Dr. Anandh Balasubramaniam
Consultant Neurosurgeon

Name
Dr. Anandh Balasubramaniam

Designation
Consultant Neurosurgeon

Qualifications
MBBS, MS, MCh (Neurosurgery) (NIMHANS), DNB (Neurosurgery)

Fellowships

• Neurooncology fellow - University of Toronto (Hospital for Sickkids, Toroto Western Hospital)

• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Training (University of Pittsburg)

• Linac Based Radiosurgery Training (Berlin , Germany)

• Stereo EEG Training for Complex Refractory Epilepsy - for epilepsy surgery - Montreal, Canada

Speciality Interests

• Image Guided Neurosurgery

• Neurooncology - Surgery for Brain / spinal Tumors - Gliomas, Maximal Safe Resection of Gliomas in Eloquent Area /Deep Seasted Areas / Insular Cortex - with Image Guidance and Intraop MRI

• Endoscopic Surgery for Pituitary Tumours / Anterior Skull Base Tumours with Image Guidance and Intraop MRI Imaging

• Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intraventricular Tumours / Colloid Cyst

• Functional Neurosurgery - for Movement Disorders - Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonias, For Epilepsy - Temporal Lobe Resections, Dysplasia Excisions, For Trigeminal Neuroalgia / Hemifacial Spasm - Microvascular Decompression

Experience

• Faculty - Asst and Assoc Professor at Dept. of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bangalore

• Fellow at Hospital for Sickkids and Toronto Western Hospital

KH Experience
Over Last 5 Years

• Experience of more than 200 Intra op MRI guided surgeries.

• More than 100 gliomas operated with maximum possible resection with minimal morbidit

• More than 20 awake craniotomy surgical procedures for eloquent cortex lesions

• About 50 pituitary tumours operated with Endoscopic technique and intraop MRI guidance and total resection in more than 95% cases with over 80% preservation of normal pituitary gland - including functioning tumours (Growth Hormone / Cortisol Secreting Adenomas)

• 50 cases of Deep Brain stimulation surgeries for Parkinsons Disease and Dystonia

• Over 30 neuroendoscopic procedures including third venticulostomies, Colloid cyst excisions, Intraventricular tumor resections, biopsies

Achievement

ACADEMICS/RESEARCH/AWARDS

Publications
25 publications in peer reviewed indexed journals - 19 of which are international journals

• Best outgoing Student Silver Jubilee Award in Neurosurgery - NIMHANS

• Research Trials in Glioma Treatment - 3

• Was part of Glioma Project funded by ICMR - a multi institutional effort at Bangalore