Dr. Praveen M Ganigi

Dr Praveen M Ganigi is a consultant neurosurgeon in Bengaluru with 29 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

He trained at NIMHANS Bengaluru, one of India's most prestigious neuroscience institutions, and has built specialised expertise over nearly two decades in endoscopic neurosurgery, complex skull base surgery, and advanced spine surgery, including international observership training in complex spine surgery in Germany.

He consults in English, Kannada, and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Brain Tumour Surgery and Skull Base Surgery

Dr Praveen Ganigi manages patients with complex intracranial tumours and skull base pathologies using advanced microsurgical and endoscopic techniques:

• Glioma and meningioma surgery
• Pituitary tumour surgery
• Skull base tumour resection
• Pineal and medulloblastoma surgery
• Endoscopic intracranial surgery

Cerebrovascular and Vascular Neurosurgery

Dr Ganigi treats patients with cerebrovascular conditions including aneurysms and vascular malformations with microsurgical and interventional approaches:

• Aneurysm clipping
• AVM surgery
• Carotid body tumour embolisation
• Carotid cavernous fistula management
• Cerebrovascular reconstruction

Complex Spine Surgery

Dr Praveen Ganigi manages patients with degenerative, infective, and structural spinal conditions using minimally invasive and open surgical techniques:

• Laminectomy and spinal decompression
• Spinal fusion surgery
• Disc herniation surgery
• Spinal stenosis management
• Spinal infection surgery

Functional and Movement Disorder Neurosurgery

Dr Ganigi evaluates and surgically manages patients with movement disorders and refractory epilepsy using advanced neuromodulation techniques:

• Deep brain stimulation
• Vagus nerve stimulation
• Gamma knife radiosurgery
• Parkinson's disease surgical management
• Tremor and movement disorder surgery

Paediatric and Congenital Neurosurgery

Dr Praveen Ganigi manages children with congenital neurological conditions and complex paediatric neurosurgical cases:

• Hydrocephalus management
• Craniosynostosis surgery
• Paediatric brain tumour surgery
• Paediatric high grade glioma management
• Congenital defect correction

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, 1997
• MCh Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, 2003
• Observership in Complex Spine Surgery, Germany
• Karnataka Medical Council Registration No. 45510, 1997

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Best Outgoing Student Silver Jubilee Award, MCh Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, 2003
• Best Paper Presentation Award, Paediatric High Grade Gliomas Clinico-Biological Correlation, Lucknow, 2004
• Key neurosurgeon on the multidisciplinary team that successfully separated the globally acclaimed Ischiopagus conjoined twins, Bengaluru, 2007

Media and Public Health Contributions

• After 3 Surgeries, Baby Celebrates Her First Birthday at City Hospital, The Times of India, with Dr EV Raman and Dr Praveen M Ganigi

Professional Memberships

• Neurological Society of India
• Skull Base Society of India
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India
• Bangalore Neurological Society

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru

Previous Associations

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru
• Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences, Bengaluru

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