Fortis Hospital, Bangalore (Bannerghatta Road)

Dr. Deshpande V Rajakumar is the Director of Neurosurgery at Fortis Hospital in Bangalore. Dr. D V Rajakumar is one of the few surgeons who do Endoscopic Brain Tumour Removals due to his interest in brain tumours and experience in limited access procedures of the brain and spine. He is well-known for his endoscopic methods to complicated procedures, and he has presented papers on relevant topics at international conferences. He has been a member of several organisations, including the Neurological Society of India, the Bangalore Neurological Society, the Skull Base Society of India, the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Japan, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in the United States. He has presented and published papers on Endoscopic Approach to the Skull Base and numerous approaches to the brain and spine at the International Congress on Skull Base in San Diego. Subject Matter Expertise: He has extensive expertise as a Neurosurgeon, specialising in Minimal Access Brain and Spine Surgery. He also has a long history of teaching at prestigious institutions. Brain Tumours (including Skull Base Tumours), Cerebrovascular Diseases, and Spine have been his areas of focus. He is now working on innovative endoscopic techniques to treating brain and spine diseases. Dr. D V Rajakumar, Bangalore's first neurosurgeon to conduct Pedicle Screw Fixation for Spine Injuries, contributed to the development of the Harper Hospital's Cadaver Laboratory, doing several dissections of the human skull and Brain. View Profile

Dr. Basavaraj Neelagar has over 15 years of surgical expertise in urology, uro-oncology, andrology, kidney transplantation, and robotic surgery. Dr. Basavaraj received his General Surgery training at Devraj Urs Medical College, where he graduated first in his class, and his Urology training at the famed St. John's Medical College in Bangalore. In addition to standard endourological treatments for kidney stones, he has conducted over 300 LASER assisted prostate surgeries, BMG urethroplasties, and 100 kidney transplants. He specialises in laparascopic and urethral reconstruction surgeries in both adults and children. He is eager to expand Neurourology and Andrology in order to better serve the local community in these subspecialties. He is particularly interested in laparoscopic urology. View Profile

Dr. Hulse, the Department Director of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, specialises in joint replacement surgery and arthroscopy. He has 17 years of experience, including 8 years in the UK. He is one of just a few surgeons in the country who holds both the MCh(Orth) and the FRCS(Orth) degrees. He received his clinical fellowship in joint replacement surgery from the University of Toronto and his fellowship in pelvic acetabular trauma from the University of London. View Profile

Dr. Rajanna Sreedhara is a renowned nephrologist with more than 27 years of expertise in the field. He received his MBBS from Mysore Medical College in India before moving to the United States to pursue post-graduate studies in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University in Washington DC and Nephrology at Vanderbilt University. Throughout his career, he has been an active academician, serving as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the State University of New York in the United States and Associate Professor of Nephrology at the Institute of Nephro-Urology in Bangalore, India. Management of End-Stage Renal Disease is my area of expertise. Acute Kidney Injury and Kidney Disease Prevention Acid-base diseases, Medical Statistics, and Evidence-Based Medicine View Profile

Dr. Nayak is the Director of the Surgical Oncology Department at Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road. Dr. Sandeep Nayak, a pioneer in Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer Treatment, is one of the most recognised specialists in Surgical Oncology, with over 20 years of expertise in open Laparoscopic and Robotic Cancer Surgeries. Dr. Nayak's aim as a Surgical Oncologist is to improve Cancer Care in India by raising awareness of the illness and providing information on cancer prevention and management. He has over 100 Laprascopic procedures under his belt. He is a pioneer in advanced laparoscopic cancer surgery, including MIND (Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection) for cancer of the mouth and VEIL (Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy) for groyne nodes. Dr. Nayak also pioneered the Robotic Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflated Thyroidectomy (RABIT) - Scarless Thyroid Surgery in India. Thyroid cancer in a retrospective case series: Forbes Article, February 2020, Robotic-Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflation Thyroidectomy (RABIT). SPECIAL SURGICAL PASSIONS: Rectal Cancer: ISR (Inter-sphicteric resection), a strategy for avoiding permanent stoma (waste bag), TARGET IORT- complete 30 days of radiation in 30 minutes for breast cancer (selected patients). All specialist breast cancer operations, such as oncoplastic breast conservation surgery, colon cancer: D3 resection for colon cancer has demonstrated improved cure rates in numerous Japanese studies, and esophageal cancer surgery with 3 field lymphadenectomy has a greater cure rate for all of these malignancies. VATS and robotic surgery for lung cancer, HIPEC and PIPAC for stage 4 colon and ovarian malignancies  and peritoneal cancers View Profile

Dr. Shashidhar is a renowned Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist who specialises in Complex Arrhythmia Ablation using 3D mapping technology. He is also credited with developing the first home monitoring gadget. Implantation of a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device (CRTD) in South India. He formerly worked at Narayana Hrudayalaya and Manipal Heart Institute, both in Bangalore. Coronary Interventions and Electrophysiology are her areas of expertise. Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Defibrillator/Biventricular Device Implantation View Profile

Dr. Vivek Jawali is the Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Fortis Hospitals in Bangalore, where he also serves as Chairman of the Department of Cardio Vascular Sciences. Dr. Jawali has also been appointed to the newly formed Medical Council of India (MCI), the principal statutory authority that oversees medical education standards and the acceptance of medical certifications in the nation. In 2008, Dr. Jawali served as president of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS). He founded the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons (ISMICS) and is the sole Indian on the journal's editorial board, Innovations in Cardiac Surgery. He is also a member of the Asian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons' council. He formerly served as Vice President of the Indian College of Cardiology. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (IACTS) publication, Cardiac Anaesthesia, and CTSNet (a comprehensive global website of cardiac surgeons around the world). He is the creator and webmaster of iacts.org (a website of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons). He was recently elected as a member of the Medical Council of India's academic council. View Profile