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Dr. Ashok Pillai

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kochi

Qualification: MD , DNB
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Dr. Ashok Pillai is a highly experienced Professor and Neurosurgeon at the School of Medicine in Kochi, with more than 20 years of expertise. He specializes in epilepsy surgery, stereotactic & functional neurosurgery, neurooncology. He is the Director of the Epilepsy Surgery Program and plays a key role in advancing research and treatment in epilepsy, functional neurosurgery and neurooncology.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Temporal lobectomy in bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy: A relook at factors in selection, invasive evaluation and seizure outcome

Cite this Research Publication : Harish Jayakumar, Siby Gopinath, Sreelakshmi Narayanan, Srinath Rajeevan, Ramaih Rajeshkannan, Harilal Parasuram, Ashok Pillai, Temporal lobectomy in bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy: A relook at factors in selection, invasive evaluation and seizure outcome, Neurophysiologie Clinique, Elsevier BV, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2025.103064

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2023

Asymmetry index in anatomically symmetrized FDG-PET for improved epileptogenic focus detection in pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Cite this Research Publication : Shameer Aslam, Natesan Damodaran, Ramiah Rajeshkannan, Manjit Sarma, Siby Gopinath, Ashok Pillai, Asymmetry index in anatomically symmetrized FDG-PET for improved epileptogenic focus detection in pharmacoresistant epilepsy, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2023, https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.6.jns22717

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Year : 2023

Wada Demonstrates Ipsilateral Language Function in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome

Cite this Research Publication : Rutul Shah, Siby Gopinath, Abhishek Gohel, Sreelakshmi Narayanan, Ashok Pillai, Ramiah Rajesh Kannan, Talal Almashaikhi, Wada Demonstrates Ipsilateral Language Function in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome, International Journal of Epilepsy, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788708

Publisher : Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Year : 2022

Outcome following surgery for insulo-opercular epilepsies

Cite this Research Publication : Pushkaran Jayapaul, Siby Gopinath, Ashok Pillai, Outcome following surgery for insulo-opercular epilepsies, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2022, https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.12.jns212220

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Year : 2022

Statistical asymmetry analysis of volumetric MRI and FDG PET in temporal lobe epilepsy

Cite this Research Publication : Shameer Aslam, Ramiah Rajeshkannan, C.J. Sandya, Manjit Sarma, Siby Gopinath, Ashok Pillai, Statistical asymmetry analysis of volumetric MRI and FDG PET in temporal lobe epilepsy, Epilepsy & Behavior, Elsevier BV, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108810

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2022

Localizing epileptogenic network from SEEG using non-linear correlation, mutual information and graph theory analysis.

Cite this Research Publication : Devisetty R, Amsitha MB, Jyothirmai S, Ajai R, Pillai A, Kumar A, Gopinath S and Parasuram H, "Localizing epileptogenic network from SEEG using non-linear correlation, mutual information and graph theory analysis," Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 8 Nov 2022, 236(12):1783-1796, DOI: 10.1177/09544119221134991

Year : 2021

Intracranially Injectable multi-siRNA Nanomedicine for the Inhibition of Glioma Stem Cells

Cite this Research Publication : Cheripelil Abraham Manju, Kottarapat Jeena, Ranjith Ramachandran, Maneesh Manohar, Anna Mathew Ambily, Koythatta Meethalveedu Sajesh, Genekehal Siddaramana Gowd, Krishnakumar Menon, Keechilat Pavithran, Ashok Pillai, Shantikumar V Nair, Manzoor Koyakutty, Intracranially injectable multi-siRNA nanomedicine for the inhibition of glioma stem cells, Neuro-Oncology Advances, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdab104

Publisher : Oxford University Press (OUP)

Year : 2021

Contralateral insular epileptogenic hub causing seizure relapse after opercular focal cortical dysplasia surgery and response to radiofrequency thermocoagulation: illustrative case

Cite this Research Publication : Jayapaul, P., Aslam, S., Rajamma, B., Gopinath, S. and Pillai, A., "Contralateral insular epileptogenic hub causing seizure relapse after opercular focal cortical dysplasia surgery and response to radiofrequency thermocoagulation: illustrative case," Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, 2(5), 2021.

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons

Year : 2021

Current practices in epilepsy monitoring units (EMU) in India

Cite this Research Publication : Baheti N., Rathore C., Bansal A. R., Kannan L., Gopinath S., Pillai A., Jagtap S., Patil S., Jabeen S. A., Suryaprabha T., Jayalakshmi S., "Current practices in epilepsy monitoring units (EMU) in India," Seizure, 2021 Dec 1;93:13-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.004

Year : 2021

Quantification of epileptogenic network from Stereo EEG recordings using Epileptogenicity Ranking method

Cite this Research Publication : Parasuram H, Gopinath S, Pillai A, Diwakar S, Kumar A., Quantification of epileptogenic network from Stereo EEG recordings using Epileptogenicity Ranking method, Front. Neurol., 03 November 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.738111

Publisher : Frontiers in Neurology

Year : 2020

Epileptic nystagmus due to a large parieto‐temporo‐occipital multilobar dysplasia

Cite this Research Publication : Jayakumar H, Gopinath S, Pillai A, Kumar A., "Epileptic nystagmus due to a large parieto‐temporo‐occipital multilobar dysplasia," Epileptic Disorders, 2020 Oct; 22(5):691-2.

Year : 2019

First International Conference on RASopathies and Neurofibromatoses in Asia: Identification and Advances of New Therapeutics

Cite this Research Publication : K. A. Rauen, Alsaegh, A., Ben-Shachar, S., Berman, Y., Blakeley, J., Cordeiro, I., Elgersma, Y., D Evans, G., Fisher, M. J., Frayling, I. M., George, J., Huson, S. M., Kerr, B., Khire, U., Korf, B., Legius, E., Messiaen, L., van Minkelen, R., Dr. Sheela Nampoothiri, Ngeow, J., Parada, L. F., Phadke, S., Pillai, A., Plotkin, S. R., Puri, R., Raji, A., Ramesh, V., Ratner, N., Shankar, S. P., Sharda, S., Tambe, A., Vikkula, M., Widemann, B. C., Wolkenstein, P., and Upadhyaya, M., “First International Conference on RASopathies and Neurofibromatoses in Asia: Identification and Advances of New Therapeutics”, Am J Med Genet A, vol. 179, no. 6, pp. 1091-1097, 2019.

Publisher : Am J Med Genet A

Year : 2018

Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Cite this Research Publication : P J Devereaux, Emmanuelle Duceppe, Gordon Guyatt, Vikas Tandon, Reitze Rodseth, Bruce M Biccard, Denis Xavier, Wojciech Szczeklik, Christian S Meyhoff, Jessica Vincent, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Sadeesh K Srinathan, Jason Erb, Patrick Magloire, John Neary, Mangala Rao, Prashant V Rahate, Navneet K Chaudhry, Bongani Mayosi, Miriam de Nadal, Pilar Paniagua Iglesias, Otavio Berwanger, Juan Carlos Villar, Fernando Botto, John W Eikelboom, Daniel I Sessler, Clive Kearon, Shirley Pettit, Mukul Sharma, Stuart J Connolly, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Purnima Rao-Melacini, Andreas Hoeft, Salim Yusuf, P.J. Devereaux, Emmanuelle Duceppe, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Stuart Connolly, John Eikelboom, Gordon Guyatt, Clive Kearon, Shirley Pettit, Janice Pogue, Reitze Rodseth, Daniel I. Sessler, Jessica Vincent, Salim Yusuf, Jessica Vincent, Sara Di Diodato, Zora Gasic, Louise J. Mastrangelo, Sarah H. Molnar, Shirley Pettit, Jennifer L. Swanson, Makayla L. Tosh, Jennifer R. Wells, Fernando Botto, Rafael Diaz, Clara K. Chow, Otavio Berwanger, Beatriz Gonzales, P.J. Devereaux, Vikas Tandon, Juan Carlos Villar, Skarlet Vásquez, Petr Jansky, Radovan Dušek, Christian S. Meyhoff, Pierre Coriat, Andreas Hoeft, Maria Wittmann, Gerald Yonga, Denis Xavier, Mangala Rao, Nandini Mathur, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Elena Seletti, German Malaga, Bernadette A. Tumanan-Mendoza, Maria Pamela A. Tagle, Wojciech Szczeklik, Bruce M. Biccard, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Ekaterine Popova, Martin Shields, Daniel I. Sessler, P.J. Devereaux, Bruce M. Biccard, Stuart Connolly, Emmanuelle Duceppe, John Eikelboom, Gordon Guyatt, Andreas Hoeft, Petr Jansky, Clive Kearon, Yannick Le Manach, Paul Moayyedi, Shirley Pettit, Janice Pogue, Reitze Rodseth, Daniel I. Sessler, Sander van Zanten, Juan Carlos Villar, Jessica Vincent, Salim Yusuf, P.J. Devereaux, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Otavio Berwanger, Bruce M. Biccard, Fernando Botto, Clara K. Chow, Stuart Connolly, Pierre Coriat, Rafael Diaz, Emmanuelle Duceppe, John Eikelboom, Edith Fleischmann, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Amit Garg, Gordon Guyatt, Andreas Hoeft, Petr Jansky, Kamilu Karaye, Clive Kearon, Yannick Le Manach, German Malaga, Edward McFalls, Christian S. Meyhoff, Paul Moayyedi, Shirley Pettit, Janice Pogue, Reitze Rodseth, Daniel I. Sessler, Alben Sigamani, Martin Shields, Wojciech Szczeklik, Bernadette A. Tumanan-Mendoza, Sander van Zanten, Juan Carlos Villar, Jessica Vincent, Denis Xavier, Gerald Yonga, Salim Yusuf, Stuart Connolly, Emilie Belley-Côté, Grzegorz Biedroń, Flavia Borges, Steffan Frosi Stella, Christian Haarmark Nielsen, Darryl P. Leong, Christian S. Meyhoff, Jessica Spence, Allen Tran, Katarzyna Wawrzycka-Adamczyk, Stephen S. Yang, Terence Yung, D. George Wyse, Davy Cheng, David E. Johnstone, George A. Wells, Philip Joseph, Ameen Patel, Darryl P. Leong, Krysten Gregus, Kelly Lawrence, Lindsay Doharris, David Conen, Jason Cheung, Jim Douketis, Douglas Wright, Spencer Wikkerink, William Dechert, Mohamed Panju, Khalid Azzam, Theodore Rapanos, Tomas Van Helder, Anjali Shroff, Jacqueline Hare, Biniam Kidane, Thang Nguyen, Larissa Leydier, Vanessa Bayaraa, Joel Parlow, Deborah A. DuMerton, Amar Thakrar, Jessica Shelley, Benoit Deligne, Roberta Daila Carling, Marko Mrkobrada, George K. Dresser, Michael J. Jacka, Amit Garg, David Hornstein, Gerrit B. Winkelaar, Zoeb Hussain Haider, Pravina Prashant Lanjewar, Valsamma Varughese, Rajneesh Calton, Hemani Ahuja, Preetha George, Ambika Sharma, Keyur Sureshchandra Bhatt, Dhaval Odhavajibhai Mangukiya, Karshan Vira Nandaniya, Viral Vasantrai Parekh, Ashok Bhaskaran Pillai, Vidya P. Menon, Sanjay Channappa Desai, Ravinder Singh Sidhu, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Robbie K. George, T.R. Gurunath, Leanne W. Drummond, Alexandra M. Torborg, Belinda S. Küsel, Prebashini Naidoo, Datshana P. Naidoo, Chantal Rajah, Zane Farina, Richard Peter von Rahden, Simphiwe Gumede, Chishala Chishala, Ettienne Coetzee, Robert A. Dyer, Johan Diedericks, Piotr Bielański, Bogusz Kaczmarek, Dorota Studzińska, Maciej Zaniewski, Marek Józef Libura, Tomasz Mikołaj Zacharias-Nalichowski, Aurelia A.S. Sega, Jakub Salwa, Mateusz Kózka, Jacek Górka, Anna Wludarczyk, Ilona Nowak-Kózka, Paweł Szczepan Grudzień, Jaroslaw W. Gucwa, Michał Piotr Słowiaczek, Paweł P.D. Dobosz, Ismail Gögenur, Jens Ravn Eriksen, Tine Borup, Tove Kirkegaard, Dan Isbye, Asger Sonne, Lars S. Rasmussen, Sofie Pedersen, Hannibal Troensegaard, Camilla L. Duus, Benedikte M. Halle, Ossian N. Gundel, Katrine F. Bernholm, Kristian Rønsholt Martinsen, Søren Pedersen, Theis S. Itenov, Elena Camio, Carles Vázquez, Silvia Matarin, Esther Cano, Jesús Álvarez-García, Inmaculada India, Aránzazu González-Osuna, Marc Vives, Elena Rosselló, Ana B. Serrano, Maurizio Turiel, Lorenzo Drago, Chiara Colombo, Federica Marra, Lucio Mos, Franco Arteni, Rosalba Lembo, Alessandro Ortalda, Simonetta Passarani, Zhirajr Mokini, Estevao Lanna Figueiredo, Gustavo Fonseca Werner, Joao Luiz Petriz, Lilia Nigro Maia, Ricardo R. Bergo, Dalton Bertolim Precoma, José Francisco Kerr Saraiva, Oscar Gomez Vilamajo, Eduardo Allegrini, Mariano Benzadón, Maria Leonor Parody, Ernesto A. Duronto, Adrián C. Ingaramo, Gustavo Adolfo Parra, Danny Novoa, Scott A. Miller, Sabu Thomas, Sudhakar P. Karlapudi, Mohamad H. Bourji, Subhash Banerjee, Anita Gupta, Isaac O. Opole, Michal Fischer, Petr Jansky, Victor Lecaros Mendoza, Eugenio Borja Reyes, Richard J. Pierson, Martin O. Shields, Clara K. Chow, Pierre Coriat, Vincent Piriou, Maria Wittmann, Kai Zacharowski, Gerald Yonga, Aida Rotta-Rotta, Main Paper, P.J. Devereaux, Emmanuelle Duceppe, Gordon Guyatt, Vikas Tandon, Reitze Rodseth, Bruce M. Biccard, Denis Xavier, Wojciech Szczeklik, Christian S. Meyhoff, Jessica Vincent, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Sadeesh K. Srinathan, Jason Erb, Patrick Magloire, John Neary, Mangala Rao, Prashant Rahate, Navneet Chaudhry, Bogani Mayosi, Miriam de Nadal, Pilar Paniagua Iglesias, Otavio Berwanger, Juan Carlos Villar, Fernando Botto, John Eikelboom, Daniel I. Sessler, Clive Kearon, Shirley Pettit, Mike Sharma, Stuart Connolly, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Purnima Rao-Melacini, Andreas Hoeft, Salim Yusuf, Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet, Elsevier BV, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30832-8

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2018

Starting A Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit in an Area of Limited Resources – Our Experience

Cite this Research Publication : Chiazor U. Onyia, Ravi Sankaran, Ashok Pillai, Starting A Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit in an Area of Limited Resources - Our Experience, undefined, IntechOpen, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75349

Publisher : IntechOpen

Year : 2018

Trans-sylvian Approach to Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Syndromic Cranial Base Settling.

Cite this Research Publication : M. Sarkar and Pillai, A., “Trans-sylvian Approach to Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Syndromic Cranial Base Settling.”, Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), vol. 15, no. 2, pp. E9-E12, 2018.

Publisher : Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)

Year : 2018

Expanding the Spectrum of Robotic Assistance in Cranial Neurosurgery.

Cite this Research Publication : A. Pillai, Ratnathankom, A., Ramachandran, S. N., Suhas Udayakumaran, Pramod Subhash, and Arjun Krishnadas, “Expanding the Spectrum of Robotic Assistance in Cranial Neurosurgery.”, Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 2018.

Publisher : Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)

Year : 2017

Role of magnetoencephalography and stereo-electroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Cite this Research Publication : V Jayabal, Ashok Pillai, S Sinha, N Mariyappa, P Satishchandra, S Gopinath, Kurupath Radhakrishnan, "Role of magnetoencephalography and stereo-electroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy," Neurology India, March 2017: 65(S1): 34-44, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.201680.

Year : 2017

Ventriculo-ureteral shunt insertion using percutaneous nephrostomy: a novel minimally invasive option in a patient with chronic hydrocephalus complicated by multiple distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures.

Cite this Research Publication : A. Pillai, Mathew, G., Nachimuthu, S., and Kalavampara, S. Vasudevan, “Ventriculo-ureteral shunt insertion using percutaneous nephrostomy: a novel minimally invasive option in a patient with chronic hydrocephalus complicated by multiple distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures.”, J Neurosurg, vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 255-259, 2017.

Publisher : J Neurosurg,

Year : 2016

145P Outcomes of treatment of glioblastoma multiforme: A single institution experience from South India

Cite this Research Publication : A.S. George, A. Philip, D. Poorna, D. Makunny, A. Pillai, B. Mr, R. Pillai, W. Jose, K. Pavithran, 145P Outcomes of treatment of glioblastoma multiforme: A single institution experience from South India, Annals of Oncology, Elsevier BV, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0923-7534(21)00303-3

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2016

Long term outcome of medical and surgical co-management of craniospinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient

Cite this Research Publication : Dipu Sathyapalan, Sabarish Balachandran, AnilKumar, Bindu Mangalath Rajamma, Ashok Pillai, Vidya P.Menon "Long term outcome of medical and surgical co-management of craniospinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient", Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2016

Publisher : Medical Mycology Case Reports,

Year : 2016

Seizure outcome following primary motor cortex-sparing resective surgery for perirolandic focal cortical dysplasia.

Cite this Research Publication : S. Gopinath, Roy, A. Grace, Vinayan, K. Puthenveet, Kumar, A., Sarma, M., Rajeshkannan, R., and Pillai, A., “Seizure outcome following primary motor cortex-sparing resective surgery for perirolandic focal cortical dysplasia.”, Int J Surg, vol. 36, no. Pt B, pp. 466-476, 2016.

Year : 2016

Gamma Knife Surgery for Metastatic Brain Tumors from Gynecologic Cancer: Time for What Saves Time, Grants Time, and Is Tested By Time?

Cite this Research Publication : A. Pillai, “Gamma Knife Surgery for Metastatic Brain Tumors from Gynecologic Cancer: Time for What Saves Time, Grants Time, and Is Tested By Time?”, World Neurosurg, vol. 91, pp. 597-9, 2016.

Publisher : World Neurosurg

Year : 2015

Meropenem Induced Reduction in Serum Valproate Level-a Case Report

Cite this Research Publication : Alex, Soumya Mary, Swayambhu Banerjee, T. S. Dipu, B. Sabarish, Ashok Pillai, Padma Uma Devi, and Vidya P. Menon. "MEROPENEM INDUCED REDUCTION IN SERUM VALPROATE LEVEL-A CASE REPORT." International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2015): 403-404.

Year : 2015

Congenital subaxial cervical subluxation presenting as a bilateral Erb’s palsy: surgical management, rehabilitation, and outcome

Cite this Research Publication : R. Sankaran, Shah, R., Dr. Sajesh K. Menon, and Pillai, A., “Congenital subaxial cervical subluxation presenting as a bilateral Erb’s palsy: surgical management, rehabilitation, and outcome”, Child's Nervous System, 2015.

Publisher : Child's Nervous System

Year : 2015

Genotype–phenotype analysis of von Hippel–Lindau syndrome in fifteen Indian families

Cite this Research Publication : N. Vikkath, Valiyaveedan, S., Nampoothiri, S., Radhakrishnan, N., Pillai, G. S., Nair, V., Ginil Kumar Pooleri, Mathew, G., Krishnakumar N. Menon, Ariyannur, P. S., and Pillai, A. B., “Genotype–phenotype analysis of von Hippel–Lindau syndrome in fifteen Indian families”, Familial Cancer, vol. 14, pp. 585–594, 2015.

Publisher : Familial Cancer

Year : 2012

Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: Fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment: Case report

Cite this Research Publication : Ac Nambiar, Pillai, Aa, Parmar, Cb, and Panikar, Da, “Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: Fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment: Case report”, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, vol. 10, pp. 478-481, 2012.

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Year : 2009

Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: Two case reports

Cite this Research Publication : Pa Pillai, Menon, S. Kb, Manjooran, R. Pb, Kariyattil, Rb, Pillai, A. Bb, and Panikar, Db, “Temporal fossa arachnoid cyst presenting with bilateral subdural hematoma following trauma: Two case reports”, Journal of Medical Case Reports, vol. 3, 2009.

Publisher : Journal of Medical Case Reports

Year : 2007

Ventriculo-subgaleal shunt in the management of postinfective hydrocephalus

Cite this Research Publication : Kariyattil, Rajeev, Ashok Pillai, and Dilip Panikar. "Ventriculo-subgaleal shunt in the management of postinfective hydrocephalus." Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences 2, no. 2 (2007).

Year : 2007

An unusual parasagittal tumour with acute blindness and response to cerebrospinal fluid shunting

Cite this Research Publication : A. Pillai, S. Kumar, A. Kumar, D. Panikar, An unusual parasagittal tumour with acute blindness and response to cerebrospinal fluid shunting, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Elsevier BV, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2006.01.006

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2007

Decompression craniotomy-Response

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Publisher : AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

Year : 2007

Decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: an analysis of long-term outcome and factors in patient selection

Cite this Research Publication : Ashok Pillai, Sajesh K. Menon, Satyendra Kumar, Kariyattil Rajeev, Anand Kumar, Dilip Panikar, Decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: an analysis of long-term outcome and factors in patient selection, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2007, https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2007.106.1.59

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Year : 2006

Surgical management of a pial arteriovenous fistula with giant varix in an infant

Cite this Research Publication : M Unnikrishnan, Ashok Pillai, K Rajeev, Surgical management of a pial arteriovenous fistula with giant varix in an infant, Neurology India, Medknow, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.28124

Publisher : Medknow

Year : 2004

Intrinsic brainstem choroid plexus papilloma

Cite this Research Publication : Ashok Pillai, Kariyattil Rajeev, Sushil Chandi, Muthukuttiparambil Unnikrishnan, Intrinsic brainstem choroid plexus papilloma, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2004, https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2004.100.6.1076

Publisher : Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Year :

Surgery for Low-Grade Gliomas of the Eloquent Cortex and Tracts

Cite this Research Publication : Pillai, Ashok, and T. Jithendra. "Surgery for Low-Grade Gliomas of the Eloquent Cortex and Tracts."

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Year : 2018

Cerebrospinal Fluid Hyaluronan and Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Cite this Research Publication : Prasanth S. Ariyannur, Narendranath Vikkath, Ashok B. Pillai, Cerebrospinal Fluid Hyaluronan and Neurofibromatosis Type 2, Cancer Microenvironment, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12307-018-0216-2

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Conference Paper

Year : 2012

Supratentorial Neuroglial Tumours of Childhood: a Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes

Cite this Research Publication : Pillai, Ashok, Bindu Mr, and Dilip Panikar. "SUPRATENTORIAL NEUROGLIAL TUMOURS OF CHILDHOOD: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES." In NEURO-ONCOLOGY, vol. 14, pp. 109-109. JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2012.

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Posterior Quadrantic scar Epilepsy: Excellent Seizure and Cognitive Outcomes with Regional Disconnective Surgery-a case Series

Cite this Research Publication : Pillai, A., S. Gopinath, and K. P. Vinayan. "POSTERIOR QUADRANTIC SCAR EPILEPSY: EXCELLENT SEIZURE AND COGNITIVE OUTCOMES WITH REGIONAL DISCONNECTIVE SURGERY-A CASE SERIES." In EPILEPSIA, vol. 56, pp. 146-147. 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.

Case Reports

Year : 2006

Case Report – Surgical management of a pial arteriovenous fistula with giant varix in an infant

Cite this Research Publication : Ashok Pillai , Rajeev Kariyattil , Unnikrishnan Muthukuttiparambil Case Report - Surgical management of a pial arteriovenous fistula with giant varix in an infant, Neurology India (ISSN: 0028-3886) Vol 54 Num 4, undefined, undefined, undefined

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Qualifications
  • MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
  • DNB Neurosurgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India
  • Instruction & training in Epilepsy Surgery from Toronto University, Canada
  • Fellow in Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Emory University, USA
Expertise
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery : surgery for movement disorders, spasticity, and pain
  • Neurooncology – both adult & pediatric
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Paediatric Neurosurgery
Experience
  • 2016 – Present
    Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kochi
  • 2009-2016
    Assistant & Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kochi
  • 1998 – 2000
    Kerala Volunteer Physician (General Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery) Amrita Kripa Charitable Hospital, Amritapuri
  • 1997 – 1998
    Emergency Department Physician Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru, Indiana, USA Emergency Department Physician
Awards
  • ISPNO 2012 International Society of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Travel Scholarship
  • Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honour Society
  • American Federation for Medical Research – Medical Student Award (1994)
  • Various academic honors from Purdue University and Indiana University

 

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