Srinivas Chivukula, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Neurological Surgery
  • Deep brain stimulation
  • Surgical epilepsy

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Biography

Srinivas Chivukula, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in functional and epilepsy neurosurgery.

Dr. Chivukula earned his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also gained advanced training through a fellowship in functional and epilepsy neurosurgery. He also holds a doctoral degree in biology, the brain, and the biological bases of human behavior and cognition from the California Institute of Technology.

He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

Dr. Chivukula’s clinical interests include movement disorder surgeries, surgeries for facial pain, deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, microvascular decompression, trigeminal rhizotomy, surgeries for peripheral nerve injuries and tumors, epilepsy surgery, general cranial neurosurgery, and general spine neurosurgery.

He has delivered many presentations and published numerous academic articles related to his areas of expertise. He also contributed to the books Transsphenoidal Surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

Education & Training
  • Residency - UCLA Health Systems - Ronald Reagan (2015-2022), Neurological Surgery
  • Internship - UCLA Health Systems - Ronald Reagan (2014-2015), Neurological Surgery
  • Medical School - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2010-2014)
  • Other Post Graduate Training - Caltech
Honors & Awards
  • R25 Research Award, (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021) National Institutes of Health
  • Basic Science Research Award 2019, Western Neurosurgical Society
  • STAR Fellowship for Graduate Studies 2017-2018, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Clinical Research Award 2017, Western Neurosurgical Society
  • Emergency Medicine Consultant of the Year 2016, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Davenport Hooker Award for Excellence in the Basic Medical Sciences 2012, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Dean’s Merit Award for Medical Student Research 2011, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Books & Publications
  • Books
    • Radiosurgical Management of Trigemainl Neuralgia in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
      Chivukula S, Auyong N, Jafari M, Pouratian N. (2019), Springer International Publishing
    • Transsphenoidal Surgery for Prolactinomas in Transsphenoidal Surgery
      Kim W, Chivukula S, Heaney A, Wang M, Bergsneider M. (2017), Springer International Publishing

Clinical Focus

  • Deep brain stimulation
  • Surgical epilepsy
  • Focused ultrasound
  • General cranial neurosurgery
  • General spine neurosurgery
  • Microvascular decompression
  • Movement disorder surgeries
  • Surgeries for facial pain
  • Surgeries for peripheral nerve injuries and tumors
  • Trigeminal rhizotomy

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at James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Center 5303 Harry Hines Blvd., 7th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75390 214-645-2300 Directions to Neurosurgery Clinic Parking Info for Neurosurgery Clinic

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