Dr. Vinay Kumar Gurumath - Thumbay University Hospital
Dr. Vinay Kumar Gurumath

Dr. Vinay Kumar Gurumath

Specialist Neurosurgeon

Dr. Vinay Kumar is a Specialist Neurosurgeon with over 20 years of clinical expertise. He completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery, followed by MCh in Neurosurgery from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India. He served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at CMC Vellore and later worked as Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon at Aster Speciality Hospital, Wayanad. He has also practiced as a Specialist Neurosurgeon at Aster Hospitals in Dubai and Sharjah.His expertise includes brain tumours (gliomas, meningiomas, cerebellopontine angle tumours), vascular neurosurgery, microvascular decompression, arteriovenous malformations, traumatic brain injury, posterior fossa decompression, and stroke management. He specializes in advanced spine procedures including cervical and lumbar disc surgeries, spinal fixation, TLIF, microlumbar discectomy, spinal trauma, and spinal tumours. He also manages hydrocephalus, paediatric neurosurgical conditions, and neurological disorders conservatively.He is fluent in English, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi.

Department Thumbay Institute of Neurosciences
Qualification
  • MBBS
  • MS (General surgery)
  • MCh (Neurosurgery)
Languages
  • English
  • Malayalam
  • Tamil
  • Kannada
  • Hindi
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Area of Expertise

  • Brain tumours – Onco Neurosurgery, intracerebral tumours like Gliomas and Meningiomas, Cerebellopontine angle tumours. Vascular Neurosurgery, Microvascular decompression, Arteriovenous malformations.
  • Traumatic head injury – Craniotomy for Extradural haemorrhage, Subdural haemorrhage, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Posterior fossa decompression, Conservative management of head injury, Spine – Cervical disc disease – Cage and artificial disc placement
  • Surgery for OPLL – Cervical fixation – Lat mass fixation, Laminioplasty, Lumbar disc disease – Laminectomy, discectomy, foraminotomy, Spondylolisthesis – pedicle screw fixation, TLIF
  • Microlumbar discectomy – Spinal trauma, Spinal tumours, Cranioplasty – Autografts, Bone cement, Titanium mesh cranioplasty
  • Paediatric – Trauma, Brain abscess, Hydrocephalus – VP shunt, Developmental malformations of the spine
  • Stroke management, Neurological case management for mild head injury, lower back pain, and headache.

Work Experience

Specialist Neurosurgeon

Aster Hospital, Dubai

Assistant Professor Neurosurgery

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Assistant General Surgeon

Paalana Institute Of Medical Sciences, Palakkad, India

Consultant Neurosurgeon

Aster DM Health Care, Wayanad, India

Neurosurgery Resident

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India