Faculty

• Vascular neurosurgery,
• Brain and spine tumor surgery
• Skull-base and sellar/suprasellar surgery

• Furtado SV, Thakar S. Intraventricular hydatidosis.In: Turgut M, eds.Hydatidosis of the Central Nervous System: Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2014; p 71-82
• Johnson JN, Furtado SV, Seinberg GK. Brainstem Cavernous Malformations.In: Shekar L,eds. Second Edition of Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Brain ;Thieme New York ( in print)
• Venkatasubramanian C, Furtado SV,Hobbs KS, Steinberg GK. Bypass surgeries for moyamoya disease.In: Kumar M, eds. Neurocritical Care Management Ch12; Elsevier London
• Cook DJ, Mukerji N, Furtado SV, Steinberg GK. Moyamoya Disease. In: Lanzer P, eds Panvascular Medicine; Springer – Verlag, New York
• Furtado SV, Hegde N. Endovascular management of brain arteriovenous malformations In: Progress in clinical Neurociences, Thieme 2021 ISBN- 978-93-90553-02-0

Medical school

• GOLD Medalist in the University in Biochemistry, Microbiology, ENT , OBGyn
• GOLD Medal in the University in Final MBBS Part I Examination.

Post-graduation

• 1st Rank for the University in MS (General Surgery) Examination.

• Intracranial infectious aneurysm: Presentation, management and outcome.
• Kannoth S, Iyer R, Thomas SV, Furtado SV, Rajesh BJ, Kesavadas C, Radhakrishnan VV, Sarma PS. J Neurol Sci. 2007 May 15;256(1-2):3-9
• Intracranial arterial aneurysms in children and adolescents. Menon G, Furtado SV, Nair S, Bhattacharya RN, Rao BRM, Easwer HV. Indian J Cerebrovasc Surg 2005:80-84
• Co-existing fibrous dysphasia & atypical lymphoplasmacyte rich meningioma: Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Santosh V,Sridhar M, Hegde AS. Neuropathology 27 (3). 269-272
• Budd-Chiari syndrome, ascites and shunt malfunction due to hyperosmolar hypernatremia in operated pediatric craniopharyngiomas: a red herring. Furtado SV, Dash PK, Reddy K, Hegde AS. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008 Sep;24(9):1051-5
• Multiple fourth ventricular hydatidosis. Furtado SV, Visvanathan K, Nandita G, Reddy K, Hegde AS. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jan;16(1):110-2
• Repair of Chiari III malformation with cranioplasty and an occipital rotation flap. Technical note. Furtado SV, Anantharam BA, Kalyan reddy, Hegde AS .Surg Neurol. 2009 Oct;72(4):414-7
• Trigeminal neuralgia due to small Meckel’s cave epidermoid: Surgery using extra-dural corridor. Technical note. Skull Base. 2009 Sep;19(5):353-7
• Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery associated with lower basilar artery aneurysm: diagnosis and clinical implications. Furtado SV, Reddy K, Khandelwal N, Hegde AS. Neurol India. 2009 Jan-Feb;57(1):79-81
• Pseudotumor cerebri: as a cause for early deterioration after Chiari I malformation surgery. Furtado SV, Visvanathan K,Reddy K, Hegde AS. Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Aug;25(8):1007-12
• Adult medulloblastoma and the "dural-tail" sign: rare mimic of a posterior petrous meningioma. Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Dadlani R, Reddy K, Hegde AS. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2009 Jul;111(6):540-3
• Co-existing thyrotropin secreting pituitary adenoma and low grade glioma:clinical considerations and literature review. Furtado SV, Dadlani R, Ghosal N, Mahadevan A, Shankar SK, Hegde AS. J Neurosurg Sci. 2009 Jun;53(2):71-5
• Morphometric analysis of posterior fossa dimensions in pediatric and adult Chiari I Malformations. Furtado SV, Reddy K, Hegde AS. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Nov; 16(11):1449-54.
• Morphometric analysis of intracranial volume and formen magnum in pediatric Chiari I Malformations. Furtado SV, Thakre DJ, Venkatesh PK, Reddy K, Hegde AS. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Feb;152(2):221-7
• Giant solid invasive prolactinoma in a prepubescent male with gynaecomastia Furtado SV, Saikiran NA, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Jan;42(1):72-4
• Diagnostic and clinical implications of pituicytoma. Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Venkatesh PK, Gupta K, Hegde AS. J Clin Neurosci. 17 (2010) 938–943.
• Reduction in Size of a Large Rathke's Cleft Cyst on Treatment with Low Dose of Corticosteroid. Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. Horm Metab Res 2010;42:227-9
• Pinealoblastoma with prominent retinoblastic differentiation: An unusual case in an adult. Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Neuropathology. 2010 Aug;30(4):439-42
• Dural based primary osteosarcoma in right fronto-temporal region: Case report with review of literature. Ghosal N, Dadlani R, Furtado SV, Bagdi N, Hegde AS. Neurol India. 2010 Jan-Feb;58(1):128-30
• Neurological complications and surgical outcome in patients with anterior choroidal segment aneurysms. Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Hegde AS. Int J Neurosci. 2010 Apr;120(4):291-7
• Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor pineal gland and tectum: An intraoperative diagnosis on smear preparation.Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Diagn Cytopathol. 2010 Aug;38(8):590-3.
• Paradoxical embolus across atrial septal defect and posterior circulation infarct in neurosurgical patients. Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Furtado AD, Murthy GK, Hegde AS. Int J Neurosci. 2010 Jul; 120(7):516-20
• Co-existing intracranial tumors with pituitary adenomas: genetic association or co-incidence? Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. J Cancer Res Ther. 2010 Apr-Jun;6(2):221-3
• Ophthalmic segment aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage presenting with contralateral abducens nerve palsy: a false localizing sign. Furtado SV, Mohan D, Hegde AS. Optometry. 2010 Sep; 81(9):450-453.
• A peri-trigonal giant tumefactive cavernous malformation: case report and review of literature. Thakar S, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Dec;26(12):1819-23
• Unusual clinical and radiological presentation of metastatic choriocarcinoma to the brain and long-term remission following emergency craniotomy and adjuvant EMA- CO chemotherapy. Dadlani R, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Prasanna KV, Hegde AS. J Cancer Res Ther. 2010 Oct-Dec;6(4):552-6.
• Correlation of functional outcome and natural history with clinico-radiological factors in surgically managed pediatric Chiari I malformation. Furtado SV, Thakar S, Hegde AS. Neurosurgery 68:319–328, 2011
• Fibro-osseous lesion of the pineal region resembling osteoblastoma: A case report.Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Gupta K, Hegde AS.Neuropathology. 2011 Apr;31(2):158-61
• Isolated sellar tuberculoma presenting with panhypopitutarism: clinical, diagnostic considerations and literature review. Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Ghosal N, Hegde AS.
• Neurol Sci. 2011 Apr;32(2):301-4
• Fourth-ventricular immature teratoma. Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Rokade VB, Hegde AS.J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Feb;18(2):296-8
• Smear preparation of intracranial lesions: A retrospective study of 306 cases. Ghosal N, Hegde AS, Murthy G, Furtado SV. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Aug; 39(8):582-92.
• Symmetrical ventricular lesions in an adolescent male. Thakar S, Mohan D, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Nov; 18(11):1570
• Angiolipoma in sellar, suprasellar and parasellar region: report on two new cases and review of literature.Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Saikiran NA, Gupta K, Hegde AS. Clin Neuropathol. 2011 May-Jun;30(3):118-21
• Arachnoid cyst in the internal auditory canal causing fluctuating facial paresis in a child. Thakar S, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Jul; 27(7):1177-9.
• Metachronous occurrence of a temporal ganglioglioma and a bifrontal anaplastic ependymoma: Coincidence or an explainable pathological curiosity? Thakar S, Santosh V, Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Dec;25(6):741-3
• Management of complex giant spinal arachnoid cysts presenting with myelopathy. Furtado SV, Thakar S, Murthy GK, Dadlani R, Hegde AS. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jul;15(1):107-12
• Clinical and radiological features of pediatric cerebellar anaplastic oligodendrogliomas .Furtado SV, Venkatesh PK, Ghosal N, Murthy GK, Hegde AS. Indian J Pediatr. 2011 Jul;78(7):880-3.
• Invasive sphenocavernous aspergilloma complicating an operated case of acromegaly: A dual pathology. Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Skull Base Reports 2011; 1(1):33-38
• Cervical Spine Instability following Resection of Benign Intradural Extramedullary Tumours in Children. Furtado SV, Murthy GK, Hegde AS. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2011;47(1):38-44
• Management of oculomotor nerve schwannomas in two different locations: surgical nuances and comprehensive review. Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Neurosurg Rev. 2012 Jan;35(1):27-34
• A clinicopathological study of diagnostically challenging meningioma mimics. Ghosal N, Dadlani R, Gupta K, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. J Neurooncol. 2012 Jan;106(2):339-52
• Fatal leptomeningeal melanoma in neurocutaneous melanosis. Furtado S, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS.Pediatr Dermatol. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 May-Jun;29(3):358-61.
• Calvarial malignant melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy presenting with widespread intracranial metastasis.Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2012 Sep;40(6):e170-3.
• Neurocutaneous spectrum of multiple endocrine neoplasia-1.Furtado S, Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Gupta K, Hegde AS.Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2012 Jan;78(1):93-6
• Furtado SV, Thakar S, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. Atypical presentation of pediatric mixed germ cell tumors in the sellar-suprasellar region. Neurol India. 2012 Jan-Feb;60(1):90-3
• Furtado SV, Thakar S, Hegde AS. The use of image guidance in avoiding vascular injury during trans-sphenoidal access and decompression of recurrent pituitary adenomas.J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2012 Dec;40(8):680-4
• Thakar S, Mohan D, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. An anaplastic ependymoma presenting as an intrinsic brainstem glioma. Neurol India. 2012 Jan-Feb;60(1):131-2
• Ghosal N, Kumaran SP, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Mixed schwannoma with meningioma - report on 2 cases of unusual tumor with review of literature. Clin Neuropathol. 2012 Sep-Oct;31(5):374-8
• Thakar S, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. A Nondysraphic Paraspinal Mass and a Ventricular Septal Defect: Unusual Components of Diabetes-Induced Mesodermal Derangement.Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2013 Jun;32(3):205-9
• Singh SS, Gupta K, Kumaran SP, Ghosal N, Furtado SV. Pontomedullary white epidermoid: a rare cause of tinnitus.Singapore Med J. 2012 Aug;53(8):e179-81
• Dadlani R, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde A. Adeloye-Odeku disease: an African disease in the Indian child?Turk Neurosurg. 2012;22(4):515-20
• Sai Kiran NA, Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Ramachandran S, Hegde AS. Epithelioid hemangioma of occipital condyle and clivus: Unusual location of a rare bony tumor with presentation in perigestational period. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Jul;115(7):1137-40
• Furtado SV, Thakar S, Saikiran NA, Hegde AS. Hemifacial spasm and jugular foramen syndrome caused by diametrically opposite aneurysms on the vertebral artery. Neurol Sci. 2013 Oct;34(10):1809-10
• Sai Kiran NA, Thakar S, Dadlani R, Mohan D, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Aryan S, Hegde AS. Surgical management of thalamic gliomas: case selection, technical considerations, and review of literature. Neurosurg Rev. 2013 Jul;36(3):383-93
• Thakar S, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Dilip J, Mahadevan A, Hegde A. Skull-base Ewing sarcoma with multifocal extracranial metastases. J Can Res Ther 2012;8:636-8
• Ghosal N, Furtado SV, Thakar S, Kumaran SP. Synchronous subcutaneous and calvarial Rosai-Dorfman disease diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology.Cytopathology. 2014 Feb;25(1):65-7
• Furtado SV, Dadlani R, Ghosal N, Rao AS. Solitary thoracic vertebral body cysticercosis presenting with progressive compressive myelopathy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Apr;18(4):394-7.
• Thakar S, Furtado SV, Hegde A. Unusual complication of a shunted intracranial arachnoid cyst mimicking cyst recurrence. Neurol India 2013;61(1):93-4
• Posterior third ventricular mature teratoma with a hemangiomatous component.Ghosal N, Gupta K, Furtado SV. Clin Neuropathol. 2013 Nov-Dec;32(6):532-5
• Extensive anterior skull-base mesenchymal chondrosarcoma: unusual cause of multiple indolent masses on the forehead.Thakar S, Dadlani R, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS. Clin Neuropathol. 2013 Sep-Oct;32(5):393-8.
• How I do it : Anterior clinoidectomy and optic canal unroofing for microneurosurgical management of ophthalmic segment aneurysms. Sai Kiran NA, Furtado SV, Hegde AS. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Jun;155(6):1025-9
• Management issues in a complex case of basilar invagination associated with a large fourth ventricular dermoid and Klippel-Feil syndrome.Sai Kiran NA, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS.Neurol India. 2013 Mar-Apr;61(2):189-91
• Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking granulomatous inflammation. Thakar S, Furtado SV, Ghosal N, Hegde AS.Neurol India 2013;61:433-4
• Paraspinal muscle morphometry in cervical spondylotic myelopathy and its implications in clinicoradiological outcomes following central corpectomy.Thakar S, Mohan D, Furtado SV, Sai Kiran NA, Dadlani R, Aryan S, Rao AS, Hegde AS.J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 May 30:1-8.
• Absence of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-1 expression in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the central nervous system: does it signify a different nosologic entity from its systemic counterpart? Govindan A, Mahadevan A, Chakraborti S, Furtado SV, Krishna S. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2014 Apr-Jun;57(2):178-82.
• Surgical outcome of primary clipping for anterior circulation aneurysms of size 2 centimeters or larger. Furtado SV, Sai Kiran NA, Thakar S, Dadlani R, Mohan D, Aryan S, Hegde AS. Clinical neurology and Neurosurgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Jul;122:42-9
• Endovascular Management of Sigmoid Sinus Diverticulum.Paramasivam S, Furtado S, Shigamatsu T, Smouha E.Interv Neurol. 2016 Jun;5(1-2):76-80.
• The impact of evidence: evolving therapy for acute ischemic stroke in a large healthcare system:Mascitelli JR, Wilson N, Shoirah H, De Leacy RA, Furtado SV, Paramasivam S, Oermann EK, Mack WJ, Tuhrim S, Dangayach NS, Meyer SA, Bederson JB, Mocco J, Fifi JT.J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Nov;8(11):1129-1135.
• Extrapontine Myelinolysis and Reversible Parkinsonism After Hyponatremia Correction in a Case of Pituitary Adenoma: Hypopituitarism as a Predisposition for Osmotic Demyelination. Perikal PJ, Jagannatha AT, Khanapure KS, Furtado SV, Joshi KC, Hegde AS. World Neurosurg. 2018 Oct;118:304-310
• Pathogenesis of aneurysms on major vessels in moyamoya disease and management outcome. Furtado SV, Medress ZA, Teo M, Steinberg GK. J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Oct 30. pii: S0967-5868(18)31401-2
• Contralateral acute vascular occlusion following revascularization surgery for moyamoya disease.Sussman ES, Madhugiri V, Teo M, Nielsen TH, Furtado SV, Pendharkar AV, Ho AL, Esparza R, Azad TD, Zhang M, Steinberg GK. J Neurosurg. 2018 Dec 14:1-7.
• Distal microcatheter placement using the Asahi Chikai TM 0.008-inch micro-guidewire for liquid embolic material delivery: A technical note. Furtado SV, Berenstein A.World Neurosurg. 2019 Jan 4. pii: S1878-8750(18)32955-3.
• Validation and Application for the Berlin Grading System of Moyamoya Disease in Adult Patients. Teo M, Furtado S, Kaneko OF, Azad TD, Madhugiri V, Do HM, Steinberg GK. Neurosurgery. 2020 Feb 1;86(2):203-212.
• Functional Outcomes After Revascularization Procedures in Patients With Hemorrhagic Moyamoya Disease. Abhinav K, Furtado SV, Nielsen TH, Iyer A, Gooderham PA, Teo M, Lee J, Han SS, Steinberg GK.Neurosurgery. 2020 Feb 1;86(2):257-265
• Sai Kiran NA, Sivaraju L, Furtado SV, Vidyasagar K, Raj V, Aryan S, Thakar S, Mohan D, Hegde AS. Far lateral approach without occipital condylar resection for intradural ventral/ventrolateral foramen magnum tumors and aneurysms of V4 segment of vertebral artery: Review of surgical results. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Oct;197:106163
• Furtado SV, Basu E, Mehta A, Vala K, Mohan D. Surgical Outcome of Encephaloduroarteriomyosynangiosis for Moyamoya Disease. Neurol India. 2021 Sep Oct;69(5):1259-1264
• Furtado SV, Srinivasa R, Vala K, Mohan D. Contemporary management of scalp cirsoid aneurysm: A dual-trained neurosurgeon's perspective. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Feb;201:106437.
• Furtado SV, Jayakumar D, Perikal PJ, Mohan D. Contemporary Management of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Dual-Trained Neurosurgeon's Perspective. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2021 Sep 28;12(4):711-717
• Srinivasa R, Furtado SV, Kunikullaya KU, Biradar S, Jayakumar D, Basu E. Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis - A Retrospective Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Karnataka. Asian J Neurosurg. 2021 Sep 24;16(4):695-700.
• Furtado SV, Quryshi SA, Jagannatha AT, Hegde AS. Segmental Agenesis of External Carotid Artery from Common Carotid Artery with Anomalous Reformation through Occipital Artery Anastomoses. Neurol India. 2021 Nov-Dec;69(6):1824-1827.
• Furtado SV, Vasavada P, Baid A, Perikal PJ. Endovascular management of V3 segment vertebro-vertebral fistula: case management and literature review. Br J Neurosurg. 2022 May 3:1-5.
• Hegde N, Khanapure KS, Furtado SV, Jagannatha AT, Hegde AS. Computed Tomography-Guided Catheter Aspiration and Thrombolysis of Hypertensive Basal Ganglionic Hematomas: Technique and Short-Term Outcome Comparison. World Neurosurg. 2022 Apr;160:34-43
• Furtado SV, Hegde P, Palassery R, Karunakara BP.Factor XIII Deficiency and Intracranial Bleed: Surgical Management and Prophylaxis with Cryoprecipitate. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2022; 20(03): 208-210
• Srinivasa R, Furtado SV, Sansgiri T, Vala K. Management of Frontal Bone Fracture in a Tertiary Neurosurgical Care Center-A Retrospective Study. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2022 Jan 5;13(1):60-66
• Sai Kiran NA, Vidyasagar K, Srinivasa R, Sivaraju L, Raj V, Furtado SV, Thakar S, Aryan S, Mohan D, Hegde AS. Occipital Interhemispheric Transtentorial Approach for Tumors of Posterior Third Ventricular Region: Review of Surgical Results. Neurol India. 2022 Jul-Aug;70(4):1417-1426.
• Dugani P, Mehta A, Furtado SV, Pradeep R, Javali M, Acharya P, et al. Spectrum of neurological manifestations among acute COVID-19 and long COVID-19 – A retrospective observational study. Ro J Neurol. 2022;21(2):176-82

• Cerebrovascular society of India
• Society of Neurovascular Interventionists
• American Association of Neurosurgeons
• Neurological Society of India
• Bangalore Neurological Society
• Karnataka Neurosciences Academy