Professional Awards and Scholarship
- Lifetime achievement award from Spinal Cord Society for excellent contribution to persons with Spinal Cord Injuries, 2024
- Best contribution to society award from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for working with persons with Spinal Cord Injury
- India's Best Spine Centres 2024, Director - Kauvery Spine Institute, Insights Care Health Solutions Hub
- Top Spine Doctor, South – India Today award, 2022
- Best Spine Surgeon, South – Outlook award, 2023
- Prof. Alan Crockard International Travel Fellowship Award winner, Spine Section American Association, Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, USA - Feb 2010.
- International Travel Scholarship Synthes - Switzerland and Medtronic, USA – January - 2010.
- Health Care Administration (HCA) International Foundation Travel Fellowship Award winner, London, UK – 2009
- Best Doctor Award from Government of Tamil Nadu in recognition for Excellence in Medical Profession, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, August- 2019
- One of the Top 50 most influential people of Chennai 2020 selected by Chennai Insider.
- Best influencer award from Kotak Mahindra Bank, Chennai 2021
- Best Abstract Presentation - Gold Award from Royal College of Edinburgh International Conference, Chennai, 2022
Special Interest
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery
- Spinal cord tumour surgery
- Paediatric spine surgery
- Brachial plexus (DREZ) lesioning and other pain procedures
- Complex spine surgery
- Deformity spine surgery
Core Operative Skills
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – TLIF and OLIF (fusion procedures), decompression and foraminotomy, percutaneous screws for deformity correction, intradural procedures for tumour and tethered cord through tubes, minimally invasive fixation for fracture spine and vertebroplasty.
- Pain procedures – Dorsal Root Entry Zone (DREZ) Rhizotomy, cordotomy, spinal cord stimulator
- Injection procedures –Nerve root blocks, caudal epidural, discogram, facet injection and ganglion block
- Spasticity procedures – DREZ Rhizotomy, selective dorsal rhizotomy and baclofen pumps
- Complex Spinal procedures – Minimally invasive trans-thoracic discectomy, trans-oral and trans-mandibular approach to anterior CVJ, OC fusion, C1-2 procedures, degenerative scoliosis and anterior lumbar procedures, vertebrectomy and reconstruction for tumours, complex trauma to any part of spine
- Percutaneous Procedure– Kypho and vertebroplasty, percutaneous C1-2 screws, ant odontoid screws
- Spinal Cord Tumors– Complex large intradural and intramedullary tumours, metastatic spine tumours, bony tumour reconstruction and AVM
- Deformity Surgery– Congenital, adolescent idiopathic and adult deformity spine surgery – Scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis
- Congenital Paediatric anomalies of the spinal cord– Split cord syndrome, lipomyelomeningocele, open myelomenongocele, tethered cord, foramen magnum decompression, deformity correction and syringopleural shunts
- Cranial Surgeries– General neurosurgery including trauma, tumours, hydrocephalus shunts, infection and paediatric neurosurgery.
Fellowships in Spine and Neurosurgery
- Nottingham Senior Spinal Fellowship (UK), 2011 – AO Spine accredited, Dr Bronek Boszczyk, Mr Mike Grevitt, Mr John Webb
- University of California, San Francisco (USA - 2010) – AANS & NASS accredited Spine Fellowship, Dr. Praveen Mummaneni (Minimally invasive spine surgery)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago (USA -2010) –AANS & NASS accredited Spine Fellowship, Prof. Richard Fessler (Minimally invasive spine surgery)
- Schulte’s Klink, Zurich (Switzerland - 2009) – AOSpine, internationally accredited Spinal Fellowship, Prof. Deiter Grob (Complex spine surgery)
- Liverpool Spinal Fellowship (UK-2009) – Nationally accredited Neuro-Ortho spine fellowship, Mr Gordon Findlay, Mr R Pillay, Mr DeMatas
- Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (UK- 2007- 2008) – Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neuro and Spinal surgery, Mr I Kamaly, Mr J Thorne, Mr J Leggate
Professional Affiliations
Professional Commitments
- Secretary - Spinal Cord Society
Professional Memberships
- General Medical Council (UK), Full Registration
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- Association of Spinal Surgeons of India (ASSI)
- International Spinal Cord Society (ISCS)
- Spinal Cord Society (SCS)
- Neurological Society of India (NSI)
- Neuro Spine Surgeons Association (NSSA)
- International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons of Bharath (MISSAB)
- Tamil Nadu Association of Neurological surgeons (TANS)
- The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED)
