Clinical Overview & Background
Dr S.K. Rajan is Chief of Neuro-Spine Surgery and Additional Director of Neurosurgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon. He is a neurosurgeon who concentrates on minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, and has more than 18 years of experience.
Qualifications
- MBBS – Government Medical College, Patiala
- MS (Surgery) – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), Chandigarh
- MCh (Neurosurgery) – G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Training
- Spine fellowship – Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, USA
- Spine fellowship – Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UK
- Spine fellowship – National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
- Neurosurgical spine training in Mumbai, including craniovertebral junction surgery
- International World Federation of Neurosurgeons fellowship to the USA (2009)
Procedures and special interests
- Endoscopic and keyhole spine surgery for disc herniation
- Minimally invasive surgery for spinal tumours
- Craniovertebral junction surgery, including atlanto-axial instability
- Complex spinal deformity correction and revision surgery after failed back surgery
- Artificial disc replacement and dynamic stabilisation
- Spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pumps for chronic pain and spasticity
- Spinal trauma and spinal infections
