Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan

Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan: Expert Spine Surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital

• Offering Comprehensive Spine Surgery Solutions with 30+ Years of Experience
• Meet Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan - Senior Consultant Orthopedics (Spine Surgery)
• Specializing in Complex Spinal Surgeries and Disorders

Profile Snapshot of Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan:

• Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan is a renowned orthopedic and spine surgeon, currently affiliated with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India.
• With an impressive track record of performing over 350 spine surgeries annually, he is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished spine surgeons in Delhi.
• With over 30 years of experience in spine surgery, Dr. Krishnan specializes in various spinal diseases and disorders, providing management and treatment for disc and degenerative disorders, spinal tumors, spinal fractures, spinal trauma, and spinal infections.
• His areas of expertise include simple and lumbar Discectomy, cervical and lumbar disc replacement surgery, spinal reconstruction for trauma, vertebrectomy, and TESSYS.
• Dr. Krishnan has also developed innovative techniques for Sacral Tarlov cysts and anterior short and long segment instrumented correction for both adult and pediatric patients.
• In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Krishnan has been actively involved in training undergraduate and postgraduate students and mentoring Ph.D. students with their research and projects.
• He holds memberships in prestigious medical associations worldwide and regularly participates in national and international conferences on Spinal surgery, where he has presented numerous papers.

Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan's Expertise:

• All kinds of simple and complex spinal surgeries
• Cervical and lumbar Discectomy
• Jaw-splitting craniocervical surgery
• Lumbar and Cervical disc repair and replacement
• Manubriosternotomy for upper thoracic anterior instrumentation
• Metal rods placement in deformed spine
• Skull separation cervical osteotomy
• Spinal trauma reconstruction surgery
• Staple instrumentation system
• Surgery for disc and degenerative spinal deformity, spinal tumors, spinal trauma, spinal infections, and spinal fractures
• Total sacrectomy with lumbopelvic reconstruction
• Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgical System (TESSYS)
• Vertebrectomy

Work Experience of Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan:

• Senior Consultant of Spine Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi from 1995 to 1999 and since 2012 to Present.
• Consultant of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery at Mid-Cheshire NHS Trust Hospital, UK in 1999.
• Private Practice as a Spine surgeon at BMI South Cheshire Hospital, UK.
• Private Practice as a Spine surgeon at Spire Stratton Hospital, UK.

Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan's Qualifications:

• MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 1976.
• MS in Orthopedics from Safdarjung Hospital (Central Institute of Orthopedics), New Delhi, 1980.
• MCh in Orthopedics from the University of Liverpool, 1984.
• PhD from Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1990.
• Fellowship in Orthopedics from the Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
• Training in Orthopedics and Spinal surgery from NHS Hospitals in the UK.

Memberships of Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan:

• Association of Spine Surgeons of India.
• Delhi Spine Society.
• Former member of the British Orthopedic Association.