AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Brain Tumour Surgery, Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery, Stereotactic Radio surgery, Paediatric Neurosurgery

TREATMENTS/PROCEDURES OFFERED:

Brain Tumours, Craniovertebral Junction abnormalities, Epilepsy, Head injury, Pituitary tumours, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Pediatric brain tumours and Hydrocephalus, Minimal Invasive Spine surgery, Spine tumours, Spinal Dysraphism, Trigeminal Neuralgia

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• • FRCS (Neurosurgery), Intercollegiate Specialty board in Neurosurgery, UK; October 2006
  • FRCS (General Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; October 1998
  • Master of Surgery (General Surgery), University of Goa, India; July 1997
  • Diplomate in National Board (General Surgery), National Board of Examinations, India; December 1997
  • MBBS, Bangalore University, India; January 1991

FELLOWSHIPS:

• • Minimal Invasive Spine surgery, United Kingdom
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery, United Kingdom

• Gold Medallist in ENT in MBBS
• Gold medallist in MS (General Surgery) exam
• Awarded Best Neurosurgical Trainee in Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Dr. Abhaya Kumar has operated over 5000 cases in the last 11 years at KDAH. Of these 2200 have been Spine cases and 2800 are brain cases.

He is one of the few neurosurgeons who have expertise in treating both Brain and Spine cases.

He has done more than 1500 Minimal Invasive spine cases in last 11 years with a success rate of 96%. Conversion to open surgery was needed in only 2% of cases. Kokilaben Hospital is one of few centres in Mumbai offering full-fledged Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery services using Tubular retractors, Endoscopy and O-arm.

Minimal Invasive spine procedures done include:

• Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy & Lumbar Micro Decompression.
• Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy
• Minimally Invasive Lumbar TLIF
• Cervical Microforaminotomy
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty
• Spinal Tumours

He has successfully treated more than 150 cases of Craniovertebral Junction anomalies. He has operated on around 1800 cases of Brain Tumours and over 240 cases of Spinal Cord Tumours, regularly using Intraoperative MRI (IMRIS), Neuro navigation, Stereotaxy and Neuroendoscopy

His success rate for brain tumours is 90% with residual tumour in only 10% of patients. This is comparable with international benchmarks. The overall complication rate is 3%-5% (Benchmark 5%-8%)

He has done more than 300 Awake Neurosurgery.

Neuroendoscopy is been used for Pituitary tumors,Hydrocephalus,Colloid cyst and Intraventricular tumors

He has also treated successfully more than 300 cases of Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgiawith a success rate of 98%.

The three main surgical treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia, which are offered at Kokilaben Hospital are:

• Microvascular Decompression of the Trigeminal Nerve
• Radiofrequency Ablation of the Trigeminal Nerve
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia

We are the only centre in Mumbai, which is able to provide the entire range of treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia patients.

As part of the Stroke Team, he has provided surgical treatment for more than 500 Ischemic and Haemorrhagic Stroke patients. As a part of Epilepsy team, he has done more than 150 surgeries for medically refractory epilepsy. As a part of movement disorder team, he has done more than 100 Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

• Gold medallist in MS (General Surgery) exam
• Trained in Neurosurgery at Institute of Neurosciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

PUBLICATIONS:

• Clinical Study And Management Of Ureteric Calculi  In Goa.
  This is been published in the Goa university newsletter. This was the topic for my dissertation for MS [General Surgery] degree at Goa Medical College, India.
• I was the part of the team involved in STICH trial at Newcastle General Hospital,UK.
  This trial was published in STROKE journal.
• Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Unilateral Limb Pain Syndromes
  Abhaya Kumar, Catriona Felderhof, M. Sam Eljamel. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2003;81:70-74
• Vagal Nerve stimulation for medically intractable epilepsy-Dundee experience with 17 patients
  Kumar, Sam Eljamel, R.Roberts British Journal of Neurosurgery 2003; 17(1):95-96
• Simultaneous living donor liver transplant with sleeve gastrectomy for metabolic syndrome and NASH-related ESLD—Indian journal of Gastroenterology  
• Treatment of Elizabeth king in meningoseptica Neonatal Meningitis with Combination Systemic and Intraventricular Therapy -The Indian Journal of Pediatrics.
• Neuroschistosomiasis: An Unusual Intracranial Space Occupying Lesion-Indian Pediatrics
• Dosimetric Comparison of 6 MV flattening filter free and 6 MV   stereotactic Radiosurgery beam using 4 mm conical collimator for Trigeminal Neurlagia Radiosurgery- Journal of Radiation protection and Research.
• Successful treatment of C. auris shunt infection with intraventricular caspofungin

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Walter E Dandy Neurosurgical Society, USA 
• Congress of Neurological surgeons, USA 
• Neurological Society of India 
• World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 
• Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai, India 
• Bombay Neurosciences Association, Mumbai, India 
• Minimal Invasive Spine Society of Bharat.
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India.
• Neuro-spine Society of India(NSICON)
• North American Spine Society, USA(NASS)
• Maharashtra Chapter of Neurological Surgeons, India(MCNS)

• MUKESH MEHTA

  I want to write to you to say how grateful I am to you and your team for giving my brother a fresh lease of life.

  I haven’t seen god but I have met them in your hospital in the form of your team, who are risking their lives.

• ALEX MACHANGA, FATHER OF GILBERT ALWANDA

  Hi I am Alex Machanga, the father of Gilbert Alwanda who was there for surgery.

  I just want congratulate all the doctors of Hospital for the good job you did to my son.