Specialization: Spine Surgeon

Area of Expertise:

• Scoliosis correction
• Spine surgery
• Complex deformity correction
• Minimal Invasive & Keyhole Spine Surgery
• Spine infections and Tuberculosis
• Spine trauma
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
• Nerve root blocks
• Spinal injections

• Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MBBS, 2001
• Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, D Ortho, 2003
• National Board of Examination, DNB Ortho 2006
• Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, FNB-Spine Surgery, 2010

• Sundaram Medical Foundation, Consultant Spine Surgeon, June 2010-2013
• Dr. Mehta’s Hospital, Chennai, Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, 2013 - October 2018

• Awarded National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship by NCERT in 1993 for entire academic period.

Publications

• Rajasekaran S, Avadhani A, Parthasarathy S, Shetty AP. Novel technique of reduction of a chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation using a temporary transverse transatlantal rod. Spine J. 2010 Oct;10(10):900-4
• Aebi M, Parthasarathy S, Avadhani A, Rajasekaran S. Minimal invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion (mini ALIF). Eur Spine J. 2010 Feb;19(2):335-336.
• Chung JY, Parthasarathy S, Avadhani A, Rajasekaran S. Reduction of high grade listhesis. Eur Spine J. 2010 Feb;19(2):353-354.
• Parthasarathy Srinivasan, S. G. Thirumalaisamy, C. Sugavanam. Functional outcome of surgical management of acetabular fractures. Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association, Volume 32, 2006
• Deepak S. Nair, Parthasarathy Srinivasan, C. Sugavanam. All poly knee revisited. Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association, Volume 32, 2006
• Deepak S. Nair, Parthasarathy Srinivasan, C. Sugavanam. Satoyoshi Syndrome. Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association, Volume 32, 2006

Research

• Submitted a dissertation titled ‘Functional outcome of Surgical management of acetabular fractures’ –A descriptive study of 28 surgically managed acetabular fractures as per the guidelines of the National Board.
• Submitted a dissertation on ‘The effect of comorbidities in predicting perioperative mortality and morbidity in elective Spine Surgery with specific reference to the Charlson’s Comorbidity Index (CCI)’.
• Post-operative changes in CRP and ESR following elective Spine Surgery and their ability to predict post-operative infection
• Retrospective Analysis of revision lumbar spine surgery.
• The efficacy and accuracy of Computer navigation in severe deformity.

Papers Presented

• Presented paper titled “IMSC nailing for Type 3C fractures of the femur” at Indo-German Orthopaedic foundation Seminar (‘All About the Knee’), Chennai-Nov 2004
• Presented paper titled “IMSC nailing for Type 3C fractures of the femur” at TNOACON 2005 at Cuddalore- Feb 2005
• Presented paper titled “Functional outcome of surgical management of acetabular fractures” at TNOACON-2006 at Chennai-March 2006
• Presented paper titled “Floating Hip and Femur nailing” at NAILSCON-2006 at Coimbatore-April 2006. Won best paper award for the same.
• Presented paper titled “Revision spine surgery- Failed Back or Failed Surgeon?” at ASSICON 2009.
• Presented poster titled “Acute phase reactants as a predictor of post-operative infection in spine surgery” at ASSICON 2009.
• Presented paper titled “Acute phase reactants as a predictor of post-operative infection in spine surgery” at TNOACON 2009.