Dr. Rajashree Gandhe

Dr Rajashree Gandhe is a highly distinguished neuroanaesthesiologist in Mumbai with a monumental 34 years of overall experience.

She holds an MD in Anaesthesiology alongside elite clinical observerships from Western Ontario University in Canada and the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in the USA.

She has profoundly shaped the field of neuroanaesthesia in India by successfully establishing the highly esteemed Neuroanaesthesia fellowship programme at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital since 2013.

She is renowned globally for her exceptional proficiency in complex neurosurgical anaesthesia, advanced neuro-monitoring, and interventional neuroradiology.

Currently, she serves as a Consultant at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, offering patients highly advanced physiological support during intricate brain and spine surgeries with fluent communication in English, Hindi, and Marathi.

Area of Expertise

Dr Rajashree brings profound knowledge to the medical management of critical cerebrovascular conditions, complex brain tumours, and severe traumatic brain injuries.

Her unparalleled proficiency in advanced neuroanaesthesia ensures absolute haemodynamic stability, rapid physiological recovery, and optimal surgical safety for her patients.

Neurosurgical Anaesthesia and Functional Neurosurgery

For patients in Mumbai undergoing highly complex brain and spine surgeries, Dr Rajashree performs targeted pre-anaesthetic evaluations to rapidly ensure absolute physiological stability:

• Providing expert anaesthesia to ensure complete safety and stability during complex surgeries for brain tumours, posterior fossa lesions, and severe traumatic brain injuries
• Delivering highly precise intensive care for intricate paediatric neurosurgery, complex spine surgery, and functional procedures like rigorous epilepsy surgeries
• Ensuring excellent postoperative pain relief using targeted cervical plexus blocks for patients recovering from complex infratentorial and occipital craniotomies

Interventional Neuroradiology and Vascular Anaesthesia

To safely manage severe cerebrovascular conditions for patients in Andheri West, Dr Rajashree offers the following targeted intensive interventions:

• Administering cutting-edge anaesthesia during severe stroke management and complex neurovascular surgeries to drastically accelerate safe recovery
• Managing advanced anaesthetic protocols for highly delicate procedures like aneurysm coiling, arteriovenous malformation embolisation, and precise neurovascular stenting
• Ensuring immediate physiological stability during the intricate embolisation of severe dural and spinal arteriovenous fistulas

Advanced Neuro-Monitoring and Airway Management

Dr Rajashree provides the following specialised intensive anaesthesia procedures for patients in Mumbai requiring critical physiological tracking during neurosurgery to overcome major surgical challenges:

• Utilising advanced neuro-monitoring tools like Transcranial Doppler, EEG, Entropy, and continuous Intracranial Pressure Monitoring to significantly mitigate surgical risks
• Delivering highly effective medical therapies using dexmedetomidine to safely manage blood pressure responses during complex intubation
• Leveraging stringent critical care protocols to safely and rapidly secure difficult airways directly within the highly complex neurointervention suite

Clinical Milestones and Academic Leadership

Dr Rajashree Gandhe maintains an extraordinary track record of clinical excellence and academic leadership, consistently delivering world-class neuroanaesthesia at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH):

• Institutional Leadership: Associated with KDAH since its very inception, fundamentally establishing its world-class neuroanaesthesia protocols.
• Academic Pioneer: Successfully initiated and developed the highly prestigious Neuroanaesthesia Fellowship Programme since 2013, alongside spearheading the DNB Neuroanaesthesiology and DNB Anaesthesia training programmes.
• Bombay Hospital Tenure: Served as a highly esteemed Senior Consultant Neuroanaesthesiologist at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences for 10 years.
• Global Academic Faculty: Frequently invited as an esteemed faculty member and keynote speaker at numerous prestigious national and international neuroanaesthesia conferences.

Education

Dr Rajashree Gandhe completed her medical education and elite anaesthesia training from prestigious global and national medical boards:

• MBBS from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur
• MD in Anaesthesiology from Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGMC), Nagpur
• Senior Residency at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Fellowships and Certifications

Dr Rajashree Gandhe has been awarded highly prestigious clinical observerships reflecting her absolute mastery in advanced neuroanaesthesia:

• Clinical Observership at Western Ontario University, Canada
• Clinical Observership at the Cleveland Clinic, USA

Professional Memberships

Dr Rajashree Gandhe holds esteemed leadership positions and memberships with a vast array of prestigious national medical organisations:

• Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (ISNACC)
• Society of Neurocritical Care (SNCC)
• Association of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (ANACC)
• Mumbai Anaesthesiology Society (MAS)

Awards and Achievements

Dr Rajashree Gandhe is highly celebrated for her relentless dedication to clinical excellence and pioneering neurosurgical intensive care:

• Instrumental in the successful initiation and flawless execution of the highly rigorous DNB Neuroanaesthesiology training programme at KDAH.
• Extensively contributed to leading academic medical literature by authoring numerous highly cited chapters in definitive neuroanaesthesiology textbooks and peer-reviewed journals.

Publications

Dr Rajashree Gandhe has authored highly impactful clinical research, contributing significantly to the advancement of complex neuroanaesthesia:

• Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging for neurosurgery: An anaesthesiologist's challenge, Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (2018).
• Endovascular aspiration of clot in a 3-year-old child with embolic infarct of the right middle cerebral artery, Saudi Journal of Anesthesia (2018).
• Unanticipated difficulty in an anticipated difficult airway in the Neurointervention suite, Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (2018).

Professional Experience

Dr Rajashree Gandhe currently brings her extensive neurosurgical intensive care expertise to the following leading institution, serving as a Consultant Neuroanaesthesiologist at:

• Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute (Andheri West)

Previously, she gained extensive medical leadership and advanced clinical experience serving as:

• Senior Consultant Neuroanaesthesiologist at Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai
• Senior Resident at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

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