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Phone number & Fax for all locations:
Phone: 619.297.4481 | Fax: 619.291.5536
San Diego Office: 3750 Convoy St., Suite 301, San Diego, CA 9211
La Mesa Office: 5565 Grossmont Center Drive, Building 1, Suite 210, La Mesa, CA 91942
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Vamsidhar (Vamsi) Chavakula, MD

Vamsidhar Chavakula, MD

Dr. Chavakula received his B.S. with honors in Electrical Engineering and Biology from the California Institute of Technology in 2008. He graduated with his M.D. cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 2012. 

Dr. Chavakula did his residency in Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard and completed the program in June 2020. 

Dr. Chavakula is board certified through the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. 

Dr. Chavakula’ s interests lie in the realm of understanding the neural basis for three-dimensional motion and complex hand movements for application in real-time control of robotic prosthetic limbs.  Dr. Chavakula has a special interest in movement disorders and functional neurosurgery, including MR- guided Focused Ultrasound and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).

Dr. Chavakula is the only neurosurgeon performing the MR guided Focused Ultrasound across San Diego County.  

Dr. Chavakula has privileges at Sharp Memorial Hospital, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Sharp Chula Vista, and Scripps Mercy Hospital.  

Practice Manager:
Ann Saulog
(p) 619-297-4481 ext. 102
(f) 858-810-7303
(e) ann@sd-neurosurgeon.com

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