Prasad Ortho Care

DR. G. THIRUVENGITA PRASAD

MBBS, DNB

Consultant

SPECIALTY

Orthopaedics

LOCATION

M R C Nagar, Chennai

CLINICAL FOCUS AND EXPERTISE

  • Trauma
  • Joint Replacement
  • Arthroscopic Surgery

CAREER

  • 2012- till date: Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Nova Specialty Hospitals, Chennai.
  • 2008- Dec. 2011: Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Fortis Malar Hospitals, Chennai.
  • 2002- Aug. 2008: Junior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Malar Hospitals, Chennai.
  • 2001- Dec. 2001: Senior Registrar, Malar Hospitals, Chennai.
  • May 2001- Aug. 2001: Sr. Registrar, Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Chennai.
  • March 2000- May 2001: Sr. Registrar, Sri Balaji Hospitals, Chennai.
  • 1997- March 2000: DNB Resident, Tamilnad Hospitals, Chennai.

FACULTY EXPERIENCE

  • Conducted the Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty workshop at TNOACON, Coutralam, 2010.

EDUCATION

  • N.B. Orthopedic Surgery in 2001 by the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
  • N.B. Primary in 1997 by the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
  • Compulsory Rotating Resident Intern at Stanley Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, 1996.
  • B.B.S. in 1996 by The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai.

FELLOWSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Exactech Fellow in Arthroplasty, 2010, Netherlands & France
  • Plus Fellow in Arthroplasty & Arthroscopy, 2008, Aarau, Switzerland.
  • AO Basic Course.
  • AO Advanced Course.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Distinction in Anatomy, Oto-rhino-laryngology, Community Medicine and Forensic Medicine
  • Best Paper Award in MOS 2010 for Functional outcome of severely comminuted bicondylar tibial plateau fractures treated with dual plating

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED

  • Arthroscopic debridement of the knee joint in primary degenerative arthritis – Medium-term evaluation of results. Thesis submitted for the award of the degree of Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations, Orthopaedic Surgery.
  • Treatment of open fractures of long bones with primary interlocking nail fixation – Medium-term evaluation of results TNOA-CON 1998, Salem, India.
  • Rupture of the calcaneal tendon in a patient with Alkaptonuria – A case study
  • TNOA-CON 1999, Madurai, India.
  • ACL reconstruction using patellar tendon autograft – short term evaluation of results. TNOA-CON 1999, Madurai, India
  • Brace–free rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction- A long term evaluation of results. TNOA-CON 2003, Kanyakumari, India.
  • Arthroscopic debridement of the knee joint in primary degenerative arthritis – long term evaluation of results. IOACON 2003, Chennai, India.
  • Surgical management of humeral shaft fractures – A comparison of results of plate fixation and intramedullary nailing. TNOACON 2006, Chennai, India.
  • Activity restriction after total hip replacement – Is it essential Annual meeting of ISHKS, 2008, Chennai, India.
  • Immediate full weight- bearing after cementless total hip replacement- How does it affect the outcome TNOACON 2008, Kodaikanal, India.
  • Functional outcome of severe bicondylar tibial plateau fractures treated with dual plating. TNOACON 2010, Kuttralam, India.
  • Tibial Plateau Fractures: An overview
  • 2nd National AO Trauma Conference, 2012, Chennai.
  • Functional outcome of Schatzker V and VI tibial plateau fractures treated with dual plating IOACON, 2012, Chennai, India.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

  • Percutaneous pinning for non- comminuted extra- articular fractures of distal radius, Indian Journal of Orthopedics, Sep. 2011, Vol. 45, Issue 5. Corresponding Author.
  • Functional Outcome of Severe Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures Treated with Dual Plates, Accepted for publication in
  • Indian Journal of Orthopedics. Primary Author and Corresponding Author.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Medical Council of India
  • Tamilnadu State Medical Council
  • Madras Orthopedic Society
  • Tamilnadu Orthopedic Association