About Dr. Ashok Rajgopal
- Ashok Rajgopal is an internationally renowned and PadmaShri recipient, Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon, at Medanta – The Medicity Hospital,Gurgaon, Delhi NCR.
- Rajgopal touched a big milestone of completing 30,000 Total Knee Replacement surgeries in 41 years of practice.
- In addition, he has performed more than 15,000 arthroscopic surgeries for ligament repairs and reconstructions.
- Rajgopal holds the unique distinction of performing 28 Total Knee Replacement surgeries in under 12 hours, In February 2016.
- He has several firsts to his credit ,he is the first to perform total knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation in India..
- He is also the first to perform minimally invasive total knee replacement in India.
- He is a designer surgeon and a member of the design team responsible for the design and development of the latest knee implant, The Persona Knee.
- He successfully developed instruments for MIS total knee replacement surgery which were later patented by Zimmer and are used by knee replacement surgeons worldwide.
Qualification
- MBBS – Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, 1974
- MS – Orthopaedics – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1979
- FRCS – General Surgery – Royal College Of Surgeon Of Edinburgh, Uk, 2010
Work Experience
Specialties
Orthopedic surgeon
Award
- Distinguished Service Award-Delhi Doctor Association in the year – 2004
- Dr. Rajgopal has been awarded the Honorary FRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons 11 Mar,2011
- Padma Shri awardee
- Dr B C Roy awardee
- Dr. Ashok Rajgopal was awarded the Padmashri by H. E. The President of India on the eve of our 65th Republic Day on 25th Jan, 2014
Treatment
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FAQ
A: Dr. Ashok Rajgopal practices at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital – Charni Road.
A: Patients frequently visit Dr. Ashok Rajgopal for Orthognathic Surgery, Joint Replacement Surgery.
A: Dr. Ashok Rajgopal has the following qualifications – MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, FRCS – General Surgery.
A: Dr. Ashok Rajgopal specialises as Orthopedic surgeon.
