About
About Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma is a renowned Neurosurgeon, practising successfully for more than 22 years. He has expertise in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. He carries out surgery for Movement Disorders, Chronic pain and Epilepsy and deals with all branches of Neurosurgery including Paediatric, Vascular and Endoscopic Neurosurgery. The credit of spearheading first successful DBS surgery for Neuroacanthosis in India and third in the world goes to him. He pioneered the MCh programme to train Postgraduate doctors in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurosciences, MSRMC, Bangalore Besides, he inducted the DBS programme for the treatment of Parkinsonâs disease at NIMS, Hyderabad, KEM Hospital, Mumbai and Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad respectively. He was selected for a DBS workshop with advanced training in the Netherlands, as a part of a prestigious Indo-Canadian collaboration. He was invited as the Chairman of International Conference on Epilepsy (EPICON), held at M. S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, Bangalore, 11th and 12th November 2011.  He enjoys the membership of a number of prestigious associations like Neurological Society of India, Bangalore Neurological Society, Indian society for stereotactic and functional Neurosurgery (ISSFN), and Indian Society for pediatric Neurosurgery.
List of Treatments
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cerebral Angioplasty
- Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Endovascular Coiling
- Surgical Clipping
- Temporal Lobectomy
- Lesionectomy
- Hemispherectomy
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Multiple Subpial Transections MST
- Microvascular Decompression MVD
- Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Percutaneous Steriotactic Treatment – PSR
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
- Gliomas Treatment
- Meningioma
- Schwannomas
- VP Shunting
- Ventriculostomy
- Skull Base Surgery
- Sleep Disorders
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Narcolepsy Treatment
- Headache
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
- Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
- Liberation Treatment
- Sensory Ataxia Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Cerebral Palsy – Stem Cell Treatment
- Paediatric Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Bell’s Palsy Treatment
- Cerebral Angiogram
- Craniotomy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gamma Knife for AVM or Brain Tumor
- Cranioplasty
- Neural Stem Cell Therapy
- Autism – Stem Cell Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy – Stem Cell Treatment
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Neuropathy – Stem Cell Treatment
- Brain Haemorrhage Treatment
- Blood Clot Brain Surgery
- CyberKnife Treatment
- Neurosurgery
- Alzheimerâs Disease Treatment
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Stroke Treatment
Work Experience
Consultant, Mallige Hospital Bangalore
Professor, M. S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore
Consultant, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Senior Resident, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Senior Resident, M. S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore
Special Interest
Parkinsonâs Disease,
Movement Disorders,
Chronic Pain,
Paediatric Neurosurgery,
Vascular Neurosurgery,
Endoscopic Neurosurgery