Dr. Panigrahi Manas Kumar

About Doctor

Dr. Manas Kumar Panigrahi is a respected Neurosurgeon with extensive experience exceeding 3 decades in the field.

His educational qualification encompasses an MBBS from M.K.C.G. Medical College Berhampur, Orissa, and an MCh from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore.

His areas of expertise lie in Temporal Lobectomy, Lesionectomy, Hemispherectomy, Corpus Callosotomy, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Multiple Subpial Transections MST, Brain Tumor Surgery, Pineal Region Tumors Treatment, Gliomas Treatment and Meningioma.

Dr. Manas Kumar Panigrahi has conducted over 500 surgeries for Cerebellopontine angle tumors, more than 400 Aneurysm surgeries, and over 100 Arteriovenous Malformations surgeries. His expertise spans over 600 surgeries for Pituitary tumors and more than 1000 surgeries for Gliomas. He has contributed to over 750 epilepsy surgeries.

He is an active member of the Indian Epilepsy Association, Indian Epilepsy Society, Neurological Society of India, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and Indian Medical Association.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He was honored with the E Merck award for delivering the best, he received the Japanese Society of Child Neurology (JSCN) award for an excellent paper, at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Infantile Seizure Society in Tokyo, Japan.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS: M.K.C.G. Medical College Berhampur, Orissa in 1989.
• MCh: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore in 1994.

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• INTERN at M.K.C.G.Medical College, 1988-1989 Berhampur, Orissa 
• JUNIOR Dept. of Neurosurgery, Sept. 1989 RESIDENT NIMHANS, Bangalore
• SENIOR RESIDENT - Mar.1993 -  Aug1995
• ASST. PROF. Dept. of Neurosurgery Sept. 1995 NIMS, Hyderabad April 2001
• CLINICAL Skull Base and FELLOW: Cerebrovascular surgery Jan’1999 Wayne State University, Apri.2000 Detroit, U.S.A
• ASSOCIATE Dept. of Neurosurgery April 2001 PROF: NIMS, Hyderabad to October 2003
• ADDITIONAL Dept. of Neurosurgery October PROF. NIMS, Hyderabad `2003 to June, 2007
• PROFESSOR : Dept. of Neurosurgery June, 2007 NIMS, Hyderabad to Sep 2009

Career Highlights

• Dr. Manas Kumar Panigrahi has completed over 500 surgeries for Cerebellopontine angle tumors, conducted more than 400 Aneurysm surgeries, and over 100 Arteriovenous Malformations surgeries.
• His expertise extends to over 600 surgeries for Pituitary tumors and more than 1000 surgeries for Gliomas. His significant contribution includes over 750 epilepsy surgeries.

Research and Fellowships

Research 

• Completed study on "Norms of urine ow rate in different age groups of males and females" under the ICMR project 1986.
• Experimental work on the effect of anti-oxidants on cerebral-ischaemic reperfusion injury in rats. 
• Prospective and retrospective study on patients with CV Junction anomaly. Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Sanjay
• Role of CSF ow studies in patients with AC  malformation - Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Praveen Reddy
• Transnasal endoscopy in pituitary tumor - Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Vamsee Mohan 
• Ventriucloscopy in Neurosurgery- Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Vamsee Mohan 
• Outcome in dorsolumbar spine injury – Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Anil 
• Efficacy of stereotaxic biopsy – Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Suchanda 
• Outcome and management of patients with cervical OPLL- Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Venugopal
• Scoring pattern in suprasellar meningioma – Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Arun
• Surgical planning in large CP angle tumors – Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Phaniraj 
• Pathogenesis of colloid cyst - Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Ravikanth 
• Phase-II double-blind, placebo-controlled, Multicenter study to assess the efficacy and safety of HP 184 AE 100200 and 400 mg doses administered orally once daily for twentyfour weeks in adult subjects with chronic spinal cord injury (CSCI) - Dr. Manas Panigrahi. 
• Role of Sonic Hedgehog and Wnt signaling pathways in glioma tumorigenesis – Dr. Manas Panigrahi, Dr. Sundaram, Gangadhar
• Role of sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation in acute stroke – Dr. Manas Panigrahi,  Dr. Subhash Kaul

Fellowship

• Received an award to attend the International Congress of Paediatric Neurosurgeons, in 1999, In Salt Lake City, USA 
• Participated as a Faculty in the Round Table Conference of Fibrin Sealants at Phoenix, USA 
• Participated in the “Hands-on workshop on Skull Base Approaches” in Chicago, USA 

Awards and Recoginition

• Awarded APNSI Gold Medal for participating in S.Balaparameshwar Rao symposium and presented a paper on “Surgical Management of Anterior Circulation Aneurysms” at the  Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists Association  Conference held on 8th & 9th July 2006 at  Nellore of Andhra Pradesh.
• Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientist  Gold Medal in 2005
• Young Neurosurgeon Award to be a panel member for Symposium in Kyoto, Japan  2003. 
• Awarded fellowship in skullbase and cerebrovascular surgery at Wayne State  University, Detroit, USA 1999-2000.
• International Pediatric Neurosurgeon Award to attend and present a paper at Salt Lake City, USA, 1999.
• International Pediatric Neurosurgery Award to attend and present a paper in Adelaide,  Australia, 1998.
• Young Neurosurgeon Award by the European  Pediatric Neurosurgery Association to  attend a paper in Rome, Italy, 1996
• Awarded E Merck award at the 43rd Annual Conference on Neurological of India for  presenting the best "NSI -Allied Science  Paper", 1994
• Awarded Silver Medal for Best Outgoing  Student in Neurosurgery '94
• Pfizer Medallion in Medicine for best  outgoing student in M.B.B.S. '88
• Prof. G.P. Mohanty prize for best Surgical  graduate in state '88
• Gold Medal for securing the highest in Pathology,  Obst. & Gynaec., Surgery, Eye & E.N.T. '88
• C.R.Subudhi Memorial Gold Medal for  securing the highest in Pharmacology'86
• U.C. Mishra Memorial Gold Medal for  securing the highest in Biochemistry and  Physiology
• Certi cate of Honours in Anatomy,  Physiology, Pharmacology, Forensic  Medicine & Toxicology and Microbiology
• I Position in the University merit list  consecutively in all MBBS years (83-88)
• III Position in University in Intermediate Science – 1