Dr. B. Ravi Mohan Rao

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – Bangalore Medical College, Bengaluru
• MS (General Surgery) – J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka
• M.Ch (Neurosurgery) – National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru
• Diplomate of National Board (Neurosurgery) – National Board of Examinations, India

Additional Background:

• Dr. Ravi Mohan Rao, alumnus of NIMHANS, has 31 years of extensive experience in managing complex neurosurgical conditions including giant aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), skull base tumors, epilepsy surgery, pituitary tumors, pediatric brain tumors, and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders.
• He has established comprehensive neurosurgical programmes in collaboration with neurologists and interventional neuroradiologists for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy and surgical stroke management in Bengaluru’s private healthcare sector.

Areas of Expertise:

• Skull Base Surgery (Clival chordomas, trigeminal schwannomas, petroclival meningiomas, jugular foramen & foramen magnum tumors)
• Cerebrovascular Surgery (Aneurysms, AVMs, cavernomas)
• Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
• Functional Neurosurgery (DBS for Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy surgery)
• Brainstem Surgery
• Intramedullary Tumor Surgery
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Spine Surgery including craniovertebral junction anomalies, cervical fusions, intramedullary spinal tumors
• Image-Guided Neurosurgery

Professional Experience:

• Senior Resident – Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• Senior Resident – Neurosurgery, SVIMS, Tirupati
• Assistant Professor – Neurosurgery, Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
• Assistant Professor – Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram
• Associate Professor – Neurosurgery, SCTIMST
• Additional Professor – Neurosurgery, SCTIMST
• Professor – Neurosurgery, SCTIMST
• Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon – Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru
• Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon – Sagar Hospital, Bengaluru
• Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon – Apollo Hospital, Seshadripuram

Clinical Contributions & Special Interests:

• Established major neurosurgical programs for epilepsy surgery, stroke surgery, and movement disorder surgery in multiple hospitals
• Performed 700+ epilepsy surgeries with excellent outcomes
• Performed 75+ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedures for Parkinson’s disease
• Expertise in complex aneurysm clipping, AVM surgery, skull base tumors, and pediatric neurosurgery
• Known for advanced microsurgical, vascular, skull base, and endoscopic neurosurgical techniques
• Visiting faculty for national workshops including Microsurgery Skills Lab, AIIMS New Delhi

Research & Publications:

• Authored and co-authored 40+ peer-reviewed publications covering:
• Aneurysm surgery
• Skull base tumors
• Brainstem cavernomas
• Epilepsy surgery outcomes
• Pituitary surgery
• Intracranial vascular malformations
• Spinal intramedullary tumors
• Published multiple surgical technique videos in Neurology India.

Workshops & CME Participation:

• Participated in and contributed to 50+ national & international workshops, including sessions led by:
• Prof. Vinko Dolenc
• Dr. Laligam Sekhar
• Dr. Daniel Barrow
• Prof. Axel Perneczky
• Faculty for numerous national cadaveric skull base and neurosurgical training workshops.

Memberships:

• Neurological Society of India
• Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists Association
• Skull Base Surgery Society of India
• Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery
• Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Asia Oceania Skull Base Society
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA)

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, and Hindi