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Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

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50 Years of Experience
Neurosurgeon
SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani, Chennai
MBBS, MS, M.Ch
Reg. No.:25959, Tamil Nadu Medical Council
Avestan, Javanese, Icelandic, Hausa, Telugu

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About Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • Dr. K. R. Suresh Bapu is a neurosurgeon with over 49 years of clinical experience.
  • His area of expertise is microneurosurgery of brain tumors, aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
  • Procedures such as endoscopic excision of the colloid cyst, endoscopic surgery for pituitary and skull base tumors, total excision of cerebello-pontine angle tumors with preservation of facial nerve, microsurgical excision of spinal cord tumors, neuronavigation and neurophysiologic monitoring during awake procedures for the surgical treatment of low-grade glioma in the eloquent brain, and epilepsy surgery are his forte,
  • Dr. Suresh Bapu completed his medical education at Madurai Medical College, obtaining his MBBS, MS in General Surgery, and MCh in Neurosurgery.
  • To enhance his skills and knowledge, he underwent training for microneurosurgery in Zurich, Switzerland, and completed several special training programs in neurosurgery at reputed institutions in the USA and Japan.
  • Dr. Suresh Bapu was the one to introduce microneurosurgery in South Tamil Nadu and became the first neurosurgeon to perform an STA-MCA anastomosis in South Tamil Nadu in 1984.
  • As a passionate academic, he is involved in educating and training neurosurgery students. The MGR Medical University, Chennai, awarded him the Best Teacher Award for his contributions.
  • A highly sought-after speaker, he has been invited to deliver lectures at international and national conferences in Washington, DC, Boston, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, etc.
  • His research prowess is apparent with his many publications in renowned journals such as the Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care and the Indian Journal of Neurotrauma.
  • Dr. Suresh Bapu is a member of esteemed organizations such as the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Neuro Spinal Surgeons Association of India (NSSA).

Awards of Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • Best Outgoing Student, Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu, 1973
  • Best Teacher Award, MGR Medical University, Chennai

Certificates of Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • Training for Microneurosurgery, Zurich, Switzerland, 1982
  • Special Training Program for Neurosurgery, USA
  • Special Training Program for Neurosurgery, Japan

Paper Published by Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • Gopinathan Nair, A., Bassi, S. R., Olma Noronha, V., Moodambikana, K., & Suresh Bapu, K. R. (2011). What Comes Down Must Go Up—Chiasmal Prolapse: A Field Report. Neuro-ophthalmology, 35(4), 214-218.
  • Patel, P., Kalyanaraman, S., Reginald, J., Natarajan, P., Ganapathy, K., Bapu, K. S., ... & Balamurugan, M. (2005). Post-traumatic cranial nerve injury. Indian Journal of Neurotrauma, 2(01), 27-32.
  • Kumar, V. R., Subramaniam, S. B., Murugan, A. G., & Bapu, K. S. (2017). Endovascular pulmonary artery inflatable balloon-induced hypotension: A novel technique for clipping giant intracranial aneurysms. Neurology India, 65(3), 566-569.
  • Sampath, N., Subramaniam, S., Sankaran, V., Kumar, R., & KR, S. B. (2016). Brainstem auditory evoked potentials for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, 3(04), S1-S3.
  • Mohan, B., Bapu, S., Mahapatra, R. K., & Lakshmanan, M. (2020). A rare presentation of solitary pineal region metastasis in a case of lung cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 16(6), 1532-1534.

Experience of Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • Additional Professor of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai
  • Visiting Consultant, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai

Education of Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • MBBS, Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu, 1975
  • MS, General Surgery, Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu, 1984
  • MCh, Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu, 1984

Membership of Dr. K R Suresh Bapu

  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
  • Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
  • Neuro Spinal Surgeons Association of India (NSSA)
  • Spinal Cord Society of India
  • Indian Medical Association (IMA)

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