Dr. Priyamvadha K

Dr. Priyamvadha is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine surgeon working with Manipal Hospitals at Whitefield, Bangalore, India with an experience spanning 10 years. After her graduation in MBBS from the prestigious PSG Medical college, Coimbatore under the auspices of The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, she was determined to take up the tough and challenging speciality of neurosurgery and make a difference to the lives of people challenged by complex neurosurgical problems. She first completed her MS degree in General Surgery at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 2006. Further to that, she worked as a Senior Resident Surgeon in Emergency and Trauma in the Department of Neurosurgery at AIIMS, New Delhi for a span of 6 months. Her dedication for professional training in Neurosurgery brought her back to the apex tertiary institute of neurosurgery in India, PGIMER Chandigarh and she honed her skills and qualified as a Neurosurgeon at PGIMER , Chandigarh and cleared the M.Ch Neurosurgery examination in 2009. Subsequent to her stints at PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS,Delhi, she has worked with tertiary multi-speciality hospitals like Fortis Healthcare and Max Healthcare in her previous assignments. She also attended a Visiting Neurosurgeon Training Programme at Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan in the year 2012 to acquire more specialised skills. Subsequently, she successfully completed a Fellowship in Endoscopic Brain and Spine surgery at Jabalpur Medical College, Jabalpur, India in 2013. She has travelled to several countries like Japan, Scotland and Kazakhstan and participated in International conferences and presented her research papers. She has published about nine articles in International and National Neurosurgery Journals. Her latest training programme is the European Course in the field of Minimally Invasive Neurotherapy for Brain Aneurysms at St Anne's College, Oxford University, U.K.Her main areas of expertise include Brain Tumours, Spine Tumours, Intervertebral Disc Prolapse, Brain Hemorrhage, Spinal Instrumentation, Pediatric Brain tumours and Injury to Brain & Spine. She has been felicitated as "Rising Star" in Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery at the Times of India Healthcare Achievers Summit in December 2019