DR. MALLA BHASKARA RAO

Areas of Expertise:
– Brain & Spine Tumors – Advanced surgical
management for benign and malignant tumors.
– Epilepsy Surgery in India – Performed 1000+
epilepsy surgeries including temporal lobectomy
cortical dysplasia, lesional & non-lesional
epilepsy, and invasive monitoring.
– Functional Neurosurgery – Expertise in
intraoperative electrocorticography, stimulation
mapping, neuronavigation, and intraoperative
MRI (IoMRI).
– Aneurysm, AVM & Cavernoma Surgeries –
Advanced vascular neurosurgery techniques.
– Adult & Pediatric Neurosurgery –
Comprehensive care for neurological conditions
across all ages.

Key Achievements
– Commissioned IoMRI OT complex at NIMHANS –
bringing advanced intraoperative MRI facilities
to India.
– Authored 120+ peer – reviewed publications and
over 20 book chapters in leading neurosurgery
journals.
– Trained 45+ M. Ch Neurosurgery residents at
India’s premier medical institutes (SCTIMST &
NIMHANS).
– Principal Investigator in government – funded
research projects (DST, DRDO, DBT, SERB).
– Pioneer in integrative medicine – Research on
Yoga and Meditation in epilepsy treatment with
focus on hippocampal volume, neurogenesis,
and brain health.

Total Years of Experience: Over 32 years

Former – Additional Professor, SCTIMST (INI)
Former – Professor & Head, Neurosurgery, NIMHANS

– Organizer of national & international
workshops in epilepsy surgery and
functional neurosurgery.
Awards &Leadership Positions
– Young Investigator Award – 23rd
International Epilepsy Congress, Prague,
Czech Republic (1999).
– Visiting Research Scholar Award –
University of Melbourne, Australia (2000).
– Commonwealth Fellowship Award –
Association of Commonwealth
Universities, London, UK (2001).
-President – Indian Society for
Stereotactic & Functional
Neurosurgery (ISSFN).
FRCS (Neurosurgery) – Royal College of
Surgeons of England, UK (2013).
– President – Indian Epilepsy Society
(2025-2027).