Dr. Dilip Panikar is a highly knowledgeable and skilled neurosurgeon who has been practicing for over 41 years. He completed his MBBS and MS in General Surgery at the reputed M.S. University in Baroda, India. He later completed his MCh in Neurosurgery from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, India.
He is currently the Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery at Aster Medcity in Kochi. Dr. Panikar specializes in micro neurosurgery and has done extremely innovative and unusual neurosurgical treatments with unprecedented success. His particular interests include neuro-oncology, endoscopic skull base surgery, craniofacial deformity reconstruction, functional neurosurgery, and neurovascular surgery.
He is a member of the Neurological Society of India, the Skull Base Surgery Society of India, the Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Society of India, the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, and the Neurovascular Society of India. Dr. Panikar specializes in neurosurgical conditions involving the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves. His experience encompasses the complete range of procedures for brain and spinal cord tumors in adults and children, including skull base tumors.
He treats vascular abnormalities, malformations, strokes, and bleeds in all age groups, as well as paediatric neurosurgery, epilepsy, pain, and movement disorders, peripheral nerve surgery, congenital and acquired head deformities in adults and children, minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery, and general neurosurgical conditions. His ability to perform highly complex and innovative neurosurgical treatments is unsurpassed. His particular interests include neuro-oncology, endoscopic skull base surgery, craniofacial deformity reconstruction, functional neurosurgery, and neurovascular surgery.