Dr. Chandrashekar P.
Sr. Consultant & HOD - Orthopedics
MS (Orthopaedics), FIJS (Germany, USA and Belgium), FISS (S. Korea)
Department - Orthopaedics
Department - Orthopaedics
Dr. Chandrashekar P is a renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon with keen interest in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries of the Knee, Shoulder, and Hip. Before joining Sakra World Hospital, he was working with Fortis Hospitals from 2010 and continued until January 2014. Presently, he is serving as Senior Consultant and Head of Orthopedics, Sakra World Hospital. He is one of the leading Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeon in India treating patients from different states and many countries all over the world.
Dr. Chandrashekar P is one of the few surgeons in the country to perform Advanced Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement Surgeries. After joining Sakra World Hospital he has performed more than 6000 surgeries and to his credit, he has performed more than 2000 Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries in Sakra World Hospital and more than 10,000 such procedures so far.
He is a pioneer in minimally Invasive computer assisted knee peplacement in India and also one of the few surgeons performing Meniscal Repairs and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the state.
After finishing his MS (Orthopaedics), Dr. Chandrashekar P. did his Fellowship Training in Joint Replacement and Trauma at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai and moved to Germany and Belgium for his Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Training. He undertook Shoulder Arthroscopy and Replacement Fellowship training in South Korea. Dr. Chandrashekar completed Knee Resurfacing Surgery training in the USA and is one of the first in Karnataka to do the same, making him a pioneer in this technique.
- First Orthopedic surgeon to start knee resurfacing surgery in South India and has the highest number of surgeries in India
- First Orthopedic surgeon to start minimally invasive computer assisted knee replacement surgery in our state and has the highest numbers
- First Orthopedic surgeon to do computer assisted partial knee replacement in South India.
- First Orthopedic surgeon to perform Ultra button ACL Reconstruction in the state
- First Orthopedic surgeon to start Persona Knee with computer technology
- First Orthopedic surgeon to introduce Columbus AS Knee in our state
- First Orthopedic surgeon to introduce Verilast Knee Technology- Knee Replacement in our state
- Apart from Knee and Hip Replacement , Dr. Chandrashekar P performs key hole surgeries of the knee and has performed more than 2500 such procedures.
- He has participated at many national and international conferences as guest speaker and has performed live surgeries in conferences.
- Dr. Chandrashekar. P has a special interest in Arthritis in young patients and he did the first Knee Resurfacing Surgery in Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers of this technique in India.
- He has authored publications on Custom Fit Knee Replacement and Knee Resurfacing Surgeries.
Dr. Chandrashekar. P has expertise in Knee Resurfacing Surgery, Meniscal Transplant, Minimally Invasive computer assisted Knee Replacement Surgery, Custom-fit Knee Replacement, Unicompartmental Knee Replacement, Patellofemoral Replacement; Hip Resurfacing and Revision Surgery for Failed Replacements.
His expertise includes -
- Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine
- Ligament Reconstruction
- Meniscectomy
- Meniscal Repairs
- Multiple Ligament Injuries
- Surgery for Instability and Recurrent Dislocations
- Rotator Cuff Tears and SLAP Tears
- Chondral Stem Cell Grafting (Harvested Autologous Cartilage Culture Transfer)
- Mosaicplasty & Microfracture
- Meniscal transplant
