Malinka Rambadagalla

Consultant Neurosurgeon

IMC No. 401975

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Profile

Malinka Rambadagalla is a consultant neurosurgeon. He has 19 years of clinical experience, 10 years of which have been as a consultant neurosurgeon. He has practiced as a consultant in the public and private sector in Latvia. He operates on average over 300 cases a year with a complication rate of less than 2%.

Malinka has been a lecturer for the University of Latvia for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He was a committee member of the EANS (European Association of Neurosurgery Societies) post graduate education committee.

Malinka's passion is to improve the quality of life of his patients through spine surgery. He believes surgeons should constantly try to push the envelope to improve their patient care. To do this he constantly updates his knowledge and skills by attending courses and conferences. He is proficient in complex spine surgery and minimally invasive spine procedures. His private practice rooms are at Kingsbridge private hospital Sligo.

He has been in health committees in city councils and hospitals to improve patient care. He believes in education of patients and upcoming doctors, so he organises educational seminars.

Personal profile

Malinka's family is most important to him. He enjoys multiple sports which he has represented school and at National level. He enjoys reading and debating on philosophical topics and enjoys challenges and gaining new skills.

Qualifications

Qualification of a specialist in neurosurgery, University of Latvia, 2012

MD, University of Latvia, 2006

Additional Training

Fellowship in spine surgery, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, Latvia, 2015

White matter dissection & neurosurgical anatomy course, Athens Microneurosurgery laboratory, Greece, 2022

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Irish Medical Council

European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

Baltic Neurosurgical Association

Latvian Neurosurgical Association

Latvian Medical Association

Publications

Collaborative European Neurotrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury - one of the principal investigators for Latvia (27 publications)

Latvian National Genome project investigator

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Patients with back pain, neck pain, pain radiating to hands and legs, difficulty walking long distances, urinary and bowel incontinence
Lumbar microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation
Cervical discectomy and disc replacement with or without fusion for cervical disc herniation
Lumbar decompression surgery for spinal stenosis
Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures, haemangiomas and palliative treatment for malignant tumours
Occipital cervical decompression surgery for Arnold-Chiari malformation
Patients with numbness, tingling and pain of the hands especially in the evenings
Carpal tunnel release for carpal tunnel syndrome
Cubital tunnel release for Ulnar nerve compression
Spinal epidural steroid injections
Myofascial trigger point injections