Dr Ashish Suri (M.Ch., D.N.B.)
Designation
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Telephone
91-11-26593538
Email
surineuro@hotmail.com
Primary areas of interest
 Skull base surgery– cavernous sinus and petro-clival
 Micro-neurovascular surgery- complex aneurysms and arterial
bypass
 Endoscopic neurosurgery
 Spine - craniovertebral junction, complex spinal instrumentation &
image guided spine surgery
 Neuro-oncology
 Training hands-on techniques to neurosurgical trainees in
Experimental Laboratory
Brief Profile:
Dr. Ashish Suri has special interest in skull base surgery, micro-neurovascular
surgery, endoscopic neurosurgery, complex spinal instrumentation and image
guided surgery.
He has delivered a number of lectures and presented several papers/posters in
national and internationals conferences. He is the chief investigator / coinvestigator of several research projects including international multi-centric
trials on recurrent high grade gliomas and hydrocephalus. He has supervised /
co-supervised thesis work of several post-graduate students.
He has published 55 research papers and written 6 chapters in books. (See
Research Highlights and Publications)
Specialist Training
 Short term training in Neuroendoscopy with Prof M Gaab, Germany.
 Short term training in Cavernous Sinus & Skull Base Surgery, with Prof.
Vinko V. Dolenc, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
 Short term training in Vascular Neurosurgery with Prof. Christopher
Wallace, Toronto, Canada.
 Short term training in Spinal Instrumentation Surgery Prof. Paul Cooper,
NYUMC, New York, U.S.A
Executive Member


N.E.S.- Neuro-otological and Equilibriometric Society of India
(2001/2002)
S.B.S.S.I. - Skull Base Surgery Society of India (2006/2007)
(See Academic Memberships)
Awards
Gold Medalist
Final M.B.B.S., University College of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi.
Best Paper/Poster Awards
Outstanding Paper Award
2003 ISPN Scholarship
OPD Schedule
Four awards at various national neurosurgery
conferences
2002, North American Spine Society and The Spine
Journal Outstanding Paper Award
2003 International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Scholarship, Sept. 2003, Monaco
Neurosurgery Unit II
Tuesday 9 AM to 12 AM,
Saturday 9 AM to 12 AM
Inpatients
NS2 ward, NSICUB, Pvt. wards (CNTower,New Pvt. Wards)
Operation Theatre NSOT First Floor CN Centre
Unit
Neurosurgery Unit II
Number of Beds
47 + Private Wards
Research Highlights:
Extramural Research Projects
S. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Title
A multi-national, multi-center, open-label,
active-controlled, randomized parallelgroup dose-finding study to evaluate the
efficacy and safety of two doses of AP
12009 in adult patients with recurrent
high-grade
glioma,
administered
intratumorally as continuous high-flow
microperfusion over a 7-day period every
other week.
A multi-national, multi-center, open-label,
active-controlled, randomized parallelgroup dose-finding study to evaluate the
efficacy and safety of two doses of AP
12009 in adult patients with recurrent
high-grade
glioma,
administered
intratumorally as continuous high-flow
microperfusion over a 7-day period every
other week with extended patient follow
up (Amendment 3).
Open label, dose confirmation study of
Interstial I131-ch TNTA/B MAb(COTARAR
) for the treatment of Recurrent
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) at first
relapse.
Investigator
Principal
Investigator
(with
Prof.
AK Mahapatra)
Funding Agency
ANTISENSE PHARMA
Gmb
Josef-EngertStraBe9D-93053
Regensburg Germany
Principal
Investigator
(with
Prof.
AK Mahapatra)
ANTISENSE PHARMA
Gmb
Josef-EngertStraBe9D-93053
Regensburg Germany
Principal
CoInvestigator
(with
Prof.
AK Mahapatra)
The International Infant Hydrocephalus
Study (IIHS) is an international multicenter,
prospective,
controlled,
randomized study of the treatment of
newly
diagnosed
obstructive
hydrocephalus in infants below 2 years
of age. Data will be centrally collected
prospectively and contemporaneously
over the course of at least 5 years of
follow-up.
CRASH-2 (Project NI-774)
Clinical Randomization of Antifibrinolytic
(Tranaexemic acid) in trauma pts with or
at risk of Significant Hemorrhage (death /
tranfusion requirement)
Study of the role of bone marrow derived
mononuclear cells in peripheral nerve
repair of adult rats.
Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt Registry
Principal
Investigator
(with
Prof.
AK Mahapatra)
Peregrine
Pharmaceuticals,Inc.14
272 Franklin Avenue
Suite100, Tustin , CA
92780-7017, 714-5086000.
International Society of
Pediatric Neuro-surgery
(ISPN)
International
Study
Group
on
Neuroendoscopy
(ISGNE)
Co-Investigator
London
School
of
Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, London, UK.
Co-Investigator
Indian
Council
Medical Research
Co-Investigator
Codman (J & J)
Investigator
Principal
CoInvestigator
(with
Prof.
BS Sharma)
Funding Agency
Dept. of Science and
Technology : FIST
of
Extramural Infrastructure Projects
S. No.
1.
Title
FIST sponsored AIIMS Neurosurgery
Experimental
Laboratory
Cadaver
Dissection Facility
Publications:
Indexed Papers
1. Suri A, Chabbra RPS, Mehta VS, Gaikwad S, Pandey RM. Effect of Intramedullary
Signal Changes on the Surgical Outcome of Patients of Cervical Spondylotic
Myelopathy. The Spine Journal 2003;3(1): 33-45.
2. Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Bithal P. Seizures following posterior fossa surgery. British
Journal of Neurosurgery. 1998 Feb; 12(1): 41-4.
3. Suri A, Ahmad FU, Mahapatra AK. Extradural transcavernous approach to
cavernous sinus hemangiomas: series of seven cases and a review. Neurosurgery
(In Press)
4. Suri A, Narang SK, Sharma BS, Mahapatra AK. Visual outcome after surgery in
patients of suprasellar tumors with pre-operative blindness. Journal of
Neurosurgery (In Press)
5. Suri A, Mehta VS, Sarkar C. Microneural anastomosis with fibrin glue: an
experimental study. Neurology India. 2002 Mar; 50(1): 23-6.
6. Mahapatra AK, Suri A. Anterior encephaloceles: a study of 92 cases. Pediatric
Neurosurgery.2002 Mar; 36(3): 113-8.
7. Aggarwal D., Suri A., Mahapatra A.K. Primary excision of pediatric posterior fossa
abscess towards zero mortality: a series of nine cases and review. Pediatric
Neurosurgery. 2003;38(2): 63-67.
8. Sharma BS, Sinha S, Mehta VS, Suri A, Gupta A, Mahapatra AK. Pediatric
intracranial aneurysms-clinical characteristics and outcome of surgical treatment.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Nov 21
9. Dwarakanath S, Suri A, Sharma BS, Mehta VS. Intracranial hemangioblastomas: an
institutional experience. Neurol India. 2006 Sep;54(3):276-8.
10. Sharma BS, Sinha S, Suri A. Treatment of giant pituitary adenomas. Neurosurgery
Quarterly (In Press)
11. Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Gaikwad S, Sarkar C. Giant mucoceles of the frontal sinus: a
series and review. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.2004 Feb; 11(2): 214-8.
12. Aggarwal D., Suri A., Mahapatra A.K. Orbital tuberculosis with abscess. Journal of
Neuroopthalmology. 2002; 22(3): 208-10.
13. Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Kapil A. Acinetobacter infection in neurosurgical intensive
care patients. National Medical Journal of India. 2000 Nov-Dec; 13(6): 296-300.
14. Kamal R, Jindal A, Suri A, Mahapatra AK. Effect of craniopharyngioma fluid on
femoral vessels of rat. Neurological Research 1999 Dec; 21(8): 796-8.
15. Sharma MC, Aggarwal M, Ralte AM, Vaishya V, Suri A, Gupta V, Sarkar C.
Clinicopathological study of spinal teratomas. A series of 10 case.J Neurosurg Sci.
2003 Jun;47(2):95-100; discussion 100.
16. Suri A, Mahapatra AK. Growing Fractures of the Orbital Roof. a report of two cases
and a review. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2002 Feb; 36(2): 96-100.
17. Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Singh VP. Posterior fossa tension pneumocephalus. Child’s
Nervous System 2000 Apr; 16(4): 196-9.
18. Aggarwal D, Suri A, Mahapatra A K . Intramedullary neurenteric cyst presenting as
infantile paraplegia: A case and review. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2002; 37(2): 93-6.
19. Sharma MC, Agarwal M, Suri A, Gaikwad S, Mukhopadhyay P, Sarkar C.
Lipomedulloblastoma
in
a
child:
a
controversial
entity.
Human Pathology. 2002 May; 33(5) :564-9
20. Sharma MC, Agarwal M, Suri A, Gaikwad S, Mukhopadhyay P, Sarkar C. A
melanotic desmoplastic medulloblastoma: report of a rare case and review of
literature. Brain Tumor Pathology. 2002; 19(2):93-6.
21. Suri A, Pandey P, Mehta VS. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracerebral
hematoma following lumboperitoneal shunt for pseudotumor cerebri: a rare
complication. Neurology India. 2002; 50(4): 508-10.
22. Suri A, Mehta VS. Giant vertebrobasilar
junction aneurysms - unusual cases.
Neurology India. 2003 (March);51 (1): 84-86.
23. Suri A, Singh VP, Kale SS, Mehta VS, Gaikwad S. Multifocal intracranial
primary malignant rhabdoid tumor. Neurology India. 2003 Jun; 51(2): 297-8.
24. Pandey P, Suri A, Mahapatra AK. Brain abscess- an unusual complication of
ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2003 Oct. ;70(10): 833-4.
25. Ahmad FA, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Ralte A, Sarkar C, Garg A. Giant calvarial
ewing’s sarcoma. Pediatric Neurosurgery 2004 Jan-Feb; 40(1): 44-6.
26. Garg A, Gupta V, Gaikwad S, Deol P, Mishra NK, Suri A, Kale SS. Isolated central
canal rupture of spinal dermoid: report of two cases. Australasian Radiology. 2003
Jun; 47(2): 194-7.
27. Gaikwad SB, Suri A, Garg A, Kanodia A, Gupta V, Mishra NK. Positional
occlusion/stasis of vertebral arteries in a case of cervical rheumatoid arthritis
presenting with multiple posterior circulation infarcts: a case report with angiographic
demonstration. Spine. 2004 Aug 1;29(15):E321-5.
28. Ralte AM, Rao S, Sharma MC, Suri A, Gaikwad S, Sarkar C. Myxopapillary
ependymoma of the temporal lobe--report of a rare case of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Clin Neuropathol. 2004 Mar-Apr; 23(2): 53-8.
29. Garg A, Suri A, Gupta V. Cyst with a mural nodule: Unusual case of brain
metastasis. Neurol India. 2004 Mar; 52(1): 136.
30. Suri A, Ahmad FU, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Sharma MC, Gupta V. Mediastinal
extension of an intradural teratoma in a patient with split cord malformation: case
report and review of literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Apr;22(4):444-9.
31. Sharma MS, Suri A, Shah T, Ralte A, Sarkar C, Gupta V, Mehta VS. Intraventricular
glioneuronal hamartoma: histopathological correlation with magnetic resonance
spectroscopy.J Neurooncol. 2005 Sep;74(3):325-8.
32. Ahmad FU, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Garg A, Sharma MC, Sridhar E.
Intraventricular rhabdoid tumor. Indian J Pediatr. 2005 Aug;72(8):693-6.
33. Gupta DK, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Sarkar C, Kumar L. When an unusual
lesion occurs in an odd place. Spine J. 2005 Jul-Aug;5(4):471-2.
34. Ahmad FU, Suri A, Mahapatra AK. Fatal penetrating brainstem injury caused by
bicycle brake handle. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2005 Jul-Aug;41(4):226-8.
35. Sharma S, Sarkar C, Gaikwad S, Suri A, Sharma MC. Primary neurocytoma of the
spinal cord: a case report and review of literature. J Neurooncol. 2005
Aug;74(1):47-52.
36. Dwarakanath S, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Gaikwad S, Sarkar C.
Endoscopic assisted excision of a retroclival arachnoid cyst presenting as hysterical
breathlessness. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Apr;22(4):424-7.
37. Dwarakanath S, Suri A, Garg A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS. Adult complex spinal
dysraphism with situs inversus totalis: a rare association and review. Spine. 2005
Apr 15;30(8):E225-8.
38. Dwarakanath S, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Sharma MC. Intramedullary
ectopic choroid plexus: report of a rare case. Neurosurgery. 2005 Apr;56(4):E869;
discussion E869.
39. Dwarakanath S, Suri A, Mahapatra AK. Spontaneous subdural empyema in
falciparum malaria: a case study. J Vector Borne Dis. 2004 Sep-Dec;41(3-4):80-2.
40. Atri S, Sharma MC, Sarkar C, Garg A, Suri A. Papillary glioneuronal tumour: a report
of a rare case and review of literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Oct 13
41. Rath GP, Mukta, Prabhakar H, Dash HH, Suri A. Haemodynamic changes after
intracisternal papaverine instillation during intracranial aneurysmal surgery. Br J
Anaesth. 2006 Dec;97(6):848-50.
42. Ahmad FU, Mahajan H, Mahapatra AK, Suri A. Mycotic aneurysm. an unusual cause
of pyrexia of unknown origin in an immunodeficient infant. Pediatr Neurosurg.
2006;42(4):237-9.
43. Gupta DK, Suri A, Mahapatra AK, Mehta VS, Garg A, Sarkar C, Ahmad FU.
Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease in a child mimicking bilateral giant petroclival
meningiomas: a case report and review of literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006
Sep;22(9):1194-200.
44. Sharma A, Garg A, Mishra NK, Gaikwad SB, Sharma MC, Gupta V, Suri A. Primary
Ewing's sarcoma of the sphenoid bone with unusual imaging features: a case report.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2005 Oct;107(6):528-31.
45. Prabhakar H, Rath GP, Bithal PK, Suri A, Dash HH. Variations in cerebral
haemodynamics during irrigation phase in neuroendoscopic procedures. Anesthesia
and Intensive Care (In Press)
Indexed Abstracts
46. Suri A. , A.K. Mahapatra , P. Bithal ; Early and Late Seizures following posterior
fossa surgery; Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery ; 1997 (July); 99
(Suppl.1); P – 5 – 692
47. A.Suri , V.S. Mehta , C. Sarkar ; Microsurgical anastomosis of peripheral nerves: A
comparison between microsurgical sutures and fibrin glue: Neurology India ; 1998
(Dec.) ; 46(Suppl. 1): 32.
48. A.Suri , V.S. Mehta; factors affecting outcome after severe head injury: Neurology
India; 1999 (Dec.) ; 47(Supple.1): 82.
49. Suri A, Chabbra RPS, Mehta VS, Gaikwad S, Pandey RM. Effect of Intramedullary
Signal Changes on the Surgical Outcome of Patients of Cervical Spondylotic
Myelopathy. The Spine Journal. 2002; (2) 5S: 69S.
50. Suri A, S.S.Kale, P.S.Chandra, Chabbra RPS, A.K.Mahapatra, Mehta VS.
Developmental osseous craniovertebral junction anomalies: controversies and
dilemmas. Neurosurgery. 2002; 51(2): 543.
51. A.K.Mahapatra, A.Suri; Anterior encephaloceles- a surgical correlation of 103 cases;
Child’s Nervous System 2002 (Oct.); 18(9-10): 554.
52. A.Suri, P.S.Chandra, A.K.Mahapatra, V.S.Mehta; Neuroendoscopic treatment of
pediatric hydrocephalus: dilemmas and controversies; Child’s Nervous System
2003 (Sept.); 19(9): 687.
53. P.S.Chandra, A.Suri, V.S.Mehta; Endoscopic excision of colloid cysts; Child’s
Nervous System 2003 (Sept.); 19(9): 691.
54. A.Suri, A.Tandon, A.K.Mahapatra, V.S.Mehta; Pediatric orbital tumors; Child’s
Nervous System 2003 (Aug.); 19(7-8): 625.
55. A.Suri, P.S.Chandra, A.K.Mahapatra, V.S.Mehta; Endoscopic treatment of pediatric
hydrocephalus; Child’s Nervous System 2003 (Aug.); 19(7-8): 617.
Chapters
56. Suri A., A.K. Mahapatra; Changing pattern of organisms in postoperative
neurosurgical infections; Progress in Clinical Neurosciences 1996; 11: 365-369.
57. Suri A., V.S. Mehta , V.P.Singh, N.K.Mishra, H.H.Dash: Posterior Circulation
Aneurysms : In : Progress in Clinical Neurosciences , 1999; 14: 127-150.
58. V.S. Mehta, A.Suri; Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: In: Textbook of Operative
Neurosurgery III Ed; B. Ramamurthy, P.N.Tandon 2002
59. Mehta V.S., Sharma B.S., Suri A, Gupta A., Misra N.K.: “Management of Giant
Intracranial Aneurysms” : Progress in Clinical Neurosciences 2004: 168-180 ed.
By. B.S. Sharma,U.K. Mishra(eds) New Delhi 2004.
60. A. Suri, A.K. Garg, P.S. Chandra, R. Kumar, B.S. Sharma, A.K. Mahapatra,
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Infantile Hydrocephalus. Progress in Clinical
Neurosciences 2006.
61. A Garg, A Suri, S Gulati. CNS Tumors. Current Trends in Pediatrics Vol.2; GP
Mathur, S Mathur (Eds) Academia Publishers. 2006; 382-403.
Academic Memberships
M.N.A.M.S. - Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences
I.M.A. - Indian Medical Association
D.M.A. - Delhi Medical Association
N.S.I. - Neurological Society of India
D.N.A. - Delhi Neurological Association
N.E.S. - Neuro-otological and Equilibriometric Society of India
S.B.S.I. - Skull Base Surgery Society of India
I.S.P.N. - Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
N.T.S.I. – Neurotrauma Society of India
A.C.N.S. - Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons
C.N.S. – Congress of Neurological Surgeons (U.S.A.)
N.A.S.S. – North American Spine Society
AO Spine