Awards
* Established the MCh program to train Postgraduate doctors in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurosciences* MSRMC
* Bangalore
* Established a fully functional and successful Movement Disorder Program at M.S. Ramaiah Medical College
* Bangalore.
* Initiated a DBS program for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease at NIMS
* Hyderabad.
* Initiated a DBS program for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease at KEM Hospital
* Mumbai.
* Initiated a DBS program in Apollo Hospital
* Hyderabad.
* Was selected for a DBS workshop with advanced training in the Netherlands
* as a part of a prestigious Indo-Canadian collaboration
* Organized the first International Workshop on Surgery for Movement Disorders at M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital
* Bangalore. It was the first time in the world that a live DBS surgery was relayed to an interactive forum
* Served as Member of the Board of Studies
* NIMHANS
* for a tenure of 3 years
* Was invited as Guest Speaker at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit
* New Delhi
* where he shared the dais with other dignitaries like HH. Dalai Lama
* Dr. Manmohan Singh
* Al Gore and the RT. Hon. Gordon Brown. He is the first Neurosurgeon to be invited to spe
* Designated Visiting Professor at the Raman Research Institute.
* Dr.Varma also has the distinction of having conducted the first successful DBS surgery for Neuroacanthosis in India and third in the world.
Membership
*Aster CMI Hospital
MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Neuro Surgery
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| Aster RV Hospital
MBBS, MS - General Surgery, MCh - Neuro Surgery
2CA-37, 24th Main Rd, ITI Layout, 1st Phase, Bangalore, Bangalore