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Dr. Abhaya Kumar
Head of Department (HOD)34 Years of Experience
Neurologist
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
MBBS, DNB, MS, MRCS, FRCS, FMIS, Fellowship
Avestan, Javanese, Kikuyu, Danish, Amharic, Tamil
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About Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- Dr. Abhaya Kumar is a leading Neurosurgeon and a Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Expert in Mumbai.
- He has over 33 years of experience and has performed over 8,000 surgeries, including 3,500 spinal procedures and 5,500 brain surgeries to date.
- Dr. Abhaya has conducted over 2,500 minimally invasive spine surgeries, with a 96% success rate. Only 2% of cases required conversion to open surgery.
- He offers comprehensive minimally invasive spine surgery using tubular retractors, endoscopy, and O-arm technology.
- Some of the advanced spinal procedures Dr. Abhaya offers are:
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy & Lumbar Micro Decompression
- Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar TLIF
- Cervical Microforaminotomy
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
- He has successfully treated 300+ cases of craniovertebral junction anomalies.
- Using advanced technologies like intraoperative MRI (IMRIS), neuro-navigation, stereotaxy, and neuroendoscopy, Dr. Abhaya has operated on approximately 3,000 brain tumors and over 500 spinal cord tumors.
- He achieves a 90% success rate in brain tumor surgeries, with residual tumors in only 10% of patients, comparable to international standards. The overall complication rate is 3%-5%, below the benchmark of 5%-8%.
- In his excellent surgical career spanning over three decades, he has performed more than 500 awake neurosurgeries and treated over 500 cases of refractory trigeminal neuralgia with a 98% success rate.
- He utilizes neuroendoscopy for treating pituitary tumors, hydrocephalus, colloid cysts, and intraventricular tumors.
- He offers comprehensive surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia, including:
- Microvascular Decompression
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- As part of the Stroke Team, Dr. Abhaya has provided surgical treatment for over 500 ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients.
- Similarly, as a member of the Epilepsy Team, he has performed over 200 surgeries for medically refractory epilepsy.
- He has conducted over 100 deep brain stimulation procedures for Parkinson’s disease.
- Dr. Abhaya completed his MBBS from Bangalore University, Mumbai, in 1991. Later he pursued a DNB and MS in General Surgery in 1997.
- He also holds an FRCS (General Surgery) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 1998, and an FRCS (Neurosurgery) from the Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK, 2006.
- Dr. Abhaya also did Fellowships in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery from the United Kingdom.
- He has associations with national and international medical societies, such as the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society (USA), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA), the Neurological Society of India, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, and the Minimal Invasive Spine Society of Bharat.
Awards of Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- Gold Medallist in ENT in MBBS
- Gold medallist in MS (General Surgery) exam
- Awarded Best Neurosurgical Trainee in Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
Certificates of Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- Trained in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurosciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Paper Published by Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- Clinical Study And Management Of Ureteric Calculi  In Goa.
- This has been published in the Goa University newsletter. It was the topic for my dissertation for the MS [General Surgery] degree at Goa Medical College, India.
- I was on the team involved in the STICH trial at Newcastle General Hospital, UK.
- This trial was published in the 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 Â
- Treatment of Elizabeth King in meningoseptica Neonatal Meningitis with Combination Systemic and Intraventricular Therapy -The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Â
- 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 Neuralgia Radiosurgery- Journal of Radiation Protection and Research.
- Successful treatment of C. auris shunt infection with intraventricular caspofungin
Education of Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- MBBS, Bangalore University, Mumbai, 1991
- DNB, (General Surgery), National Board of Examinations, 1997
- MS, (General Surgery), University of Goa, 1997
- FRCS (General Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 1998
- FRCS (Neurosurgery), Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK, 2006
- Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, United Kingdom
- Fellowship in Stereotactic Radiosurgery, United Kingdom
Membership of Dr. Abhaya Kumar
- Walter E Dandy Neurosurgical Society, USAÂ
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, USAÂ
- Neurological Society of IndiaÂ
- World Federation of Neurosurgical SocietiesÂ
- Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai, IndiaÂ
- Bombay Neurosciences Association, Mumbai, IndiaÂ
- 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)
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