• Medical School: Kasturba medical College, Mangalore, India, MBBS, 1991
• Post-graduate: General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India, MS (Gen. Surgery) 1995
• Fellowship: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK, FRCS, 1997

Selected Honors and Awards

• Distinctions in Anatomy (1987), Pharmacology, Pathology (1989) and Surgery (1991), Mangalore University, Mangalore, India
• Recipient of Nathalie Ross Barr student fellowship for clinical neuroscience research from International Spinal Research Trust UK, 2002-2005

Contact

University of Iowa
Department of Neurosurgery
200 Hawkins Drive, 1 JPP
Iowa City, IA 52242-1061
kotasadashiva-karanth@uiowa.edu

Research Interests

• Role of macrophages in Wallerian degeneration

Selected Publications

KS Karanth, G Yang, J Yeh and PM Richardson. Nature of signals that initiate the immune response during Wallerian degeneration of peripheral nerves, Experimental Neurology.2006 Nov; 202(1):161-6

A Sarwat, KS Karanth, JC Sutcliffe. A rare complication of hardware failure in neurostimulation. Report of two cases. Journal of Neurosurgery 2000; 93(2 Suppl):330-1

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