• 2012: DM Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
• 2009: MD Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
• 2005: MBBS, Osmania Medical College

• 2023-Present: Senior Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Telangana
• 2013-2023: Senior Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad
• 2012-2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro and Vascular Interventional Radiology, SRMC, Chennai

☆ Neurovascular

• Mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke
• Intracranial aneurysm coiling-Balloon assisted/stent assisted
• Flow diverter placement for intracranial aneurysms
• Intracranial AVM/Dural AVF embolization
• Carotico cavernous fistula occlusion
• Carotid stenting for carotid stenosis
• Intracranial stenting for basilar artery, ICA, MCA
• Balloon occlusion test
• Preoperative embolization of meningioma and skull base hypervascular tumors
• Embolization of spinal AVMs

☆ Gastrointestinal

• Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)
• PTBD-metal stent (SEMS) for benign and malignant strictures
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)
• Direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (DIPSS) for Budd Chiari Syndrome
• IVC/ Hepatic vein stenting for Budd Chiari Syndrome
• Embolization for GI bleed/aneurysms, pseudoaneurysms
• Portal vein embolization (PVE)
• Transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB)

☆ Oncological

• Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma
• Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) for hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic liver cancer
• Radiofrequency and microwave ablation therapy for HCC
• Radiofrequency ablation therapy for metastatic liver tumor
• RF ablation for osteoid osteoma

☆ Peripheral Vascular Disease and Venous Disease

• Stenting, angioplasty for peripheral arterial blocks/stenosis
• Varicose veins-RF/Laser ablation
• Thrombolysis thrombectomy for peripheral arterial thrombosis
• Thrombolysis thrombectomy for DVT/stenting for May-Thurner syndrome
• IVC filter placement
• TEVAR/EVAR Aortic Stent Graft for aortic aneurysm/aortic dissection

☆ Nephrology & Urology

• Prostatic artery embolization for BPH
• Embolization for varicocele
• Dialysis access complications-fistuloplasty/venoplasty
• Permcath placement for dialysis
• RCC-RF ablation
• PCN (Percutaneous nephrostomy)

☆ Gynecological Disorders

• Uterine fibroid embolization
• Uterine artery embolization for placenta accreta/percreta

☆ Endocrinology

• IPSS (Inferior petrosal sinus sampling), Adrenal venous sampling, Thyroid nodule ablation

☆ Others

• Pulmonary AVM embolization
• Embolization and sclerotherapy for vascular malformations and peripheral AVMs
• Embolization for Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
• Bronchial artery embolization

• Stroke Interventions
• Interventions for Aneurysms and AVMs
• Interventions in Portal Hypertension and HCC
• Interventions in Peripheral Vascular Disease

• Member of Society of Therapeutic Neurointerventions (STNI)
• Member of Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO)
• Member of Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR)
• Member of Indian Society of Neuroradiology (ISNR)
• Member of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
• Member of Indian Radiological Imaging Association (IRIA)

• Giragani S, Komal RNK, Potluri A, Sharma VK. Bilateral Symptomatic Carotid Free Floating Thrombi. Neurol India. 2021 May-Jun;69(3):770-771. PMID: 34169892
• Giragani S, Kasireddy AR, Balasubramaniam A, Agrawal V, Muthyala S. Intraoperative Transcranial Embolization following Decompressive Craniectomy for a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Acutely Raised Intracranial Pressure. Asian J Neurosurg. 2020 Dec 21;15(4):1006-1010. PMID: 33708678
• Jariwala P, Giragani S, Maturu VN. Congenital isolated unilateral hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery: A rare incidental anomaly in an elderly female. Lung India. 2021 Jan-Feb;38(1):86-87. PMID: 33402645
• Jariwala P, Irlapati RV, Giragani S, Shaikh S. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of complex aortoiliac occlusive disease secondary to Takayasu's aortoarteritis in a young female. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2020 Jul- Sep;30(3):405-408. PMID:33273781
• Giragani S, Kumar Rn K, Kasireddy AR, Alwala S. Bilateral Internal Carotid Artery Agenesis and Posterior Circulation Stroke: A Rare Association. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec;29(12):105342. PMID: 33039767
• Giragani S, Kasireddy AR, Rao MV, Deevaguntla CR. Seeing beyond the gut: An unusual cause of massive hematemesis. J Postgrad Med. 2020 Jan-Mar;66(1):45-47. PMID: 31929311
• Chatur C, Balani A, Kumar A, Alwala S, Giragani S. “Double Doughnut” Sign – Could it be a Diagnostic Marker for Dengue Encephalitis? Neurol India. 2019 Sep- Oct;67(5):1360-1362. PMID: 31744977
• Giragani S, Balani A, Mallu GR, Yedlapati G, Maturu VN, Babu VL, Alwala S. Endovascular glue embolization for control of massive hemoptysis caused by peripheral pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: Report of 7 cases. Lung India. 2019 Jan-Feb;36(1):8-13. PMID: 30604699;
• Giragani S, Pavunesan SK, Balasubramaniam A, Agrawal V, Alwala S, Kumar A. Rete mirabile of posterior inferior cerebellar artery: A rare cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Interv Neuroradiol. 2018 Dec;24(6):662-665. Epub 2018 Jul 4. PMID: 29973082;
• Giragani S, Balani A, Reddy V, Bommakanti KT, Alwala S, Kumar A. Spontaneous Isolated Inferior Mesenteric Artery Dissection With Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: Case Report and Endovascular Management. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2018 Oct;52(7):561-564. PMID:29716480
• Giragani S, Pavunesan SK, Balasubramaniam A. Targeted endovascular treatment of hemorrhagic posterior fossa proliferative angiopathy. Interv Neuroradiol. 2018 Aug;24(4):440-443. PMID:29554843
• Giragani S, Balani A, Prabakar D, Reddy V. Comment on: Percutaneous retrograde approach for mesenteric revascularization in chronic mesenteric ischemia. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2017 Jul-Sep;27(3):363-365. PMID: 29089691
• Giragani S, Balani A, Agrawal V. Stentriever thrombectomy with distal protection device for carotid free floating thrombus: a technical case report. J Neurointerv Surg. 2017 Aug;9(8):e33. PMID: 28122915
• Giragani S, Balani A, Agrawal V. Stentriever thrombectomy with distal protection device for carotid free floating thrombus: a technical case report. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jan 18;2017:bcr2016012904. PMID: 28100568;
• Vyas S, Giragani S, Singh P, Bansali A, Khandelwal N. Superficial siderosis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2011 Jan;14(1):58-9. PMID:21655210
• Singhal M, Giragani S, Lal A, Sharma A, Khandelwal N. An unusual cause of hemoptysis: costocervical trunk pseudoaneurysm. Emerg Radiol. 2011 Jan;18(1):53-5. PMID: 20927565
• Vyas S, Giragani S, Singh P, Khandelwal N. Ruptured spinal dermoid with central canal and intraventricular extension. Neurol India. 2010 Jul- Aug;58(4):678-9. PMID: 20739830
• R. N Komal Kumar, Anvita Potluri, Suresh Giragani. A Case of Dural A-V Fistula with Bilateral Thalamic Hyper-intensity. Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement) P5.3-021
• Jariwala P, Giragani S. Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis with Extensive Atherosclerosis and Fatal Premature Coronary Artery Disease Secondary to Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia – So Early But Too Late!!. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr Cardiovasc Imaging 2020;4:223-4
• Hudge SB, Vankayalapati S, Girgani S, Anasuri S, Kola MK. A rare case of combined bilateral persistent sciatic artery with unilateral pseudoaneurysm. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2017;4:69-72
• Ramineni KK, Jakkani RK, Girgani S, Balani A, Satyanarayan S. Triptan-Induced Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Presenting with Thunderclap Headache and Paraparesis. Neurologist. 2018 Sep;23(5):160-162. PMID: 30169369

☆Academic

• Program director for a structured fellowship program in Vascular Interventional Radiology and trained many students successfully under this fellowship program since 2016
• Conducted the biennial international conference on stroke interventions-MASTER (Management of Acute Stroke Thrombolysis and Endovascular Interventions) series-MASTER 2016, MASTER 2019 in Hyderabad
• Best paper award for paper presented on Post Transplant Hepatic Artery Insufficiency Imaging and Intervention: A Series of 6 Cases in Society of Emergency Radiology, National Conference-2018
• Best oral paper award for paper presented on “Endovascular management of very small intracranial aneurysms” in ISVIR National Conference-2018
• 2nd Prize for poster presented on “Oronasal approaches of CT guided biopsy for skull base lesions” in ISVIR National Conference-2018
• Best poster award for poster presented on “Interventional management of visceral artery dissection in SLE” in IRACON 2017
• 2nd Prize in FRS/Quiz in ISNR 2009
• Secured state 1st rank in state premedical entrance test-EAMCET in year 1999 (Given State Government's Prathibha Scholarship for the achievement)
• Secured all India 1st rank in postgraduate entrance examination for entry into prestigious PGIMER, Chandigarh in June 2006, scored all India 2nd rank in entrance exam for super speciality course in DM Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology at PGIMER, Chandigarh in June 2009
• Nandamuri Award (in year 1995) for passing 10th standard (SSC) at a young age of 11 years

☆Academic

• First to treat 150 patients of acute stroke by mechanical thrombectomy procedure in the states of Telangana and AP
• Completed Endovascular Interventions in 350+ brain aneurysms (including flow diverter stent placement and complex coiling procedures), 200+ carotid stenting procedures for symptomatic carotid stenosis, Embolization for 100+ brain and spinal AVMs, 50+ intracranial stenting procedures for intracranial atherosclerotic disease
• Completed 100+ cases of TIPSS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) procedures in the treatment of portal hypertension in chronic liver disease