Dr. Vishwaraj Ratha

Senior Consultant

Neuro Surgery

MBBS, MS, MCh (Neurosurgery)

12+ Years Experience

Overview

Pioneered Awake Neurosurgery for Trigeminal Nerve Neuralgia in India and second Institute in World

Part of Pioneering team of utilizing the first of its kind real time intra-operative neuromonitoring in spine surgery (Patent awaited)

Dr. Vishwaraj Ratha completed his MBBS from the prestigious KEM Hospital, Mumbai and subsequently trained as a General Surgeon from GMC Nagpur with impeccable academic accomplishments and was a University rank holder. He pursued his dream of being a Neurosurgeon and earned his MCh Neurosurgery with Gold Medal, from Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014.

He pursued as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram.

An academic neurosurgeon, he has to his credit 10 international publications in various reputed journals and has co-authored in 4 Neurosurgery text-books. Online Doctor Appointment – Consult Doctor online for video consultation in chennai.

Pioneered Awake Neurosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia in India

Field of Expertise

Epilepsy surgery and Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Neuro-trauma and rehabilitation
Neuro-cognitive rehabilitation & Neurologic Music therapy

Languages Spoken

English

Awards & Achievements

Awarded Prof. Hakim Best Ophthalmology Student Award
2013 - Best Neurosurgery Resident Award by Bombay Neurosciences Academy
University 1st Rank (Gold Medal) in MCh Neurosurgery, M.U.H.S, Nasik
2014 - WFNS Fellowship at Singapore General Hospital
Skull Base Lab Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh, USA

Talks & Publications

Best Paper Award in NIMACON 2010. Nagpur - “Study of surgical management of Hydatid cyst disease.”
Live Surgery Workshop Of Annual Conference Skull Base Surgery Society Of India 2012 , Mumbai
Best Resident award paper for “Management Of An Unusual Cerebello-pontine angle lesion”, the 11th annual conference of Bombay Neurosciences Association.
“Surgical management of Rathke's cleft cyst”, Skull base surgery society of India annual conference, 2013, Chandigarh.
Live surgical workshop. Use of 5-ALA in Glioma Surgery, ASNO 2013, Mumbai.
Delegate - Walter E Dandy Neurosurgical society conference, Kovalam, India 2015
Delegate – Presented 1. Awake Microvascular Decompression: Pushing the envelope; 2. History of MVD: Tribute to Jannetta. NSI CON 2016, Chennai
Poster presentation - “Awake Neurosurgery for Microvascular Decompression: Pushing the envelope”, AANS 2017, Boston
Changing paradigms in the surgical management of brainstem gliomas. Lessons learnt from Prof Nagpal's paper published in 1983. Neurology India, NI Feature: Journey Through The Eons – Commentary, the Year 2019, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page: 20--36

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