Gigy Kuruttukulam is the first interventional Neurologist in Kerala and the one of the few in India. Interventional Neurology is a subspecialty which treats vascular diseases of the brain like stroke, aneurysms , AV malformations etc by use of angiographic procedures and using various devices like coils, stents balloons and Onyx. These procedures are done is specialized cathlabs with facilities to view the blood vessels very clearly using various techniques like DSA ( digital substraction angiography ), 3D rotational angio and roadmap.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Gigy Kuruttukulam MBBS , MD (Medicine) DM (Neurology)
Head, Department of Neurology & Interventional Neurologist, Rajagiri Hospital, Chunagamvely - Aluva, Kochi, Kerala, India |
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MBBS 1983-90 | - | Govt Medical College Kottayam, Kerala, India |
MD (Medicine) 1991-93 | - | Govt Medical College ,Coimbatore, |
DM (Neurology) 1993-96 | - | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCT) Trivandrum, Kerala, India. |
Higher Training 2004-06 | - | Fellowship training in Endovascular Neurointerventions at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai under Dr Anil Karapurkar |
Highlights | - | First Interventional Neurologist in Kerala. |
Head and Interventional Neurologist , Department of Neurology , Lakeshore Hospital Kochi. (2006 May onwards) | ||
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