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About Dr. S. Karunakaran
- Dr. S. Karunakaran is a well-known Spine Surgeon with an experience of 25 years.
- He is prolific in the treatment of spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.
- His treatment involves the appropriate use of minimally invasive and motion-sparing techniques.
- He is the first one to carry out percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy under local anesthesia for disc prolapse in this part of the country (Transforaminal and interlaminar without stitches).
- He is the first surgeon to use IN SPACE - interspinous implant for lumbar canal stenosis (key hole spine surgery local anesthesia).
- He also initiated the 3D printed spinal implant and performed more than a thousand spine surgeries including scoliosis, cervical spine pathologies, thoracotomies, laparotomy, and disc replacement surgeries.
- He has received the prestigious Mohandas Weller Gold Medal and Fellowship Award, Indo German Orthopedic Foundation, India in 2017, Best Publication award in Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Journal (2010) for Morphometric evaluation of the Cervical Spine Pedicle in our Population, Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2006 and ASSI (Association of spine surgeons of India) Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2005.
- He is the member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA); Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association; Orthopedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS); Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI); and Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery.
- He passed MBBS from Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital, Annamalai University in 1994 MS in Orthopedics from Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai in 2000; and DNB in Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery from Medical Council of India in 2001.
- Dr. Karunakaran has attended training on Interlaminar Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery with Dr. Sebastian Ruetten, at St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany in 2012. He also attended advanced training for Endoscopic Spine Surgery under Dr.Antony Yeung, Phoenix, USA in 2012.
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MBBS, Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital, Annamalai University(1994)- MS, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai(2000)
- DNB, Medical Council of India(2001)
1. Mohandas Weller Gold Medal and Fellowship Award at 10th Anniversary meets of the Indo German Orthopedic Foundation, India – Analysis of single level stabilization in grade 1 and grade 2 spondylolisthesis (SPINE), 2017
2. Best Publication award in Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Journal (2010) for “Morphometric evaluation of the Cervical Spine Pedicle in our Population”
3. Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2006
4. ASSI (Association of spine surgeons of India) Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2005
- Associate Professor, Government General Hospital(2016)
- Consultant, Meenakshi Mission Hospital(2004)
- Junior Consultant, MIOT Hospitals(2003)
- Wellington Hospitals(1997)
- Director, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai(2023)
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Where does Dr. S. Karunakaran practice?
Dr. S. Karunakaran practices at MGM Healthcare, Chennai
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Dr. S. Karunakaran specialty is Spine Surgeon
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Dr. S. Karunakaran is Spine Surgeon with 31 years of experience.
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