Dr. Ticini Joseph
Specialist: Brain & Spine Surgeon
Experience: 4+ years of experience
Hospital: Meitra Hospital Karaparamba, Kerala
Brief About Doctor:
- Associate Consultant ,Brain & Spine Surgery
- Dr. Ticini Joseph has over 4 years of experience in complex brain and spine surgeries with a special interest in brain tumours, endoscopic brain surgeries and pediatric brain and spine surgeries.
- Her areas of expertise include minimally invasive surgeries for hydrocephalus in the pediatric age group, pediatric brain tumours and epilepsy surgeries.
- She is proficient in the management of birth anomalies affecting the brain and spine and pediatric traumatic brain injury.
- Having completed her basic medical training from Ukraine (MBBS), she obtained her super speciality training from Chennai (DNB Neurosurgery at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai) and further underwent Fellowship training in Pediatric Neurosurgery from Kerala (Amrita Hospital, Kochi).
- She has various publications to her credit and is an active member of National and International Pediatric Neurosurgical Societies.
- She is also a core member of the Spina Bifida Foundation of India.
SPECIALISATION:
- Minimally invasive/ endoscopic brain surgery for brain tumours and hydrocephalus
- Neuro oncology: posterior fossa tumours and complex skull base and hemispheric tumours with intraoperative monitoring
- Spine surgery: tumours of the spinal cord or nerves. Spinal dysraphism surgery with intraoperative monitoring.
- Surgical management of Complex hydrocephalus and congenital malformations of the brain and craniosynostosis.
List of Treatments:
- Temporal Lobectomy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Multiple Subpial Transections MST
- Microvascular Decompression MVD
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cerebral Angioplasty
- Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Endovascular Coiling
- Lesionectomy
- Hemispherectomy
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Percutaneous Stereotactic Treatment – PSR
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
- Brain Tumour Surgery
- Pineal Region Tumours Treatment
- Gliomas Treatment
- Meningioma
- Schwannomas
- VP Shunting
- Ventriculostomy
- Skull Base Surgery
- Sleep Disorders
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Narcolepsy Treatment
- Headache
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
- Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
- Liberation Treatment
- Sensory Ataxia Treatment
- Pituitary Tumour Treatment
- Paediatric Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Bell’s Palsy Treatment
- Cerebral Angiogram
- Craniotomy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gamma Knife for AVM of Brain Tumour
- Cranioplasty
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Brain Haemorrhage Treatment
- Blood Clot Brain Surgery
- CyberKnife Treatment
- Neurosurgery
- Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Stroke Treatment
- High Cervical Stimulation
- Electrical Cortical Stimulation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
- Drug Pump Implantation for Chronic Pain Management
- Sacral Neuromodulation
- Conservative management
- Thecoperitoneal shunt
- Microsurgical tumour removal
- Endoscopic decompression
- Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
- Deep Brain Stimulation (non-rechargeable)
- NeuroRehabilitation
- Microsurgical repair of encephalocele
- VNS implantation
EDUCATION:
- MBBS
- DNB (Neurosurgery)
- Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Professional Experiences:
- Senior Registrar – Department of Neurosurgery– Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, March 2017- Jun 2017
- Senior Registrar (Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery) – Department of Neurosurgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi- 2017-2018
- Junior Consultant Neurosurgeon – Apollo Children’s Hospitals, Chennai – 2018-2021
