Neurosurgeon
14 years experience overall
Apollo Children’s Hospitals 15, Shafi Mohammed Road Thousand Lights Chennai 600 006 PH:044-2829 6262, Chennai
Dr.Arvind Sukumaran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon with proven expertise, and with an excellent academic credentials. He has more than 15yrs of neurosurgical experience with successful performance of over 4000 neurological surgeries. He has special interest in Paediatric neurosurgery, Epilepsy surgery, Functional neurosurgery, and Neuro-oncology. He is also an expert in Spine surgery, microvascular surgery, skull base surgery and neurotrauma.
Paediatric Neurosurgery, Epilepsy surgery, Functional neurosurgery(DBS for Parkinson’s disease & dystonia, surgeries for spasticity, spinal cord stimulation, sacral neuromodulation), Neuro-oncology( Brain and spine tumours)
14+ years of neurosurgical work experience. -Areas of interest: Epilepsy/ functional surgery, Pediatric neurosurgery and neuro-oncology. -4000+ neurological surgeries, with 50/50 split between spine and cranial neurological surgeries. -work experience/ training at top institutes across the globe.
7. Neuro-oncology: Awake craniotomy, fiber tracking Tractograpphy based surgeries, fluorescencenavigation guided surgeries, endoscopic endonasal skull base surgeries.
8.Spine: craniovertebral junction anomalies, spinal instrumentation |
All India topper in NIMHANS entrance examination
Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Fellowship in Epilepsy/Functional Neurosurgery, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Fellowship in Epilepsy/ Functional Neurosurgery, Ghent Univ., Belgium
EANS2018 (European association of Neurological surgeons) travel grant awarded for Top 10 abstracts.
In Tamilnadu, performed the first
a)endoscopic craniosynostosis surgery
b) selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity
c)directional & brain sensing DBS( Deep brain stimulation) for Parkinson's disease.
d)Alpha-omega MER system for heatmap based DBS
Highest number of DBS in Tamilnadu in the last 1yr
Surgical lead, Apollo Advanced DBS center
Hold a patent for an external fluorescence module for intraoperative microscopes.
1. Myelopathy in a dwarf: a case of Morquio's syndrome without odontoid hypoplasia. Shukla D, Arvind S, Devi BI. Neurol India. 2011 Jan-Feb;59(1):126-7.
2. Differential expression of a novel voltage gated potassium channel - Kv1.5 in astrocytomas and its impact on prognosis in glioblastoma. Arvind S, Arivazhagan A, Santosh V, Chandramouli BA. Br J Neurosurg. 26. 16-20. 2012
3 .Results of invasive EEG from a large epilepsy centre Amber Perez Fernandez, Arvind Sukumaran, Dirk Van Roost Presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Dominican Republic ( June 2018)
4. Fluorescence guided glioma excision using a novel & cost-effective solution : Experience with 25 cases A.Sukumaran, R.Easwaran E-poster presented at the EANS2018, Brussels ,October 2018
5.Pediatric to adult Hydrocephalus: A smooth transition Hong MA, Sukumaran A, Riva-Cambrin J. Neurol India 2021;69:S376-80.
6.Amygdalar cavernoma trans MTG resection: Educational video Arvind Sukumaran, ILAE Neurosurgical Educational video section https://www.ilae.org/education/neurosurgical-education March 2023 |
Licenses
Medical Council of India
Certificates
Animal Research Facility (CARF), NIMHANS, Bengaluru
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 04/2010 to Present – Life member, Neurological Society of India 06/2012 to present – Life member, Indian Medical Association, Trichy Chapter 06/2018 to present- International Member, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies(EANS) 09/2018 to present- Life member, Tamilnadu Association of Neurosurgeons (TANS) 07/2020 to present –Fellow member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS) 10/2021 to present – Life member, Indian Society for paediatric neurosurgery(INDSPN) 10/2021 to present- Life member, Indian society for Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery(ISSFN) 12/2021 to present – Member, Spina Bifida foundation of India 08/2022 to present – Life member, Indian Epilepsy society (IES) 09/2022 to present – Life member, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) 11/2022 to present – Life member, Society for Neurocritical care (SNCC) 01/2023 to present – Life member, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery( ISPN) 02/2023 to present – Life member, Indian Society of Neuro Oncology (ISNO) 06/2023 to present – Life member, Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiology (SION) |
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A month ago
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A month ago
I have undergone RCT for 2 teeths . I had neglected the pain for quite some time before going to her for treatment . The situation was very bad , huge pain with lot of infection . I was treated well and I am feeling much better now .
A month ago
I was hunting for a good dentist for quite some time. Since my earlier experience was not so good. So I was very much skeptical for trusting a new doctor again. I found Dr Meeka on Practo and gone through the reviews that were amazing and very positive. So to gave it a try, I went to her. In my first meeting only I was very much sure that my search had just ended here, not just for this treatment but for a lifetime now. She is very patient and will explain everything in detail to ensure that you are equally knowledgeable and satisfied I was hunting for a good dentist for quite some time. Since my earlier experience was not so good. So I was very much skeptical for trusting a new doctor again. I found Dr Meeka on Practo and gone through the reviews that were amazing and very positive. So to gave it a try, I went to her. In my first meeting only I was very much sure that my search had just ended here, not just for this treatment but for a lifetime now. She is very patient and will explain everything in detail to ensure that you are equally knowledgeable and satisfied
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