Dr. Abhirama Chandra Gabbita

Dr. Abhirama Chandra Gabbita is a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, specializing in neuro-oncology, skull base surgery, minimally invasive brain and spine surgery, and advanced brain mapping. He is recognized in India for pioneering endoscopic transorbital brain surgery, an approach that allows selected brain tumours to be accessed through the orbit rather than by opening the skull. He is also associated with Connectomics and AI-guided brain mapping for intra-axial brain lesions, helping surgeons understand and preserve important functional brain networks during tumour surgery. His advanced training includes fellowships at Cornell Medicine, New York, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, and research training in functional brain mapping at Hospital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France, along with observership training at Stanford Medicine. His surgical interests include glioma surgery, awake mapping, skull base tumours, vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine procedures.