Dr. Sudish Karunakaran Neurosurgeon in Kochi

Dr. Sudish Karunakaran

Neurosurgeon, Kochi

MBBS, M.Ch (Neurosurgery), MRCS, FRCS (Neurosurgery)

  • 1 Hospital

About

Dr. Sudish Karunakaran is Sr.  Consultant Neurosurgeon in Kochi. Having completed MCh from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute Trivandrum, he did his FRCS Neurosurgery training in Bristol UK. Has been with Medical Trust Hospital Kochi for over 10 years now.

Experience

Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum August, 1997 -  July, 1998

Neurosurgery, Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut January, 2005 -  May, 2005

Neurosurgeon, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK January, 2006 -  December, 2007

Neurosurgeon, Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi January, 2008 -  Present

Specialities

  • Neurosurgery

  • Spine Surgery

Procedures

  • Brain Tumor Surgery

  • Craniotomy

Conditions

  • Dizziness

  • Epilepsy

  • Parkinson's Disease

  • Seizure Disorders

  • Stroke

Expertise

  • Spinal Disorders
  • Neurovascular Diseases 
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Movement Disorders

Education

MBBS, 1996, Kerala University, India

M.Ch (Neurosurgery), 2003, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

MRCS, 2006, Royal College, Edinburgh, UK

FRCS (Neurosurgery), 2007, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London

Practice Information

VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi

VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi

NH 66, Nettoor P.O, Maradu, Kochi, Kerala - 682040

Achievements & Contributions

  • Use of Hydroxy Apatite Burrhole buttons for cosmetic effect in anterior craniotomies.
  • Part of Research team at the first year registrar level including involvement in animal experiments. Use of Fibrin glue in the repair of CSF fistulas – second year registrar level with participation in the clinical trial and analysis.
  • Neuroendoscopy Vs shunt in the management of Paediatric Hydrocephalus – third and fourth year registrar level as part of thesis work in completion of MCh neurosurgery course
  • Benefit Of Intracisternal Sodium Nitroprusside Irrigation In The Prevention Of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Vasospasm – Transcranial Doppler Guided. (Ongoing Prospective Trial) at the senior registrar level. (Postdoctoral fellowship)
  •  Best Paper Award, Neurological society of India, Kerala Chapter, Trivandrum
  • Holo cord intramedullary astrocytoma: Radical surgical extirpation. S Nair, S Parameswaran, G Menon, S.Karunakaran, RN Bhattacharya. Abstract of papers. 49th annual conference of NSI, Chennai,  2000.
  • Neuroendoscopy – Preliminary perspectives. S.Karunakaran, RN Bhattacharya, S Nair et al.Abstract of papers. 50th Annual Conferece of Neurological society of India, Mumbai,A-175, 260, 2001.
  • Endoscopic third ventriculostomy- An outcome analysis. S.Karunakaran, RN Bhattacharya, S Nair et al. Abstract of papers. 51st Annual Conference of Neurological society of India, Cochin, 2002
  • Controversies in the management of spontaneous intracerebral haematoma. S Nair, HV Easwer, K Sudish et al. Abstract of papers. 3rd annual conference of Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery., Chandigarh, 2003
  • Changing trends in the management of pineal region lesions – S.Karunakaran, R.N.Bhattacharya, S.Nair et al. Presented at NSI Kerala chapter neurosurgery conference, 2003
  • Surgery for pediatric intracranial Arteriovenous malformations. Sudish.K, RN Bhattacharya, S Nair, BRM Rao, G Menon, BJ Rajesh et al. Abstract of Papers, Neuropedicon, Chennai, 2004.
  • Management issues in bilateral vestibular schwannomas. S Nair, Sudish K et al. VIth Annual Conference of Skull Base surgery Society of India, Bombay, 2004.
  • Changing trend in the management of  post traumatic CSF rhinorrhoea. Gupta A, Sudish K,  Nair S, Bhattacharya R N et al. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004. 
  • Three Dimensional CT Angiography Following False Negative Conventional Angiography in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Easwer HV, Bhattacharya R N, Nair S, Rao B R M, Menon G, Rajesh B J, Muthu Retnam T, Abraham M, Sudish K. 4th annual conference of Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery, 2004, Ahmedabad
  • Intracranial Infectious Aneurysms. Rajesh B J, Sudheeran K, Thomas S V, Bhattacharya R N, Nair S, Rout D, Rao B R M, Menon G, Easwer H V, Muthu Retnam T, Abraham M, Sudish K. 4th annual conference of Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery, 2004, Ahmedabad
  • Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cysts.  Muthuretnam T, Nair S,  Rajesh,BJ., Easwer,HV., Abraham,M., Sudish K. VIth Annual Conference of Skull Base surgery Society of India, Bombay, 2004.
  • Rare Pediatric Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions. R Agarwal, T Muthu Retnam, S Nair, R Kachhara, Girish Menon, B J Rajesh, Mathew Abraham, H V Easwer, K. Sudish, R N Bhattacharya. VIth Annual Conference of Skull Base surgery Society of India, Bombay, 2004.
  • Surgery for supratentorial cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Bhattacharya R N, Nair S, Rao B R M, Menon G, Rajesh B J, Muthuretnam T, Mathew A, Easwer H V, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Cavernous malformations of the brainstem.Raghavan I, Bhattacharya R.N, Nair S, Rao BRM, Menon G, Rajesh B J, Muthuretnam T, Easwer HV, Mathew A, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Surgical experience with skull base chordomas / chondrosarcomas. Nair S,  Rao BRM,  Menon G, Rajesh BJ, Muthuretnam T, Easwer HV, Mathew A, Sudish K, Kachhara R,  Panikar D,  Misra BK, Bhattacharya RN. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Surgery for colloid cyst third ventricle: 24 year experience. Muthuretnam T, Bhattacharya R N, Nair S, Misra B K, Rao B R M,  Menon G, Kachhara R, Rajesh B J, Mathew Abraham, Easwer H V, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Posterior cerebral artery aneurysms: review and outcome analysis. Rajesh B J, Bhattacharya R N, Kachhara R, , Nair S, Rout D, Misra B K, Rao B R M, Menon G, Muthuretnam T, Mathew Abraham, Easwer H V, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Intracranial aneurysms in children and adolescents: our experience. Furtado S, Bhattacharya R.N, Nair S, Gupta AK, Rao BRM, Menon G,  Rajesh BJ, Muthuretnam T, Easwer HV, Mathew A, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
  • Changing Trends In Surgery For Trigeminal Schwannomas. Rao BRM, Nair S, Menon G, Kachhara R., Misra B K., Bhattacharya RN, Rajesh BJ, Muthuretnam T, Easwer HV, Sudish K. 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Indore. 2004.
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