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 Murugu Sundara Pandian
M.S (General Surgery), MBBS, M.Ch. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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
