Neurosurgery

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[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”42px”][vc_tta_tour gap=”20″ active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-arrow-right” add_icon=”true” title=”Services” tab_id=”1563513231800-32dfff23-dd75″][vc_btn title=”Initial Donor – Dr.Achanta Lakshmipathi(Arogya Ashrama Samithi)” style=”3d” color=”info” css_animation=”none”][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_btn title=”Cornerstone laid by Dr. M.G.Ramachandran(Ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)” style=”3d” color=”turquoise”][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_btn title=”Inaugurated in 1981 by Dr.H.V.Hande, the then Health Minister” style=”3d” color=”info” css_animation=”none”][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_btn title=”ICU and Operation theatre revamped with R.Choodamani Endowment Fund in 2012″ style=”3d” color=”turquoise”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Dr. Achanta Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre and Postgraduate Institute of Neurological Surgery at the VHS Hospital and Research Centre, Adyar, has been at the forefront of neurosurgical care, education, innovation and research for the past 40 years (1978-2018).

The institution has been a recognised postgraduate training centre by the National Board of Examinations. Since 1984, there have been 33 postgraduates who have undergone strenuous training of 5 years before writing the National Board examinations. The institution is currently allowed one candidate per year and the course is now for 6 years. The candidates are selected by the National Board on the basis of an all-India examination and counselling done centrally.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]

ACHIEVEMENTS

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Treating a huge number, of neurosurgical patients, that were managed both conservatively and surgically is the main achievement of this institution. The creation of a distinct Indian school of Neurosurgery has been its hallmark. Multi-author textbooks published by the Department are the main source of educational material for neurosurgery postgraduates.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]

BENEFICIARIES

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The Department has benefited all sections of the society by providing free neurosurgical service and care to the poor, subsidised for the middle income groups, and appropriately charged neurosurgical service for the higher income groups.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]Providing an educational opportunity to

Neurosurgical postgraduates
General surgery postgraduates
Neuro-anaesthesia training
MS neuroscience students
B.Sc., M.Sc. Nursing students

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PUBLICATIONS

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][info_list_father][info_list_son width=”15″ height=”15″ titleclr=”#000000″ listwidth=”” image_id=”2077″]Krishnan SS, Nigam P, Bachh O, Vasudevan MC. Quad Fever: Treatment through Lowering of Ambient Temperature. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2018 Jan;22(1):43-45. doi: 10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_295_17.[/info_list_son][info_list_son width=”15″ height=”15″ titleclr=”#000000″ listwidth=”” image_id=”2077″]Krishnan SS, Patel BR, Vasudevan MC Concurrent Multilevel Spinal Intra-medullary with Extensive Intracranial Tuberculomas: A Rare Case Report. Asian J Neurosurg. 2017 Oct-Dec;12(4):774-778. doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.185073.[/info_list_son][info_list_son width=”15″ height=”15″ titleclr=”#000000″ listwidth=”” image_id=”2077″]Vasudevan MC, Kameswaran M, Devareddy G, Amarnath D, Krishnan SS. A rare case of an internal acoustic meatal tuberculoma involving the VII-VIII nerve complex.Neurol India. 2017 May-Jun;65(3):658-660. doi: 10.4103[/info_list_son][info_list_son width=”15″ height=”15″ titleclr=”#000000″ listwidth=”” image_id=”2077″]Goyal S, Krishnan SS, Kameswaran M, Vasudevan MC, Ranjith, Natarajan K. Does cerebellar flocculus size affect subjective outcomes in pediatric auditory brainstem implantation. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Jun;97:30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.03.027. Epub 2017 Mar 22.[/info_list_son][info_list_son width=”15″ height=”15″ titleclr=”#000000″ listwidth=”” image_id=”2077″]Chidambaram S, Vasudevan MC, Nair MN, Joyce C, Germanwala AV.Impact of Operating Room Environment on Postoperative Central Nervous System Infection in a Resource-Limited Neurosurgical Center in South Asia.World Neurosurg. 2018 Feb;110:e239-e244. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.142. Epub 2017 Nov 22[/info_list_son][/info_list_father][vc_empty_space][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-arrow-right” add_icon=”true” title=”Doctors” tab_id=”1563513231801-4ab4811d-2f52″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]

Doctors

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr. M.C. Vasudevan, MD, DNB (NS)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”10:00 AM – 01:00 PM” style=”3d” color=”info” size=”sm”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr. A. Vincent Thamburaj, MBBS, DNB, FRCS[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”09:00 AM – 03:00 PM” style=”3d” color=”info” size=”sm”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr. Shyamsunder Krishnan, MBBS, MS (GS), M.Ch (NS)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”10:00 AM – 01:00 PM” style=”3d” color=”info” size=”sm”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr. Bhavinkumar R. Patel, MBBS, (DNB(NS))[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”09:00 AM – 04:00 PM” style=”3d” color=”info” size=”sm”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dr. Prithika Chary, MD, DM (Neuro,Neurosurgery,Endocrinology)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][vc_column_text]

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