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Dr Ashok Rajgopal is one of the seniormost Knee Replacement Surgeons in the country. He did post graduation in Orthopaedics from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the year 1979. He followed it up with M.Ch in Orthopaedics from Liverpool, UK in the year 1983. In the last 35 years he has done more than 25000 Knee Surgeries including arthroscopies and arthroplasties. A career which saw him heading the orthopaedic departments at Sitaram Bhartia Institute, Fortis Hospital Noida, Medanta Medicity and Fortis Hospital Gurgaon, he is considered as one of the finest knee replacement surgeon in the country. Patients from all over the world come to India to get Knee Surgery done from Dr Rajgopal.
On 30th June 2017, Dr. Ashok Rajgopal became north India's first orthopaedic surgeon to perform a robotic joint replacement surgery on a 61 years old lady from Sealdah, Kolkata.
In solo practice since 1986, Dr Rajgopal restricted his professional work to knee surgery (Total Knee replacement, arthroscopies and trauma around the knee) and sports medicine. He has conducted over 40 national level workshops in Arthroscopy in various part of the country and delivered several guest lectures at national level conferences. His center is accredited for training in Arthroscopic surgery by the Indian Orthopaedic association. He has delivered over 50 lectures in national level conferences on Arthroplasty. Conducted live demonstration surgeries as part of teaching program for Post Graduates and Fellows. He has been invited as a guest speaker in several international conferences at Seoul, Hawaii, Cairns, Barcelona, Dundee UK, Beijing, Shanghai, and Singapore. Delivered the Discovery Series Lecture in Dundee in Sep 2002. He was awarded the fellowship of the International Medical Sciences Academy in 1996. He was appointed Honorary Orthopedic surgeon to the President of India in 1997. Dr Ashok Rajgopal is credited with the first bilateral TKR in India (Apr 1987), first MIS Unicompartmental replacement (Mar 2002). He has carried out over 306 MIS TKRs and have developed instrumentation for the same. He has the largest experience of revision total knee replacement in the country. He is the Founder secretary of the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS).
Educational Qualifications
MBBS : Pune University, India, 1974
MS (Orthopaedics) : AIIMS, New Delhi, 1979
Dr Jayant Arora started his Orthopaedic training from C.I.O Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi in 1997 and went to the UK for advanced training in the year 2000. After returning to India from UK in 2008, he established a state of the art Orthopaedic Department at Columbia Asia Hospital Gurgaon. He was the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery and Senior Consultant at Columbia Asia Hospital, Palam Vihar Gurgaon, till March 2019. At Present he is Director and Head of Unit in Joint Replacement and Orthopaedics at Fortis Hospital Gurgaon.
Over the last 20 years of his practise he has developed a keen interest in treating Knee Arthritis with advanced techniques and Arthroscopic Surgery for sports injuries. He has been a pioneer in bringing latest knee arthritis treatment to patients in Gurgaon and Delhi like patient specific Implants, Minimally Invasive Knee surgery, Partial Knee Replacement and Computer Navigated Knee Replacement. His work is widely recognised and Dr Arora has published many articles in international Journals in the Field of Knee replacement surgery. He has performed more than 15000 Surgical procedures over last 20 years.
He is the now passionately involved in training Orthopaedic surgeons in performing Total and Partial knee replacement surgery and has participated as a teaching faculty on many such training courses.
Qualifications
MBBS from Maulana Azad MC, New Delhi, 1996
MS (Orthopaedics) Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 2000
Dr Manoj Miglani is a Consultant Orthopaedics and Spine Surgeon at Fortis Hospital, New Delhi. He has a vast experience of operating on complex to simple spine surgeries and Joint Replacements of all kinds. A renowned Spinal Surgeon who is soft to speak to is well known among his patients for his skills and expertise in all spine related treatments and surgeries. Specialised in Spinal Trauma cases, Dr Miglani is referral doctor for all Orthopaedics and Spine diseases.
Job Titles:
- PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
Dr. Manoj Padman is one of the best paediatric orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon in India. Dr Padman has an experience of more than 15 years in the field of paediatric orthopaedic & joint replacement surgeries. Dr Manoj specializestreatment of all ailments affecting the bones, joints and muscles (musculoskeletal system) of children and adolescent.
Dr Padman's area of specialization includes treatment of children with deformity due to polio, club foot, limb deformites like bow legs, knock knees and other conditions like juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Dr Manoj Padman is one of the best doctor for all orthpaedic surgery and treatments for deformities in children. Currently Dr Manoj Padman is Director Paediatric Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement at Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon .
Dr. Arun Saroha is one of the best neurosurgeons in India specializing in brain and spine surgery who has made a big name for himself in the fields of Brain & Spine surgery in the last 12 years. Born at Udaipur the picturesque tourist town of Rajasthan nested in the Aravali ranges, he was a brilliant student right from his childhood. His father motivated him to study hard and become a doctor. After doing Masters in General Surgery he decided to become a neurosurgeon and went to PGI Chandigarh, one of the best institutes in the country specially in the field of neurosurgery. He has done more than 8000 surgeries in his career of 19 years as neurosurgeon working wth some of the best hospitals in India.
Dr Saroha is also one of the very few neurosurgeons in India to have mastered the art of performing the scoliosis surgery in India. Scoliosis surgery is one of the most challenging surgeries and Dr Arun Saroha has been extensively trained in scoliosis surgery in India. Dr Arun Saroha is one of the best neurosurgeons in India for minimally invasive spine surgery, brain tumour surgery, spinal tumour surgery and all other neurosurgeries involving brain and spine.
Educational Qualifications
MBBS :RNT Medical College, Udaipur
MS (Surgery) : RNT Medical College, Udaipur
Dr. Hemant Sharma is a prominent name in the field of Joint Replacement, especially Hip Replacement Surgery and knee replacement surgery in India. Dr Hemant has a rich experience of 15 years in the field of Knee Replacement & Hip Replacement surgery. Dr Sharma has been associated with Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, Morriston General Hospital, Swansea, University Hospital of Wales, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, UK. His last assignment was with University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff .
Dr Hemant Sharma with his rich experience and education can easily be considered as one of the best Knee and hip replaement surgeons in India. Dr Hemant Sharma has done some of the most complex cases during his tenure as knee and hip replacement surgeon in India. Currently Dr Hemant is working as Senior Knee & Hip Replacement Surgeon at Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon.
Dr. Sanjay Sarup is one of the very few orthopaedic surgeons in, Gurgaon, India trained in paediatric ortho surgeries. Dr Sarup brings to our institute his 24 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic surgery. He has trained at centers of excellence in India such as PGIMER Chandigarh, KEM and Nair Hospitals in Mumbai. A significant part of his training was completed in the United Kingdom where he obtained his FRCS & MCh Orth qualifications.
Dr. Sarup super-specializes in the field of Pedaitric Orthopedics and Spine surgery. He has been awarded a fellowship in the above field in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow in 1998.
Dr. Sarup is first qualified pediatric orthopedic surgeon who set up practice in Delhi. He started the Pediatric Orthopedic Unit at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 2004. He developed the pediatric orthopedic and spine division at Medanta Medicity in 2009 where he was heading this specialty. He has a special interest in Congenital Hip Dislocations, Club foot Deformity and Scoliosis correction.
Qualifications
MBBS University Of Kashmir
MS (Orthopedics) PGIMR Chandigarh
Dr Sudeep Jain is one of the best trained and experienced spine surgeon in New Delhi, India. Dr Sudeep has vast experience in treating patients with various spipne disorder. Probably he is one of the very few surgeons who have trained in treating adult as well as children with various congenital spinal disorders. Dr Sudeep Jain is one of the best exponents of Endoscopic Spine Surgery and has recieved special training from India and abroad.
Dr Jain is a graduate from one of the best Maulana Azad Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi and Post graduate from University of Delhi, India. He is an Alumini of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He super specialized in spine surgeries after completeing post graduation in orthopaedics. Dr Jain is also one of the best surgeons when it comes to operating upon patients with Brachial Plexus injury. This is considered as one of the most complex and challenging surgeries. However, Dr Sudeep has mastered the art of treating brachial plexus injury and has given mobility back to numerous patients.
Dr. Vikas Gupta is a renowned wrist, hand and shoulder orthopedic surgeon who practices in Gurgaon and Delhi with an experience of over 20 years in this field. Dr Vikas Gupta is the first surgeon to perform wrist replacement (Ceramic on ceramic) in India and also the first surgeon to perform revision wrist which means performing wrist replacement in a patient who already has undergone replacement in same wrist. Dr Gupta and his team has performed more than 6000 successful complex hand and upper extremity surgeries till date.
Dr Vikas Gupta was nominated in the prestigious Marquis in Asia 2007 for his relentless service and excellence in hand and upper extremity surgery. Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery is, relatively, a new branch of medicine, wherein specialists treat disorders related to parts of the upper limbs of the human body - namely the hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Dr. Vikas Gupta is presently working with as Director - Shoulder and Hand Division, MAX Saket & Gurgaon and Founder of the "Hand2Shoulder Clinic" in New Delhi.
I underwent a Total Knee Replacement surgery of my left knee by Dr. Rajgopal at the age of 94 yrs. I am now completely pain free and have resumed all my normal activities which includes stair climbing, Shooting for films, walking and dancing. I would like to thank Dr.Ashok for the wonderful work done by him.
Kim Brian from the Sacramento County of California, USA came to India to get Hip Replacement Surgery done. He travelled alone because he could not afford the expenses for an attendant. His surgery was done by Dr IPS Oberoi at Artemis Health Institute. Watch this video where Kim is sharing his experiences.