Dr. K R Suresh Babu is a senior consultant with over 46 years experience in the field. He is currently working at the SIMS Hospital, Chennai. He completed his MBBS degree and MS from Madurai medical college. Dr. Suresh has also in his starting years trained many neurosurgeons from Government medical college and many other colleges from India. He plays an instrumental role in establishing micro neurosurgery in South Tamil Nadu and Chennai specifically. He is also one of the first surgeons to have performed STA-MCA surgery which is a complicated procedure in Chennai in the year 1984. He has received special training from various places around the globe such as Switzerland, USA, Japan etc. he is also an active member of many associations like Indian medical association, neurological society of India, Neuro spinal surgeons’ association India and many more. 

Known languages 

• English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu

           Education 

• MBBS – Madurai medical college,1984

• MD- Madurai medical college, 1987

• DNB -DNB Board

              Areas of expertise 

• Endoscopic excision

• Surgery for pituitary tumours

• Skull base tumours

• Trauma of the spine

• Disc herniation of back and neck

•  Degenerative disc conditions

• Osteoarthritis

• Failed back syndrome

• Tumours in spine

• Infection of spine 

• Carotid body tumor

• Aortic aneurysm

• Laminectomy

• Epilepsy surgery

• Stroke and foot drop

        Associations 

• Association of spine surgeons of India 
• Indian medical association
• Neuro spinal surgeons association India 
• Spinal cord society of India 
• American academy of neurological surgeons