Dr. Vinu Raj

Dr. Vinu Raj serves as Consultant in Spine Surgery at NH Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Bangalore. He brings more than 20 years of experience to patient care.

After graduating from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru in 2000, he trained in the UK, obtaining the MRCS and FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) from Edinburgh and completing an 18-month spinal fellowship at Salford Royal, Manchester. He was then a Consultant Spine Surgeon at University Hospitals of North Midlands before returning to Bengaluru; Narayana Health reports more than 5,000 surgeries.

Areas of Expertise

• Spine Surgery
• Robotic Spine Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Treatments and Procedures

• Navigation-guided and robotic spine surgery
• Microscopic discectomy and decompression
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; posterior cervical decompression and stabilisation
• Lumbar interbody fusion and spinal stabilisation
• Treatment of spinal infections
• Spinal injections, facet joint blocks and epidural injections

Education and Training

• MBBS, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru (2000)
• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Spinal Surgery Fellowship (18 months), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
• Certificate in Digital Health, Indian Institute of Science

Previous Experience

• Spine Surgeon, Prakriya Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Consultant Spine Surgeon - Complex Spinal Surgery, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Memberships, Awards and Academic Work

• Professional memberships: British Association of Spine Surgeons; Association of Spine Surgeons of India; Karnataka Orthopaedic Association.

He also consults at Narayana Clinic, Electronic City and Narayana Clinic, HSR Layout.