Dr. Akshay Vijay Kulkarni

Brief Profile

Dr Akshay had completed MBBS, MS, and MCH from top-ranked government institutes in the open merit category. MS General Surgery from prestigious KEM Mumbai. MCh Neurosurgery from Institute of National Importance- NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Worked as Assistant Professor in KMC Manipal. Did a clinical fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery at UIC Chicago. Worked in VA Hospital Chicago in general neurosurgery. He has experience as visiting neurosurgeon in multiple international institutes including UCLA (California), Rush Univ (Chicago), Thomas Jefferson univ (Philadelphia), Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix, Arizona)

Qualification

• MCH Neurosurgery

Post held in past

• Assistant Professor, Fellow In Functional Neurosurgery

Fields of Expertise

• General neurosurgery
• Neuro-oncology
• Deep brain stimulation
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Functional neurosurgery
• Minimally invasive spine

Awards & Recognition

• Award for Best Paper in Neurovascon 2019

Professional Memberships & Certifications

• Diplomate of National Board
• Membership: Neurological Society of India
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Bengaluru Neurological society
• Skullbase society of India
• Neurotrauma Society of India

Publications

• (1) Original Article - MS THESIS:
  Single Incision Multiport Laparoscopic Surgery(SILS) with Conventional Instruments: A Single Centre Experience.
  Akshay K, Sameer R.
  JDent Med Sci. 2016;1(15):112–5. DOI: 10.9790/0853-15071112115.
• (6) Original Article, MCh Thesis:
  Predictors of quality of life at three months after treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
  Akshay V Kulkarni, Bhagavatula Indira Devi, Subhas K Konar, Dhaval SHUKLA;
  Neurology India DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.314581.
• (8) Original Article:
  Management options for suprasellar cystic craniopharyngioma:
  Endoscopic Trans ventricular Approach and Microsurgical Approach.
  Subhas Konar, Akshay V Kulkarni, Dhaval Shukla, Tejesh Mishra, B. Indira Devi
  JNRP DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1722839
• (13) Original Article:
  A New Comprehensive Grading for Giant Pituitary Adenomas: SLAP Grading
  Dhaval P Shukla, Subhas K Konar, Akshay V Kulkarni, Dhananjaya Ishwar Bhat, Nishanth
  Sadashiva, Bhagavatula Indira Devi, Priyadarshi Dikshit, Sarthak Mehta, Chirag Jain
  British Journal of Neurosurgery; DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2022.2057432
• (3) Review Article: The Evolution of NIMHANS Neurotrauma Care,
  Dhananjaya I. Bhat, B. Indira Devi, Dhaval Shukla, Akshay V. Kulkarni;
  Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2020; 17(02): 062-068 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713313
• (2) Book Chapter:
  Bilateral thalamic glioma: A Simultaneous Endoscopic Lateral Ventricular Septostomy, Third Ventriculostomy and a Thalamic Tumor Biopsy.
  Kulkarni AV, Shukla D.
  In: SGPGI Neurosurgery, ed. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery: A Compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case-based, Surgical Approaches, Vol II. Thieme Publishers, 2020:1227-1236.
• (14) Book Chapter:
  Preoperative Evaluation and Management in Head Injury Patient
  Akshay V Kulkarni, Girish Menon
  Book: Surgical Nuances of Head Injury, Thieme Publication
• (4) Case Report:
  Intracranial Dural Based Convexity Chondroma
  Akshay Kulkarni, Nishanth Sadashiva, B Indira Devi, Shilpa Rao,
  Neurology India; DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.304106
• (7)Case report :
  Unusual Complication of A Neglected Growing Skull Fracture.
  Akshay Vijay Kulkarni, Priyadarshi Dikshit, B. Indira Devi, Nishanth Sadashiva, Dhaval Shukla, Dhananjaya I. Bhat;
  Pediatric Neurosurgery, DOI: 10.1159/000513102
• (9) Case report:
  Sellar Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in an adult- Clinical and pathological Dilemmas.
  Radhika Mhatre, Akshay V. Kulkarni, Priyanka Sanjeev, AR Prabhuraj, Nandeesh BN
  Ahead of print, Clinical Neuropathology- Clin Neuropathol, DOI: 10.5414/NP301352
• (10) Case report:
  Orbitofrontal EDH: Unusual Cause Of Proptosis.
  AKSHAY V KULKARNI , Tejesh Mishra , B.Indira Devi , Dhananjaya I Bhat,Subhas Konar, Nishanth Sadashiva
  Pediatric Neurosurgery; https://doi.org/10.1159/000515518
• (11) Case report:
  A Rare Case of Multifocal Intracranial Gangliogliomas: Mimicking Tuberculomas
  Akshay Vijay Kulkarni, Gyani Jail Singh Birua, Dhaval Gohil, Manish Beniwal, Dwarakanath Srinivas, Shilpa Rao,
  Clinical Neurology and Neurosciences DOI:10.11648/j.cnn.20210503.13
• (12) Letter to Editor:
  Intravenous Milrinone Infusion for Post-traumatic Cerebral vasospasm
  Akshay V. Kulkarni, Alok M Uppar, Dhaval Shukla, Venkatesh Madhugiri
  Neurology India, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.333446
• (5) Letter to the editor:
  Chronic Cervical Dystonia Complicating Cervical Myelopathy—A Therapeutic Challenge Managed by Botulinum Toxin and Surgical Intervention.
  Chaithra, Vikram Holla, Akshay Kulkarni, Pramod Pal, Ravi Yadav, Nupur Pruthi;
  Neurology India, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.314583

Key Procedures Performed

• General Neurosurgery
• Neuro-Oncology
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Functional Neurosurgery
• Minimally Invasive Spine

Rare/ Unique Skills

• Functional Neurosurgery
• Deep brain stimulation
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Peripheral nerve stimulation

Interests

• Neurosurgery

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada