Editorial Board : Journal of Spinal Surgery

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​​​Editor in Chief​

JKBC Parthiban, MCh Neuro, FNS Fujita
Senior Consultant Neuro and Spine Surgeon,
HOD of Neurosurgery
Kovai Medical center, Coimbatore, India
[email protected]

Founder Editor

PS Ramani, MS, MCh
Department of Neurosurgery
Leelavathi research center,
Bandra, Mumbai, India
[email protected]

Editors

Sachin Borkar, M.Ch.
Additional Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
[email protected]

Praveen Salunke, M.Ch.
Additional Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Post Graduate Institute of medical
education & research (PGIMER)
Chandigarh, India
[email protected]



Jayesh Sardhara, M.Ch.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of
Medical science (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India
[email protected]

Vinu.V. Gopal, M.Ch.
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Govt Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India
[email protected]

Associate Editors

Karthikeyan Mathivanan, M.Ch.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Post Graduate Institute of
medical education & research (PGIMER)
Chandigarh, India
[email protected]

Anant Mehrotra, M.Ch.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of
Medical science (SGPGIMS)
Lucknow, India
[email protected]

Hitesh Gurjar, M.Ch.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
[email protected]



Praneeth Kokulla, M.Ch.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
[email protected]

Harish Naik, M.Ch.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Grant medical college and J J Group of hospitals,
Mumbai, India
[email protected]

Murali Krishnan VP, M.Ch.
Consultant Neurosurgeon
MVR Cancer Centre & Research Institute
Chulur, Vellalasseri, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
[email protected]

Advisory Board

SS Kale, M.Ch.
Professor & Head of Department
Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
[email protected]

Sanjay Behari. M.Ch., DNB
Professor & Head of Department
Department of Neurosurgery
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical science (SGPGIMS)
Lucknow, India
[email protected]

Deepu Banerji. M.Ch.
Director Neurosurgery,
Jaslok Hospital & Research Center
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
[email protected]



VK Jain, M.Ch.
Chairman & Head of Department,
Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
[email protected]

George Dhormann, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Chicago Medical Center, USA
[email protected]

Mehmet Zileli, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
[email protected]

National Members

Anil Pandey, M.Ch
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Voluntary Health Services Hospital,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
[email protected]

Anil Peethambaram, M.Ch.
Professor and Head,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Government Medical College Hospital,
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
[email protected]

Vivek Joseph, M.Ch., FRCS
Professor & Head
Department of Neurological Sciences
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
[email protected]

G Balamurali, M.Ch.
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Kauveri Spine Centre, Kauveri Hospital,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
[email protected]

Balamurugan M, M.Ch.
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India
[email protected]

Krishna Kumar, M.Ch.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Sri Chitra institute of medical
science and technology (SCTIMST)
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
[email protected]

AK Shrivastava, M.Ch.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
G.B. Pant Institute of PGIMER,
New Delhi, India

Umesh Srikantha, M.Ch.
Senior consultant Neuro and spine surgeon
Head of spine services
Aster CMI hospital
Sahakarnagar, Hebbal, Bangalore, India
[email protected]

Sukumar Sura, MS, FRCS( Edinburgh), DNB
Chairman and Managing Director
Chief of spine surgery
Asian spine hospital, Hyderabad, India
[email protected]

Jacob Mathew Eapen, M.Ch.
Senior consultant & spine surgeon
Futureace Hospital, Edappally
Kochi, Kerala, India
[email protected]

Manas Panigrahi, M.Ch.
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences
Hyderabad, India
[email protected]

Sajesh K Menon, M.Ch.
Professor & Head
Department of Neurosurgery
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Kochi, Kerala, India
[email protected]



Sathish Rudrappa, M.Ch.
Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon
Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
[email protected]

Sumit Sinha, M.Ch, DNB
Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon
Paras Hospitals Gurugram Harayana, India
[email protected]

Yashbir Dewan, M.Ch.
Director,
Department of Neurosurgery
Artemis Institute of Health Sciences
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
[email protected]

Vernon Velho, M.Ch.
Professor & Head
Department of Neurosurgery
Sir JJ Hospital Campus, Mumbai, India
[email protected]

Batuk Diyora M.S., DNB
Additional Professor
Department of Neurosurgery,
LTMMG & lTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
[email protected]

Prakash Modha, M.Ch.
Senior Consultant Neuro & Spine surgeon
Gokul Superspeciality hospital
Rajkot, Gujrat, India
[email protected]

Komal Prasad, MS, DNB, M.Ch, PGDHHM,
PGDMLE, MNAMS, EMBA
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon
Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences
Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Bangalore, India
drkomalpr[email protected]

Vijay Shankar, M.Ch
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani, Chennai, India
[email protected]

Selvan R, M.Ch
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Subiksha Brain and Spine Center
Cape road, Nagercoil, India
[email protected]

Dhivya Palanisamy, M.Ch
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Apollo KH Hospital
Vellore, India
[email protected]

Suchanda Bhattacharjee, M.Ch
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences
Hyderabad, India
[email protected]

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International Members

Faiz Ahmad M.D., M.Ch., FAANS, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
[email protected]

Bong Soo Kim
Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgeon
Temple University, Lewis Katz school of medicine
Philadelphia, USA
[email protected]

Abdul Hafid Bajamal
Medical Faculty of Airlangga University
Indonesia
[email protected]

Richard Fessler
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center, USA
[email protected]

Eko Agus Subagio
Department of Neurosurgery
Dr.Soetomo General Academic Hospital
Indonesia
[email protected]

Scott Robertson
Department of Neurosurgery, Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Florida, USA
[email protected]

Ibet Marie Y Sih
Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons
Section of Neurosurgery Institute for the Neurosciences
St. Luke's Medical Center - Quezon City, Philippines
[email protected]

Dean Chou
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California San Francisco,
San Francisco, USA
[email protected]

Salman Sharif
Professor & Head
Department of Neurosurgery
Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Pakistan
[email protected]

Pravin Mummaneni
Vice-Chairman: UCSF Neurosurgery
Co-director, UCSF Spine Center,
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
San Francisco, USA
[email protected]

Krishnakumar Sharma
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu University,
Kathmandu, Nepal
[email protected]

Marcos Masini
Professor Neurology and Neurosurgery
School of Medicine, Uniceplac, Brazil
[email protected]

Se Hoon Kim
Korea University Ansan Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery,
Ansan Hospital, Korea
[email protected]

Enrique Osorio Fonesca
Head of Neurosurgery,
LOSCOBOS Medical Center, El Bosque,
Associated Professor Universidad El Bosque
Columbia
[email protected]

Jae Taek Hong
Department of Neurosurgery
Catholic University of Korea, Korea
[email protected]

Jose Antonio Soriano Sanchez
Chairman of the Spine Clinic, Neurological Center,
ABC Medical Center. México
[email protected]

Nobuyuki Shimokawa
Department of Neurosurgery
Tsukazaki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
[email protected]

Joachim Oertel
Consultant Spine surgeon
Gebauede 90.5 ,Kirrbergerstrasse
Homburg, Germany
[email protected]



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Toshihiro Takami
Department of Neurosurgery
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Osaka, Japan
[email protected]

Kresimir Rotim
University of Zagreb, School of medicine,
Croatia and University of Osijek,
School of Medicine, Croatia
[email protected]

Zan Chen
Department of Neurosurgery
Xuan Wu Hospital Neurosurgery Department
Bei Jing, China
[email protected]

Maurijio Fornari
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Italy
[email protected]

Feng Zeng Jian
Chief of Neurospine, Vice Chairman
of Department of Neurosurgery
Capital Medical University; China International
Neuroscience Institute
[email protected]

Francesco Costa
Associate Professor in neurosurgery
Chief of Spine Oncology Surgery Unit
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Italy
[email protected]

Anandha babu
Staff Specialist and Director of Neurosurgery Training
Dep of Neurosurgery
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
[email protected]

Oscar L Alves
Head of Neurosurgery,
Hospital Lusiadas Porto, Portugal
[email protected]

Lim Heng Hin
Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery, Spine Surgery
Malaysia
[email protected]

Jesus Laufente
Associate professor Neurosurgery UAB
Director Spine Centre, Spain
[email protected]

Dawn Antony
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Brunei Neuroscience, Stroke and Rehabilitation
Center (BNSRC)
Pantai Jerudong Specialist Center (PJSC)
Negara, Brunei
[email protected]

Onur Yaman
Memorial Bahçelievler Spine Center
Istambul, Turkey
[email protected]

Hishamuddin bin Salam
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Malaysia

PD Kulkarni
Associate Specialist Spinal Neurosurgeon,
Department of Neurosurgery,
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London, England
[email protected]

Hishamuddin bin Salam
Adjunct Associate Professor
Monash Medical University, Johor,
Malaysia, Newcastle Medical University, Johor, Malaysia.
[email protected]

Pragnesh Bhatt
Consultant Neurological & Spinal Surgeon,
Head of the Department of Neurosurgery,
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, University of Aberdeen,
Aberdeen, Scotland
[email protected]

Wilco Peul
Professor of Neurosurgery Leiden University
Chair University Neurosurgical Center, Holland
Leiden & The Hague, Netherlands
[email protected]

Nikolay Peev
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Belfast HSC Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
[email protected]

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