About Doctor
Dr. Ramesh Narenthiranathan is among the best neurosurgeon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. N. Ramesh has a special interest in vascular neurosurgery having treated more than 1,000 cases of brain aneurysms & brain AVMs. He is also one of the few Neurosurgeons who has experience in brain vascular bypass surgery. He has also been the pioneer endoscopic skull base (pituitary) Neurosurgeon starting in 2004.
Past Professional Positions
• Registrar Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, 1998 – 2000
• Registrar Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 2000 – 2002
• Specialist Registrar Neorosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK, 2002 – 2003
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 2003 – 2011
• Honorary Lecturer, Masters of Neurosurgery Programme, University Sains Malaysia 2008-2011
• Examiner Masters of Neurosurgery Programme, University Sains Malaysia 2010-2011
Other Panel Positions
• Tele Consultant adviser Ministry of Health (MOH)
• Expert Panel, National Cancer Registry, 2005 – Present
• Principal Investigator, National Trauma Database (Ministry of Health Malaysia)
• Ask the Expert Panel, Ministry of Health Malaysia
Hospital
Specialization
- Brain tumors
- Cerebrovascular diseases
- Hydrocephalus
- Skull base tumors
- Spinal cord diseases
- Spinal diseases
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Procedures Performed
- Brain aneurysm surgery
- Brain tumour (cancer) surgery
- Cerebrovascular surgery
- Endoscopic cranial surgery
- Endoscopic skull base surgery
- Microscopic skull base surgery
- Craniospinal deformities
- Image-guided spine surgery
- Image-guided brain surgery
- Stroke surgery
Research & Publications
1. Tailoring Teleconsultation to meet the current needs of Neurosurgical Services : a Multimodality Oriented Neurosurgical Services
Studies in Health Technology & Informatics Vol 161, IOS press
2. Intracranial germinoma – a case report
Subha, Sethu Thakachy and Puraviappan, Periyannan and Narenthiranathan, N. Ramesh and Banarsi Dass, Dipak (2013) Intracranial germinoma – a case report. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 9 (1). pp. 81-82. ISSN 1675-8544
3. Functional Outcome of Microsurgical Clipping Compared to Endovascular Coiling
Premananda Raja Murugesu, MBBS, Ramesh Narenthiranathan, FRCS, Hillol Kanti Pal, MCh (Neurosurg)
Med J Malaysia Vol 67 No 6 December 2012
