Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma
Neurosurgery & Chief of Neurosciences
Overview
Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma, Chief of Neurosciences and Lead Consultant Neurosurgery, at Aster CMI Hospital, is a highly qualified Neurosurgeon, with a special interest in Movement Disorders,and brings with him more than 20 years of experience.
Dr. Varma has undergone training in all aspects of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery which includes specialized surgery for Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, and Chronic Pain. His surgical expertise covers other branches of neurosurgery including Paediatric, Vascular and Endoscopic Neurosurgery.
He is one of the few neurosurgeons, in India, with the large experience with DBS surgery for Parkinson’s disease. Before joining Aster CMI,the doctor had been instrumental in setting up and running the highly successful Institute of Neurosciences at M. S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital,where he was Professor and Head of Neurosurgery since 2008.
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Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma, Chief of Neurosciences and Lead Consultant Neurosurgery, at Aster CMI Hospital, is a highly qualified Neurosurgeon, with a special interest in Movement Disorders,and brings with him more than 20 years of experience. Dr. Varma has undergone training in all aspects of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery which includes specialized surgery for Epilepsy, […]
Education
- MBBS - Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, 1991
- MS - General Surgery - Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal, India, 1995
- MCh - Neuro Surgery - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, 1998
Total Experience
- 31 Years
Specializations
- Neurosurgeon
Areas of Expertise
- Autonomic Neurologist
- Behavioral Neurologist
- General Neurologist
- Geriatric Neurologist
- Headache Specialist
- Neuroimaging Specialist
- Neurophysiologist
- Neuro Rehablitation
- Neurointensive Care
- Neurologist
- Pediatric Neurologist
- Stroke Specialist
- Epilepsy Specialist
- Headache and Vertigo Specialist
- Nerve Pain Specialist
- Neurobehaviour Specialist
- Neuroinfection Specialist
- Neurophysiology Specialist
- Neurorestoration Specialist
- Neurosurgeon
- Neurointerventional Surgery
- Neurovascular Surgeon
- Neurospine surgeon
- Neurooncology Surgeon
- Neurotrauma Surgeon
- Neuropediatric Surgeon
- Neurofunctional Surgeonq
- Epilepsy
- Headaches
- Stroke
- Ischemic
- Myelitis
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Brain Injury
- Parkinson's Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Meningitis
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Tuberculous Meningitis
- Ataxia telangiectasia
- Canavan disease
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Cockayne syndrome
- Huntington's disease
- Inherited erythromelalgia
- Krabbe disease
- Leigh syndrome
- Lewy body dementia
- Menkes disease
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Moyamoya Disease
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Neurodegeneration
- Piebaldism
- polymicrogyria
- Polyneuropathy
- Porencephaly
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Refsum disease
- Rett syndrome
- seizures
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Spinocerebellar ataxia
- The ataxia neuropathy spectrum
- Wilson Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Sleep Disorders
- Tremors
- Alexander Disease
- Friedreich Ataxia
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Cerebral Infarction
- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Extradural Hematoma
- Hyperactivity Disorder
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Monoplegia
- Surgery Of The Facial Nerve
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Lumbar Puncture
- Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Epilepsy)
- Epilepsy surgery
- Laminectomy
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Hypophysectomy
- Giddiness
- Headache Management
- Spine Surgery
- Peripheral Neuro surgery
- Video EEG
- Cerebrovascular Surgery
- Brain Suite
- Nerve and Muscle Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Treatment
- Neurological Problems
- Brain infection
- Decompression Micovascular
- Paralysis
- Drying vessels (sclerotherapy)
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Peripheral Nerve
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Encephalopathies
- Functional sclerotherapy
- Holy occipital technique - SOT
- Motor coordination
- Movement Disorder
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
- Neurointensivismo
- Neurological dysfunction
- Neurophysiology
- Vascular Brain Diseases
- Migraine Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease Treatment
- Epilepsy Treatment
- Dementia Treatment
- CSF Rhinorrhoea Repair Surgery
- Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Brain Aneurysm Coiling
- Carotid Cavernous Fistula Treatment
- Brain Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Embolization
- Brain Arteriovenous Fistula Embolization
- Spinal and Cerebral Tumor Embolization
- Head & Neck Tumour Embolization
- Petrosal Sinus Sampling
- Carotid Body Tumour Embolization
- Brain Surgery
- Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)
- Brain Aneursym Surgery
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
- Spinal Tap
- Brain Mapping
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- PET Scan
- Craniotomy
- Cranial Cyber-Knife Radiosurgery
- Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
- Interspinous Process Decompression
- Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
- Dekompressor Discectomy
- Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (XLIF)
- Vertebroplasty
- Total Disc Replacement
- Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (Paddle Lead)
- Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)
- Minimally-Invasive TLIF (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
- Minimally-Invasive Lumbar Microdecompression
- Micro Endoscopic Discectomy
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Laminectomy (Cervical) with Fusion
- Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion
- ALIF: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Brain Tumors
- Functional Neurosurgery
- Endoscopic Neurosurgery
- Paediatric Neurosurgery
- Vascular Neurosurgery
- Laminectomy
- Foot Drop
Awards & Recognitions
- Established the MCh program to train Postgraduate doctors in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurosciences, MSRMC, Bangalore.
- Established a fully functional and successful Movement Disorder Program at M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore.
- Initiated a DBS program for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease at NIMS, Hyderabad.
- Initiated a DBS program for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease at KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
- Initiated a DBS program in Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.
- Was selected for a DBS workshop with advanced training in the Netherlands, as a part of a prestigious Indo-Canadian collaboration.
- Organized the first International Workshop on Surgery for Movement Disorders at M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, Bangalore. It was the first time in the world that a live DBS surgery was relayed to an interactive forum.
- Served as Member of the Board of Studies, NIMHANS, for a tenure of 3 years.
- Was invited as Guest Speaker at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi, where he shared the dais with other dignitaries like HH. Dalai Lama, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Al Gore and the RT. Hon. Gordon Brown. He is the first Neurosurgeon to be invited to speak at the HT Summit, where he spoke on “Unravelling the Brain’s Enigmas”.
- Designated Visiting Professor at the Raman Research Institute.
- Dr. Varma also has the distinction of having conducted the first successful DBS surgery for Neuroacanthosis in India and third in the world.
