Dr. Laxminadh Sivaraju is a Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery with 18 years of experience in the diagnosis and surgical management of complex brain and spine disorders. His clinical practice encompasses a wide range of cranial and spinal procedures, with a focus on advanced surgical techniques, minimally invasive approaches and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. He has contributed to neurosurgical research through presentations and publications covering brain tumours, spinal disorders, skull base surgery and craniovertebral junction conditions. Fluent in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali, he provides patient-centred neurosurgical care focused on neurological and functional outcomes.

Educational Qualification:

• MBBS – Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
• MCh (Neurosurgery) – Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – Epilepsy & Neurosurgery, CARE Hospitals, HITEC City, Hyderabad.
• Experienced in the diagnosis and surgical management of complex brain and spine disorders.
• Expertise in advanced cranial and spinal procedures, including minimally invasive brain and spine surgery.
• Consultant Neurosurgeon – Sri Sathya Sai Hospital, Whitefield, Bengaluru.
• Consultant Neurosurgeon – Continental Hospital, Hyderabad.

Awards and Achievements:

• Rajyapuraskar Award – Bharat Scouts and Guides, 1994.
• National Cadet Corps “A” Certificate with Cadet Rank.
• Certificate of Merit for State 7th Rank in X Class, Andhra Pradesh.
• 36th Rank in EAMCET, Andhra Pradesh.
• 2nd Place in the Neurosurgery Postgraduates Mock Test conducted by the Neurological Society of India at CMC Vellore, 2012.
• Best Paper in Neurosurgery – 65th Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, 2016, for “The ‘Worse is Better’ Radiological Paradigm in Chiari Type 1 Malformation: A Prediction Model Analysis.”

Professional Memberships:

• Neurological Society of India (NSI)
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
• Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ISNO)
• Neuro-Spinal Surgeons Association of India (NSSA)
• Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (INDSPN)
• Skull Base Society of India (SBSSI)

Research and Presentations:

• Presented research on craniovertebral junction realignment surgery with foramen magnum decompression for basilar invagination with syringomyelia at the Neurospinal Surgeons Association conference, Bengaluru, 2011.
• Presented research on vertebral artery anatomy in craniovertebral junction anomalies at NSICON 2013, Mumbai.
• Presented “Far-lateral inferior suboccipital approach” at the Skull Base Conference, Puducherry, 2014.
• Presented research on Chiari Type 1 malformation at NSICON 2016, Chennai.
• Presented research on complications following an endoscopic transnasal approach at the ICCN conference, Mumbai, 2017.

Publications:

• Spontaneous indirect CSF rhinorrhea following excision of a giant choroid plexus papilloma of lateral ventricle – Neurology India, 2014.
• Lumbar osteolytic and paraspinal lesions in a young male – The Spine Journal, 2015.
• Dorsal transdural migration of a sequestered intradural lumbar disc – The Spine Journal, 2015.
• Trabeculated thoracic spine lesion with paraparesis – The Spine Journal, 2015.
• Osteolytic vascular lesion of upper cervical spine – The Spine Journal, 2015.
• Lumbar pedicle lesion causing radicular pain – The Spine Journal, 2016.
• Primary tentorial liposarcoma – Clinical Neuropathology, 2015.
• A value-based, no-cost-to-patient health model in the developing world: Critical appraisal of a unique patient-centric neurosurgery unit – Surgical Neurology International, 2015.
• Chondroblastoma of sella and anterior cranial fossa base – Clinical Neuropathology, 2016.
• Lumbar paraspinal muscle morphometry and its correlations with demographic and radiological factors in adult isthmic spondylolisthesis – Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016.