Ananth K. Vellimana, MD

Ananth K. Vellimana, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology and Neurology

Specialties

  • Brain aneurysms 
  • Brain vascular malformations 
  • Carotid stenosis
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
  • Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke 
  • Moyomoya
  • Trigeminal neuralgia

Call 314-362-3577 for Patient Appointments

As a cerebrovascular/skull base tumor surgeon and interventional neuroradiologist, I strive to use my unique skill set to provide the least invasive but durable, cutting-edge treatment to patients with complex neurosurgical diseases.  I want my patients to have the best possible outcome and the least amount of discomfort, as I would want for my own family.

Dr. Vellimana

Residency

Resident, Neurosurgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2012 – 2019 

Education

MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.), New Delhi, India
2003 – 2009

Fellowships

Fellow, Interventional Neuroradiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2020 – 2021  

Fellow, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery,
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine,
Seattle, Washington, USA
2019 – 2020

Specialist Registrar, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Tumor Surgery,
National Centre for Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
2018

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2009 – 2012     

Research focus

  • Examining mechanisms of secondary brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage, including early brain injury and delayed cerebral ischemia
  • Developing strategies to attenuate neurovascular dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage and mechanisms of secondary brain injury after traumatic brain injury

Honors & leadership roles

  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons- Leadership Fellow, 2017 – 2019
  • Tae Sung Park, M.D. Primary Examination Award – Highest score in residency program in the 2018 American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination, 2018
  • Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2018
  • CNS Resident Award – Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2017
  • Tae Sung Park, M.D. Primary Examination Award – Highest score in residency program in the 2017 American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination, 2017
  • AANS Neurosurgical Top Gun Competition – “Tractography-guided Surgical Planning” Competition Winner, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2017
  • Ronald L. Bittner Award – Best Abstract in Brain Tumor Research, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2017
  • Best Basic Science Research Presentation Award – 11th Annual Neurosurgery Research Symposium, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2017
  • PGY-2 Primary Examination Award – Departmental award for exemplary performance in American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary Examination, 2014
  • American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011
  • Elected as a member of Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society, 2011
  • Top 10% Abstract, International Stroke Conference 2011 – Intravenous tPA Therapy is an Independent Risk Factor for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Following Carotid Endarterectomy, 2011
  • Top 10% Abstract, International Stroke Conference 2011 – Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Mediates Endogenous Protection against Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-induced Cerebral Vasospasm, 2011

Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery Board Eligible

Hospital appointments

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis Children’s Hospital