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Department of Spine Surgery - Introduction The spine unit of Ganga Hospital is a “tertiary referral centre” for all spinal problems and is also an accomplished centre for training in spine surgery. In 2007, the unit handled 8324 new out-patients, 992 in-patients and 835 spine surgeries. Spine clinics are held four times a week by the consultants and spine consultations are available six days a week with senior spine fellows. The clinic is backed by support nursing staff, spine physiotherapists and an in-house orthotics and prosthetic unit. The availability of multi-slice CT and 1.5 Tesla MRI (Siemens, Germany) in house allow for all required investigations to be on the same day of consultation without long waiting periods.
It is 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 quality
of the work performed attracts spinal surgeons from all over the
world for fellowships; so far the unit has trained 72 international
fellows. The unit places a lot of emphasis on continuing spine education
and has conducted numerous national and international conferences.
The team The spine surgical unit has two consultants, a senior registrar and five spine fellows.
Dr.S.Rajasekaran is the Clinical
Director and Head of the Department of Spine Surgery. He was the
best outgoing student of Coimbatore Medical College and stood first
in the University of Madras in the orthopaedic post graduate examination.
He completed FRCS, Edinburgh in 1989 and topped the University of
Liverpool in the MCh orthopaedic examination, 1990 winning both
the University Medals.
Current Positions President, World Orthopaedic Concern, UK
Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty joined
the Department in 1994 and became a Consultant in 2000. He had his
basic Orthopaedic training at Bangalore followed by advanced training
in Spine Surgery at Adelaide, Australia. He was the Organising Secretary
for many International Workshops on Spine Surgery and for the periodic
Instructional Courses on Spine held on the subjects of low back
pain and spinal deformities. He was a teaching faculty at the AO
Spine Course at Mumbai 2005 and Ganga Spine Course 2005.
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