Dr Parthasarathy Srinivasan is among the select few surgeons in the country with a National Board certified 2 year fellowship training in Spine surgery.
He attended medical school at Kasturba Medical College Mangalore under the Internationally acclaimed Manipal University. He then did his basic and advanced Orthopaedic training in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore.
Spine Surgery being his primary interest, he joined the Spine unit at Christian Medical College, Vellore under Prof. G. D. Sundararaj. He then joined the National Board accredited Spine fellowship training at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore under Dr. S. Rajasekaran.
He was one of eight candidates selected from many aspirants from all the member countries of the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) for the prestigious APOA Depuy Spine travelling fellowship 2009 – Oct 2009.
With extensive training in many institutions of repute, He now practices Spine Surgery in Chennai at Sundaram Medical Foundation.
Work Experience
Sept 2018 – Present
Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre
Consultant Spine Surgeon
Nov 2012 – Present
Dr.Mehta’s Hospital, Chennai
Head, Department of
Orthopaedics
June 2010 – Present
Sundaram Medical Foundation
Consultant Spine Surgeon
April 2008 – April 2010
Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
Spine Fellow
Oct 2007 – March 2008
Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai
Senior Registrar
Dec 2006 – Sept 2007
Christian Medical College, Vellore
Registrar
Aug 2004 – Aug 2006
Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore
Registrar
Feb 2004 – July 2004
Balaji Hospital,Chennai
Registrar
Aug 2001 – July 2003
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Registrar
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Karnataka Medical Council
- Member, Tamil Nadu Medical Council
- Life member, Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association
- Life member, Indian Orthopaedic association
- Life Member, Association of Spine Surgeons of India
- Fellow, Academy of General Education
- Life Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences
- Member, AO Alumni Association
- Member, AO Spine International
Courses Attended
- National Trauma Management Course organized by International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, Chennai, 2003
- Early Management of Trauma Course, Christian Medical College, Vellore (Certified by WHO)
- AO Basic course on fracture fixation organized by AO international, Chennai , 2005
- AO advances in fracture management organized by AO international, Chennai , 2007
- Ethicon Basic Microvascular course at EISE, Chennai
Papers Published
- 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
- National Trauma Management Course organized by International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, Chennai, 2003
- 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.
- Deepak S. Nair, Parthasarathy Srinivasan, C. Sugavanam. All poly knee revisited. Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association, Volume 32, 2006
- 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. Satoyoshi Syndrome. Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association, Volume 32, 2006
Spine Related Conferences Attended
- ASSICON 2008, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Jan 2008.
- Combined Instructional course of ISSLS and ASSICON 2008, Coimbatore, Jan 2008.
- ASSICON 2009, Chennai, Jan 2009.
- Ganga Operative Spine Course 2009, Coimbatore, April- May 2009.
- Instructional Course in Spine 2010, ICS 2010, Mysore.
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.
Conferences Attended as Faculty
- Ganga Ortho Physio Course, Coimbatore, July 2009.- Gave a talk on ‘ Evaluation of Cervical pain’
Honors and Awards
- Awarded National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship by NCERT in 1993 for entire academic period.
Dr. Parthasarathy Srinivasan was one of eight candidates selected from many aspirants from all the member countries of the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) for the prestigious APOA Depuy Spine travelling fellowship – Oct 2009.
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