Dr Rabindra Narayan Bhattacharya

Dr. Bhattacharya is a senior neurosurgeon at Manipal Hospitals Dhakuria with substantial expertise in brain and spine care, including trauma, lesions/tumours, and congenital disorders. He brings a background of academic and institutional roles - formerly involved in teaching and advanced neurosurgical departments — which adds to his depth of experience and trustworthiness for complex neurological conditions.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS
• MS - General Surgery
• MCh - Neurosurgery

Professional Experience:

• Consultant Neuro Surgeon , Manipal Hospitals, Dhakuria, Kolkata.
• Former Lecturer, then Additional Professor , Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
• Former Chief Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery , Bharat Coking Coal Limited , Dhanbad

Awards & Achievements:

• Vestibular schwannoma microsurgical total excision with preservation of the 7th nerve was performed for the first time in India in 1982.
• Endoscopic surgery training at Aesculap Academy in Germany in 1998 and endoscopic surgery subsequently popularised in India.
• More than 1,500 cases of microsurgical clipping of aneurysms were successfully completed.
• Over 250 cases of microsurgical excision of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) were performed with results comparable to those of international surgeons.

Professional Memberships:

• Life Member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Member of the Neurological Society of India (Paediatric Neurosurgery)
• Member of Cerebrovascular Society
• Life Member of the Society of Neurosurgery
• Member of Skull Base Surgery Society

Fellowship:

• Past President of NSI (Neurological Society of India) Kerala Chapter

Publications / Research Output:

• Mohanty S, Bhattacharya RN: Traumatic aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery. Neurology India 56: 140-141, 1979.
• Mohanty S, Bhattacharya RN, Tandon SC, Shukla PK: Intracerebral cystic epidermoid. Report of two cases. Acta Neurochirurgica 57: 107-113, 1981.
• Bhattacharya RN: Contemporary Management of Cerebral AVMs. Progress in Clinical Neurosciences, 2002.
• Bhattacharya RN: Changing Trends in the Management of Pineal Region Tumors. Progress in Clinical Neurosciences, 2004.