Ananth K. Vellimana, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology and Neurology

Specialties

  • Brain aneurysms, Arteriovenous malformations (AVM), Cavernous malformations (cavernoma), Dural arteriovenous fistulas, Spinal vascular malformations
  • Ischemic stroke, carotid stenosis  (carotid endarterectomy, angioplasty/stenting), intracranial stenosis, Moyamoya disease, bypass surgery
  • Open, endoscopic and radiosurgical treatment of skull base tumors including Pituitary tumors, Meningomas, Acoustic neuromas, Chordomas, Chondrosarcomas, Sinonasal tumors
  • Microvascular or macrovascular decompression and radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (shunt, venous sinus stenting), Jugular venous compression syndrome, Intracranial hypotension/CSF-venous fistula, Intraarterial chemotherapy

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

  • Examine mechanisms of secondary brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage including early brain injury and delayed cerebral ischemia, and develop strategies to attenuate neurovascular dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Mechanisms of secondary brain injury after TBI

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