Spinal stenosis and lumbar disc disease are the two most common spinal conditions diagnosed in Africa. Every year 11,000 cases of congenital spinal defects are registered in the continent. And aging causes almost 67% population above the age of 50 years to complain about spinal problems. 36.1% of these people are unable to feel better with rehabilitation therapy and are recommended to undergo a surgical treatment.

29.8% of people who undergo spine surgery in Africa, either require revision surgery or are unsatisfied with the results of the procedure. This is because, medical centers in most African countries like Ghana and Kenya still use traditional techniques for performing spine surgery that not only requires bigger incisions, and longer recovery times, but is also not as effective as the methods available today.

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List of Best Spine Surgeons in India

Dr Puneet Girdhar

Hospital: BLK Super Speciality Hospital

Designation: Director of Spine Surgery Department

Experience: 20+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS│ M.Ch (Orthopedics)│ Fellowship (Spine Surgery)

Dr Puneet Girdhar is presently working as the director of Spine Surgery Unit at BLK Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi. He specializes in performing spine surgery, sports surgery and joint replacement operations.

Dr Puneet provides both invasive and non-invasive techniques for managing spine disorders utilizing the latest surgical methods.

Dr Girdhar is a member of Association of Spine Surgeons of India, AO Spine, and Indian Orthopedic.

Dr Bipin S Walia

Hospital: Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

Designation: Senior Director and Head of Neurosurgery Department

Experience: 25+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS (General Surgery)│ M.Ch (Neurosurgery)

Dr Bipin S Walia is presently working at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi, where he is the Director & Head of Neurosurgery Department. Dr Walia has performed 7000 plus spine surgeries in his 25 year career.

Dr Bipin specializes in performing image-guided surgery, brain tumor surgery, endoscopic cranial surgery, disc replacement operation, and endoscopic disc surgery.

His area of interest lies in finding new ways to treat spinal tumors using minimally invasive surgery.

Dr Sandeep Vaishya

Hospital:  Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Delhi NCR

Designation: Director of Neuro & Spine Surgery

Experience: 29+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS (General Surgery)│ M.Ch (Neurosurgery)

Awards: Herbert Krause Medal (NSI 2001)│ Life Membership Award (Mayo)

Dr Sandeep Vaishya is currently associated with Fortis Memorial Institute in Delhi NCR, where he holds the position of Spine Surgery Department Director.

Dr Vaishya is the first Spine surgeon in Southern Asia to perform Gamma Knife Surgery and amongst the first few doctors in the world to treat brachial plexus injuries.  

Formerly, he has also worked at Max Healthcare.

Some of his special interests include spine surgery using minimally invasive techniques and image-guided assistance, Intracranial tumor surgery, and peripheral nerve surgery.

Dr Rajendra Prasad

Hospital: Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Designation: Neurosurgeon│ Spine Surgeon

Experience: 33+ Years

Education: MBBS│ FRCS (Neurosurgery)

Dr Rajendra Prasad works at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, as a supervising spine surgeon and neurosurgeon. He joined Apollo’s team in 1996 as a senior consultant.

Dr Prasad has performed 2000 plus complex spine and brain surgeries at the medical center, which includes 300 spinal instrumentations.

Some of Dr Rajendra’s special interests include lumbar & cervical disc microdiscectomy, spinal instrumentalization for tumor, TB, spinal injuries; spinal stenosis; microsurgery and providing neuro-rehabilitation services for spine and head injuries.

Dr Vidyadhara S

Hospital: Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road, Bangalore

Designation: HOD & Consultant of Spine Care

Experience: 19+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS│ M.Ch

Awards: ISCA Young Scientist Award (2006)│ Lester Lowe SICOT Award (2007)│ ISSLS Best Research (2010)

Dr Vidyadhara S is the senior consultant and HOD of Spine Care Center at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Dr Vidyadhara S performs approximately 600 spine surgeries annually and has performed around 6000 different spine operations in his career.

Dr Vidyadhara S is amongst the best spine surgeons in India, who is also the fifth Indian to be honored with the Scoliosis Research Society fellowship in the USA.

He has also co-authored and indexed in 35 publications, which is admired and referred internationally.

Dr Mihir Bapat

Hospital: Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai

Designation: Director of Spine Surgery Center

Experience: 20+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS│ DNB

Awards: Kamarkar Gold Medal (1994)│ Pandurangi Award (1996)│ IOACON Appreciation Award (2005)

Dr Mihir Bapat is the director of Spine Surgery Institute at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital in Mumbai. He is best known for performing invasive spine surgeries in India.

Dr Mihir specializes in performing fracture reconstruction surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, revision surgeries, deformity surgery, and craniovertebral junction surgery.

Dr Bapat has performed 7000 plus spine and neurosurgeries since 2000, with a high patient satisfaction ratio.

Dr Praveen Ganigi

Hospital: Manipal Hospital, Bangalore

Designation: HOD & Consultant of Neurosurgery

Experience: 18+ Years

Education: MBBS│ M.Ch

Dr Praveen Ganigi is the HOD of Neuro Sciences Department at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.

Dr Gainigi has performed several spinal decompression, skull base tumors and spine fusion procedures in the last 9 years. In 2007, Dr Praveen, along with his team, successfully separated Ischiopagus conjoined twins at a medical center in Bangalore. The case was being followed by international media.

Dr Praveen is amongst the best minimally invasive spine surgeon in India, who specializes in treating aneurysms and complex brain tumors.

Dr S Dinesh Nayak

Hospital: Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai

Designation: Director of Neurology Department

Experience: 26+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS│ M.Ch

Dr Dinesh Nayak is currently associated with Gleneagles Global Hospital in Chennai, where he works as the Director of Neuro Sciences Center.

In 2008, Dr Dinesh established an epilepsy surgery program. As of 2010, he performed 70 plus surgeries using the finding of his program.

The doctor is passionate about epileptology. He had also started a program researching about vagal nerve stimulation.

Dr Sanjeev Dhanuka

Hospital: Fortis Hospital, Kolkata

Designation: Consultant│ Neuro and Spine Surgery Center

Experience: 21+ Years

Education: MBBS│ DNB│ MD

Dr Sanjeev Dhanuka is a gifted doctor in the field of spine surgery. He is currently working at Fortis Hospital, Kolkata as a Neuro & Spine Surgery Consultant. Dr Dhanuka has vast experience in the field.

Some services offered by Dr Sanjeev Dhanuka include hydrocephalus, functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, brain cord tumor removal, prolapsed disc disease treatment and peripheral nerve surgery.

Dr Pawan Ojha

Hospital:  Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai

Designation: Consultant│ Neurosurgeon

Experience: 20+ Years

Education: MBBS│ MS │ DM (Neurology)│ DNB

Dr Pawan Ojha is currently associated with Fortis Hiranandani Hospital in Mumbai, where he works as a consulting neurosurgeon. Dr Ojha has done fellowship training in stroke medicine at the University of Calgary in Canada.

He is amongst the best spine doctors in India. The doctor is also associated with the Maharashtra Association of Neurology and Association of Neurological Clinical Research. 

Dr Pawan also has a private clinic ‘Brain Centre Clinic & Diagnostics’ which is located in Mumbai. Patients can receive consultation from him regarding spinal cord and brain disorders.

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