FRCS (Neurosurgery), Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK

MBA(Hospital Management), University of Madras

CRM (Certificate in Research Methodology), Indian Institute of Public Health(IIPH),Gandhinagar (Public health foundation of India)

PGDMLE (Post Graduate Diploma -Medical Law and Ethics), National Law School of India University(NLSIU),Bangalore

MCh (Neurosurgery), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS),Bangalore

DNB(Neurosurgery), National Board of Examinations,New Delhi

MRCS (General Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons,Edinburgh,UK

MS(General Surgery), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

DNB and MNAMS (General Surgery), National Board of Examinations,New Delhi

MBBS-University of Mumbai

Associate Professor(Neurosurgery) - SCTIMST,Trivandrum (from October 2012 till date)

Assistant Professor (Neurosurgery) -SCTIMST,Trivandrum (October 2009 -September 2012 )

Assistant Professor (Neurosurgery) - JIPMER,Puducherry(7 months)

Senior Resident (Neurosurgery)-NIMHANS,Bangalore(3 years,7 months)

Senior Resident (Surgery)-AIIMS,New Delhi (1year)

American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons(AASAN) ambassadorship award(2013) (Awarded: Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery short term training at UCLA,Los Angeles,USA)

Italian Society of Neurosurgery(SINCH) educational grant(2015)

International League against epilepsy(ILAE)travel award(2012)

Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons(ACNS) Travel award(2012)

Intrinsic Brain tumours,Eloquent brain surgery

Surgery for Drug Resistent Epilepsy

Surgical education and bibliometric research

Medical Law and Ethics

Surgical outcome audits

Actively involved in state-of-art neurosurgical care especially in the care of drug resistant epilepsy and intrinsic brain tumors.Also involved in clinical research on the morphometry of temporal lobe,innovating epilepsy surgery techniques,studying surgical education and bibliometry.

Royal college of surgeons of Edinburgh(RCSEd)

Neurological society of India(NSI)

Indian epilepsy society

National academy of medical sciences(NAMS)

Creation of Gold standard Medical imaging datasets of dural based lesions treated with primary Gamma knife radiosurgery or Microsurgery for developing Artificial Intelligence tools (Multicentric project-ICMR ID 2023-20007)

Morphometry and venous anatomical variations in the Temporal lobe

The Neurosurgical learning curve analysis

Audit of Neurosurgical Outcome

Analysing poor outcomes in Epilepsy Surgery

Neurosurgical Team at SCTIMST,Trivandrum:Offering world class neurosurgical surgical care and support services.

R Madhavan Nair Centre for Comprehensive Care in Epilepsy:A BMJ award winning clinical care service offering the complex spectrum of surgical treatment for drug refractory epilepsy.

Vellore Dasarathan L, Vilanilam GC, Sadashiv AB, Kesavapisharady K, Venkat EH, Reddy PV. Technical and Morphometric Comparisons Between Vertical and Horizontal Functional Hemispherotomies-A Juxtaposed 2D Video Analysis: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg 2024 Oct 30.

Vilanilam GC, Venkat EH. Ethical nuances and medicolegal vulnerabilities in robotic neurosurgery. Neurosurgical focus. 2022 Jan 1;52(1):E2.

Sadashiv AB, Dasarathan LV, Vilanilam GC, Scaria S, Kesavapisharady K, Venkat EH. Cisternal, vascular, and parenchymal landmarks in amygdalohippocampectomy for mesial temporal sclerosis: an index case with learnings from 820 resections. Neurosurgical Focus: Video. 2024 Jul;11(1).

Rajeev SP, Darshan HR, Vilanilam GC, Abraham M, Keshavapisharady K, Venkat EH, Stanley A, Menon RN, Radhakrishnan A, Cherian A, Narasimaiah D. Is intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) for long-term epilepsy-associated tumors (LEATs) more useful in children??A Randomized Controlled Trial. Child's Nervous System. 2023 Nov 27:1-6.

Vilanilam GC, Gohil J. Medicolegal Priorities for a Neurosurgeon/Neurologist in the COVID Era. Neurology India. 2022 May 1;70(3):845

Prajapati AK, Vilanilam GC, Vayalappil MC. Development and Evaluation of Expandable Brain Retractor with Tunable Expansion Ratio. Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs. 2022 Jan 1;36(1).

Vilanilam GC, Abraham M, Radhakrishnan A, Keni RR, Senanayake S, Attanayake D, et al. Telecollaboration: Telementorship for epilepsy surgery services in resource: Challenged lower?middle?income countries environs? A model and proof of concept. Arch Med Health Sci 2022;10:5?18.

Vysakha KV, Jain K, Nandana J, Manisha KY, Menon RN, Vilanilam G, Abraham M, Thomas B, Kesavadas C, Radhakrishnan A. Do we have to continue antiseizure medications post surgery in long-term epilepsy associated tumors (LEATs)?. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2024 Jul 5:108433

Rajeev S, Vilanilam GC, Abraham M, Easwer HV, Menon R, Radhakrishnan A, Cherian A, Thomas S, Vimala S, Deepti AN. 210 Intra-Operative Electrocorticography (ECoG) for Lesional Epilepsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial (IO-ECoG Trial). Neurosurgery. 2023 Apr 1;69(Supplement_1):37.