Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
• Distinguished Clinical Tutor, Apollo Hospitals Educational & Research Foundation, (AHERF).
• Honorary Medical Director, Indian Head Injury Foundation (IHIF), New Delhi.
• Founder Trustee of KARA Medical Foundation.

CLINICAL CAREER / TRAINING:

• Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi : Senior Consultant Neuro and spine surgeon on going since July 1996.
• Spine Surgery Fellowship : Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, Stanmore, London. 1995-96
• Senior Registrar/ Registrar in Neurosurgery: Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. U.K. 1991-92.
• Registrar in Neurosurgery: Nottingham University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. 1984-87.
• Registrar in Neurosurgery: National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, 1983.
• Senior House Officer in Neurosurgery: Cork Regional Hospital, Cork, Ireland 1979-80
• General Surgery/ Emergency pre-fellowship training jobs at Senior House Officer level at Harrogate, Huddersfiels and Mallow.

EDUCATIONAL WORK

• Distinguished Tutor for AHERF and PG thesis guide for students of the Diploma of the National Board in Neurosurgery.
• MRCS Examiner for Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
• Journal reviewer for the British Journal Of Neurosurgery, Indian Spine Journal and Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery
• Large number of presentations at National and International meetings.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INTEREST

• First in Asia to use da Vinci Robot for robotic spine surgery in 2013 For which was awarded the British Medical Journal Award in 2014 for the ‘ Surgical Team of the year”.
• Amongst first users in India of artificial disc for Cervical and Lumbar disc Replacement (Bryan Disc) and Interspinous Dynamic stabilization devices before its approval for use in the USA by FDA.
• Amongst first users of Robotic Navigation in brain surgery (ISG) in 1991-92 while working at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. U.K..
• Part of development of clinical protocols for brain tumour imaging during development of first MRI in 1985-86 while working at Nottingham University Hospital. U.K .
• Collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T) Delhi for development of Tele-metric wireless brain monitoring system.

Special Interest

• Minimal invasive spine surgery (MISS) including microdiscectomy for cervical and lumbar disc disease and artificial disc replacement, and cervical and lumbar canal stenosis.
• Spinal instrumentation for spinal injuries, tumor, Tb and degenerative spine.
• Back pain treatment including Radio frequency rhizotomy for facet joint and sacro-illiac pain.
• Microsurgery and stereotactic surgery for brain and spine tumors.
• Neuro-rehabilitation for head and spine injuries.
• Assistive Technology (AT) in neuro-rehabilitation.