Dr. Venkatesh Pothula

OP Timing:

Qualifications:

• DM (Neuroradiology), Sri Ramachandra Institute Of Higher Education And Research (SRIHER), Chennai, India. 2022
• European Board of Interventional Radiology (E.B.I.R.), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, Vienna, Austria. 2021
• DNB (Radiodiagnosis), National Board of Examinations (NBE), New Delhi, India. 2019
• MD (Radiodiagnosis), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. 2016
• MBBS, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India. 2012

Awards & Recognitions:

• Best IR fellow in India for 2022, by Indian Society of Vascular Interventional Radiology.
• Dr. Robert Crowe's gold medal is for being the best outgoing DM student in neuro-radiology.
• First to perform TRENZA-assisted coil embolization for cerebral aneurysms, Fenestrated TEVAR with triple vessel fenestration for an arch aneurysm in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• First to perform Balloon-Occluded Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (b-TACE) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Andhra Pradesh.
• First to perform Trans-radial cerebral aneurysm coiling in North coastal Andhra Pradesh.
• First to perform Trasns-radial Flow diverter stent placement in North coastal Andhra Pradesh.
• 1ST PRIZE in poster presentation at the Indian Society of Vascular Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), 2022 conference.
• 2ND PRIZE in an oral presentation at the Indian Society of Neuroradiology (ISNR) 2021 conference

Publications:

• Pothula V, Dhanasekaran J, Nekkala J, Sekar S, Joseph S. Endovascular Embolisation Using N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate: An Effective Treatment Option for Uterine Artery Pseudoaneurysm in Postpartum Hemorrhage. Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR. 2022 Jul 11.
• Pothula V, Ray N, Dhanasekaran J, Sabarish SS, Joseph S. ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF TRANSPLANT RENAL ARTERY ANASTOMOTIC SITE PSEUDOANEURYSM USING FLOW DIVERTER STENT. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2022 Jun 10.
• Pothula V, Kumar A, Vyas S, Bhatia V, Radotra BD, Gupta SK. Preoperative Assessment and Prediction of Consistency of Intracranial Meningioma Utilizing the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022 Sep 27.

Memberships:

• Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) Life Member.
• Indian Society of Vascular and Intervention Radiology (ISVIR) Active Life Member.
• Indian Society of Neuroradiology (ISNR) Life Member. 
• Society of Therapeutic Neuro Interventions (STNI) Life Member.
• European Society of Radiology (ESR) Corresponding Member.
• The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) Associate member.