Specialist Neurology
Aster Cedars Hospital & Clinic, Jebel Ali
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C. V. Gopalkrishanan
Neurology (Consultant)
Aster Hospital, Al Qusais
LANGUAGES
English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam
Education
MBBS, MS, MCh (Neurosurgery), Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fellow in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Specialization
Neurology
Nationality
Indian
DOH License Grade
Consultant
Type of Physician
Full Time
Credentials
- MBBS, MS, MCh (Neurosurgery)
- Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery (Canada)
- Fellow in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (Switzerland)
Professional Associations
- Visiting Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Life Member of the Neurological Society of India
- Life member of Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Life Member of the Trivandrum Neuro-club (Kerala chapter of NSI)
- Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, USA
- Life member of the Indian Medical Association
Professional Experience
- Consultant Neurosurgery, NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- Visiting Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Professor Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bangalore, India
- Chef de Clinique in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Neurosurgery, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowships
- Associate Professor in Neurosurgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
- Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
- Postdoctoral fellowship in Vascular Neurosurgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Clinical Expertise & Services Offered
- Arachnoid cysts
- Brain tumours
- Cerebral palsy, including selective dorsal rhizotomy/ baclofen pumps for spasticity
- Chiari malformation
- Congenital malformations of the brain and spine
- Craniofacial syndromes
- Craniosynostosis including Endoscopic strip craniectomy in infants and post-operative helmeting
- Epilepsy surgery
- Hydrocephalus, including endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus coagulation
- Inflammatory/Infectious processes of the brain and spine (e.g. brain abscess)
- Neural tube disorders (spina bifida, syringomyelia, tethered cord, etc.)
- Skeletal dysplasia
- Spinal cord tumours
- Traumatic brain and spinal injuries
- Vascular abnormalities, including moyamoya and pediatric aneurysm
- Minimally invasive endoscopic techniques
- Frameless stereotactic guidance
- Intraoperative mapping to preserve normal brain function
