Dr. Vishakha Basavraj Karpe is a highly skilled Senior Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon with over a decade of experience, including extensive exclusive practice in pediatric neurosurgery. She is among the few neurosurgeons in India dedicated comprehensively to managing complex neurosurgical conditions in children. Known for her ethical practice and compassionate approach, she emphasizes detailed parental counselling alongside precise surgical care. Dr. Karpe is widely respected for delivering holistic, protocol-driven neurosurgical treatment with excellent clinical outcomes.

Educational Qualification

• MBBS – Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
• DNB (General Surgery) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• Neurosurgical training – AIIMS, New Delhi
• MCh (Neurosurgery) – IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata
• MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
• Fellowship in Neuro-Endoscopy – Jabalpur (Advanced Endoscopic Neurosurgery Training)

Professional Experience

• Senior Consultant – Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad
• Over 10 years of neurosurgical experience with exclusive focus on pediatric neurosurgery
• Extensive experience managing complex congenital and acquired pediatric neurosurgical conditions
• Actively involved in perioperative planning, parental counselling, and long-term postoperative care

Awards & Achievements

• Prof. Venkateshan Award for highest score and distinction in Pediatrics during MBBS
• University Topper – MCh Neurosurgery Examination
• Best Outgoing Student – MCh Neurosurgery
• Winner, Neuroquiz – NSICON 2013

Professional Memberships:

• International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
• Neurological Society of India (NSI)
• Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (INDSPN)
• Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI)

Presentations:

• Multimodal intraoperative monitoring for tethered cord surgery in spinal dysraphism – Our experience
  2nd Meeting of the Young Neurosurgeon’s Forum, Neurological Society of India (NSI-YFNCON), June 2023
• Endoscopic ventricular lavage in the treatment of ventriculitis and its outcomes
  Interim Meeting of the International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE), October 2022, Hyderabad
• Surgical management of non-syndromic and syndromic craniosynostosis – Case series of 64 patients
  Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (INDSPNCON), February 2020, Kolkata
• Clinicopathological study of intracranial abscesses in children
  15th World Congress of Neurosurgery (WFNS), September 2013, Seoul, South Korea
• Orbital tumors through a neurosurgeon’s vision – Study of clinicopathological profile and surgical management
  62nd Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India (NEUROCON), December 2013, Mumbai
• Cervicodorsal chronic spinal subdural hematoma mimicking intradural lipoma in a young child – A rare case
  61st Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India (NEUROCON), December 2012, New Delhi

Research & Publications:

• Vishakha Karpe, S. Majhi, Tapan Patra et al.
  Post traumatic basal ganglia infarction in children: Case series
  Indian Medical Journal, Feb–Mar 2013; 128–130
• Mrudul Bhatjiwale, Vishakha Karpe, Suchanda Bhattacharjee et al.
  Controversies and consensus in the management of hydrocephalus in infants
  Current Practice in Neurosciences, Neurology India, May–June 2022; Volume 4, Issue 3