Dr. Krishna Kumar K.

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Chirurgical (MCh Neurosurgery) SCTIMST;2002 - 2004 .
• Master of Surgery ( M.S General Surgery) University of Kerala;1998 - 2001 .
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.B.B.S University of Kerala;1989 - 1996 .

Professional Record

• Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery SCTIMST Trivandrum, India Sept 2006 - Till date.
• Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi, Ernakulam, India Jan 2005 to September 2006 .
• Neurosurgery resident at SCTIMST ,2002 - 2004.
• Senior Resident in Neurosurgery, AIMS Kochi 2001 June to 2001 Dec.
• Resident in General Surgery 1998 -2001.
• Junior Medical Officer, Dr Govindan's Hospital, Trivandrum, India ,1996-1998.

Honors

• Dr Elizabeth Leela John Memorial Gold Medal for Best Outgoing Resident In General Surgery, Government Medical College, Trivandrum :2001.

Awards

• Best paper award for Deep seated intracranial pyogenic abscesses at eloquent locations in children: surgical management and outcome. K Krishna Kumar, RN Bhattacharya, S Nair, R Kachhara, BRM Rao, G Menon, BJ Rajesh, t Muthuretnam, M Abraham. Annual meeting of Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - Neuropedicon, Lucknow, 6th- 9th November 2003.

Area of Interest

• Minimal Access neurosurgery, CV junction and disorders of spine, Functional neurosurgery, Neurooncology.

Current Activities

• Involved in all day to day activities of the department : evaluation of patients in the outpatient department, academic and management oriented rounds in wards and intensive care unit and regular work in operating theatres including major neurosurgical operations ; also involved in the teaching of residents and guiding them in their thesis and other research activities. Also part of the hospital infection control programme and transfusion committee ; involved in teaching programmes for the medical and paramedical staff.

Membership

• Neurological Society of India KNS -81
• Member - Indian Medical Association ( IMA )
• Member - Association of Surgeons of India ( ASI )

On-going Projects

• Efficacy and safety of convection enhanced delivery of research molecule for anaplastic astrocytoma.
• Surgical treatment for intracerebral hematoma STITCH trial.
• Experimental trial for dural substitute
• Neuropsychological evaluation of patients with supratentorial neoplasms

प्रकाशन

Article

1. Menon, G; Nair, S; Sudhir, J; Rao, B R M; Krishnakumar, K, Bilateral thalamic lesions., Br J Neurosurg, 2010, 24; 566-71, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20536292
2. Menon, Girish; Nair, Suresh N; Baldawa, Sachin S; Rao, Ravimohan B; Krishnakumar, K P; Gopalakrishnan, C V, Choroid plexus tumors: an institutional series of 25 patients., Neurol India, 2010, 58; 429-35, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20644273
3. Menon, G; Nair, S; Sudhir, J; Rao, R; Easwer, H V; Krishnakumar, K, Meningiomas of the lateral ventricle - a report of 15 cases., Br J Neurosurg, 2009, 23; 297-303, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19533463
4. Menon, G; Patro, S N; Krishnakumar, K; Kesavadas, C; Nair, S; Radhakrishnan, V V, Subfrontal gangliocytoma masquerading as olfactory groove meningioma., Br J Neurosurg, 2009, 23; 79-82, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19234914
5. Krishnakumar, K; Menon, G; Kesavadas, C; Nair, S; Rao, B R M; Easwer, H V, Dissecting intracranial aneurysms presenting as subarachnoid haemorrhage: report of two cases and review of literature., Br J Neurosurg, 2008, 22; 801-4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18686066
6. Kumar, K Krishna; Menon, Girish; Nair, S; Radhakrishnan, V V, Rosai-Dorfman disease mimicking chronic subdural hematoma., J Clin Neurosci, 2008, 15; 1293-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18824356
7. Menon, Girish; Krishnakumar, K; Nair, S, Adult medulloblastoma: clinical profile and treatment results of 18 patients., J Clin Neurosci, 2008, 15; 122-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18078755
8. Menon, G.; Nair, S.; Muthurethinam, T.; Krishnakumar, K.; Bhattacharya, RN, Medulloblastoma in children: Prognostic factors and predictors of outcome, Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2006, 1; 16