Dr. Dilip Chand Raja

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 surgicaloutcomes. He specializes in complex spine surgeries such as scoliosis, kyphosis, andkyphoscoliosis surgery. He is an expert in Craniovertebral junction surgery including C1-C2Fusion and Occipitocervical Fusion. He is a pioneer in minimally invasive spine surgery andperforms microscopic, tubular, and endoscopic spine surgeries. His expertise involves allspinal ailments including disc prolapse, spondylolisthesis, sciatica, cervical myelopathy,trauma, tuberculosis of spine, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, pyogenicinfections, spinal cord tumors and deformity correction.After his medical training from Madras Medical College, he underwent orthopedic trainingfrom Calicut Medical College. Having secured the first rank in All India Entrance examinationfor 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 volumespine center. He has obtained advanced spine training through the APSS-SICOT fellowshipprogram at Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Berlin, Germany. He is one of the veryfew Indians to have obtained diploma in Spine surgery awarded by the AO SpineInternational association. He has also attended minimally invasive spine surgery trainingprogram conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine Center, USA. He is currently the Editor forspine section for the prestigious Indian Journal of Orthopedics. He is also an internationalreviewer for all leading spine journals – The Spine Journal, Global Spine Journal, Asian SpineJournal and European Spine Journal.He has made significant contribution towards academics and research work and has 78podium presentations, and 35 peer -reviewed publications to his credit. He has received 27national and international awards for his pioneering work on advanced spine research inproteomics and microbiome of Intervertebral discs. He was awarded the prestigiousAmerican Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons scholarship for the best poster at SICOTconference conducted at Montreal, Canada in 2018.He is a proud recipient of The NorthAmerican Spine Society- The Spine Journal Best Outstanding Basic Science Paper Award forthree 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 bestbasic Science paper and clinical science paper (2019) at Incheon, Korea and for basic scienceresearch again in 2021 at Kobe, Japan. He has been awarded four times by the Associationof Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)- Clinical research award (2018), Travelling fellowship(2019), Young Researcher Award (2020) and VTI Ingahalikar Gold medal Award (2021). He isone 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 forLumbar Spine (ISSLS) at Boston, USA. He also has to his credit best paper awards for basicscience and clinical science presented in the 2021 annual meeting of The International SpineSociety for Lumbar Spine (ISSLS).His active participation in academics, research and his fervent interest in continuing medicaleducation makes him an expert in spine surgery delivering the best patient care throughevidence-based medical practice.