Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
(415) 353-2188
http://www.spineuniverse.com/mdpage.php?doctorID=873

Doctor Praveen Mummaneni is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). In addition, he is the Co-Director of the UCSF Spine Center, Co-Director of the Spine Fellowship Program and Director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Program. Dr. Mummaneni specializes in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine disease, adult spinal deformity, scoliosis, and spinal trauma.

Dr. Mummaneni earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He completed his general surgical internship at the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Mummaneni completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of California at San Francisco. During his residency, he spent one year as a visiting scholar in biomechanics at the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley.

Following his residency, Dr. Mummaneni completed fellowship training in complex spine surgery at Emory University. During his spine fellowship, Dr. Mummaneni received advanced subspecialty training in adult spinal deformity surgery at Northwestern University and with the Indiana Spine Group. Twice he has been a Traveling Fellow; at Washington University in St. Louis and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Three times he has been a visiting surgeon; twice in Germany at Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik in Murnau and the Rehabilitation Clinic Langensteinbach in Karlsbad and once at National Hospital, Queen's Square in London. In 2006, he was the honored guest of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Mummaneni is a member of many prestigious professional organizations including Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerves, California Association of Neurological Surgeons, Scoliosis Research Society (Candidate Member), and an Honorary Member of the South Carolina Spine Society.

Besides professional affiliations, Dr. Mummaneni has published more than 90 journal articles and chapters in such noted journals as Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Surgical Neurology, Journal of Biomechanics, Muscle and Nerve, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, Contemporary Neurosurgery, and Master Techniques in Orthopedic Surgery. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. Further, Dr. Mummaneni has directed courses for professionals and presented research in more than 160 presentations at major medical meetings all over the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Currently, Dr. Mummaneni lives in San Francisco where he enjoys hiking, white-water rafting, and travel. He is also fluent in Telugu.

Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.