Dr. Anirudh Vilas Kulkarni

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Qualifications & Education:

• Fellowship in Neurovascular Interventions – Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi
• DM (Neurology) – Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• MD (General Medicine) – B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
• MBBS – Shri B M Patil Medical College (BLDEA)

Areas of Expertise:

• Acute Stroke Care including Thrombectomy Ready systems
• Advanced interventional techniques: ADAPT, SOLUMBRA
• Neurovascular Interventions including
  • Aneurysm coiling
  • AVM and Dural AV fistula embolization
  • Carotid & Vertebral Angioplasty/Stenting
  • Venous thrombectomies and Venous sinis stenting
• Management of epilepsy, chronic headaches, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) & degenerative neurological conditions
• Neuro-Diagnostics including EEG, EMG, NCS & Evoked Potentials

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor & In-Charge – Neurointervention, CMC Ludhiana
• Consultant - Apollo Specialty Hospital 
• Instrumental in setting up Acute Stroke Units & advanced neurointervention systems in tertiary care hospitals

Research & Publications:

• Alcoholic Pellagra Encephalopathy – APGCON2011
• Exchange Transfusion in Severe Complicated P. Falciparum Malaria – APGCON2011
• Stomach Carcinoid in a patient with B12 deficiency anaemia – APGCON2011
• MELAS: A Case Series – Poster at KNACON2016
• Bhavik Prajapati, Anirudh Kulkarni. A study of Brain Natriuretic Peptide levels in acute cardiac failure. IAIM, 2018; 5(5)
• Kalra LP, Khatter H, Kulkarni A, Sahonta R, Rathore S, Hattingen E, You SJ, Wagner M, Weidauer S, Keil F, Pandian JD. Reliability of instant messaging-based evaluation of brain imaging in acute stroke.
• Harisuthan T, Kulkarni AV, Kuruttukulam GV. Uncommon Anatomical Variant – Types Artery of Percheron Infarcts: Clinical-radiological Correlations. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 2018 Jan 1;21(1):80-1.
• Prajapati, Chintan; Huded, Vikram; Mahajan, Niranjan; Kulkarni, Anirudh; Manual, Delitia1. Comparing Bridging Thrombolysis with Direct Thrombectomy in Stroke due to Large Vessel Occlusion — Indian Experience (LVO-Direct). Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 25(5):869-874, Sep–Oct 2022.
• Prajapati, Chintan; Huded, Vikram; Mahajan, Niranjan; Kulkarni, Anirudh. Mechanical Thrombectomy: Review. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 25(4):606-615, Jul–Aug 2022.
• Sharma N, Nemani T, Manohar R, Kekatpure V M, Acharya H, Huded V, Dash G, Shetty S K, Kulkarni V A, Shah MM, Philip VJ. Cohort Study of Autoimmune Encephalitis (AIE) in Pediatric and Adult Population from India — A Single Tertiary Centre Experience. Neurology. 2022 Dec 5;99(23_Supplement_2):S49-50.

Professional Memberships:

• World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment
• American Association of Neurology
• Indian Stroke Association

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Marathi, and Hindi