Dr Ravi Kumar V Cherukuri commenced his extensive international career in Neurosurgery by joining the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, India in 1987. After completing the institution’s residency program and examination, Dr Cherukuri was awarded the degree of Magister Chirurgie (M Ch) in Neurosurgery in 1992. Following this achievement and after completing further examinations, he was granted the prestigious honour of becoming a Diplomat of the National Board of Neurosurgery in India.
Dr Cherukuri furthered his Neurosurgical training at the Regional Neurosurgery Centre of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK before undertaking a Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit in the USA. He then completed a Fellowship in Skull base & Cerebrovascular surgery at Lousiana State University’s Health Sciences Centre in Shreveport, USA. After returning to India he worked as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati as well as at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre.
In 2004, Dr Cherukuri accepted the position of Neurosurgeon at Wollongong Hospital and has now been working in the Illawarra and South Coast for more than a decade. During this time, he has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Neurosurgery.
Through his surgery on Crown St, Wollongong, and Nowra rooms as well as his various appointments at hospitals in the Illawarra region, Dr Cherukuri offers treatments for a variety of neurosurgical disorders including cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves and is particularly interested in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery as well as Cerebrovascular surgery.
Dr Cherukuri is an active member of the community of Wollongong and the South Coast region where he resides. He prides himself on his diligent dedication to patient care, striving to achieve the highest level of patient satisfaction while demonstrating a breadth of extensive knowledge in clinical Neurosurgical services.
Craig Van Hoff , Ravi Kumar Cherukuri, Sham R Deshpande, Anthony Cadden
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Perth, 2014
AA Salim, PJ Wilson, Ravi Kumar C, S McKenzie, ME Buckland
Pathology Dec 44 (7): 657-657, 2012
P Khong, J Milross, C Ravi Kumar
Clinical Neuroscience Feb 18 (2):302-304, 2011
M Sinnadurai, C Ravi Kumar, RG Moses, E Nasser
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Vol. 17, Issue 9, September 1201-1203, 2010
C Ravi Kumar MD, Vannemreddy, Prasad MD, Nanda, Anil MD
Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 19 (2):141-149, 2009
BK Willis, C Ravi Kumar, EL Wylen, A Nanda
Paediatric Neurosurgery 41:178-185, 2005
C Ravi Kumar, S Sood, S Ham
Child’s Nervous System, 21:205-210, 2005
R Acharya, M Shaya, C Ravi Kumar, GC Caldito, A Nanda
Skull base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 14 (3): 133-42, 2004
S Sood, C Ravi Kumar, M Jamous, MU Schuhmann, SD Ham, A Canady
Neurosurgery Spine/Ped, 100 (5): 447-53, 2004
C Ravi Kumar, S Satyanaraya, B R M Rao, R S Palur
Skull base: An interdisciplinary Approach, Vol 11 (40) 265-275, 2001
C Ravi Kumar, S Satyanaraya, B R M Rao, R S Palur
Neurology India, 2000
C Ravi Kumar
Annual Meeting of North American Skull Base Society, Scottsdale, USA, 1999
C Ravi Kumar, Christopher Gerber
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, vol.65 (6) 949-950, 1998
Dr Ravi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh State Neuroscientists Association Conference held in Rajahmandry, India, 2006
Dr Ravi Kumar
Annual Conference of Neurological Society held in Visakhapatnam, India, 2005
Dr Ravi Kumar
International Skull base Congress Satellite meeting held in Hayman Island, Australia, 2004
Dr Ravi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh State Neuroscientists Association Conference held in Tirupati, India, 2003
Dr Ravi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh State Neuroscientists Association Conference held in Tirupati, India, 2003
Dr Ravi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists Association Conference held in Visakhapatnam, India, 1999