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Department of Neurosurgery

KMC , Manipal
Health Sciences

Tracing its origins to 1968 as a combined Neurology and Neurosurgery service under Prof. Devadiga, the Department of Neurosurgery at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, has grown into one of the leading neurosurgical centres in South India. Now housed in the Dhanwanthri block (the department of neurosciences), it integrates clinical care, teaching, and research, performs over 1,000 neurosurgical procedures every year across the full range of complex cranial and spinal work, and is equipped with modern technology including the operating microscope, neuro-navigation, stereotactic biopsy, and radiosurgery to deliver care at par with the best neurosurgical centres worldwide.

Highlights

  • One of the earliest neurosurgical centres in South India, with a history of firsts — including a cerebral aneurysm clipping as early as 1972 and one of the country's first transsphenoidal pituitary surgeries.
  • Performs over 1,000 neurosurgical procedures annually, spanning traumatic brain injury, vascular abnormalities, neuro-oncology, skull base, spinal, endoscopic, peripheral nerve, and epilepsy surgery.
  • Housed in the Dhanwanthri neurosciences block with nearly 100 beds, including twenty intensive care unit beds, and round-the-clock trauma services.
  • Equipped with neuro-navigation, surgical microscopes, image intensifier, intraoperative ultrasound, intraoperative neuro-monitoring, and CUSA across two elective and one emergency operating room.
  • Active research profile in haemorrhagic stroke, head injury, pituitary tumours, intracranial aneurysms, glioma, and spinal disorders, with collaborations spanning MIT Manipal, NIT Surathkal, and international institutions.
  • Regularly organises national and international CMEs, cadaveric dissection courses, and micro-neurosurgery skills workshops for students and young neurosurgeons.