Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director
MBBS , MS , MCh
49+ Years of Experience
Works at SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani, Cheni
Dr. K R Suresh Bapu is the best neurosurgery specialist in India and holds 49 years of experience.
His areas of expertise include surgeries for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and endoscopic excisions of colloid cysts, pituitary tumours, and skull base tumours.
He is a leading brain surgeon in India and is known for performing total excision of cerebello-pontine angle tumours with facial nerve preservation.
Dr. Bapu did his MBBS, MS (General Surgery), and MCh (Neurosurgery) from Madurai Medical College in 1975, 1978, and 1984, respectively.
He received training in Micro Neurosurgery in Zurich and in Neurosurgery from renowned centres in Switzerland, USA, and Japan.
Dr. Bapu has been honoured with the Best Teacher Award from MGR Medical University and was named the Best Outgoing Student at Madurai Medical College in 1973.
He has authored several publications, including articles on chiasmal prolapse and programmable devices in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and contributed chapters on the brain, head injuries, and spine & spinal cord to Elsevier’s Clinical Manual of Surgery.
Dr. Bapu was the first to perform superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass in South Tamil Nadu in 1984 and is regarded as a top doctor for neurological surgery in Chennai.
He is an active member of the Neurological Society of India, the Neuro Spinal Surgeons Association of India, and the Indian Medical Association.