Best Spine Surgeons in India

• Dr Sandeep Vaishya is one of the top Neurosurgeons in India.
• He has 22+ years of experience in the field & has been associated with some of the best hospitals in India.
• Dr. Vaishya has completed his MBBS & MS from the well-known G R Medical College, Gwalior. Following which he did his MCh at the prestigious AIIMS, Delhi.
• He is an awardee of the Sundt Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, USA.
• He is one of the leading surgeons in the world for brachial plexus Injuries and in South Asia for Gamma Knife Surgery.
• His specializations are Intracranial Brain Tumour Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Brain Surgery, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Brain, Spine Surgery & Image-Guided Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and Brachial Plexus Surgery.
• He did several successful surgeries in the field of neurosurgery.
• Dr. Vaishya's treatment for Hydrocephalus was also featured in the popular Netflix documentary Rooting for Roona.

• Dr. H S Chhabra is one of the reputed surgeons in the field of Spine Surgery in India.
• He has over 30+ years of experience and has performed over 3000 spinal surgeries.
• He has a master's in Surgery from Safdurjang Hospital and MBBS from Delhi University. Following which he did his Post Graduate Certificate Course from the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare.
• Dr. Chhabra has completed his Fellowship in Spine Surgery from Germany, the Netherlands, and Seoul, South Korea.  
• He has pioneered the Laser and Endoscopic disc surgery in India
• Dr. Chhabra is an opinion leader in the development of spinal endoscopes and other spinal implants and instruments, manufactured by famous international companies, like Karl Storz (Germany).
• In addition to the spine, he also performs complicated trauma surgery, like pelvic acetabular & intraarticular comminute fractures and joint replacement surgeries.
• He has successfully organized many conferences on Laser and Spine surgery.
• Dr. Chhabra specializes in percutaneous Transforaminal endoscopic disc surgeries under local anesthesia, where patients can resume their normal activities the next day.  

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• Dr. Rajagopalan Krishnan is one of the top Spine Surgeons having 24 years of experience.
• In his service for 10 years at Mid-Cheshire which dealt with more than 3000 OPD spine patients a year
• Performed over 350 spine surgeries every year.
• Treats spinal disorders ranging from the gamut to the disc and degenerative disorders to spinal deformities, spinal infections, spinal trauma, and spinal tumors.
• Interests are in complex spine surgery including manubriosternotomy for upper thoracic anterior instrumentation, jaw splitting craniocervical surgery, total sacrectomy with lumbopelvic reconstruction, skull separation cervical osteotomy, complex revision of failed spine surgery and shape memory metal rod and staple instrumentation systems for spinal deformities.
• Surgical experience ranges from simple cervical and lumbar discectomies to cervical and lumbar disc replacements, vertebrectomies, TESSYS, reconstruction for spinal trauma, spinal tumors, and the full spectrum of spinal deformities.
• Developed his own techniques for Sacral Tarlov cysts and anterior long and short segment instrumented correction for pediatric and adult spinal deformities.
• Holds several Fellowships & Memberships such as Past member, British Orthopedic Association, Association of Spine Surgeons of India & Delhi Spine Society.

• Dr. Vidyadhara is a renowned Spine Surgeon with 20 years of experience.
• He has performed nearly 6000 spine surgeries so far.
• Some of the key areas of his interest are spinal disc surgery, joint dislocation treatment, spine injury, scoliosis correction, slip disc, neck & spine biopsy, etc.
• He has won more than 30 national and international awards during his academic career for excellence in spine surgeries.
• He has numerous international publications in indexed journals.
• He was awarded the ISCA Young Scientist Award from the then President of India, Lester Lowe SICOT Award in 2007, and ISSLS Best Research Award in 2010.
• He was the third Indian who won the prestigious SRS Traveling Fellowship to visit the best centers for Spine surgery in the USA.
• After completing his MBBS, Dr. Vidyadhara went on to specialize in orthopedics by doing MS from Kasturba Medical College and DNB from the National Board of Examinations.

• Dr. K. Sridhar is a renowned Spine Surgeon with 30+ years of experience
• Special Interests are Vascular, Skull Base and Cervical Spine surgery
• Life member of various organizations such as, Neurological Society of India, Association of Spinal Surgeons of India, Skull Base Society of India, Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Neuro-oncology Society of India
• Established centres of excellence in Neurosciences centred around the concept of ‘Integrated Neuro Care’
• Receipent of:
  • Best Doctor Award by Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, 2012
  • Prof Rajaratnam Oration Award by Annual Conference, Indian Medical Association, Karaikudi, 2014
  • Health Warrior Award by Indian Medical Association and Rotary Club, Chennai, 2018
  • Prof Dayananda Rao Oration Medal by Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists Association, Visakhapatnam, 2019

• Dr. Abhaya Kumar is a renowned Neurosurgeon with 15+ experience.
• His expertise lies in Brain Tumour Surgery, Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Paediatric Neurosurgery, Craniovertebral Junction abnormalities, Epilepsy, Head injury, Pituitary tumors, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Pediatric brain tumors, Hydrocephalus, Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, Spine tumors, Spinal Dysraphism, and Trigeminal Neuralgia.
• Dr. Kumar completed his MBBS from the prestigious Bangalore University, India followed by DNB from the well known National Board of Examinations, New Delhi. Later, he did FRCS in General Surgery from the renowned Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Under his credit, there are both national and international publications and he is actively invited as a guest speaker in scientific meetings, CME's, Wolrwdide conferences to talk about brain tumor surgeries.
• Efficiently handled more than 5000+ cases, out of which 2200 were Spine and 2800 were braincases. He is one of the few neurosurgeons who have expertise in treating both Brain and Spine cases and has operated over 1500+ Minimal Invasive spine cases successfully.

• Dr Hitesh Garg is an orthopedic spine surgeon with 14+ years of experience.
• He has performed more than 4000 spine surgeries including more than 1500 spinal fusions, 250 deformity correction procedures (Scoliosis and kyphosis), and 150 lumbar and cervical artificial disc replacements.
• He has academic credentials from some of the best medical institutions around the world.
• He has completed his MBBS from the prestigious AIIMS College, Delhi. Following which he pursued his Masters in Surgery (Orthopaedics) from the famous KEM College, Mumbai.
• Dr. Garg did his Fellowship from Yale University, USA & Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery from Philadelphia, USA.
• He has been using the latest cutting edge technology such as Neuromonitoring, O-arm, Navigation, modular operation theaters.
• Dr. Garg has his publications both nationally and internationally and has written chapters in world-renowned books on spine surgery.
• He holds special interests in Spine Surgery, Disc Replacement, Paediatric Spine Surgery & Scoliosis Surgery, Minimally invasive spinal fusions, Cervical spine surgeries, Spinal Deformity corrections (Scoliosis and Kyphosis), Occipitocervical fusions, Motion preserving spine surgeries, Artificial Disc replacements, TLIF (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion), ACDF (Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion), Laminectomies, Microdiscectomies, Transthoracic surgeries, Spinal reconstruction for spinal trauma, infections and tumours.
• He can be followed at LinkedIn https://in.linkedin.com/in/hitesh-garg-7ab31a24

• Dr. Sajan K Hegde is a spine surgeon with 33+ years of experience.
• He is known for performing spine and joint surgeries using latest technological advancements like minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion and cervical artificial disc.
• He has initiated many modern instrumentation systems in India including Cotrel, BAK cages, Harms Mesh Systems and more.
• He is a member of Indian Orthopaedic Association, Association of Spine Surgeons of India, Group International COTREL DUBOUSSET (GICD) and Spine Trauma Study Group, USA.
• Dr. Hedge holds expertise in surgical and non-surgical spine treatments, tackling trauma, et al.

• Dr. R T S Naik is among the renowned Neurosurgeons and Spine Surgeons practicing for more than 24 years.
• Dr. Naik is renowned for treating head and spine surgeries, minimally-invasive spine surgeries, pediatric neurosurgery, and image-guided surgeries. He also performs liquid biopsy for diagnosis of tumors and neuro endoscopy.
• After completing his MBBS in 1996 from  Nagarjuna University, he pursued MS from Bangalore University in 1991 and M.Ch in 1995 from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS).
• He is a member of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), 1995 of the Neurological Society of India and the AP Neuro Scientist Association and the Twin Cities Neuroclub.

• Dr. Abrar Ahmed is a well-known Orthopedist & Spine Surgeon, with a thriving experience of more than 24 years.
• His expertise lies in the field of Spinal Therapy, Arthroscopy, Shoulder Replacement, Spine Injury, Laminectomy, Hip Resurfacing, Knee Osteotomy, and ACL Reconstruction
• He is a member of IOA, ASSI, ORS(AIIMS), SI, NASS, SCSI, IGASS, SECTTWBSS, and PSCs.
• Dr. Ahmed has several research papers published in national as well as international peer-reviewed journals.