Project Description
- Speciality: Neurosurgery (Sesialis Bedah saraf), Spine Surgery (Spesialis Bedah Tulang Belakang), Interventional Pain Specialist
- Clinic: Sunway Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur
Background
- Dokter Senior yang berpengalaman 44 tahun di bidangnya
- Fokus klinis: Neurotrauma, CNS Tumours i.e. All Brain and Spinal Tumours : Open and Endoscopy, Awake Brain Surgery, CNS Infections, Functional Disorders including Pain, Hemifacial spasms, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Glosso-pharyngeal Neuralgia, Hyperhidrosis (Sweaty Palms), CSF Disorders i.e. Shunts and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy, Spinal Disorders i.e. Degenarative Diseases (Open and Endoscopy Approach), Chronic and Cancer Pain Conditions i.e. Pain surgery and Interventional Pain Procedures, Pediatric Congenital Brain and Spinal Lesions
- Prosedur fokus: Brain Tumour Resections (Open , Keyhole & Endoscopic, Awake Brain Surgery), Skull Base Approach for Brain Tumours, Trasphenoidal Approach for pituitary tumor and sellar tumor, Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy : Microsurgery or Endoscopic, Spinal Decompression, Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy, Pain Surgery ( Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia & Glosso-pharyngeal Neuralgia; DREZotomy for Brachial Plexus Avulsion Pain), Neuromodulation : Spinal Cord Stimulation (For Failed Back Syndrome and Other Pain Conditions), Interventional Pain Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia, Atypical Facial Pain, Cluster Headache, Occipital Neuralgia, Cervicogenic Headache, Chronic Neck & Back Pain, Cervical & Lumbar Discogenic Pain, Sympathetic block or neurolysis for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Limbs, Visceral & Cancer Pain
- MBBS, MS (NEUROSURGERY), Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, MMed (Pain Management)
- MS(Neurosurgery,USM) 2005
- Fellowship in Neurosurgery (Melbourne Royal Hospital, Australia)
- Neurosurgeon, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 2005 – 2007
- Visiting Neurosurgeon, Ipoh General Hospital 2005 -2007
- Neurosurgeon, Sungai Buloh General Hospital (1st Jan 2007 till 31st October 2007)
- Consultant Neurosurgeon and Senior Lecturer, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1st November 2007 till now)
Awards
- Dato’ Dr Arumugasamy prizefor the Best Scientific Oral Presentation, 11th June 2005: The evaluation of the predictors of delayed traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (DTICH) and progressive traumatic brain injury (PTBI) in traumatic head injured patients from HKL. 25th July 2005.
- Second prize (as a supervisor) in Dato’ Dr Arumugasamy prize; “Pioneer Malaysian Neurosurgical Centre Providing Interventional Pain Service: a clinical review” in ISMINS and NAM annual scientific meeting,1st – 5th October 2015