Dr. Rajendra Prasad    

Dr. Rajendra Prasad           
Senior Consultant
Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery 

      
Registration                    :    Full Registration with GMC. (U.K.),
                                                Medical Council of India and Delhi    
                                                Medical   Council              
         

Past Experience

Registrar in Neurosurgery at the “National Hospital for Nervous Diseases” London – 1983.

Registrar in Neurosurgery at “Nottingham University, Queens Medical Centre”, Nottingham. U. K. 3 years - 1984 to 1987.

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon. “Stephen’s Hospital, Tirath Ram Hospital & Moolchand Hospital”, New Delhi - 1988 to 1991

Senior Registrar in “Neurosurgery at Frenchay Hospital”, Bristol. U.K. 1991-1992.

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon “Social Insurance Hospital”, Riyadh 1993-1994.

 
Zimmer Spine Fellow: “Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital”, Stanmore. London, U.K. 1995 - 1996.


Special Interests
 
Spine surgery:  including microdiscectomy for cervical and lumbar discs and instrumentation for spinal injuries.

Paediatric neurosurgery      

Microsurgery and stereotactic surgery for brain tumours.

Endoscopy for pituitary tumours.

X-Knife treatment of brain tumours and vascular malformations.

Neuro-rehabilitation for head and spine injuries.



International Conferences & Workshops Attended

Microsurgery Workshop:  One week Newcastle U. K. – 1983

Instructional course in Paediatric Neurosurgery: One week.  Marseilles. France- 1986

WFNS: World Congress- New Delhi India- 1989

Surgical dynamics workshop on Ray threaded cage – Paris 1991

American Association of Orthopaedics – Annual conference –1995 New Orleans.  U.S.A

British Orthopaedic Association- Annual meeting London 1995

Neuroendoscopy workshop, in Mainz, West Germany 1998.

workshop on Bryan Artificial Cervical Disc: Memphis U.S.A. 2002.

Faculty: International Master Spine Course – March 2002 Goa- India

Faculty: First Instructional Course in Spine Surgery- Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India - Coimbatore, India in August 2003

Guest Faculty:  4th Armed Forces Neurosciences Update 2004 at the Army Hospital (R & R) Delhi Cantt New Delhi

Faculty: International Spine & Spinal Injuries Conference (ISICON 2004) at the Indian Spinal Injury Centre - March 2004 New Delhi

Faculty & Organizing Secretary:  2nd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery - Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – New Delhi, India in October 2004

Faculty:  Annual Association of Spine Surgeons of India meeting in January 2005  -   at Bangalore, India

Faculty:  3rd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery - Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – in Mumbai, India in August 2005. 



Membership & Fellowship

Executive Committee & Life Member:  Association of Spine Surgeons of India.
1.Life Member:  Neurological Society of India.
2.Vice President and founder member: Delhi Spine Society.
3.Delhi Medical Council.
4.Indian Medical council.
5.Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of India.
6.Fellow, Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery. U. K.


Research Experience

“Cerebral salt wasting following subarachnoid haemorrhage”- Nottingham University Hospital. U.K. 1984-1987

“Technological interface for spinal cord injury patients” ongoing project with Department of Biomedical Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology. (IIT). New Delhi.

First Word Spine Congress – Berlin. Germany 2000

Live surgery workshop on lumbar spine surgery with guest lecture: Port Louis, Mauritius – 2001 and 2002.

Publication
“Advantages of MRI in planning surgical strategy in Paediatric Intracranial Tumours” Annual Conference Neurosurgical Society of India – 1986.

“Stereotactic radiotherapy for brain tumours” Annual meeting of Association of Neuroanaesthetist of Eastern India- Cuttack 1998.

“Instrumentation in spinal injuries” National Neurotrauma Conference- Nagpur – 1998

“Spinal Instrumentation: Experience at Apollo Hospital” - Annual Conference, Neurosurgical Society of India – Jaipur. December 1999.

“Morbidity & complications of spinal instrumentation”: Assessment of 100 cases- Annual Conference Neurosurgical Society of India – Mumbai. December 2001.

“Spinal instrumentation” Annual meeting of Association of Neuroscientists of Eastern India.  Guwahati Assam 2001

“Endoscopic trans-nasal pituitary tumour surgery- assessments of results” Annual Conference Neurosurgical Society of India - Cochin, Kerala 2002.

“Newer surgical options in the treatment of diseases of the Thoraco lumbar spine” – AO workshop, Kanpur India

“Trans-oral decompression of the upper cervical spine” at Coimbatore in August 2003.

Cervical spine injury- when to operate? Spine Congress-September 2003 at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi – India.

“Anterior cervical plating after anterior cervical discectomy & fusion” at the NSI National Conference at Chandigarh December -2003

“Microsurgical Laminotomy without Laminectomy for Lumbar Canal Stenosis: Review of 70 consecutive cases.” at the annual meeting of Association of Spine Surgeons of India at Pune Jan. 2004

“Anterior cervical plating after anterior cervical discectomy” at the 4th Armed Forces Neurosciences Update – February 2004 

“Other techniques of Atlanto Axial Fixation” at International Spine & Spinal Injuries Conference –March 2004 New Delhi

“Use of Halo Vest & Traction”  at 2nd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery – Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – October 2004

“Anterior Cervical Vertebral Resection & Stabilization Techniques”   presented at the Association of  Spine Surgeons of India annual meeting, January 2005 at Bangalore – India

“Surgery for Cervical Disc Prolapse:  Results of Cervical Fusion & Plating”    presented at the Association of Spine Surgeons of India annual meeting, January 2005 at Bangalore – India

“Spinal Instrumentation – Evaluation of Morbidity related to 240 consecutive cases”: ASSI annual meeting January 2005 Bangalore. India

“Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery” 4th international medical symposium organized by CII & APPNA (Association of Physician of Pakistani-descent of North America) presented at Mumbai on 14th February 2005

“Spinal Instrumentation – Evaluation of Morbidity related to 250 consecutive cases”: at the 3rd South Asian Neurosurgical Congress (Karachi, Pakistan 17th to 19th March 2005)

Guest Speaker at the breakfast symposium on recent advances in pituitary surgery at the 3rd South Asian Neurosurgical Congress (Karachi Pakistan 17th to 19th March 2005).

“Surgery of OPLL”  at 3rd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery – Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – Mumbai India August 2005

“Is laminectomy necessary for lumbar canal stenosis? Microsurgical Laminotomy laminectomy for Lumbar Canal Stenosis review of 85 consecutive cases” - 3rd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery – Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – Mumbai India August 2005

Surgery for cervical disc prolapse : Results of Cervical fusion and Plating”  3rd Instructional Course in Spine Surgery – Spine Society of Europe & Association of Spine Surgeons of India – Mumbai India August 2005.

Local Trauma Prospective to be present at: Primary Trauma Care Course to be held at New Delhi in September 2005.