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.

1. Pediatric neurosurgical issues: Pediatric brain tumours, pediatric movement disorders( like Tourette's syndrome), abnormal head shape and craniosynostosis, complex hydrocephaluus, spinal dysraphisms/ spina bifida with complex malformations, chiari malformation, craniovertebral anomalies, selective dorsal rhizotomy/ intrathecal baclofen for spasticity( adult and children), MoyaMoya disease, vascular anomalies,( AVF, AVM, aneurysm)
   
   2.Medically refractory epilepsy in adults and children: Temporal lobe epilepsy, focal cortical dysplasia, hemispheric syndromes( Rasmussen's encephalitis), post stroke seizures, stereotactic EEG for localization, Vagal nerve stimulation
   
   3. Post stroke or head injury Spasticity in adults and children for baclofen pumps/ rhizotomy
   
   4. Parkinson's disease, Dystonia, Obsessive compulsive disorder, severe tremors : for consideration of Deep brain stimulation( DBS)
   
   5. Refractory bladder dysfunction : Neurogenic bladder or over active bladder due to old age, spinal cord or brain injury with urgency, incontinence, frequency, spina bifida Non-obstructive urinary retention due to residual cauda equina.
   
   6. spinal cord stimulation for refractory pain( ischemic, peripheral, phantom limb, post spinal surgery, etc) and spinal cord functional restoration( post traumatic para / quadriplegia)

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

Licenses

• MBBS, MCh(Neurosurgery) : TNMC 69387: Tamilnadu Medical Council, under

Medical Council of   India

• CPSA : Council of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta:   030479

Certificates                

• 08/2004 - Course on Care, breeding & management of Laboratory animals, Central

Animal Research Facility (CARF), NIMHANS, Bengaluru

• 10/2018- Cleared Part 1 of EANS(European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) examination

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)

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