Dr.Jagath Lal Gangadharan

Neurosurgery 18 years of overall experience Rajagiri Hospital

About Dr.Jagath Lal Gangadharan

Dr.Jagath Lal Gangadharan is associated with Rajagiri Hospital since April 2015. He was trained in Brain and Spine surgery at NIMHANS, Bangalore, a prestigious neurosurgical institute in India.He further trained in minimally invasive neurosurgery and Skull base surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA; Head injury at University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Brain tumor surgery at University of Regensburg, Munich, Germany and Endovascular neurosurgery at G.B.Pant Hospital, New Delhi. During his tenure lasting seven years as faculty and Associate professor at NIMHANS, Bangalore– an institute of national importance, he has independently operated more than 2000 complex neurosurgical cases including various pediatric and adult brain and spine diseases. He is also an expert in Gamma knife Radiosurgery which is performed in highly selected centres in the world. He has done research in Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurooncology, Spine injury, Stroke and Advanced Neuroimaging. He has many international publications and presentations at various forums in USA, Japan, Europe and Malaysia. He has attended about 21 skills training workshops and presented papers in about 20 conferences in India and abroad. He has performed a wide range of complicated head and spine surgeries in a short stint after joining Rajagiri Hospital An exceptionally talented Neurosurgeon with more than 18 years of experience to his credit, Dr.Jagath Lal Gangadharan is one of the most respected doctors in South India. An expert in micro neurosurgery, Dr. Jagath Lal’s skills in performing endoscopic neurosurgery for pituitary tumors are unparalleled. His areas of special interest include neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and skull base surgery, reconstructive surgery for craniofacial trauma, functional neurosurgery (DBS, FUS for Parkinson's disease, Tremor and Dystonia), neurovascular surgery, Miniamally invasive spine surgery for disc prolapse, spinal fusion for degenerative spine disease and spinal cord stimulation for intractable neuropathy.

Education & Certifications

MBBS Calicut Medical College, University of Calicut, Kerala(1998) MS ( General Surgery) Calicut Medical college, University of Calicut , Kerala (2003) DNB ( General Surgery) National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2004). MCh( Neurosurgery) National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences, Deemed University, Bangalore, Karnataka (2007) FACS (USA) 2016 FRCS (Edinburgh) 2019

Awards & Recognition

First prize for poster in SPINE 2011, the annual conference of the Association of spine surgeons of India on “Can DTI predict outcome in acute deterioration of degenerative cervical spine disease?”are search on acutespineinjuryatBangalore,September2011. Young neuro surgeon fellowship award to attend the 8th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons,22-24November2010-Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia a present aclinical research studyonuseofDTI inacutespinal injury. Young neurosurgeon fellowship award to attend the 9th International conference on cerebrovascular surgery 2009, at Nagoya, Japan and present a clinical study on Spinal AV fistulas. Co-guide in the Best poster award at Neurocon2008, the annual national conference of NSI at Pune for a clinical study “Rathkescleftcyst:can pre operative radiological diagnosis help in preventing complications?” by Raghunath A. B Braun Medical Trust Foundation award for out standing achievement in post graduate medical studies in the field of Neurosurgery, 2007. Best Paper Award(2ndprize)inthe63rdAnnual National Conference of Association of Surgeonsof India,Pune,India, 2003onoriginal clinical research study on various surgical approaches to carcinoma of Gastroesophageal junction, post graduate thesis. National talent search Examination Award (National Council for Educational Research and Training) of the Department of Human Resources and Development, Govt.of India,1989