About us

Walavan Sivakumar, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with a focus on skull base and minimally invasive and endoscopic neursosurgery. A multiple award-winning doctor achieving SuperDoctor, Top Doctor and Medscape 25 Rising Star awards, Dr. Sivakumar has a particular interest and expertise in brain tumors, skull base tumors, pituitary/parasellar tumors, and intraventricular brain tumors, and he applies the keyhole concept, utilizing advanced neuroimaging and microsurgical techniques to minimize collateral damage to the brain. In addition, he treats patients at the Spine Institute at Little Company of Mary to help relieve and cure back conditions due to spine involvement.

Dr. Sivakumar has over 40 peer-reviewed publications. He is the Director of Neurovascular Surgery at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, and the Director of Neurosurgery at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute - South Bay.