Fellowship in Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery
Fellowship in Spine Surgery
Neuro Surgeon
Specializations
Neurosurgeon
Qualifications
MBBS - Osmania Medical College - 2010 - Hyderabad
MS - General Surgery - PGIMER - 2014 - Chandigarh
MCh - Neurosurgery - AIIMS - 2018 - New Delhi
Fellowship in Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery - AIIMS - 2021 - New Delhi
Fellowship in Spine Surgery - Paras Hospital - 2021 - Gurgaon
Training in Neuroendovascular - Max Hospital - 2021 - Delhi
Experiences
House Surgeon Osmania Medical College - Hyderabad - May 2009 - Apr 2010
Junior Resident PGIMER - Chandigarh - Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
Senior Resident AIIMS - New Delhi - Feb 2015 - Dec 2018
Consultant Neurosurgeon AIG Hospital - Gachibowli - Currently Working
Registrations
68167 Andhra Pradesh Medical Council 2010
Paper Presentations
Doddamani RS, Tripathi M, Samala R, Agrawal M, Ramanujam B, Bajaj J, Girishan S, Tripathi M, Bal CS, Garg A, Chandra PS. Hypothalamic Hamartoma and Endocrinopathy A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective. Neurol India. 2020 May, Jun 68, S146-S153. doi 10.4103/0028-3886.287681. PMID: 32611907
Samala R, Agrawal M, Garg K, Singh M. Letter to the Editor. The role of unilateral pallidotomy in cervical dystonia. J Neurosurg Spine - 2020 Sep 11:1-2. doi 10.3171/2020.7.SPINE201200. Epub ahead of print. PMID 32916647
Agrawal M, Samala R, Doddamani R, Agrawal D, Chandra SP. The role of selective dorsal rhizotomy in the management of post traumatic spasticity systematic review. Neurosurg Rev - 2020 Feb 5. doi 10.1007/s10143-020-01255-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32020384
Kaur K, Chandra PS, Samala R, Agrawal M, Doddamani R, Ramanujam B, Singh G, Tripathi M. Bridging the gap between analytical methods and their clinical interpretation. Epilepsia. 2020 Oct 16. doi 10.1111/epi.16706. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33063844
Agrawal M, Samala R, Doddamani RS, Chandra PS. Letter: predictors of postoperative complications after selective dorsal rhizotomy. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Oct 28. doi 10.1007/s00701-020-04629-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33111153
Doddamani RS, Tripathi M, Samala R, Agarwal M, Ramanujan B, Chandra SP. Posterior quadrant disconnection for sub hemispheric drug refractory epilepsy. Neurol India. 2020 Mar Apr 68(2):270-273. doi 10.4103/0028-3886.284358. PMID 32415002
Agrawal M, Chandra PS, Doddamani R, Kaur K, Samala R, Tripathi M. Maximizing non invasive investigations in the quest for identifying the epileptogenic zone. Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Nov 131(11):2777-2778. doi 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.08.020. Epub 2020 Sep 23. PMID 33011079
Doddamani RS, Samala R, Agrawal M, Verma R, Kumar N, Chandra PS. Robotic Guided Bilateral Anterior Cingulate Radiofrequency Ablation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Neurol India 2020;68, Suppl S2:333-6
Chandra PS, Samala R, Agrawal M, Doddamani RS, Ramanujam B, Tripathi M. Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Drug Refractory Epilepsy. Neurol India 2020;68, Suppl S2:325-7
Garg K, Samala R, Agrawal M, Rajan R, Singh M. Pallidotomy for Dystonia. Neurol India 2020;68, Suppl S2:322-4
Doddamani RS, Agrawal M, Samala R, Ramanujam B, Chandra PS, Tripathi M. Vagal Nerve Stimulation in the Management of Epilepsy Recent Concepts. Neurol India 2020;68, Suppl S2:259-67
Parihar J, Agrawal M, Samala R, Chandra P S, Tripathi M. Role of Neuromodulation for Treatment of Drug Resistant Epilepsy. Neurol India 2020;68, Suppl S2:249-58
Samala R, Borkar SA, Sharma R, Garg A, Suri A, Gupta D, Kale SS. Effectiveness of preoperative facial nerve diffusion tensor imaging tractography for preservation of facial nerve function in surgery for large vestibular schwannomas: Results of a prospective randomized study. Neurol India 2019;76(1):149-154
Letter to Editor: Samala R, Garg K, Kedia S, Satyarthee GD. Endovascular management of epidural hematomas. J Neurosurg 2018 May 128(5):1601-1603. doi 10.3171/2017.9.JNS172067
Borkar S, Kale S, Samala R. Extramedullary foramen magnum tumors: Decision making and surgical outcome. Global Spine Journal 2018;8(IS):352S
Agrawal M, Samala R, Doddamani RS, Goyal A, Tripathi M, Chandra PS. Is surgery effective for treating hypothalamic hamartoma causing isolated central precocious puberty A systematic review. Neurosurg Rev. 2021 Feb 28. doi 10.1007/s10143-021-01512-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33641048
Chandra PS, Doddamani R, Girishan S, Samala R, Agrawal M, Garg A, Ramanujam B, Tripathi M, Bal C, Nehra A, Tripathi M. Robotic thermocoagulative hemispherotomy: concept, feasibility, outcomes, and safety of a new “bloodless” technique. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Apr 2:1-12. doi 10.3171/2020.10.PEDS20673. Epub ahead of print. PMID 33799306
Mirpuri P, Chandra PP, Samala R, Agarwal M, Doddamani R, Kaur K, Ramanujan B, Chandra PS, Tripathi M. The development and efficacy of a mobile phone application to improve medication adherence for persons with epilepsy in limited resource settings: A preliminary study. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Mar 116:107794. doi 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107794. Epub 2021 Feb 10. PMID 33578224
Doddamani, Ramesh and Meena, Rajesh and Samala, Raghu and Agrawal, Mohit and Tripathi, Manjari and Chandra, Sarat. 2021. Expanding the Horizons of mTOR Inhibitors for Treating Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytomas with Obstructive Hydrocephalus. Pediatric Neurosurgery 1-2 10.1159/000512720.
Agrawal M, Chandra PS, Samala R, Doddamani R, Ramanujan B, Tripathi M. Letter: Risk Factors for Seizure Worsening After Epilepsy Surgery in Children and Adults A Population Based Register Study. Neurosurgery. 2020, 88 10.1093/neuros/nyaa559
Kaur K, Agrawal M, Yadav M, Chandra PS, Samala R, Doddamani R, Ramanujam B, Tripathi M On Scalp Magnetoencephalography A Long but promising road ahead Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020, 132. 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.12.011
Agrawal M, Tripathi M, Samala R, Doddamani R, Ramanujan B, Chandra PS. Epilepsy surgery in COVID times a unique conundrum. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Apr 10:1 6. doi 10.1007/s00381-021-05048-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID 33839899 PMCID PMC8036014
Agrawal M, Garg K, Samala R, Rajan R, Singh M. A Scientometric Analysis of the 100 Most Cited Articles on Pallidotomy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021, Jun 2:1-11. doi 10.1159/000516237. Epub ahead of print. PMID 34077938
Agrawal M, Garg K, Samala R, Rajan R, Naik V, Singh M. Outcome and Complications of MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. Front Neurol. 2021, May 7 12:654711. doi 10.3389/fneur.2021.654711. PMID 34025558; PMCID PMC8137896
Doddamani RS, Samala R, Subianto H, Ramanujam B, Tripathi M, Chandra PS. Robotic Guided Stereoelectroencephalography for Refractory Epilepsy: Technique and Nuances. Neurol India. 2021 May, Jun 69(3):587-591. doi 10.4103/0028-3886.319246. PMID 34169847
Doddamani RS, Samala R, Chandra PS, Tripathi M. Letter to the Editor. Boltless Stereoelectroencephalography a ecessity in very young children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Jun 18:1-2. doi 10.3171/2021.3.PEDS21133. Epub ahead of print. PMID 34144515
Samala R, Doddamani R, Tripathi M, Chandra PS. Letter to the Editor. Is arterial spin labeling relevant in MRI negative drug refractory epilepsy J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Jun 18 1. doi 10.3171/2021.3.PEDS21139. Epub ahead of print. PMID 34144514
Doddamani RS, Chandra P S, Samala R, Ramanujan B, Tripathi M, Bal C S, Garg A, Gaikwad S, Tripathi M. Endoscopic Hemispherotomy for Nonatrophic Rasmussen’s Encephalopathy. Neurol India 2021;69:837-41