Expert Neurosurgeon in Jabalpur
Dr. Arunkumar Karthikayan
Consultant Neurosurgery
Dr. Arunkumar Karthikayan
Consultant Neurosurgery
Department: Neuro Sciences
Languages: English/Hindi
Arunkumar Karthikayan is a highly accomplished and experienced neurosurgeon currently serving as Consultant in Neurosurgery at Apollo Hospitals, Jabalpur. With advanced training from prestigious national institutions such as Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, and JIPMER, Pondicherry, he brings exceptional expertise in skull base neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, endoscopic surgery, and the management of complex neurovascular disorders.
He has completed a Fellowship in Advanced Skull Base Neurosurgery and previously served as Consultant Neurosurgeon at Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, and Apollo Proton Cancer Centre. Dr. Karthikayan is recognized for his pioneering work in the treatment of brain tumors, with special proficiency in neuro-oncology, awake craniotomies, stereotactic procedures, and minimally invasive or keyhole neurosurgical techniques.
Expert Neurosurgeon in Jabalpur
At Apollo JBP Hospitals, Jabalpur, Dr. Karthikayan is an important part of a multidisciplinary team offering comprehensive care for a wide range of neurological conditions, including brain tumors, spinal disorders, traumatic brain injuries, stroke, vascular lesions, pediatric neurosurgical conditions, and functional neurosurgery. His approach combines cutting-edge technology with compassionate, patient-centered care.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
MBBS (Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine) - JIPMER, Pondicherry, India 2006 to 2011
M.S General Surgery Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) (INI) Pondicherry, India (2012 -2015)
MCh Neurosurgery - SCTIMST - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, An Institute of National Importance, Trivandrum, India - Jan 2017 to Dec 2019
Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopic and Lateral skull base neurosurgery, World skull base foundation
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Rotating Resident Internship JIPMER, Pondicherry, India - 2010 2011
Junior Resident Department of Surgical Disciplines Pondicherry, India - 2012-2015 JIPMER,
Assistant Professor - General Surgery, AVMC, Pondicherry, India - April 2015 March 2016
Part time consultant - SR Multi speciality Hospital, Arumbakkam, Chennai, India - April 2016 - Dec 2016
Mch Neurosurgery - Senior Resident - SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India January 2017 December 2019
Junior Consultant Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Proton Centre (JCI approved), Chennai, India January 2020 to April 2022
Associate Consultant Neurosurgeon Kauvery Hospitals, Alwarpet, Chennai - May 2022 till October 2023
Consultant Neurosurgeon Kauvery Hospitals, Alwarpet, Chennai October 2023 till
June 2025
PRESENTATIONS
Faculty presentation on the surgical management of Stroke in National conference on Stroke rehabilitation - 7 and 8 Dec 2024
Presented a paper on "Open Fork versus Closed Fork technique for the clipping of ACOM artery aneurysms" in Neurovascon Jaipur - Sep 2024
CNA- Chennai Neuro Association - Presentation on Advanced Endoscopic skull base surgery, November 2023
Invited Lecture on the current role of Awake craniotomy in SCTIMST, Trivandrum, 3 Feb 2023
Invited Faculty Lecture in International Health and Research Convention 2023 on the topic "Neurosurgeon's perspectives in Neuropathological reporting" on Jan 20, 2023
Invited Faculty Lecture on The Current role of Decompressive Craniectomy in Trauma 5th Annual Conference of the society of Neurocritical care (SNCC) 23 to 25 September 2022
Invited talk on Brain tumours supra m aximal resection - Indian Medical Association IMA North Chennai - August 2022
Invited talk on Advances in Neurosurgery in the Association of Surgeons meeting - Pondicherry - July 2022
Expert Lecture on Current Advances in NeuroImaging, Neuromonitoring and Neuronavigation equipment - As part of the Madras IIT course on Design of Monitoring and Diagnostic system for the students of Biomedical Design Program - 11 April 2021
SkullBaseCon Oct 2019 Coimbatore Podium presentation Clinico radiological correlates of patients with vestibular schwannoma - an attempt to objectify DTI metrics for prognostication
Trivandrum Neuroclub 2019 A case of Dorsal spinal Angiolipoma
Trivandrum Neuroclub - 2019 - A case of 2 yr girl with hypothalamic hamartoma with precocious puberty and menarche
NSICon Jaipur Dec 2018 Poster presentation [1] A rare case of pineal region squamous cell carcinoma arising from a pre existing epidermoid; [II] Occult spinal metastasis with cord compression as the initial presentation of follicular carcinoma thyroid; Podium presentation -CSF rhinorrhea more to it than meets the eye a case series of Sternberg canal defects
IASGCon Oct 2013 - Poster presentation - Management of Post traumatic inguinal hernias
MEMBERSHIPS
International Member of CNS - Congress of Neurological Surgeons
International Member of AANS American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Member of NSI - Neurological Society of India
Life Member of Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI 507)
Member of AO Spine
Life Member of NSSA - Association of Neuro Spinal Surgeons of India
Life Member of TANS - Tamil Nadu Association of Neurosurgeons
Life Member of ASI - Association of Surgeons of India
Life member of Indian Medical Association IMA
PUBLICATIONS
Sudhir BJ, Karthikayan A, Amjad JM, Arun KG. Strategic tunnelling of superficial temporal artery during bypass surgery for moyamoya disease. Acta neurochirurgica. 2022 Jan 14:1-5
Jaiswal PA, Divakar G, Krishnakumar K, Karthikayan A, Sawakare Y, Mhatre R, Abraham M. Spinal angiolipoma-a rare but reversible cause of paraplegia in a child. Child's Nervous System. 2020 Feb 12:1-5.
Rajasekar G, Nair P, Abraham M, Felix V, Karthikayan A. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from the lateral recess of sphenoid sinus: More to it than meets the eye. Neurology India. 2019 Jan 1;67(1):201
Assessing the risk for development of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients using Adapted Caprini Scoring System, Kanchan Bilgi, Anitha Muthusamy, Mohsina Subair, Sanjeev Srinivasan, Arunkumar, Ramya Ravi, Ranjith Kumar, Sathasivam Sureshkumar, Mahalakshmy, Pankaj Kundra, Vikram Kate, International Journal of Surgery 30 (2016) 68-73
Karthikayan A, Sureshkumar S, Kadambari D, Vijayakumar C. Low serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels are associated with aggressive breast cancer variants and poor prognostic factors in patients with breast carcinoma. Archives of endocrinology and metabolism. 2018 Aug;62(4):452-9
Singh HK, Prasad MS, Kandasamy AK, Dharanipragada K. Tamoxifen-induced hypertriglyceridemia causing acute pancreatitis. Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics. 2016 Jan; 7(1):38
Chapter." Comprehensive Textbook of Radiology" bi IRIA, Section: Basics of Diagnostic Radiology Chapter 1.29.2 CT and MRI in surgical planning and intraoperative imaging: Applications in CNS awake surgeries; functional imaging; Awake surgery - Dr Adhithyan Rajendran, Dr Abu Backer Sulaiman, Dr Roopesh Kumar VR, Dr Arunkumar Karthikayan
Roopesh Kumar VR, VS Madhugiri, Karthikayan Arunkumar. Simplifying the surgical strategies for excising medial sphenoid wing meningiomas - a stepwise approach. Neurology India. 2022
Kumar RV, Sanjeevi V, Karthikayan A, Rajendran A. Mirror Aneurysms of the distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery; A case report and literature review. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2022
Kumar RV, Karthikayan A. A concise operative atlas of microvascular decompression - Different Intraoperative scenarios and technical nuances. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2022
Kumar RV, Karthikayan A, Rajendran A. Optico chiasmatic hypothalamic cavernomas A report of three cases and review of literature. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2022
Kiruba SM, Arunkumar Karthikayan, Roopesh Kumar VR. Ipsilateral Nasoseptal flap for reconstruction during Transpterygoid approaches. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022 (Submitted)
Frequently asked questions – Dr. Arunkumar Karthikayan, neurosurgeon in Jabalpur
Dr. Arunkumar Karthikayan is a highly experienced consultant neurosurgeon at Apollo JBP Hospitals with expertise in advanced skull base surgery, neuro-oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, and functional neurosurgery.
डॉ. अरुणकुमार कार्तिकेयन अपोलो जेबीपी हॉस्पिटल्स में वरिष्ठ न्यूरोसर्जन हैं, जो खोपड़ी की सर्जरी, न्यूरो-ऑन्कोलॉजी, मिनिमल इनवेसिव स्पाइन सर्जरी और फंक्शनल न्यूरोसर्जरी में विशेषज्ञ हैं।
डॉ. अरुणकुमार कार्तिकेयन अपोलो जेबीपी हॉस्पिटल्स में वरिष्ठ न्यूरोसर्जन हैं, जो खोपड़ी की सर्जरी, न्यूरो-ऑन्कोलॉजी, मिनिमल इनवेसिव स्पाइन सर्जरी और फंक्शनल न्यूरोसर्जरी में विशेषज्ञ हैं।
He completed MCh Neurosurgery from SCTIMST Trivandrum, MS Surgery and MBBS from JIPMER, and fellowship in advanced endoscopic skull base neurosurgery from World Skull Base Foundation.
उन्होंने एमसीएच न्यूरोसर्जरी एससीटीआईएमएसटी त्रिवेंद्रम से, एमएस और एमबीबीएस जेआईपीएमईआर पांडिचेरी से पूरा किया है और वर्ल्ड स्कल बेस फाउंडेशन से एंडोस्कोपिक न्यूरोसर्जरी में फेलोशिप ली है।
उन्होंने एमसीएच न्यूरोसर्जरी एससीटीआईएमएसटी त्रिवेंद्रम से, एमएस और एमबीबीएस जेआईपीएमईआर पांडिचेरी से पूरा किया है और वर्ल्ड स्कल बेस फाउंडेशन से एंडोस्कोपिक न्यूरोसर्जरी में फेलोशिप ली है।
He manages brain tumors, spinal conditions, trauma, epilepsy surgeries, skull base tumors, pituitary lesions, aneurysms, and advanced functional and vascular neurosurgeries.
वे ब्रेन ट्यूमर, रीढ़ की समस्याएं, ट्रॉमा, मिर्गी की सर्जरी, स्कल बेस ट्यूमर, पिट्यूटरी विकार, एन्यूरिज्म और फंक्शनल व वैस्कुलर न्यूरोसर्जरी करते हैं।
वे ब्रेन ट्यूमर, रीढ़ की समस्याएं, ट्रॉमा, मिर्गी की सर्जरी, स्कल बेस ट्यूमर, पिट्यूटरी विकार, एन्यूरिज्म और फंक्शनल व वैस्कुलर न्यूरोसर्जरी करते हैं।
He served at SCTIMST, Apollo Proton Centre, Kauvery Hospitals, and conducted numerous lectures and workshops across India in neurosurgery and skull base procedures.
उन्होंने एससीटीआईएमएसटी, अपोलो प्रोटॉन सेंटर और कावेरी हॉस्पिटल्स में सेवा दी है और भारत भर में कई न्यूरोसर्जरी और स्कल बेस वर्कशॉप में भाग लिया है।
उन्होंने एससीटीआईएमएसटी, अपोलो प्रोटॉन सेंटर और कावेरी हॉस्पिटल्स में सेवा दी है और भारत भर में कई न्यूरोसर्जरी और स्कल बेस वर्कशॉप में भाग लिया है।
Yes, he has over 10 publications in reputed journals and has been invited to present at global conferences like WFNS, AANS, NSI, and more.
हां, उन्होंने प्रतिष्ठित जर्नलों में 10 से अधिक रिसर्च पब्लिश की हैं और WFNS, AANS, NSI जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय सम्मेलनों में भाग लिया है।
हां, उन्होंने प्रतिष्ठित जर्नलों में 10 से अधिक रिसर्च पब्लिश की हैं और WFNS, AANS, NSI जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय सम्मेलनों में भाग लिया है।
You can book an appointment online at apollojbphospitals.com or call 7566123666.
आप apollojbphospitals.com पर अपॉइंटमेंट बुक कर सकते हैं या 7566123666 पर कॉल करें।
आप apollojbphospitals.com पर अपॉइंटमेंट बुक कर सकते हैं या 7566123666 पर कॉल करें।
