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