Faculty Profile

Dr. Arunnath K

Assistant Professor
  • Qualification
    MBBS
    Calicut Medical College - 2015

    MCh
    Neurosurgery from AIIMS New Delhi - 2022

    PDF
    Neurovascular Intervention from National Board Of Examinations In Medical Sciences - 2024

  • Area of Interest
    Area of Interest Diseases / Conditions Procedures / Interventions
    Head Injury / Neurotrauma - Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH)- Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH)- Extradural hematoma- Contusion / intracerebral hematoma- Diffuse axonal injury- Depressed or compound skull fracture with CSF leak - Burr hole evacuation- Craniotomy and evacuation- Decompressive craniectomy- ICP monitoring- Repair of dural tear / fracture- Middle Meningeal Artery (MMA) embolization for CSDH
    Spinal Injury / Spinal Disorders - Cervical / thoracic / lumbar fracture–dislocation- Traumatic spinal cord injury- Degenerative disc disease- Spondylolisthesis- Spinal canal stenosis- Spinal tumors - Spinal fixation (anterior / posterior)- Laminectomy / laminoplasty- Discectomy / microdiscectomy- Pedicle screw fixation- Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty
    Malignancies of Brain & Spine - Glioblastoma multiforme- Astrocytoma- Oligodendroglioma- Meningioma- Ependymoma- Medulloblastoma- Metastatic brain / spine lesions - Craniotomy and tumor excision- Stereotactic biopsy- Awake craniotomy- Neuronavigation-guided resection- Spinal tumor excision / stabilization
    Deep Brain & Functional Neurosurgery - Parkinson’s disease- Essential tremor- Dystonia- Epilepsy- Chronic pain syndromes- Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)- Thalamotomy / pallidotomy- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)- Stereotactic lesioning
    Endovascular Neurosurgery / Neurovascular Interventions - Acute ischemic stroke- Intracranial aneurysm- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)- Dural AV fistula- Carotid-cavernous fistula- Carotid / vertebral stenosis- Cerebral venous thrombosis-Venous thombectomy - Mechanical thrombectomy- Intra-arterial thrombolysis- Aneurysm coiling / stent-assisted coiling- Flow diverter placement- AVM / dAVF embolization- Carotid / vertebral artery stenting- Venous sinus stenting- MMA embolization for chronic SDH
    Pediatric Neurosurgery - Congenital hydrocephalus- Myelomeningocele- Encephalocele- Craniosynostosis- Pediatric brain tumors - VP shunt / ETV- Myelomeningocele repair- Cranial vault remodeling- Tumor excision
    CSF Disorders & Infections - Hydrocephalus- Pseudotumor cerebri- Brain abscess- Subdural empyema- Ventriculitis - VP / VA shunt- ETV- Burr hole drainage- Ommaya reservoir placement
    Peripheral Nerve Surgery - Brachial plexus injury- Nerve sheath tumors- Carpal tunnel syndrome- Ulnar nerve entrapment - Nerve repair / graft- Neurolysis- Nerve transfer- Tumor excision
  • Experience
    • House Surgeon - Govermenment Medical college Calicut - 2015
    • Fellow - Clinical Observership - Department of Neurointervention , Karolinska University hospital , Stockholm ,Sweden - March 2024
    • Senior Resident - Clinical Observership- Department of Neurosurgery , Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum - october 2022
    • Fellow neurovascular intervention - National Board Of Examinations In Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 2024-2025
    • Senior Resident - All India Institute of Medical sciences ,New Delhi - 2020-2023
    • Junior Resident - All India Institute of Medical sciences ,New Delhi - 2017-2019
  • Awards / Achievements
  • Publications
    • Kalappuraikkal A, Thomas J. P032 Fusiform anuerysm of basilar artery -an illustrative case. In: Abstracts [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2024 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A40–1.
    • Thomas J, Arunnath K. P113 Sinus protection- a novel approach in treating Dural AV Fistulas transarterially. In: Abstracts [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2024 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A95–A95.
    • Goyal S, Pandey K, Kalappuraikkal A, Bora SK, Narwal A, Gupta D. Metastatic Cervicomedullary Lesion in the Postpartum Period: A Case-Based Review of CNS Metastases in Pregnancy and Postpartum Period. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2025 May 29;s-0045-1809362.
    • Kalappuraikkal A, Goyal S, Meena RK. Fatal orbital penetrating injury complicated by contralateral internal carotid artery thrombosis and fungal meningitis: A case report. JNRP. 2025 Sept 30;0:1–4.
    • Thomas J, Srivastava T, Kalappuraikkal A. P101 Aneurysm originating from embyological variant primitive lateral basiloveertebral anastamosis. In: Abstracts [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2024 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A89.2-A90
    • Kalappuraikkal A, Thomas J. A244 Ethical considerations in implementing ai in neurointerventional surgery. In: 2 Artificial intelligence – 25 Ethical considerations in artificial intelligence in healthcare [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2025 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A44.2-A44
    • Thomas J, Kalappuraikkal A. A199 Basilar artery stenting-how and when? In: 8 Ischemic stroke – 85 Role of intracranial stenosis in ischemic stroke management [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2025 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A98.2-A99.
    • Kalappuraikkal A, Thomas J. P070 Navigating the venous route: transvenous embolization for complex arteriovenous malformations. In: Abstracts [Internet]. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; 2024 [cited 2025 Oct 6]. p. A71.2-A72.