kumbhar, Ari George Chacko British Journal of Neurosurgery 2011 Feb;25(1):124-6.
  • Comparison of Nurick grading system and modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system in evaluation of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Rajshekhar V.European Spine Journal. 2011 Sep;20(9):1545-51. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1773-y.
  • Changes in the range of motion of the cervical spine and adjacent segments at ≥24 months after uninstrumented corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Vedantam A, Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Rajshekhar V.Acta Neurochirugica (Wien). 2011 May;153(5):995-1001.
  • Modification of Nurick scale and Japanese Orthopedic Association score for Indian population with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Revanappa K Kartik, Moorthy RK, Jeyaseelan V, Rajshekhar V Neurology India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):24-9. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152627.
  • Recovery of sympathetic skin response after central corpectomy in patients with moderate and severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy Kumbhar Kartik Revanappa, Ranjith K. Moorthy, Mathew Alexander & Vedantam Rajshekhar British Journal of Neurosurgery  Pages 1-6 | Received 19 Feb 2014, Accepted 13 Jun 2016, Published online: 14 Jul 2016

 

Services
  • Headache
  • Neuro - trauma - head + spine injuries
  • Paediatric Neurosurgery
Languages spoken

English,Hindi,Kannada,Marathi,Tamil

Gender

male

Apollo Hospitals Bannerghatta Road

Apollo Hospitals, Opp.iim 154/11,bannerghatta Road. Bannerghatta Road.bangalore-560076 Ph:080-26304050, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560076