Hospital discovery · Neurosurgery
Review 5 validated Neurosurgery hospitals, 10 affiliated neurosurgeons and 12 mapped neurosurgical procedures in Chennai, India.
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Quick answer
Neurosurgery treats selected brain, spine, nerve and cerebrovascular conditions using open, endoscopic, stereotactic or endovascular techniques. Planning depends on neurological findings, lesion location, imaging, pathology, urgency, functional risk and comparison with observation, radiation or medical care. This Chennai page is limited to hospitals with a listed neurosurgeon relationship.
5 validated hospital relationships currently match Neurosurgery in Chennai, including Apollo Hospital, Chennai, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital. Counts require a matching hospital specialty and affiliated neurosurgeon; they are not rankings or claims about outcomes.
12 neurosurgical procedures have validated hospital and doctor relationships in Chennai, including Skull Base Surgery, Spinal Tumor Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery, Meningioma Surgery, Pituitary Tumor Surgery, Endoscopic Brain Surgery, Aneurysm Clipping. Open a procedure page for the exact hospitals and doctors connected to that procedure.
At a glance
Hospital inclusion requires a Neurosurgery relationship and an affiliated neurosurgeon. Procedure pages additionally require matching hospital-procedure and doctor-procedure relationships.
Hospitals
Cards use factual campus data and validated relationship counts. Ordering is alphabetical by city and hospital name, not a ranking.
Showing 1–5 of 5
Chennai, India
JCI Accredited
NABH AccreditedApollo Hospital, Chennai is listed for Neurosurgery in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 1 affiliated neurosurgeon. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Spinal Tumor Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery, Aneurysm Clipping and 4 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedApollo Proton Cancer Centre is listed for Neurosurgery in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 1 affiliated neurosurgeon. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Skull Base Surgery, Spinal Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery, Pituitary Tumor Surgery and 1 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited
NABL AccreditedGleneagles HealthCity Chennai is listed for Neurosurgery in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 3 affiliated neurosurgeons. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery, Meningioma Surgery and 8 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedMGM Healthcare, Chennai is listed for Neurosurgery in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 2 affiliated neurosurgeons. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery, Meningioma Surgery and 6 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedRela Hospital is listed for Neurosurgery in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 3 affiliated neurosurgeons. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Skull Base Surgery, Spinal Tumor Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Glioma Surgery and 11 more.
This table compares recorded attributes only. It does not score or rank hospitals.
| Hospital | City | Accreditation | Beds | Established | Validated procedures | Listed doctors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Hospital, Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH | 745 | 1983 | 8 | 1 |
| Apollo Proton Cancer Centre | Chennai | JCI · NABH | 150 | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 1000 | 1999 | 12 | 3 |
| MGM Healthcare, Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 400 | 2016 | 10 | 2 |
| Rela Hospital | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL · DHA | 450 | 2018 | 15 | 3 |
Procedures
Doctors
Each doctor has a matching hospital and Neurosurgery relationship. Procedure pages additionally require that exact doctor-procedure mapping.
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dr. M. Anbuselvam is Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 42+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, an…
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Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dr. Ari G Chacko is Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 32+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versu…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. M Balamurugan is Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 30+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, and open rese…
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Associate Consultant
Dr. Arul K is Associate Consultant at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 27+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, and…
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Director of Neurosurgery
Dr. V. R. Roopesh Kumar is Director of Neurosurgery at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 20+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, a…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. Nigel Symss is Senior Consultant at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 16+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, a…
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Clinical Lead for Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery
Dr. Natesan Damodaran is Clinical Lead for Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 15+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor,…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. Vijay Sundar Ilangovan is Senior Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised neurosurgery in India for 15+ years experience. Craniotomy versus endoscopic corridor, clipping versus coiling, and o…
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City context
Chennai has Radiation Oncology listings in the wider GAF directory, but this article does not infer that every listed institution delivers SRS. Only dynamically resolved procedure relationships should produce clinician or hospital cards, and a card is not a ranking, machine inventory or outcome claim.
Chennai has Radiation Oncology listings in the wider GAF directory, but this article does not infer that every listed institution delivers CyberKnife. Only dynamically resolved procedure relationships should produce clinician or hospital cards, and a card is not a ranking, machine inventory or outcome claim.
Clinician and hospital cards for Chennai appear only when live directory relationships currently tag Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). An empty section is a catalog fact, not a hidden ranking. Neighbouring technique tags must not be reused, and placement is not a volume, machine-model or outcome claim.
Confirm the actual bunker campus, machine class if named, fraction calendar, image guidance, and the first post-treatment review in writing. A general oncology or accreditation label does not answer those case-specific questions.
Send pathology, imaging and prior radiation records before booking travel to Chennai.
Arrive with enough time for radiation oncology, physics and simulation review; Families using Gulf or South-Asian air links should still preserve time for simulation, peer-reviewed planning and a rest interval before the first fraction.
Chennai International Airport: Airport access can be comparatively direct for several hospital districts, but lodging should still follow the named bunker. Heat and humidity affect skin care during breast, head-and-neck or pelvic courses. Indoor rest and skin care should be planned rather than assumed as beach-hotel recovery. A shorter airport road is not a shorter IMRT course.
Chennai International Airport: Several ENT campuses have comparatively direct airport access, but heat, humidity and travel after anaesthesia still require a planned vehicle and companion. Heat can worsen dehydration after tonsil or throat surgery. Fluid and diet targets must come from the treating team.
Treatment guides
Skull base surgery approaches selected lesions at the interface of the nose, ear or neck with the cranial base, often using endoscopic endonasal or lateral routes with a combined ENT–neurosurgery team. Depending on the lesion, the team works through the nose with endoscopes or through a lateral otologic or open approach, removes the planned tumour or disease, and reconstructs the skull-base defect.
Spinal tumor surgery decompresses or removes a tumour affecting the vertebra, canal or cord — metastatic or selected primary — when oncology and stability already sit on the same plan. The corridor follows the tumour. Decompression, biopsy, cement, screws or a cage reconstruction are combined only as the board planned.
Brain tumor surgery in India may involve open craniotomy, minimally invasive or endoscopic approaches depending on tumour location, size, pathology and surgical goals. Treatment planning typically includes imaging, neurosurgical evaluation, anaesthesia, surgery, hospital care and postoperative monitoring. After anaesthesia and positioning, a planned craniotomy or keyhole corridor exposes the lesion. The tumour is removed or debulked under magnification, often with neuronavigation. Tissue goes to pathology; the bone flap is replaced and the patient recovers in a neuro-ICU or high-dependency bay.
Glioma surgery removes or debulks a glial tumour inside the brain, often using mapping, fluorescence or navigation so as much tumour as is safe can be taken while eloquent function is protected. A craniotomy is planned over the tumour. Mapping, navigation or fluorescence may guide resection. Tissue is sent for histology and, when written, molecular tests. Closure and neuro-ICU observation follow.
Meningioma surgery removes a tumour arising from the meninges, ranging from a convexity mass to a skull-base lesion wrapped around nerves and vessels. A craniotomy or skull-base approach exposes the dural origin. The tumour is dissected from brain, sinus or cranial nerves as far as is safe. Dura is repaired and the bone flap replaced.
Pituitary tumor surgery removes or debulks an adenoma or related sellar mass, most often through a transsphenoidal corridor, to relieve optic-nerve pressure or control hormone excess or deficiency. Usually under general anaesthesia, a transnasal transsphenoidal route reaches the sella. The adenoma is removed under the endoscope or microscope. The sellar floor is reconstructed to limit CSF leak.
Endoscopic brain surgery reaches an intracranial target through a small corridor with a camera, often via a ventricle or keyhole, when anatomy already makes that route honest. A burr hole or small craniotomy admits the endoscope. The target is inspected, biopsied or removed under irrigation. Haemostasis and closure follow; conversion is discussed in consent.
Aneurysm clipping places a microsurgical clip across the neck of an intracranial aneurysm so blood no longer fills the sac, after angiography has already written an open rather than endovascular plan. A craniotomy exposes the parent vessel. Temporary clips may be used while the definitive clip is placed across the neck. Intraoperative angiography or Doppler may confirm exclusion. Neuro-ICU vasospasm watch follows if the aneurysm had ruptured.
AVM surgery microsurgically disconnects and removes an arteriovenous malformation so arterial blood no longer shunts directly into veins. A craniotomy exposes the nidus. Feeders are disconnected, the nidus is removed and draining veins are taken last. Intraoperative angiography may confirm clearance.
Deep brain stimulation implants electrodes in a selected brain target and connects them to a pulse generator so Parkinson disease, tremor or dystonia can be modulated after a named functional-neurosurgery review. Electrodes are placed with stereotactic guidance, sometimes with microelectrode recording or asleep imaging confirmation. Leads are tunnelled to a chest or abdominal pulse generator. Programming starts after swelling settles.
Epilepsy surgery removes, disconnects or modulates the brain region generating seizures when video-EEG and MRI already write an operation rather than medicines alone. If resection is planned, a craniotomy exposes the zone — often temporal — and the tissue is removed under mapping. Alternative sittings include hemispheric disconnection or implantation of monitoring or stimulation hardware.
Hydrocephalus surgery treats excess cerebrospinal fluid, most often by placing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, when imaging already writes diversion rather than medicines alone. A ventricular catheter is placed, connected to a valve and tunnelled to the peritoneum or another terminus. Intraoperative confirmation and a post-operative scan may be obtained.
Cost guides
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
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India planning ranges are not city tariffs, hospital quotations or patient-specific prices. A named hospital must confirm the written estimate.
Conditions
Conditions appear only when the controlled specialty profile or canonical procedure content records the relationship.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
The appropriate neurosurgical procedure depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Questions
5 hospitals currently meet the validated specialty and affiliated-doctor rules shown on this page.
12 controlled neurosurgical procedures currently have both hospital and doctor relationship evidence in Chennai.
10 listed neurosurgeons are affiliated with the validated hospitals on this page.
Compare factual details such as city, accreditation, beds, established year, validated procedures and affiliated doctors. GAF does not assign an overall score or clinical ranking.
Use linked GAF cost guides as indicative India planning ranges. Technique, fractions, planning, imaging, admission and patient-specific requirements must be confirmed in a written hospital quotation.
Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.
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