Dr K. Arul
Department: Neurosurgery
Designation: Consultant – Neurosurgery
Qualification: M.B.B.S, M.S, F.R.C.S (Ed)
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Dr K. Arul has an overall experience of 27 years and is currently working as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Gleneagles Global Health City. A proficient doctor, he seamlessly manages trauma and non-trauma neurosurgical patients in a busy neurosurgical unit. He has performed several neurosurgical operations on neuro trauma patients and non-trauma patients. He has also assisted in a variety of operations such as CP angle tumours, skull base tumours, and neuro-endoscopic operations, AVM and epilepsy surgery.
He is actively involved in epilepsy surgery program for the past 10 years, including pre-surgical evaluation, major epilepsy surgical procedures and Stereo EEG planning and execution. He has participated in various seminars, training courses, and workshops; and is an esteemed member of the Neurological Society of India Life, Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurological Association of Sri Lanka.
Experience
27 Years of Experience
Experience:
- Present
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gleneagles Global Health City
- 2008 to 2018
Consultant in Neurosurgery at Life line Hospital and Fortis Malar Hospital
- 2005 to 2007
Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital Sri Lanka, Colombo
- 2004 to 2005
Specialist Registrar of Neurosurgery
- 2000 to 2004
Registrar of Neurosurgery
- 1998 to 2000
Registrar in Cardiac Surgery
- 1997 to 1998
Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery
- 1994 to 1996
SHO in General Surgery
Expertise
- Cranial Trauma
- Spinal Trauma
- Congenital Malformations
- CSF Drainage Procedures
- Intracranial Infections
- Spinal Infections
- Cranial Tumours
- Intraventricular Tumours
- Skull Base Tumours
- Degenerative Spinal Diseases
- Neuro Endoscopic Procedures
Publications
- “Thoracotomy and excision of the thoracic disc” by Arul Kanagarajan, Sunil Perera in the Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery.
- “Trans-sternal approach for vertebrectomy and fusion of upper thoracic vertebrae in spinal tuberculosis” by Arul Kanagarajan, Sunil Perera in The British Journal of Neurosurgery.
- “Case report: Aneurysm of the internal carotid artery masquerading as sphenoid sinus malignancy” by D A Niriella, Sunil Perera, K Arul and RGM Rathnasiri.
Doctors
Dr Selvakumar Malleeswaran
MBBS, MD (PGI, Chandigarh), DNB (Anaesthesia), European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Sreenivasan V
MBBS, DNB, DTCD(IDCCM), Fellow in HIV medicine and Diploma in Diabetology
