Dr. Sukalyan Purkayastha

Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha is an interventional neuroradiologist and endovascular surgery specialist with 32 years of clinical experience currently serving as Director of Neurointervention and Endovascular Surgery at Manipal Hospitals Mukundapur Kolkata.

He pioneered Neuro-endovascular Surgery in Kolkata in 2006 and has performed 5000+ neurointerventional procedures treating 15,000+ patients.

Whether a patient has a brain aneurysm, AVM, dural fistula, acute stroke, carotid stenosis, spinal vascular malformation, or needs vertebroplasty, fibroid embolisation, or varicose vein treatment, Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha provides thorough evaluation and advanced minimally invasive endovascular care.

He is fluent in English, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, and has a working knowledge of Malayalam.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha offers comprehensive neurointerventional and vascular interventional care with DM-level super-specialty training, UK CCST credentials, and state-of-the-art Siemens ICONO Biplane Neuro Cathlab System at Manipal Hospitals Mukundapur.

Brain Aneurysm Treatment

Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha provides minimally invasive endovascular treatment for ruptured and unruptured brain aneurysms, with expertise in managing complex aneurysm cases using advanced techniques.

• Coil Embolisation for brain aneurysms (standard and balloon-assisted)
• Flow Diverter Placement (Pipeline Embolisation Device and similar) for complex aneurysms
• Stent-Assisted Coiling for wide-neck aneurysms
• Parent Artery Occlusion for fusiform or giant aneurysms
• Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment with special devices
• Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (ruptured aneurysm) emergency management
• Vasospasm management post-subarachnoid haemorrhage

Brain and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)

Patients with cerebral AVMs, spinal AVMs, or pial AVMs receive structured embolisation and endovascular management from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Brain AVM Embolisation (pial AVM pre-surgical or definitive embolisation)
• Dural Arteriovenous Fistula (DAVF) embolisation and treatment
• Carotid Cavernous Fistula embolisation and treatment (direct and indirect)
• Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula embolisation
• Spinal AVM treatment
• Vein of Galen Malformation endovascular treatment (published research, AJNR 2005)

Acute Stroke Treatment

Patients with acute ischaemic stroke requiring emergency clot removal or thrombolysis receive rapid endovascular stroke treatment from Dr Purkayastha.

• Mechanical Thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke (large vessel occlusion)
• Intra-arterial Thrombolysis
• Acute Stroke medical management
• Stroke Prevention evaluation and treatment
• Brain Stroke prevention counselling

Carotid and Intracranial Stenting

Patients with carotid stenosis, intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD), or stroke prevention requiring vascular stenting receive structured endovascular management from Dr Sukalyan.

• Carotid Artery Stenting for carotid stenosis
• Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (ICAD) stenting
• Carotid Flow Diverter placement
• Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
• Balloon Occlusion Test (carotid tolerance assessment)

Endovascular Tumour Embolisation

Patients with vascular tumours of the head, neck, or skull base requiring pre-surgical devascularisation receive structured endovascular tumour embolisation from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Pre-surgical Tumour Embolisation (meningioma, paraganglioma, other vascular tumours)
• Retinoblastoma Embolisation
• Skull Base and Head and Neck Tumour embolisation

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)

Patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension or venous sinus stenosis receive structured endovascular evaluation and treatment from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Venous Sinus Stenting for IIH
• Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension endovascular management

Chronic Subdural Haematoma Embolisation

Patients with recurrent or chronic subdural haematoma receive structured minimally invasive embolisation treatment as an alternative to surgery from Dr S Purkayastha.

• Middle Meningeal Artery Embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

Patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures, spinal metastases, or pathological vertebral compression fractures causing pain receive structured percutaneous vertebral augmentation from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for vertebral fractures
• Balloon Kyphoplasty for vertebral height restoration

Uterine Fibroid Embolisation (UFE)

Women with symptomatic uterine fibroids causing heavy bleeding or pelvic pressure who prefer a minimally invasive non-surgical approach receive structured uterine artery embolisation from Dr Sukalyan.

• Uterine Fibroid Embolisation (UFE) as alternative to hysterectomy

Epistaxis Management

Patients with severe or recurrent epistaxis not responding to conventional management receive structured endovascular treatment from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Investigation and Endovascular Treatment of Severe or Recurrent Epistaxis
• Sphenopalatine and Maxillary Artery Embolisation

Bronchial Artery Embolisation

Patients with massive or recurrent haemoptysis requiring minimally invasive vascular management receive structured bronchial artery embolisation from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Bronchial Artery Embolisation for haemoptysis management

Aortic Stent Grafting

Patients with aortic aneurysms or aortic vascular pathology requiring endovascular treatment receive structured aortic endovascular management from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Aortic Stent Graft Treatment (EVAR/TEVAR)

Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Patients with peripheral arterial disease, aorto-iliac or femoral occlusions, or varicose veins receive structured vascular interventional management from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha.

• Aorto-Iliac and Femoral Angioplasty and Stenting
• Varicose Vein Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLA)
• Renal and Pulmonary AVM endovascular treatment

Diagnostic Neuroradiology

Patients requiring advanced neurological imaging evaluation receive structured diagnostic neuroradiology reporting and consultation from Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha, who has 15+ years of diagnostic neuroradiology experience.

• Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) of brain and spine
• Spinal Angiography
• WADA Test (sodium amytal injection for pre-surgical brain lateralisation)
• Balloon Occlusion Test
• Stereotactic Biopsy guidance

Credentials and Trust

• MBBS, Silchar Medical College and Hospital / University of Gauhati (1994)
• MD (Radiodiagnosis), Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh / Dibrugarh University (2000)
• DNB (Radiodiagnosis), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• DM (Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (2003)
• CCST (Clinical Radiology), United Kingdom
• MBA (Hospital and Health System Management), BITS Pilani

He has previously served as Assistant Professor at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute (2004–2007), Head and Consultant at AMRI Hospitals Dhakuria (2006–2011), Consultant Neurointerventionist at James Cook University Hospital Middlesbrough UK (2011–2012), Head of Department at Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (2012–2026), and Associate Professor at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute Chennai (2014–2018).

He is registered with the West Bengal Medical Council (Registration No. 67852, 2012).

Awards and Recognitions

• Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 6th Edition (2006–2007)
• Healthcare Pioneers of the East 2020, Times of India, for outstanding contribution to Interventional Neuroradiology in Eastern India
• Featured in The Telegraph and Prabhat Khabar for advancing Neuro-Intervention care in Kolkata

Professional Memberships

• Society of Therapeutic Neurointervention (STNI)
• Society of Neurovascular Intervention (SNVI)
• Indian Society of Neuroradiology (ISNR)
• Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR)
• Association of Neuroscientists of Eastern India (ANEI)
• Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA)

Hospital Affiliations

Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha currently serves as Director of Neurointervention and Endovascular Surgery at Manipal Hospitals, Mukundapur, Kolkata (Consultation Fee: ₹1500).

The Neurointerventional Unit at Manipal Hospitals Mukundapur is equipped with the Siemens ICONO Biplane Neuro Cathlab System and attracts physicians from India and Bangladesh for fellowship training.

Research and Academic Contributions

Dr Sukalyan Purkayastha has contributed extensively to neurointerventional radiology through peer-reviewed international publications, invited talks at national and international conferences, academic teaching, and fellowship training that draws specialists from across India and Bangladesh.

Key Publications

• Takayasu Arteritis with Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms: H A Sonwalkar, A K Gupta, S Purkayastha, N K Bodhey, T Krishnamoorthy (Interventional Neuroradiology, 2004; 10(3): 249–252)
• Proatlantal Intersegmental Arteries of External Carotid Artery Origin Associated with Vein of Galen Malformation: Sukalyan Purkayastha, A K Gupta, Ravi Varma, T R Kapilamoorthy (American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2005; 26: 2378–2383)
• Cerebral Myxomatous Angiopathy: Imaging Features: H A Sonwalkar, A K Gupta, D Ravi Varma, S Purkayastha, N K Bodhey, C Kesavadas (Rivista Di Neuroradiologia, 2004; 17(4): 558–560)
• Intradural Extramedullary Aspergilloma Complicating Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia: A Case Report: S Purkayastha, A K Gupta, T R Kapilamoorthy, H A Sonwalkar (Rivista Di Neuroradiologia, 2004; 17(4): 569–572)
• Percutaneous Retrieval of Intravascular Broken Catheter Fragments: A Novel Technique Using a Balloon: A K Gupta, Sukalyan Purkayastha, T Krishnamoorthy (Interventional Neuroradiology, 2005; 11: 149–152)

Conference Presentations

• MRI Pulse Sequences (Annual State Conference of IRIA, West Bengal Branch, November 2006, Kolkata)
• Vascular Interventions (Annual State Conference of IRIA, West Bengal Branch, November 2006, Kolkata)
• Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Endovascular Treatment and Long-Term Follow-up (9th Annual Conference ISNR, November 2006, Gauhati)
• Management of Cerebral Aneurysms with Long-Term Follow-up: Indian Experience (12th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, April 2016, Suzhou, China)
• 6th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (2004, New Delhi)

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