Paediatric Neurosurgery

Sonal Jain Atluri

Dr. Sonal Jain Atluri

Consultant
Department
Paediatric Neurosurgery
Sub-Speciality
Endoscopic surgery and brain tumours
Qualification

M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery), M.Ch. (Neurosurgery, Gold medallist)

Contact details
Fellowship
  • Hands-on Clinical Paediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship (Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, USA: 2019-2020)
  • Joint AANS- CNS Travelling Fellowship (Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, USA: 2019)
  • First woman Indian s ambassador (Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, USA: 2018)
  • Clinical clerkship in Neuro-oncology (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas: 2009)
  • Clinical hands-on rotation in Paediatric Surgery (Medical University of South Carolina, USA: 2009)
Experience

11+ years

Bio:

Dr. Sonal Jain Atluri is a Consultant at the Paediatric Neurosurgery Department of Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre. She is among the few who has received training in Paediatric Neurosurgery with a formal clinical fellowship in the USA. She has a strong academic background, completing her medical studies (M.B.B.S., M.S., and M.Ch.) at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital in Mumbai, India. She was awarded a Gold Medal for her performance in the M.Ch. Neurosurgery examination and was honoured as the Best Neurosurgery Resident in India through the Torrent TYSA Challenge. Additionally, she is the first Indian woman to receive the prestigious AASAN (American Association of South Asian Neurological Surgeons) ambassadorship to the USA.

Dr. Atluri published an internationally acclaimed paper on “Switch Cranioplasty,” a new cranioplasty technique, which has received laurels from international paediatric neurosurgery societies. She has authored 19 research papers, focusing on paediatric brain tumours, hydrocephalus, craniofacial issues, and foetal neuroanatomy. Her impressive research work earned Dr. Atluri international awards at a young age.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Minimally invasive techniques for neurosurgical diseases in children (Neuroendoscopy)
  • Brain tumours
  • Craniosynostosis: offering customised open surgery and minimally invasive endoscopic surgery 
  • Surgical management of Epilepsy in drug-resistant epilepsy
  • Spina Bifida and other congenital craniospinal disorders of childhood 
  • Trauma
  • Vascular neurosurgery
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