Dr. Rajendra Prasad

About Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• Dr. Rajendra Prasad is a Neurospine Surgeon with over 38 years of experience.
• His expertise lies in spine surgery for degenerative diseases like lumbar and cervical disc prolapse, lumbar canal stenosis, and spinal instrumentation for injuries, infections, tumors, spondylolisthesis, and artificial disc replacement.
• He has investigated and treated over 250 patients with low back and neck pain using Radiofrequency (RF) Rhizotomy, a significant series presented at the American Congress of Neurological Sciences meeting.
• He has performed approximately 1500 microsurgical excisions of brain and spinal tumors, utilizing robotic frameless image guidance or frame-based stereotactic assistance.
• Dr. Prasad has conducted more than 4000 brain and spine surgeries at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.
• He conducted Asia's first Robotic spine surgery using the da Vinci robot at Apollo Hospital and was awarded the British Medical Journal Award (2014) for the "Surgical Team of the Year."
• In India, he was amongst the first users of artificial discs for Cervical and Lumbar disc Replacement (Bryan Disc) and Interspinous Dynamic stabilization devices before they were approved for use in the USA by the FDA.
• He is actively involved in social healthcare, particularly in head injury prevention and neuro-rehabilitation, founding and managing three neuro-rehabilitation centers for the less privileged.
• Dr. Prasad was the finalist at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards for South Asia (2015) for advocacy work on decreasing the impact of road traffic trauma.
• He was the head of India's Primary Trauma Care team, conducting head injury training programs for medical personnel and first responders.
• He is presently collaborating with the WHO to promote Assistive Technology for Neuro-rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and the elderly in Southeast Asia.
• Dr. Prasad has conducted OPDs in several cities in India and Africa, contributing significantly to medical tourism, particularly from East Africa, since 1998.
• Delhi Neurological Society felicitated him with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" (2019) for clinical and philanthropic contributions.
• He has presented many presentations at National and International meetings.
• Dr. Prasad is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), USA, Global Cooperation on Assistive Health Technology (GATE), Association of Spine Surgeons of India, Neurological Society of India, Delhi Spine Society, Primary Trauma Care Foundation UK (India Chapter), Indian Society for Critical Care Medicine, Neuro Trauma Society of India, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO).

Education

• MBBS, Ranchi University, 1979
• FRCS (Neurosurgery), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1983
• Fellowship (Spine Surgery), Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, 1995 - 1996
• Fellowship, Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK

Past Experience

• Clinical Tutor, Apollo Hospitals Educational & Research Foundation
• Founder Trustee, KARA Medical Foundation. 
• Honorary Medical Director, Indian Head Injury Foundation, New Delhi
• General Surgery/ Emergency pre-fellowship training, Senior House Officer level at Harrogate, Huddersfield, and Mallow
• Senior House Officer, Cork Regional Hospital, Cork, Ireland 1979 - 1980
• Registrar, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, 1983
• Registrar, Nottingham University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, 1984 - 1987
• Senior Registrar, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK, 1991 - 1992

Awards

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