Lecturers

National & International

1993

1. "Cervical and Lumbar Disc Disease" Lecture delivered at the  meeting of the Indian Medical Association, Udumalpet, October, 1993.
2. "New techniques in Neurosurgery" - Lecture delivered at the meeting of the Indian Medical Association, Udumalpet, October 1993.

1996

3. “Experience with Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine".   Presented at the II International Course on  Spinal Surgery, Coimbatore, January 1996.
4. "Anterior Stabilisation of the Cervical Spine" - K Sridhar. Invited Speaker in the CME on Injuries of the Cervical Spine, Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, February 1996, Madras.

1998

5. "Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine" Guest Lecture at the III International Course on Spinal Surgery and Workshop on Spinal Stabilisation Systems. Coimbatore, August 1998.
6. "Role of Hyperventilation in Head Injuries". Guest Lecture in the Symposium on "Recent Advances in Head Injury Management". National Neurotrauma Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Indore, August 1998.

1999

7. "Management of Swan neck deformity of the Cervical Spine" Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Association of Spinal Surgeons of India, Hyderabad, January 1999
8. “Ossification of the Posterior longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical spine” CME Programme of the Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Hyderabad, 1999
9. “Spinal instrumentation in pediatric population” How I do it Session of the Annual meeting of the Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hyderabad,

2000

10. “Anterior Decompressive Surgery for Cervical OPLL” I International Clinic of Neurological Surgery, New Delhi October 2000.
11. “Multicompartment Trigeminal Schwannomas” II Annual Conference of the Skull Base Surgery Society of India, Lucknow, October 2000.
12. “Neurosurgery in India” Special Poster Session at the 49^th Annual Conference of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Fukuoka, Japan October, 2000.
13. “Spinal Injuries – recognition and management” IMA Lecture, Madras, 2000.

2001

14. “Anterior Stabilisation of the Cervical Spine—Advantages and Pitfalls” – Symposium on Cervical Fusion at the Annual Conference of the Association of Spinal Surgeons of India, New Delhi, January 2001.
15. “Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy without fusion” Controversy Session at the Annual Conference of the Association of Spinal Surgeons of India, New Delhi, January 2001.
16. “Surgery for OPLL of the cervical spine” at the International Spine conference, Mumbai , February 2001.
17. “Transclavicular approach to the upper thoracic vertebra” Spine 2001, Kodaikanal
18. “Microsurgery for gliomas” – II International Clinic of Neurological Surgery, October 2001, New Delhi.

2002

19. “Spinal Surgery – a peep into the future” at the Seminar on “Neurosciences a look into the Future” 26^th Janurary, 2002, Chennai.
20. “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and the Neurosurgeon”. At the CME programme organised by Maruthi Hospitals, Tiruchirapalli, February, 2002.
21. Faculty Member, Master Spine 2002, organized by the Advanced Spine Research Foundation, Goa, March 2002.
22. “Lower Cranial Nerve Schwannomas” Invited Guest Lecture, 4^th Annual Conference of the Skull Base Suregry Society of India, Trivandrum, September 2002
23. “Cervical OPLL- an Indian Perspective” Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Hong Kong, November 2002

2003

25. Critical Discussant: Trigeminal Neuralgia, CME Programme of the Annual conference of the Neurological Society of India, December 2003, Kochi
26. “Spinal Surgery in India” Special Invited Lecturer at the Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan, February 2003
27. “Cervical OPLL in India” at the First Japan India Neurosurgical Conference, February 2003, Nagoya, Japan.
28. “Tumours at the Craniocervical junction” Guest Lecture at the III Indo-Japanese Neurosugical Conference, Mumbai March 2003
29. “Anterior approach to the Cervical Spine” K G Hospital Endowment Lecture 2003, K G Hospital, Coimbatore, July 2003
30. “Management of fracture dislocations at the cervico-thoracic junction” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Neurotrauma Society of India, Pune, August 2003
31. “Subtemporal approach to lesions of the Middle Cranial fossa Base” Guest Lecture, 5^th Annual conference of the Skull Base Surgery Society of India, Bangalore, September 2003.

2004  

32. “Management of Spinal Tuberculosis” Lecture at the 5^th Asian Conference of Neurological Surgery, Jakarta, January 2004
33. “Surgery for Acoustic Schwannomas” Lecture at the 5^th Asian Conference of Neurological Surgery, Jakarta, January 2004
34. “Management of lesions at the Foramen Magnum” Invited Lecture at the 2^nd International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurological Surgery, Dhaka, February 2004
35. “Anterior Cervical Instrumantation – Pitfalls and Complications” Invited Lecture at the 2^nd International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurological Surgery, Dhaka, February 2004
36. “ Surgery for Trigeminal Schwannomas” Invited Lecture at the 2^nd International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurological Surgery, Dhaka, February 2004
37. “Surgery for Cervical OPLL” Invited Lecture at the 2^nd International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurological Surgery, Dhaka, February 2004
38. “ Surgery for Brain Stem Lesions” Invited Lecture at the 2^nd International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurological Surgery, Dhaka, February 2004
39. “Complex Spinal Pathologies –Management Strategies” Invited Guest lecture at the International Neurosurgical Conference, Muscat, March 2004
40. “Surgery for Thoraco-lumbar Tuberculosis” – symposium of Management of Spinal Tuberculosis. International Spine Conference, Ootacamund, June 2004.
41. “Surgery for Trigeminal Schwannomas” Invited Lecture at the First Far Eastern Russian International Conference, Khabarovsk, Russia, September 2004.
42. “Complication Avoidance in Meningioma Surgery” Invited Lecture at the First Far Eastern Russian International Conference, Khabarovsk, Russia, September 2004.

43. “Spinal Stabilisation in Children” Invited Lecture, 15^th Annual conference of the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chennai , October 2004
44. “ Surgery for Cervical OPLL” Invited Lecture, Second International Course on Spinal Surgery, New Delhi, October 2004
45. “Complication Avoidance in Meningioma Surgery” Invited Lecture at the World Federation of Neurological Surgery Tumour Meeting, Jaipur, October 2004.

2005

46. “Neurosurgery Today” IMA meeting Kanchipuram branch, Kanchipuram, June

          2005

47. “Trigeminal Schwannomas – Evolution of Surgical Technics over two decades” Guest Lecture at the II Russian American Joint Education Symposium, St Petersburg, Russia, August 2005
48. “Surgical Techniques for Spinal Tumours” Guest Lecture at the II Russian American Joint Education Symposium, St Petersburg, Russia, August 2005

49. “CT Angiography and its role in the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of CerebroVascular Disorders, Bangalore, September 2005.
50. “Lesions of the Cavernous Sinus: Surgical Strategies” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Skull Base Surgey Society of India, Kochi, October 2005.

2006

51. “Surgery for Brain Stem Lesions: Strategies in a Developing Country” Guest Lecture at the Asian Conference of Neurological Surgery, Mumbai, January 2006
52. “Surgery for Lesions of the Cavernous sinus” Guest Lecture at the III National Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2006.
53. “CT Angiography in the Preoperative Management of Intracranial aneurysms” Guest Lecture at the III National Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2006.
54. “Surgical Possibilities in Brain Stem lesions” Guest Lecture at the III National Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2006.
55. “Anterior Approach to the Cervico-thoracic Region” Guest Lecture at the Spine Today 2006, Coimbatore, 25^th& 26^th June 2006.
56. “Contoured Rods and Wires at C1-C2” Guest Lecture at the Spine Today 2006, Coimbatore, 25^th& 26^th June 2006.

2007

57. “Recent Advances in Spinal Surgery” Plenary Session Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia, 7-9 June, 2007, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia
58. “Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Corpectomy” Lecture at CME programme of the West Bengal Orthopedic Association, 7^th July 2007, Kolkata
59. “Management issues in the treatment of Non-traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery, 14^th-16^th September 2007, Trivandrum
60. “ Management of Brain Tumours” Guest lecture at the Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, 4^th November, Kolkata
61. “Management of Spinal Tuberculosis” Guest Lecture at the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgery, November, Nagoya, Japan

2008

62. “Surgery for Foramen Magnum Tumors” Guest Lecture at the Park Clinic Update, 23^rd – 24^th February, Kolkata
63. “Surgery for Spinal Injury” Guest Speakerat the CME programe organized by the Medical Deprtament IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur, 20^th-21^st September
64. “Kissing Aneurysms” Video Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery, 12-14 October , Kolkata
65. “ Surgery for Posterior Fossa Meningiomas” Guest Lecture at the CME programme of the Annual Conference of the Association of Neuro-scientists of Eastern India, 28^th-30^th November, Patna
66. “Anterior Trans-clavicular approach to the Cervico-thoracic junction” Video

            presentation at the Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India

            Pune , 17-10 December 2008,

2009

66. “Surgery for Malignant Brain Tumours” Guest Lecture at the Neuro-oncology

          CME, Guwahati, 10^th January 2009.

67. “ Medical Management of High Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” Breakfast Seminar at WFNS 2009, Boston, Aug – Sept 2009.
68. “ Economics of Spinal Surgery” Main topic Session at the WFNS 2009, Boston, Aug – Sept 2009.
69. “ Kissing Aneurysms” Video Session at the International conference of Cerebrovascular Surgery, November 2009, Nagoya, Japan.

2010

70. “Pediatric Pituitary Adenomas” Guest Faculty in the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Bangalore, January 10-14, 2010
71. “Subfrontal Approach to Suprasellar Lesions” Guest Faculty in the Asian Australasian Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Bangalore, January 10-14, 2010
72. “Problems in the Management of Kissing Aneurysms”. Guest Lecture at the 5^th International Congress of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons. Dhaka, April 22-24, 2010.
73. “Difficult Pathologies at the Cervico-medullary Junction” Guest Lecture at the 5^th International Congress of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons. Dhaka, April 22-24, 2010.
74. “Approach to the Vertebral bodies at the Cervico-thoracic Junction: Surgical Technique” Guest Lecture at the 5^th International Congress of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons. Dhaka, April 22-24, 2010.
75. “Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis of the Spine” Guest Lecture at the 1^st WFNS-ICASS and 14^th ICSM, Bali, Indonesia, June 2010.
76. “Cervical Corpectomy for Spondylotic Myelopathy” Guest Lecture at the 1^st WFNS-ICASS and 14^th ICSM, Bali, Indonesia, June 2010.
77. “ Classification of Spinal Tumours” Guest Lecture at the 1^st WFNS-ICASS and 14^th ICSM, Bali, Indonesia, June 2010.

2011

78. “Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spinal Tumors” Faculty Lecture at the International Neurosurgery Update , Mumbai, May 2011
79. “ Cervical Corpectomy” Faculty Lecture and Instructor at the WFNS Spine Cadaver Workshop, Mumbai, June 2011.
80. “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” Guest Lecture at Neurocon2011 organised by Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, October 2011
81. “Brain Hemorrhage: What must we do?” Guest Lecture at the CME program of the IMA Ponnamallee High Road Branch, November 2011
82. “Difficult Spinal Problems” Guest Lecture at the Clinical Society Meeting of the National Hospital Orthopedic Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2011
83. “Lumbar Arthroplasty: against the motion” Invited Speaker at the CME program of the Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Bangalore, December 2011

2013

84. “Management of Tumours of the Eloquent areas of the Brain” Invited speaker at the International Meeting of Physicians, Mandaley, Burma, September 2013
85. “ Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury” Invited Speaker at the Neuro Critical Care Master Class, Chennai November 2013
86. “ Rationale ofAnterior vs Posterior Approach for Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy”, Invited Speaker at Symposium of the Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Mumbai Dec 2013

2014

87. “ Orbital Tumors: How I do it” Invited faculty at the Walter E Dandy Educational Course, Chennai , January 2014
88. “Neurosurgery: the Agony and the Ecstacy” Prof Rajaratinam Oration at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Branch of the India Medical Association, August 2014, Karaikudi

2015

89. “Principles of Brain Stem Surgery” Guest Lecture at Kochi Neuro Club
90. “Lessons learnt in 25 years of Neurosurgery” Guest Lecture at Vizag Neuro Club
91. “ Surgical Strategies in the management of Spinal Schwannomas” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of NSSA, Goa, September 2015
92. “Lessons Learnt in 25 years of Neurosurgery” Guest lecture at the Annual Conference of the Batticaloa Medical Association, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, August 2015

2016

93. “Brain Stem Lesions: Choosing the right patient” Guest Lecture at the International Neurosurgical Update , Mumbai
94. “Aggressive Vertebral Heamangiomas” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Neuro Spinal Surgeons Association, Kolkata
95. “Lipomyelomeningoceles” Guest Lecture at the ISPN CME Course at Yangon, Myanmar, November 5-6, 2016
96. “Case Discussion on Hydrocephalus” Guest Lecture at the ISPN CME Course at Yangon, Myanmar, November 5-6, 2016
97. “Brain Stem Lesions- surgical strategies” Guest Lecture at the ISPN CME Course at Yangon, Myanmar, November 5-6, 2016

2017

98. Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Neuro Surgeons Society of India, Chandigarh, February 2017
99. Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Neuro Surgeons Society of India, Chandigarh, February 2017
100. “Embolisation in a Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastoma” Lecture at the International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery, Mumbai, March 2017
101. “Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery- possibilities” Lecture at the Kandy School of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, March 2017
102. “Brain Stem Lesions- Choosing the right patient for surgery” Guest Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Neuro Association, Ghaziabad, NCR, March 2017
103. “First two decades of Neurosurgery in Madras” Guest Lecture at the Inaugural Conference of the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Association of Neurosurgeons, Pondicherry, April 2017
104. “Management of Extra-foraminal Spinal Schwannomas” Guest Lecture at the Dr Ramani’s Spine Masters Course, Mumbai April 2017
105. “Retroperitoneal and Trans Pleural Approaches to the Spine” Guest Lecture at the Dr Ramani’s Spine Masters Course, Mumbai April 2017
106. “Brain Stem Lesions- Choosing the right patient for surgery” Guest lecture at the Annual Conference of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Neuroscientists meet, Nellore, June 2017
107. “Brain Stem Lesions- Choosing the right patient for surgery” Madurai Neurosurgery Society Meeting, Madurai, September 2017
108. “Myelopathy and Cervical OPLL” Guest lecture at the SPINE 2017, Annual meeting of the NSSA, Kolkata, October 2017
109. “Establishing Private Practice in Spine” Guest lecture at the Spine Boot Camp, Chennai, November 2017
110. Panel Discussion on the Future of Health Care – organized by Apollo Hospitals, November 2017, Chennai
111. “Management of Brain Stem Tumours” Guest lecture at the MASSIN, Montenegro, October 2017.
112. “Present and Future in Neurosurgery” Guest lecture at the Annual State Conference of the Indian Medical Association, Nagercoil, December 2017

2018

113. “Brain Stem Surgery” Guest lecture at the Karnataka Neuroscientists Association 26-27 January 2018, Hubbali
114. “Spina Bifida – The Problem” Guest lecture at the Conference on Disability organized by NIEPMD, SRM campus, Katankalattur, Chennai
115. “Devastating Head Injury: are we being nihilistic?” Guest lecture at the Indo Japan Meeting, Hyderabad, March 2018
116. “Aggressive Heamgiomas of the Spine” Guest lecture at the International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2018
117. “Brain Stem Surgery” Guest lecture at the International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2018
118. “Microvascular Decompression – Complication avoidance” Guest lecture at the International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons, Dhaka, March 2018
119. “Decision Making in Aneurysm Surgery” Guest lecture at the Ginde Oration symposium on Aneurysm Surgery, March 2018
120. “Devastating Head Injury: are we being nihilistic?” Guest lecture at the International Neurosurgery Update – curtain raiser for the NSICON-AASAN meeting, Agra, April 2018
121. “Role of DTI in the management of intra-axial Brain tumours” Guest lecture at the International Neurosurgery Update, Mumbai, June 2018
122. Faculty at Hands-on workshop at the TANS Educational Course, Chennai June 2018
123. Coordinator and Chairperson, ISNO Cheenai Chapter meeting, August 2018
124. “Dural Reconstruction” Guest Lecture, Coimbatore , August 2018
125. Faculty, Neurovascular Hands-0n Workshp, Neurovascon 2018, Chennai, September 2018
126. “Surgery for Medullary Cavernoma” Video lecture, Neurovascon, Chennai September 2018
127. “Giant Spinal Schwannomas of the Cervical Spine- Technical nuances” Lecture at the Asia Pacific Cervical Spine Society Conference, New Delhi, November 2018
128. Faculty and Course Director, Hands-on Microvascular Course at the Ethicon Institute, Chennai, November 2018
129. Faculty and Course Director, Hands-on Microvascular and Fibre Dissection course, M S Ramaiah Institute of Advanced Learning, Bangalore, December 2018
130. “Surgery for Medullary Cavernoma” Video lecture, Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Jaipur, December 2018