Dr. Manish Pai
Overview
Dr. Manish Ganesh Pai is an experienced Neurosurgeon and specializes in performing brain and spine surgeries in children and adults. He has 20 years of experience after finishing medical college and more than 10 years of experience after completing Neurosurgical training.
He finished his MBBS from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. He trained in General Surgery from Govt. Stanley Medical College and Hospital in Chennai. He went on to complete his Neurosurgery training from Sree Chitra Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an institute of National Importance in Trivandrum. He has completed fellowship training in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery (Mayo Clinic) in the USA.
He is experienced in a wide range of surgeries and his area of focus is spine deformity surgery, pediatric brain tumors, adult brain tumors and epilepsy surgery.
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Dr. Manish Ganesh Pai is an experienced Neurosurgeon and specializes in performing brain and spine surgeries in children and adults. He has 20 years of experience after finishing medical college and more than 10 years of experience after completing Neurosurgical training. He finished his MBBS from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. He trained in […]
Education
- MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMC, Bangalore)
- Master of Surgery (MS) in General Surgery (Stanley GH, Chennai)
- Magister Chirurgiae (MCh) in Neurosurgery (Sree Chitra Institute, Trivandrum)
- Fellow in Skull Base Neurosurgery (Sree Chitra Institute, Trivandrum)
- Fellow in Minimally Invasive Skull Base Neurosurgery (Cornell, NY, USA)
- Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
- Fellow in Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
- Fellow in Spine Surgery – adult & pediatric deformity (Mayo Clinic, USA)
Total Experience
- 21 Years
Specializations
- Neurosurgeon
Areas of Expertise
- Spine deformity – congenital scoliosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, adult degenerative scoliosis, kyphotic deformity
- Complex spine surgery
- Spinal tumors
- Tethered cord, meningomyelocele, lipomeningomyelocele
- Craniosynostosis repair
- Spasticity (Baclofen pump placement, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy)
- Epilepsy surgery – anterior temporal lobectomy, amygdalohippocampectomy, corpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, Stereo EEG placement, Responsive neurostimulation (RNS), Vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) placement
- Brain tumors in children and adults
- Deep Brain Stimulation - Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, essential tremors
Memberships
- Medical Council of India (MCI)
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS)
- Neurological Society of India (NSI)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Training & Certifications
- Comprehensive Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity - Mayo Clinic, 2021
- Fellowship in Neurosurgery Stereotactic and Functional - University of Colorado, 2020
- Fellow in Pediatric Neurological Surgery - University of Colorado, 2019
