Dr. Devaraj a/l Pancharatnam

MBBS(Malaya), MSurg(Malaya), FRCS(Ed),FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Neurosurgery)(UK), Fellowship in Spine(Oxford), Fellowship in Gammaknife (UK), Fellowship in Pain (UK)

Core Procedures
• Acoustic Neuroma Removal
• Aneurysm clipping
• Arteriovenous malformation removal
• Brachial plexus exploration
• Brain tumor (intrinsic) removal
• Cervical discectomy anterior
• Cervical laminectomy
• Craniosynostectomy
• Craniotomy
• Deep brain stimulator
• Glioma resection
• Meningioma removal
• Microvascular decompression
• Posterior fossa decomopression
• Subdural hematoma (acute) evacuation
• Subdural hematoma (chronic) evacuation
• Stereotactic biopsy
• Temporal lobectomy
• Transsphenoidal craniotomy
• Vagal nerve stimulator insertion
• Ventriculostomy
• Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion
• Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt revision

Graduate of the University of Malaya, with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Dr Devaraj Pancharatnam began his medical career in the Island of Penang.

Upon completion of internship, his career in Neurosurgery began with the Northern Unit of Neurosurgery, Penang General Hospital. Spurned by interest in surgery, he embarked on undertaking the Masters of Surgery with the University of Malaya.

A complete trained general surgeon, He continued subspeciality training in neurosurgery with the Neurosurgical Unit at University Malaya. Dr Devaraj was subsequently offered further fellowship training at the prestigious Universtiy of Oxford in the fields of functional, neuro-oncology and Spine Surgery. He was conferred the fellowship of the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Royal college of Surgeons of England in Neurosurgery(FRCSNeurosurgery).

Upon completion of training in the United Kingdom, realisation of the everchanging role of minimally invasive surgery, he embarked on a fellowship at the world renowned gammaknife center at Sheffield Uk.