Rajendra Prasad
Specialty: Neurosurgeon
Experience: 27 years
Clinic: Apollo Hospitals
Admission fee: To be clarified
About doctor Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad is a neurosurgeon with over 35 years of experience, specializing in brain and spine surgeries. At Apollo Hospital Indraprastha, New Delhi, he performed over 4,000 surgeries. The doctor’s main area of ••interest is spine surgery. Rajendra Prasad has considerable experience in the treatment of degenerative spinal diseases. He performs surgeries such as microdiscectomy for herniated lumbar and cervical discs, microscopic laminectomy for spinal stenosis, implant placement for spinal fixation in cases of trauma, infection, tumors, spondylolisthesis and disc replacement.
Dr. Prasad has performed over 250 radiofrequency rhizotomies (the highest number of procedures performed by a single surgeon in India). He has also performed approximately 1,500 microscopic removals of brain and spinal tumors, including gliomas, acoustic neuromas, pituitary tumors (endoscopic transnasal operations) and giant meningiomas. Many surgeries were performed using robotic navigation or stereotactic assistance.
Dr. Prasad performed Asia’s first robotic spine surgery using the Da Vinci robot at Apollo Hospital, for which his team won the British Medical Journal Award in 2014 in the nomination “Surgical Team of the Year”.
Professional experience
- Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Apollo Hospital Indraprastha, New Delhi;
- Distinguished Clinical Educator, Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation (AHERF);
- Honorary Medical Director, Indian Head Injury Foundation (IHIF), New Delhi;
- Founder and trustee of the KARA medical foundation.
Doctor’s specialty
The main areas of clinical practice and scientific activity of Dr. Rajendra Prasad are:
- minimally invasive spine surgery, including microdiscectomy for diseases of the intervertebral discs of the cervical and lumbar spine and stenosis of the cervical and lumbar canals;
- treatment of spinal injuries, tumors, tuberculosis and degenerative diseases of the spine;
- treatment of back pain, including radiofrequency rhizotomy for pain in the facet joints and sacroiliac joints;
- microsurgery and stereotactic surgery of brain and spinal cord tumors;
- neurorehabilitation for head and spinal injuries;
- assistive technologies in neurorehabilitation.
Doctor’s education
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1976
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences;
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1983
Fellowship in Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow;
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1995
Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Royal College of Surgeons, UK;
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1995
Intercollegiate Council for Neurosurgery Fellowship, UK.
Membership in medical associations
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Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS);
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK;
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Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE);
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Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI);
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Neurological Society of India (NSI);
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Delhi Spine Society (DSS);
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Primary Trauma Care Foundation, UK (India Department);
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Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI);
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Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine;
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Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO).
Achievements and awards
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Distinguished Clinical Educator, Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation (AHERF);
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Winner of the first BMJ Awards India in 2014 for 'Robotic Spine Surgery' in the category 'Surgical Team of the Year';
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Finalist in the BMJ Awards 2015 South Asia on behalf of the Head Injury Foundation of India in the Health Advocacy category for work to reduce the impact of road traffic injuries through activism and policy change in India;
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Winner of the BMJ Awards, South Asia 2017 on behalf of the Brain Injury Foundation of India in the category "Non-communicable Disease Initiative of the Year";
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Distinguished Service Award in Neurosurgery from Delhi Neurological Association (DNA);
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The first doctor in Asia to perform spinal surgery using the Da Vinci robot.
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