Dr. Rahul Lath

Educational Qualifications

• B.M., B.S (DEC.1991 at CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, VELLORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA – 632004.
• M.Ch. (NEUROSURGERY) (MAR.1999) at CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL VELLORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA – 632004
• Dip.NB (NEUROSURGERY) (DEC 1998) at NATIONAL BOARD 

Work Experience

• FEB 92-FEB 93 - INTERN – MEDICINE, CHRISTIAN MEDICAL SURGERY,PEDIATRICS, COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, OBS & GYN. VELLORE, INDIA – 632004.
• FEB 93-JAN 94 - NON-PG REGISTRAR, CMCH, VELLORE, INDIA. NEUROSURGERY.
• JAN 94-JAN 97 - REGISTRAR, CMCH, VELLORE, INDIA. NEUROSURGERY. (This included 9 months of General Surgery, 6 weeks of Anaesthesia, 6 weeks of Orthopedics, 3 months of Neurology, 1 month of Neuropathology)
• JAN 97-JAN 99 - SENIOR REGISTRAR, CMCH, VELLORE, INDIA. NEUROSURGERY. (This included 3 months of Neurosurgical Intensive Care).
• APR 99-MAR 00 - LECTURER, CMCH, VELLORE, INDIA. NEUROSURGERY.
• MAR 00-JAN 03 - FELLOW, NEUROSURGERY. FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA.
• APR 03 - present - CONSULTANT, NEUROSURGERY. APOLLO HOSPITALS, HYDERABAD.

Area of interest

1. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery : started the DBS programme at Apollo Hopsitals, Hyderabad.
2. Stereotactic Radiosurgery : started the Radiosurgery programme along with the Radiation Oncologists at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
3. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
4. Brain Tumours.

Publications

1.   Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Unilateral foot drop. Post Graduate Medical Journal 72:572-573, 1996.
2. Lath R, Rajshekhar V, George V : Brain abscess as the presenting feature of Melioidosis. British Journal of Neurosurgery 12:170-172, 1998.
3.   Lath R, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G : Sacral Haemangioma as a cause of coccydynia.                      Neuroradiology 40:524-526, 1998.
4.  Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Solitary cysticercus granuloma of brainstem; report of four cases. Journal of Neurosurgery 89:1047-1051, 1998.
5.  Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Transoral transpharyngeal approach to extradural cervico-medullary compression in children. A review of 17 cases. Neurology India (Suppl.1) 47:37, 1999. (Abstract)
6. Lath R, Chacko G, Chandy MJ : Determination of Ki-67 labeling index in pituitary adenomas using the MIB-1 monoclonal antibody. Neurology India 49:144-147, 2001. 
7.   Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Massive cerebral infarction as a feature of pituitary apoplexy. Neurology India 49:191-193, 2001. 
8.   Lath R, Vaniprasad A, Kat E, Brophy BP : Traumatic aneurysm of the callosomarginal artery. Case report. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 9(4):466-468, 2002.
9.   Lath R, Unosson D, Stahl J, Blumbergs PC, Brophy BP : Rhabdoid Glioblastoma :case report. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 10(3):325-8;2003
10.   Psaltis A, Lath R, McDonald M. Acute interhemispheric subdural haematoma. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 11(5) : 546-548, 2004.
11.   Lath R, Ranjan A. Antero-lateral approach for thoraco-lumbar decompression and instrumentation. (Abstract) Neurology India 2004.
12.   Lath R, Ranjan A, Swarnalata G. Solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges. Letter to Editor. Neurology India 53:248-249, 2005
13.   Lath R. Hyponatremia in Neurological Diseases in the ICU. Review Article. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 9;47-51: 2005.
14.   Ranjan A, Lath R. Microendoscopic Discectomy for Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral disc. Neurology India 2006;54:190-194.
15.   Lath R, Ranjan A Ratnam BG, Swarnalata G. Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Frontal Bone. Neurology India 2006;54:314-315.
16.   Lath R, Ratnam BG, Ranjan A. Diagnosis and treatment of multiple Hydatid cysts at the Craniovertebral junction. Journal of Neurosurgery (Spine) 2007;6:174- 177.
17.   Padua MD, Prabhakar S, Lath R. Demyelinating Disease of the brain simulating a space occupying lesion. Indain Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 2008;51:569. Letter.
18.   Ippili K, Ratnam BG, Gowrishankar S,Ranjan A, Lath R. Olfactory Ensheathing Cell Tumor : Case Report. Neurology India 2009;57:76-78.
19.   Lath R, Kumar S, Reddy R, Boola GR, Ray A, Prabhakar S, Ranjan A.Decompressive surgery for severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Neurol India. 2010 May-Jun;58(3):392-7.
20.  Sharma P, Swain M, De Padua M, Ranjan A , Lath R. Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumors: A Report of 2 Cases. Neurology India 2011;59:276-80
21.   Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Lumbar nerve root hernia: An unusual complication of micro-endoscopic discectomy. Neurol India. 2011;59:313-4
22. Sharma P, Gowrishankar S, Ranjan A, Lath R. Disseminated cranio-spinal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Case report. Neurol India. 2012 Mar-Apr;60(2):252- 4.
23.   Mehrotra RN, Ranjan A, Lath R, Ratnam R. Postmenopausal osteoporosis: Our experience.Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec;16(Suppl 2):S421-2.
24.   Reddy SR, Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A. The significance of redundant nerve roots of cauda equina. Neurol India. 2013 Sep-Oct;61(5):562.
25.     Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale misdiagnosed and previously operated as lower lumbar degenerative disease. Asian Spine J. 2014 Jun;8(3):365-70
26.   Reddy SR, Ranjan A, Lath R. Multifocal CNS vasculopathy due to reactivation of latent varicella – a potentially reversible complication following radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia. Neurol India. 2014 May-Jun;62(3):327-9
27.    Reddy SM, Lath R, Swain M, Ranjan A. Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids (CLIPPERS) - a case report. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2015;18:345-7.
28.  Reddy SR. Lath R, dePadua M, Ranjan A. Meningioma with intra and peritumoural abscess. Case Report. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. Indian J Neurosurg 2017.
29.   Ranjan A, Lath R, Sidhu HS. The advent and growth of Medical tourism in India with reference to Neurosurgery. CNS Quarterly Spring 2017 Issue: 21-23.
30.   Kumar K, Lath R, Ranjan A. Surgical Outcome of Decompressive Craniectomy in a Neurosurgical Centre. Int Journal Of Scientific Research 2017:6:314-317.
31.   Manda SV, Kataria Y, Tatireddy BR ,Ramakrishnan B , Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A, Ray A. Exosomes as a biomarker platform for detecting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFRvIII) positive high-grade gliomas. Journal of Neurosurgery. 128:1091-1101, April 2018.
32.   Reddy SR. Sharma P, Lath R, Swain M, Ranjan A Synchronous Glioma of the Brainstem in a patient with Recurrent Aggressive Vestibular Schwannoma. Neurol India. 2019 Jul-Aug ;67(4):1153-1155.
33. Ranjan A, Lath R, Deshpande RV, Singh M, Sura S, Jhala A. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Part 1 - Lumbar Degenerative Disorders. Current Practices in Neuroscience. July/August 2020
34.     Ranjan A, Lath R, Srikantha U. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Part 2 – Tumours, Trauma, Infection . Current Practices in Neuroscience. September/October 2020.
35.   Ray A, Swain M, Lath R. Gliomas – The history of diagnosis and Classification–  Part 1. Int J of Neurooncology 2020;3:63-67.
36.   Ray A, Swain M, Lath R. Gliomas – The history of diagnosis and Classification –  Part 2. Int J of Neurooncology 2020;3:68-74.

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