Dr. Kokkula Praneeth
Rating
4.9/5
Total Surgeries
1000+
Category
Best In Country
Specialization : Paediatrics , Neurosurgery
Position held
Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon At Rainbow Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery at AIIMS, Jodhpur In October 2019.
1000+
Expert Complex
Procedures Performed
Specialization
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurosurgery
Oncology
Functional Neurosurgery
Pallidotomy and Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
Intrathecal baclofen pump, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spasticity
DREZotomy, Intrathecal morphine pump for Pain
Trauma
Minimally invasive/ Endoscopic brain and spine surgery
Skull base surgery
Key Treatments
- Cerebrovascular - stroke neuro-oncology,
- Brain tumors
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Aneurysms
- Epilepsy neurosurgery
- Functional neurosurgery
- General Neurosurgery
- Nerve compression syndromes
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Spinal neurosurgery
Affiliations
Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
Neurological Society of India (NSI)
Skull Base Surgery Society of India (SBSSI)
Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI)
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Vascular Neurosurgery from PGIMER, Chandigarh
Professional Summary
Dr. Kokkula Praneeth is an undergraduate (MBBS) from Osmania Medical College and later he joined as Junior Resident for M.S. in Department of Surgical Disciplines at AIIMS, New Delhi in 2012. He did his M.Ch. Neurosurgery from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2018, he continued as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Vascular Neurosurgery at PGIMER till 2019. For 3 months he worked as Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery at AIIMS, Jodhpur. In October 2019, he joined the Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS New Delhi as an Assistant Professor.
He had an excellent academic and surgical record throughout his residency training and practice, with several publications in both national and international journals. He is well versed in all aspects of neurosurgery with special interest in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Skull Base, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Neuro Oncology and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and is currently working on many national and international research projects.
Publications
Praneeth K, Aggarwal A, Gupta SK, Singla N. Necessity is the mother of invention: Technical note on the use of self-designed low-cost continuous sump suction for use in microvascular anastomosis. Surgical Neurology International. 2019;10
Praneeth K, Salunke P, Karthigeyan M, Malik P. Short Segment C1 - C2 Fusion in a Case of Congenital C2 Spondylolysis Associated with Chiari Malformation. Neurology India. 2019;67(6).
Praneeth K, Karthigeyan M, Salunke P, Ray N. Synchondral Fracture of the Posterior “hemiarch” of Pediatric Atlas with Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula following a Penetrating Neck Injury. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2019;54(6).
Praneeth K, Nachiappan DS, Gupta D. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Delayed Presentation of Tension Pneumocephalus as Stroke. Neurol India. 2021 Nov-Dec;69(6):1635-1636. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.333488. PMID: 34979661.