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Keyvan Karkouti

Lakshmikumar Venkat Raghavan

MBBS,MD,DNB,FRCA,FRCPC

Academic Position

Associate Professor

Staff Position

Staff Physician

Affiliation

Toronto Western Hospital, UHN

Expertise and Academic Interests

Neuroanesthesia

Bio

Training Medical school in Chennai, India (1987-1993), Anesthesia training in Mumbai, India (1994-1997) and London, England (1998-2005) Neuro anesthesia fellowship -Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto(2004) Main clinical focus - Neuro anesthesia Special clinical interests Outpatient neurosurgery Functional neurosurgery Cerebral revascularization Surgery Research Focus 1. Anesthesia for functional neurosurgery 2. Functional neuroimaging and anesthesia -Development of brain stress test to identify patients at risk for acute and chronic cerebral ischemia. 3. Improving outcomes in neurosurgical patients Grants PI and Co-PI > $ 500,000 CAD Co Investigator > $200,000 CAD Peer reviewed publications -120 Book chapters- 15 Pubmed Link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Venkatraghavan+L&sort=pubdate

Hobbies and Interest

Cricket, Tennis, Golf

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