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Dr.Kalyan Chekravarthy Sajja is a Interventional Neurologist practicing in Life Hospital, Guntur. He also offers his expertise and consulting services to other hospitals in the area. He is one of the very few highly trained Stroke and Interventional Neurology specialists in India who received extensive post graduate training in various renowned Universities in the United States of America.
Briefly regarding his training, he finished his Internal Medicine Internship and Neurology residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, U.S.A. He then attended the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, U.S.A for one year of a competitive Vascular neurology and Stroke fellowship. After this, he trained for 2 years in one of the most reputed and prestigious fellowships in the Endovascular Neurosurgery department at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, U.S.A. He received Neurocritical care training at Abington Memorial hospital in Pennsylvania.
Thomas Jefferson University, July 2018 - June 2020
Abington Memorial Hospital, July 2018- June 2020
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Vascular Neurology and Stroke, July 2017- June 2018, July 2014 - June 2017
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Neurology, July 2014 - June 2017
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, July 2013 - June 2014
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, A.P., India, July 2005 - April 2012
Vikas College, Guntur, A.P., India, July 2003 - June 2005
Philadephia, PA 19107
July 2018 - June 2020Abington, PA
July 2018- June 2020Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 2017 - June 2018Omaha, NE
July 2013 - June 2017Omaha, NE
July 2013 - June 2017
Endovascular robotic: feasibility and proof of principle for DCA and CAS - Published, JNIS- The first Neurovascular radial robotic paper.
Comparison of robotic assisted carotid stenting and manual carotid stenting through the transradial approach - Accepted
Early multicenter experience with the Neuroform Atlas stent: Safety and Efficacy - Published, Neurosurgery
Towards successes in the management of nonconvulsive status epilepticus: tracing the detection-to-needle trajectories - Published, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
Pearls and pitfalls of the transradial approach for neurointerventions: lessons learned after 760 procedures - Accepted
Role of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) in the treatment of Levetiracetam induced behavioral effects in epilepsy patients
Early experience with a novel 088 long sheath in transradial neurointerventions- Submitted
Left Radial Approach for Diagnostic Neuroangiography: Feasibility and Initial Experience- Submitted
A clinical and cost effectiveness comparison of traditional VNS therapy to AspireSR with AutoStim- Submitted
Radial book chapter on closure devices- Oxford - Submitted
A comparison of radial versus femoral access for acute stroke interventions - Submitted
Treatment of Acute ischemic strokes caused by M3 Distal Vessel occlusions with Mechanical thrombectomy- Submitted
Rescue stenting for “Acute ischemic stroke with Refractory Emergent Large vessel occlusion (RELVO)” in the modern thrombectomy era- Submitted
A Y-stenting approach for complete recanalization of a Refractory Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion (RELVO)- Submitted
Endosaccular flow diversion (WEB) use in patients with multiple cerebral aneurysms: A case series - Submitted
Posterior circulation tandem occlusions: classification and techniques- Submitted
Onyx embolization of carotid-cavernous fistulas and its impact on intra-ocular pressure and recurrence.- Submitted
“ Role of Pyridoxine in the treatment of Levetiracetam induced behavioral effects in Epilepsy patients”- Poster,AES 2016
Hiding in plain sight- Spike wave stupor. Presented at AES 2016.
Abstract presentation in American Epilepsy society 2017 held at Houston, Tx.
Published to web on 11/21/2016 on the American Epilepsy Society website, source: https://www.aesnet.org/meetings_events/annual_meeting_abstracts/ view/199633 (Abst. 1.308), 2017
3 abstracts in Neurology, April 18, 2017; 88 (16 Supplement) April 24, 2017
Factors in Unplanned Readmission or ED Visit within 30 Days of Discharge from an Inpatient Neurology Service (S48. 007)
Post hospitalization follow-up clinic visits in neurological diseases (P2. 181)
Factors affecting post-discharge outcomes in hospital patients with non-surgical neurological diseases (S48. 003)
Sleep clinic follow up, co morbidities, mortality rates in patients screened high positive with STOP-BANG questionnaire. - Presented at Resident research day at UNMC. AAN 2018.
Scored 99 percentile in RITE ( Resident in-training exam) which takes into account the scores of all the neurology residents nationwide. Received Achievement award twice from UNMC residency program for securing scores in the top 1 percentile among peers.
Consultant Interventional Neurologist
