Dr. Abhaya Kumar

About Dr. Abhaya Kumar

• Dr. Abhaya Kumar is a leading Neurosurgeon and a Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Expert in Mumbai.
• He has over 33 years of experience and has performed over 8,000 surgeries, including 3,500 spinal procedures and 5,500 brain surgeries to date.
• Dr. Abhaya has conducted over 2,500 minimally invasive spine surgeries, with a 96% success rate. Only 2% of cases required conversion to open surgery.
• He offers comprehensive minimally invasive spine surgery using tubular retractors, endoscopy, and O-arm technology.
• Some of the advanced spinal procedures Dr. Abhaya offers are:
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy & Lumbar Micro Decompression
  • Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar TLIF
  • Cervical Microforaminotomy
  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
• He has successfully treated 300+ cases of craniovertebral junction anomalies.
• Using advanced technologies like intraoperative MRI (IMRIS), neuro-navigation, stereotaxy, and neuroendoscopy, Dr. Abhaya has operated on approximately 3,000 brain tumors and over 500 spinal cord tumors.
• He achieves a 90% success rate in brain tumor surgeries, with residual tumors in only 10% of patients, comparable to international standards. The overall complication rate is 3%-5%, below the benchmark of 5%-8%.
• In his excellent surgical career spanning over three decades, he has performed more than 500 awake neurosurgeries and treated over 500 cases of refractory trigeminal neuralgia with a 98% success rate.
• He utilizes neuroendoscopy for treating pituitary tumors, hydrocephalus, colloid cysts, and intraventricular tumors.
• He offers comprehensive surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia, including:
  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• As part of the Stroke Team, Dr. Abhaya has provided surgical treatment for over 500 ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients.
• Similarly, as a member of the Epilepsy Team, he has performed over 200 surgeries for medically refractory epilepsy.
• He has conducted over 100 deep brain stimulation procedures for Parkinson’s disease.
• Dr. Abhaya completed his MBBS from Bangalore University, Mumbai, in 1991. Later he pursued a DNB and MS in General Surgery in 1997.
• He also holds an FRCS (General Surgery) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 1998, and an FRCS (Neurosurgery) from the Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK, 2006.
• Dr. Abhaya also did Fellowships in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery from the United Kingdom.
• He has associations with national and international medical societies, such as the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society (USA), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA), the Neurological Society of India, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, and the Minimal Invasive Spine Society of Bharat.

Education

• MBBS, Bangalore University, Mumbai, 1991
• DNB, (General Surgery), National Board of Examinations, 1997
• MS, (General Surgery), University of Goa, 1997
• FRCS (General Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 1998
• FRCS (Neurosurgery), Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK, 2006
• Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, United Kingdom
• Fellowship in Stereotactic Radiosurgery, United Kingdom

Training & Certificates

• Trained in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurosciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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