Professional Profile

 Dr. Priyamvadha is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine surgeon working with Manipal Hospitals at Whitefield, Bangalore, India with an experience spanning 10 years. After her graduation in MBBS from the prestigious PSG Medical college, Coimbatore under the auspices of The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, she was determined to take up the tough and challenging speciality of neurosurgery and make a difference to the lives of people challenged by complex neurosurgical problems. She first completed her MS degree in General Surgery at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 2006. Further to that, she worked as a Senior Resident Surgeon in Emergency and Trauma in the Department of Neurosurgery at AIIMS, New Delhi for a span of 6 months. 

Her dedication for professional training in Neurosurgery brought her back to the apex tertiary institute of neurosurgery in India, PGIMER Chandigarh and she honed her skills and qualified as a Neurosurgeon at PGIMER , Chandigarh and cleared the M.Ch Neurosurgery examination in 2009. Subsequent to her stints at PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS,Delhi, she has worked with tertiary multi-speciality hospitals like Fortis Healthcare and Max Healthcare in her previous assignments. 

She also attended a Visiting Neurosurgeon Training Programme at Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan in the year 2012 to acquire more specialised skills. Subsequently, she successfully completed a Fellowship in Endoscopic Brain and Spine surgery at Jabalpur Medical College, Jabalpur, India in 2013. She has travelled to several countries like Japan, Scotland and Kazakhstan and participated in International conferences and presented her research papers.  She has published about eight articles in International and National Neurosurgery Journals. Her latest training programme is the European Course in the field of Minimally Invasive Neurotherapy for Brain Aneurysms at St Anne's College, Oxford University, U.K.

Her main areas of expertise include Brain Tumours, Spine Tumours, Intervertebral Disc Prolapse, Brain Hemorrhage, Spinal Instrumentation, Pediatric Brain tumours and Injury to Brain & Spine.

She has been felicitated as  "Rising Star" in Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery at the Times of India Healthcare Achievers Summit in December 2019

MBBS, PSG Medical College, Coimbatore, The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India 

M.S. (General Surgery), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery and Trauma, AIIMS, New Delhi

M.Ch (Neurosurgery), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Visiting Neurosurgeon, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Fellowship in Endoscopic Brain and Spine surgery, Jabalpur Medical College, Jabalpur, India 

European  Course in Minimal Invasive Neurotherapy (ECMINT), St. Anne's College, Oxford University, UK

November 2016 - till date

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield, Bengaluru, India

May 2012 - October 2016

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Max Institute of Neurosciences, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dehradun, India

July 2010 - April 2012 

Consultant Neurosurgeon, Institute of Neurosciences, Fortis Hospitals, Delhi and Noida, India 

July 2007 - June 2010 

Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India 

January 2007 - June 2007 

Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery and Trauma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 

January 2004 - December 2006 

Resident, Department of General surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India 

Dr. Priyamvadha believes in keeping herself updated about the latest advances in her specialty and takes active part in the scientific deliberations of all professional bodies. She is a life member in the following associations: 

Neurological society of India

Delhi Neurological Association 

Skull Base Surgery Society of India

Indian Society of Paediatric Neurosurgeons 

Neurotrauma Society of India

Neurological Surgeons Society of India 

She has acquired special expertise in the following sub-specialities of Neurosurgery:

Paediatric Neurosurgery

Neuro-Oncology

Endoscopic skull base surgery

Vascular Neurosurgery

Spine Surgery 

Degenerative disc disease

 Regn. No. 69473, Indian Medical Register, Medical Council of India 

Regn. No. UTC 2012 0000014 KTK, Karnataka Medical Council