DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery provides state of the art treatment in all fields of Orthopaedic Surgery including Trauma and Accident Surgery, Spine Surgery, Joint Replacements, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Shoulder Surgery, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy. The department is headed by Prof S Rajasekaran with a spirited and committed team of senior and associate consultants providing expert surgical care. The facilities provided in the department have expanded steadily and today it performs more than 20000 major surgeries per year and has an out-patient strength in excess of 50000 new patients and total outpatient attendance of 1,50,000 every year.

It is a busy clinical working unit striving to achieve academic excellence from the time of its inception, presenting its work in various national and international conferences which have won many accolades. The Department has been recognised for the Post Graduate training in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery by the National Board of Examinations and super specialty training in the fields of spine surgery, trauma care, limb reconstruction, joint replacement and arthroscopy.It is also the first centre in Asia to become member of International Society of Orthopaedic centre (ISOC).