Qualifications:
MBBS: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 2011
MD (Radio-Diagnosis): All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2017
DM ( Neuro-Imaging and Interventional Radiology): National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, 2021
Professional Synopsis:
Dr. Vivek Lanka is currently a consultant, neuroimaging and neurointerventions at AIG hospitals, Hyderabad.
He was born in Guntur and completed his schooling in Warangal. His entire medical training was from MBBS to Super-specialization has been in institutions of national importance viz., JIPMER, AIIMS New Delhi and NIMHANS.
He is an expert in diagnosing and managing many neurovascular disorders including large vessel occlusion brain stroke, intracranial aneurysms and varied vascular malformations of the brain and spine.
He also carries a vast experience in the use of advanced neuroimaging techniques inclusive of functional neuroimaging, perfusion weighted imaging, tractography for neurosurgical planning and quantitative susceptibility mapping.
He has more than 20 national and international publications under his hood, including 3 book chapters.
He is actively involved in teaching and mentoring many undergraduates and post graduate students of radiology and interventional radiology. He served as faculty in many national and state conferences.
Areas Of Interest/ Expertise:
Neuro-Imaging
- Perfusion Weighted Imaging,
- Functional Neuro-imaging,
- Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Interventional Neuro-Radiology –
- Determinants of outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke,
- Mechanistic underpinnings of flow diversion in giant aneurysms,
- angio-architectural variations of vascular malformations of the brain and spine and their implications for management.