A: Dr. Dilip Chand Raja practices at Practo Dummy Clinic - Vanagaram.

A: Dr. Dilip Chand Raja has the following qualifications - MBBS, MS - Orthopaedics, DNB - Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery, FNB - Spine Surgery.

A: Dr. Dilip Chand Raja specialises as Orthopedic surgeon, Spine Surgeon (Ortho), Spine And Pain Specialist.

A: Dr. Dilip Chand Raja has an overall experience of 17 years. View where has Dr. Dilip Chand Raja practiced in the past.

A: Dr. Dilip Chand Raja S, is a Consultant Spine Surgeon for Fortis Hospital, Vadapalani. He has performed more than 2500 spine surgeries with excellent clinical and surgical outcomes. He specializes in complex spine surgeries such as scoliosis, kyphosis, and kyphoscoliosis surgery. He is an expert in Craniovertebral junction surgery including C1-C2 Fusion and Occipitocervical Fusion. He is a pioneer in minimally invasive spine surgery and performs microscopic, tubular, and endoscopic spine surgeries. His expertise involves all spinal ailments including disc prolapse, spondylolisthesis, sciatica, cervical myelopathy, trauma, tuberculosis of spine, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, pyogenic infections, spinal cord tumors and deformity correction. After his medical training from Madras Medical College, he underwent orthopedic training from Calicut Medical College. Having secured the first rank in All India Entrance examination for specialization in spine surgery, he completed the nationally accredited spine fellowship (FNB) in Ganga Hospital Coimbatore and has a rich experience of 5 years in high volume spine center. He has obtained advanced spine training through the APSS-SICOT fellowship program at Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Berlin, Germany. He is one of the very few Indians to have obtained diploma in Spine surgery awarded by the AO Spine International association. He has also attended minimally invasive spine surgery training program conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine Center, USA. He is currently the Editor for spine section for the prestigious Indian Journal of Orthopedics. He is also an international reviewer for all leading spine journals – The Spine Journal, Global Spine Journal, Asian Spine Journal and European Spine Journal. He has made significant contribution towards academics and research work and has 78 podium presentations, and 35 peer -reviewed publications to his credit. He has received 27 national and international awards for his pioneering work on advanced spine research in proteomics and microbiome of Intervertebral discs. He was awarded the prestigious American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons scholarship for the best poster at SICOT conference conducted at Montreal, Canada in 2018.He is a proud recipient of The North American Spine Society- The Spine Journal Best Outstanding Basic Science Paper Award for three consecutive years (2019) Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, virtual meet (2020) & in 2021 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He has also won both the Asian Pacific Spine Society – Asian Spine Journal Award for best basic Science paper and clinical science paper (2019) at Incheon, Korea and for basic science research again in 2021 at Kobe, Japan. He has been awarded four times by the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)- Clinical research award (2018), Travelling fellowship (2019), Young Researcher Award (2020) and VTI Ingahalikar Gold medal Award (2021). He is one of the very few Indians to have been awarded the Young Investigator Traveler Grant, through which he attended the annual meeting of The International Spine Society for Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) at Boston, USA. He also has to his credit best paper awards for basic science and clinical science presented in the 2021 annual meeting of The International Spine Society for Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). His active participation in academics, research and his fervent interest in continuing medical education makes him an expert in spine surgery delivering the best patient care through evidence-based medical practice.. View more details about the doctor on Practo.