Dr. Anil Karapurkar

About
With more than 40 years of experience, Dr Anil Karapurkar who is one of the pioneers in Neuro interventions in India has joined S.L.Raheja hospital, Mahim. His special interest is in Endovascular Neurosurgery in treating diseases of blood vessels of head & neck, Brain & spine. Dr Karapurkar has treated thousands of patients with neurovascular diseases such as aneurysms, Brain arterio-venous malformations and fistulas (AVM & AVF), brain tumors & Acute Stroke cases. He has conducted various workshops in interventional Neuro surgeries at KEM & Apollo hospital, Delhi. He completed his training in Neurosurgery from KEM Hospital, Mumbai in 1975 and subsequently worked there as Prof. in Neurosurgery. He received training in endovascular procedures from France. He has been the past president of AAFITN (Asian & Australasian Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology). He has been on the Advisory Board of WFITN(World Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology). He has trained several Neurologists, Neurosurgeons and Radiologists in this exciting specialty. His aim is to create awareness of stroke amongst the public. He believes that stroke makes the patient highly dependent on others hence quick expert treatment provided in the first few hours of emergency can save him from going through complications.

 

Speciality Interests:
Aneurysms
Brain and Spinal Cord AVMs
Acute Stroke
Prevention of Stroke
Stenting Intracranial and Extracranial Arteries of Cerebral Circulation
Embolization of Intracranial and Juxtacranial tumours
Spinal tumours
Vertebroplasty.

Education
MBBS - Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College & Sasson General Hospital, Pune, 1970
MS - General Surgery - Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, 1974
MS - Neuro Surgery - Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, 1975

Experience
Lecturer, Asst Prof, Reader, Prof . Neurosurgery at Seth G S Medical College
Lecturer, Asst Prof, Reader, Prof . Neurosurgery at KEM Hospital
1996 - 2002 Senior Consultant Endovascular Neurosurgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
2002 - 2006 Senior Consultant Endovascular Neurosurgery at , Bombay Hospital
Senior Consultant Endovascular Neurosurgery at Breach Candy

Memberships
World Federation of Interventional Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN),
Asian & Australasian Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (AAFITN)
Neurological Society of India (NSI)
Indian Society of Cerebro Vascular Surgery (ISCVSS)
Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN)

Registrations
26073 Maharashtra Medical Council, 1970