Fellowships and Training

F.N.B.E spine surgery
(Fellow of National Board of Examinations in Spine Surgery)

In 2001 the department became the first unit in the country to be recognized by the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, for super-specialty training in Spine Surgery. The fellows are selected by an All India Entrance Examination conducted by the National Board and the two year course is open to Orthopedic as well as Neuro-surgeons. The selected candidate has both clinical and research activities along with the responsibility of maintaining accurate and systematic documentation of clinical cases. In the second year, hands-on surgical training is offered under supervision and guidance. The curriculum of the spine fellows include supervising and independent handling of spine clinics, preoperative evaluation and post operative care of spine surgery patients, active involvement of surgical sessions and quality research.

Spine Fellows 2001-03 Dr Ramakanth Rao 2002-04 Dr Y.K. Pithwa 2003-05 Dr Naresh Babu Dr Thomas Kishen 2004-06 Dr Vidyadhara Dr Sree Harsha 2005-07 Dr Vijay H.D. Kamath Dr Ashish Jaiswal 2007-09 Dr Kiran R Dr Vinod V 2008-2010 Dr Ashwin Dr Rishi Dr Parthasarthy