Brain and nerves
Dr. Raghuram Gopalakrishnan
Director & Senior Consultant, Head of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Practises at
- Not named in the profile
- Role
- Heads the department
KIMS’s profile for Dr. Raghuram Gopalakrishnan is a structured clinical sheet — qualifications, expertise and appointments — rather than a prose overview. We have not written one. What follows is everything the sheet holds.
Field of expertise
- Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders
- Neuromodulation (Spinal Cord Stimulation, Sacral Neuromodulation, Intrathecal Pumps)
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Complex Brain Surgery (Skull Base & Endoscopic Neurosurgery)
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Neurotrauma & Vascular Neurosurgery
- Brain tumour surgery
Fellowships and memberships
- Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS)
- Member, World Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN)
- Member, Neurological Society of India
- Board of Directors, Asian Australasian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (AASSFN)
- Executive Board Member, Indian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ISSFN)
Awards and achievements
- University Second Rank Holder
- Best Outgoing Student – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College
- Recipient of 4 Gold Medals (2 University, 2 College)
- Invited International Faculty at global neurosurgical platforms in Japan, Korea, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Chicago, Beijing, and Istanbul, per the profile
- Recognised for pioneering work in Functional Neurosurgery & Neuromodulation in India, per the profile
Qualifications
- MBBS – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore (Bangalore University)
- DNB (Neurosurgery) – Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai (National Board of Examinations)
- Fellowship in Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery – Tokyo Medical University, Japan
- FAANS – Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
This profile does not list the languages Dr Raghuram Gopalakrishnan speaks. Other sheets in this set do, so the omission is the sheet’s rather than ours — ask us and we will check.
What the profile does not settle. The sheet never names a present KIMS unit. Its professional-experience list runs Fortis Bannerghatta Road, Manipal Hospitals, Columbia Asia, BGS Global and earlier Mumbai posts — and does not include KIMS. It also lists no languages spoken. The card therefore prints "Unit not named in the profile" rather than borrowing Bengaluru.
Source: Consultant profile sheets supplied to us by KIMS Hospitals, read on 7 August 2026.
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