Dr. Dilip Chand Raja S, is a Consultant Spine Surgeon for Fortis Hospi…read moretal, 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
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