Baylis Vivek Joseph

Professor Baylis Vivek Joseph is an exceptionally accomplished and internationally trained Consultant Neurosurgeon with over three decades of dedicated service in clinical practice, academic leadership, and pioneering neurosurgical advancements.

With a foundational background from premier institutions in India, Ireland, Australia, and Canada, his career is anchored by a 30-year legacy at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore—India’s first neurosurgical training center—where he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery.

His areas of interests are complex spine, Skull base, vascular neurosurgery, and functional neurosurgery.

He has held senior leadership positions in Neurosurgery with an active interest in research and development with numerous publications and presentations, and is the recipient of the prestigious Sontag traveling fellowship.

Recipient of the prestigious AANS/CNS Joint Section Sonntag Traveling Fellowship

CERTIFICATES:
1. Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS): Armed Forces Medical College, Pune University, India
2. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI)
3. Master of Chirurgie (MCh Neurosurgery): Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore,
4. Spinal Neurosurgery Fellowship, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada

PAPERS PUBLISHED
1. Trajectory tracking made simple: validating a low-cost IMU pedicle screw guide. Swaminathan Ganesan, Suresh Devasahayam, Baylis Vivek Joseph. Eur Spine J (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-026-09902-4
2. Outcomes of Infant Medulloblastoma treated with standard dose chemotherapy – A single institution experience from a low-middle income country. Senguttuvan G, Chacko G, Jayachandran R, Prabhu K, Moorthy RK, Joseph BV, Balakrishnan R, Sebastin P, Mathew LG. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 22 Sep 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.32056
3. Determining anatomically-safe corridors for placement of lateral mass screws in the first cervical vertebra of the Emirati population – a CT study. Dineshwary Suresh, Nerissa Naidoo, Rashid AlSharhan, Usama Al Bastaki, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Baylis Vivek Joseph, Ivan James Prithishkumar. Scientific Reports (2025) 15:1992.
4. Feasibility of transpedicular screw placement through the posterior arch of C1: A CT study in the Emirati population. Ivan James Prithishkumar, Usama Al Bastaki, Dineshwary Suresh, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Nerissa Naidoo, Rashid AlSharhan, Baylis Vivek Joseph.
Translational Research in Anatomy, June 2025, 100384.
5. Morphometric Analysis of the Neural Arch of C2 Vertebra in Indian Population. Varghese JE, Rabi S, Joseph V, Jeyaseelan L, Prithishkumar IJ. Neurol India. 2024 Mar 1;72(2):334-339.
6. Surgical strategies in the management of atlantoaxial dislocation in Down syndrome. Joseph VB, Ganesh S, Panicker TV. J Craniovertebral Junction Spine. 2024 Jan-Mar;15(1):53-60.
7. Intracranial posterior fossa proliferating trichilemmal tumor: first case report. Vitta P, Abraham AP, Panicker TV, Das J, Joseph V. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 Jun;165(6):1671-1674.
8. Primary Intracranial Ewing-Like Sarcoma of Lateral Ventricle: Review of Evolution of Ewing-Like Sarcoma Nomenclature. Muralidharan V, John S, Patel B, Joseph BV. Neurol India. 2022 Sep-Oct;70(5):2220-2222.
9. Upper Lip Swelling—An Uncommon and Avoidable Complication Following Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor Excision Requiring Transcranial Facial Motor-Evoked Potential Monitoring. Ramamani Mariappan, Ishaan Suniara, Baylis V. Joseph, Srinivasa B. Krothapalli. J Neuroanaesthesiol Crit Care 2021;00:1–2.
10. Decompressive craniectomy in cerebral venous thrombosis: a single centre experience. Aaron S, Alexander M, Moorthy RK, Mani S, Mathew V, Patil AK, Sivadasan A, Nair S, Joseph M, Thomas M, Prabhu K, Joseph BV, Rajshekhar V, Chacko AG. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Sep;84(9):995-1000.
11. Clinical Spectrum and Importance of Evaluation Systems in Degenerative Cervical Myeloradiculopathy. Ganesh Swaminathan, Vetrivel Muralidharan, Baylis Vivek Joseph. Indian Spine Journal 2019;2(1):13-19
12. Reliability of Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Lateral Ventricular Masses in Children. Pandey SK, Mani SE, Sudhakar SV, Panwar J, Joseph BV, Rajshekhar V. World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr;124: e693-e701.
13. Utility of spinal angiography and arterial embolization in patients undergoing CT guided alcohol injection of aggressive vertebral hemangiomas. Srinivasan G, Moses V, Padmanabhan A, Ahmed M, Keshava SN, Krishnan V, Joseph BV, Raju KP, Rajshekhar V. Neuroradiology. 2021 Aug 24.
14. Utility of Serial Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurements in Patients Undergoing Cerebral Spinal Fluid Diversion Procedures for Hydrocephalus. Susanth Subramanian, Shalini Nair, Ranjith K Moorthy, Grace Rebekah, R Krishnaprabhu, Baylis Vivek Joseph, Vedantam Rajshekhar. World Neurosurg 2021 Oct;154: e168- e175.
15. Accuracy of the freehand (fennell) technique using a uniform entry point and sagittal trajectory for insertion of thoracic pedicle screws: A computed tomography-based virtual simulation study. Ganesh Swaminathan, Vetrivel Muralidharan, Devadhas Devakumar, Baylis Vivek Joseph. Neurol India 2020 Mar-Apr;68(2):468-471. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.284379.PMID: 32415026
16. Collision Tumor at Cerebellopontine Angle in a Patient Without Neurofibromatosis Type 2. Vupputuri H, Subramanian S, Mani SA, Patel B, John S, Joseph BV. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep;11(Suppl 2):188-192.
17. Reliability of Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Lateral Ventricular Masses in Children. Pandey SK, Mani SE, Sudhakar SV, Panwar J, Joseph BV, Rajshekhar V. World Neurosurg. 2019 Jan 17.
18. Patient-specific interactive software module for virtual preoperative planning and visualization of pedicle screw entry point and trajectories in spine surgery. Muralidharan V, Swaminathan G, Devadhas D, Joseph BV. Neurol India. 2018 Nov-Dec;66(6):1766-1770.
19. An unusually long survival of a patient with Glioblastoma of Spinal Cord: A Case Report.
Sunitha Susan Varghese, Patricia Sebastian, Vivek Joseph, Geeta Chacko, Selvamani Backianathan.
J Clin Diagn Res 8:4: QD01–QD03, April 2014.
20. Mickey Mouse aneurysms: A rare case of bilateral superior cerebellar artery origin aneurysms.Ankush Gupta, Bijesh R Nair, Vivek Joseph. Neurol India 2014:62(1):75-76.
21. Giant solid hemangioblastoma of the cerebellopontine angle: A technically challenging case. Bijesh Ravindran Nair, Vivek Joseph, Geeta Chacko, Shyamkumar Nidugala Keshava. Neurol India 2014:62(2):228-229.
22. Primary telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the cervical spine. Turel MK, Joseph V, Singh V, Moses V, Rajshekhar V. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Apr;16(4):373-8.
23. Supratentorial extra-axial anaplastic ependymoma mimicking a meningioma. Singh V, Turel MK, Chacko G, Joseph V, Rajshekhar V. Neurol India. 2012 Jan-Feb;60(1):111-3.
24. Temporal progression and spatial distribution of “normal” prevertebral soft tissue swelling following central corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Thomas SG, Joseph V, Rajshekhar V. Neurol India. 2012 Mar-Apr;60(2):217-23.
25. Extradural developmental dural root sleeve cyst presenting as a lumbar paraspinal mass with renal compression in an infant. Srinivas B, Joseph V, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. J Neurosurg Pediatr 5(6):586-90, 2010.
26. Syndrome of the trephined – case report. Vivek Joseph, Peter Reilly. J Neurosurg 111(4):650-2, Oct 2009.
27. Cerebro-spinal fluid leak during cervical corpectomy for ossified posterior longitudinal ligament: Incidence, management and outcome. Vivek Joseph, Sujit K G Samson, Vedantam Rajshekhar. Spine 34:491-494, 2009.
28. The ‘rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor of the fourth ventricle: report of 2 cases and review of literature. Vivek Joseph et al. Neuropathology 29: 309-14, June 2009.
29. Mediastinal migration of distal occipito-thoracic instrumentation. Vivek Joseph, Y Raja Rampersaud. European Spine Journal 17 (Suppl 2): S252-S262, November 2008.
30. A supratentorial cyst. David Astill, Nigel Jones, Vivek Joseph, Peter Blumbergs.
Pathology 40:520–523, August 2008.
31. Fatal cerebral abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana. IA George, Mary S Mathews, R Karthik, Lydia John, A Sundar, OC Abraham, V Joseph. J Assoc Physicians India 56, Jun 2008: 470-2.
32. Heterotopic bone formation with the use of rhBMP2 in posterior minimal access interbody fusion: a CT analysis. Vivek Joseph, Y Raja Rampersaud. Spine 32:2885-2890, December 1, 2007.
33. Suprabrow minicraniotomy for suprasellar tumors. V. Joseph, A. G. Chacko. Br J Neurosurg 19(1), Feb 2005: 33-37.
34. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma causing spinal cord compression. Vivek Joseph et al. Surgical Neurology 60, Dec 2003: 575-577.
35. Surgery for multiple intracranial hydatid cysts. B. V. Joseph, R. P. Haran, M. J. Chandy. Neurology India 51, Apr-Jun 2003: 295-296.
36. Resolution of syringomyelia and basilar invagination after traction. Vivek Joseph, Vedantam Rajshekhar. J Neurosurg Spine 98, Apr 2003: 296.
37. MR Ventriculography for the study of CSF flow. Vivek B. Joseph et al. AJNR 24, 2003: 373-381.
38. Endolymphatic Sac Tumor: A rare Cerebellopontine angle Tumor. B. V. Joseph et al. Neurology India 50, Dec 2002:476-479.
39. Facial Myokymia as a presenting symptom of Vestibular Schwannoma. B. V. Joseph, V. Rajshekhar. Neurology India 50, Sep 2002:369-370.
40. Magnetic Resonance Cisternography of CSF Otorhinorrhoea. Norman S. McConachie, B. Vivek Joseph, Muftah S. Eljamel, David B. Stafford-Johnson. International Journal of Neuroradiology 1(2), 1995:177-181.
Book chapters:
1. First author for chapter on the Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia, in ‘The Craniovertebral Junction: Diagnosis, Pathology, Surgical Techniques’ edited by Atul Goel MCh and Francesco Cacciola MD, 2011.
2. First author for chapter on ‘Spinal Cord Injury and Pathophysiology: Cord Syndromes, in ‘Cervical Spine Trauma’ edited by Alexander Vaccaro MD, PhD and Paul Anderson MD, 2011.

Professor Baylis Vivek Joseph is an exceptionally accomplished and internationally trained Consultant Neurosurgeon with over three decades of dedicated service in clinical practice, academic leadership, and pioneering neurosurgical advancements.

With a foundational background from premier institutions in India, Ireland, Australia, and Canada, his career is anchored by a 30-year legacy at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore—India’s first neurosurgical training center—where he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery.

Core Competencies & Areas of Expertise:
Skull Base Surgery: Highly skilled in complex cranial procedures, including Endoscopic Pituitary surgery, Cerebellopontine (CP) angle tumors, and Craniopharyngiomas.

Vascular Neurosurgery: Extensive experience in the microsurgical management of intracranial aneurysms.

Complex Spine Surgery: Advanced expertise in degenerative, traumatic, and oncological spinal disorders.

Functional Neurosurgery: Instrumental in pioneering the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) program for Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders at CMC Vellore.

Academic Leadership & Mentorship: Decades of experience heading major neurosurgical units and training the next generation of global neurosurgeons.

Chronological Career Highlights:
International & Academic Background
Undergraduate Medical Training: Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, India.

Surgical Training: Republic of Ireland (Awarded FRCSI – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland).

International Experience and Fellowships: Neurosurgical Fellow, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia.

Spinal Neurosurgery Fellow, Toronto Western Hospital, Canada.

Recipient of the prestigious AANS/CNS Joint Section Sonntag Traveling Fellowship.

Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, India (1995 – 2025)
Legacy: 30-year association spanning roles as Non-postgraduate, Postgraduate, Faculty, and ultimately Senior Leadership.

Leadership Positions Held:

Head of the Department of Neurological Sciences

Head of the Department of Neurosurgery

Head of Neurosurgery Unit III

Key Contributions: Spearheaded the DBS program for movement disorders; directed high-volume surgical units; mentored scores of postgraduate residents now practicing globally.

Jerudong Park Medical Centre, Brunei Darussalam (March 2024-May 2025): Consultant Neurosurgeon, providing advanced neurosurgical care in a premier private specialist institution.

Research & Academic Contributions
Clinical Research: Actively involved in neuro-oncology research, with a specific focus on the molecular and clinical management of gliomas.

Publications: Author of numerous high-impact peer-reviewed publications and national/international presentations