Manipal Hospital Formerly Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (Yeshwanthpur)

Dr. Neelesh Reddy works as an Oncology Consultant at Columbia Asia Referral Hospital in Malleshwaram, Bangalore. Dr. Reddy completed his DM at the Cancer Institute Adyar after receiving his MD General Medicine from the reputed Manipal University. He was named the Cancer Institute Adyar's best departing student in 2008. He is board-certified in both paediatric and adult oncology and specialises in the treatment of solid tumours, haematological malignancies, including bone marrow transplantation, and palliative care. Mastectomy, External Beam Radiation For Prostate Cancer, Hormone Therapy For Prostate Cancer, Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation Therapy), and Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection are some of the therapies offered by Dr. Reddy. View Profile

Dr. Shankar Kurpad earned his MBBS from St. Jones Medical College in Bangalore in 1996. Dr. MGR Medical University gave him a Diploma in orthopaedics in 2002. Dr. Kurpad also received orthopaedic training at Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore. Throughout his academic career, he received several awards and honours. Dr. Kurpad placed second in the essay competition. Dr. Kurpad received his fellowship in traumatology in Munich in 2002 and in hip replacement and reconstruction in Dresden in 2006. Dr. Kurpad is currently an Orthopedic consultant at Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwantpur, and he also works at The Fracture and Orthopedic Clinic in Bangalore. Dr. Kurpad's research works have been published in several publications, and he has delivered presentations at numerous conferences. He is interested in guiding new orthopaedic surgeons through his training programme, which is run in partnership with the Zimmer Institute. Dr. Kurpad's specialties include orthopaedic infections, back and neck discomfort, complicated fractures, and deformity treatment. Dr. Kurpad has collaborated with numerous non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to organise free medical camps as part of his social obligation. View Profile

Dr. Ajay Shridhara Shetty is a Senior Consultant Urologist, Andrologist, and Renal Transplantation Specialist. He grew up in Mangalore and attended school in Mumbai before enrolling in basic medical education and training at JSS Medical College Mysore, where he earned his MBBS in 1999. He had extensive general surgical training at Bangalore Baptist Institution, which was named the top DNB training hospital in the country. In 2004, he received the Dr.B.Ramamurthy DNB Gold Medal for General Surgery at the national level. After two years of teaching and academics at a medical college, he went on to finish his DNB-Urology training at the Muljibhai Patel Centre of Nephro-Urology in Nadiad, Gujarat, an internationally renowned Centre of Excellence. View Profile

Dr. Avinash.KM is a Neurosurgeon who received advanced training in Interventional Vascular Neurosurgery (FINR) from Zurich, Switzerland, and an FMINS-Fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery from Germany. He is now employed at Columbia Asia Hospitals in Bangalore. Vascular Neurosurgery, Stroke Specialist, Interventional Neuroradiology, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Endoscopic Spine Surgery are his primary areas of interest. He has received advanced training in brain aneurysm coiling and clipping, brain AVM embolizations and surgical removal, carotid artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy. Because he is educated in both open Microvascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neurosurgery, he assists patients in selecting the best treatment choices for brain vascular problems without favouring one over the other. View Profile

Dr. Guruprasad Hosurkar has 18 years of expertise as a Neurologist, Headache and Vertigo Specialist, and Movement Disorders Specialist in Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore. Dr. Guruprasad Hosurkar works at Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur in Bangalore. In 1996, he received his MBBS from the Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) in Bellary, MD - General Medicine from the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 2001, and DNB - Neurology from the National Board of Examinations in India in 2004. He belongs to the Indian Academy of Neurology, the Bangalore Neurological Society, and the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Deep Pain Stimulation Therapy, Botox Injections, Neuro-muscular Disorders, Spinal Disorders, and Epilepsy Treatment are some of the treatments performed by the doctor. View Profile

Dr. Deepak Kumar C is a highly skilled and experienced doctor at Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwantpur's Department of Nephrology and Transplant. He is particularly interested in Clinical Nephrology, Dialysis (Haemodialysis, Peritoneal) and Renal Transplantation, and is skilled in procedures such as Native Kidney biopsies, Graft biopsies, HD catheter and CAPD catheter insertion methods. His area of expertise is kidney transplantation. He has performed over 400 renal transplants, including both live and cadaveric donor transplants. Also has experience with marginal donors, ABO incompatible transplants, and paediatric transplants, as well as extensive post-transplant follow-up with both donors and recipients. He has multiple publications to his name, as well as a best paper prize for his presentation at ISOT Chandigarh 2016. View Profile

Dr. Karthik Vasudevan is an Interventional Cardiology Senior Consultant at Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore. Following graduating from the famed Bangalore Medical College, he went on to get a post-graduate medical degree in Internal Medicine (MD) from the same institution. After working as a Registrar in Cardiology at Wockhardt Heart Hospital in Bangalore for a year, he earned his doctorate (DM) from the prestigious Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in 2003. The following year, he was recruited as a Consultant in the Cardiology Department at Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain Heart Center in Bangalore, as well as Honorary Associate Professor of Cardiology at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar. He is particularly interested in the treatment of heart attack and heart failure patients. Dr. Karthik Vasudevan is a Senior Consultant in Interventional Cardiology at Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore. Following graduating from the reputed Bangalore Medical College, he earned a post-graduate medical degree in Internal Medicine (MD) from the same institution. He earned his doctorate (DM) degree in 2003 after working as a Registrar in Cardiology at Wockhardt Heart Hospital in Bangalore for a year. The following year, he was appointed as a Consultant in the Department of Cardiology at Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain Heart Center in Bangalore, as well as Honorary Associate Professor of Cardiology at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar. He has a strong interest in treating heart attack and heart failure patients. View Profile

Dr. Mohammed Rehan Sayeed received his basic medical education and general surgical training at the reputed Madras Medical College. He received his Masters in Cardiothoracic Surgery from Apollo Hospitals in Chennai and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He graduated as the Chief Resident from Boston University and went on to complete his Pediatric Cardiac Surgery training at The Children's Hospital of Boston and Harvard Medical School. He received his residency in Heart Failure Surgery and Heart Transplantation at the famed Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio, where he also received training in Minimal Access Valve Repair Surgery and difficult aortic procedures. He has a lot of firsts to his name. He was the first to do endoscopic cardiac surgery in South India and is the proud owner of the world's biggest series of Minimal access off-pump bypass surgery. In India, he was a pioneer in hybrid heart surgery, undertaking adult and paediatric hybrid procedures. He has always been an inventor, always seeking new horizons, and has been actively involved in the creation of apparatus to make minimal access heart surgery simple, reproducible, and safe. He has trained numerous surgeons in this field and has been a featured speaker on minimal access cardiac surgery at several national and international conferences. He performs 80-90 percent of his procedures with minimum access and has the country's largest single surgeon series. View Profile