Introduction

Dr S.S.Praharaj, is the best Neurosurgeon practicing at Fortis Hospital in Bangalore. Dr. Praharaj has performed over 6000 Neurosurgical Operations including Complex Cranial and Spinal Operations. In the course of his neurosurgical career, Dr. S. S. Praharaj has rendered invaluable service at institutes like All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi) and NIMHANS, Bangalore, in India and also abroad. Dr. S. S. Praharaj has performed Spine Surgery and Spinal Instrumentation of all kinds at NIMHANS, Bangalore and has also been a pioneer of Neuro-surgical Procedures such as Cervical Laminoplasty, Anterior Cervical Plate and Screw Fixation, Cervical Lateral Mass Fixation, Transthoracic Approaches and Fixations, Thoracolumbar Transpedicular Fixations, Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fixations, etc.

Hospital Associations

Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road.

Services/Interest

• Microneurosurgery
• Spinal Surgery and Instrumentation
• Epilepsy Surgery
• Skull Base Surgery
• Craniofacial Reconstruction Surgery
• Critical Care Management of Head Injury
• Brain Tumours
• Cranio Vertebral Anomalies
• Skull Base Surgery and Spinal Disorders

Professional Memberships

Dr. S. S. Praharaj is an active member of various organizations such as Neurological Society of India, Neuro-otological Society India, Asian Congress of Neurosurgeons. Dr. Praharaj has presented and published papers at national and international levels and been awarded many times. Dr. S. S. Praharaj was also chosen as the “Neurosurgical Update for Young Neurosurgeons of Asia” at Osaka, Japan, 1998.

Education

Dr. S. S. Praharaj completed his M.B.B.S degree in 1984 and MS (Gen. Surgery) in 1988 from G. R. Medical College, Gwalior India. Dr. Praharaj also completed his Diplomate National, Neurosurgery (National Board Exam, 1992) from New Delhi and did his MCh (Neurosurgery) from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology Trivandrum, (An Institute of National Importance) in 1991.

I Speak

English