Rajendra Prasad

Neurosurgeon

FRCS (Glasgow), FRCS (Neurosurgery) CCST (U.K) Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery
Clinical Coordinator Department of Neurosurgery Indraprastha Apollo Hospital,
Mathura Road, Sarita Vihar
New Delhi‐ India – 110076

Special Interests

⋅ Spine surgery: Minimal Invasive spine surgery including microdiscectomy for cervical and lumbar discs and spinal instrumentation.

⋅ Ac ute head and spine injuries and neuro‐intensive care.
⋅ Micro surgery and stereotactic surgery for brain and spine tumours.

⋅ Neuro‐rehabilitation for head and spine injuries.

Research Projects

  • “Design and Development of technological aids to rehabilitate spinal cord
  • injury patients” ongoing project with Department of Biomedical Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology. (IIT). New Delhi (Obtained a grant of Rs. 26,33,000 from Government of India for this project)
  • Effects of Hyberbaric oxygen on acute head and spinal injuries’ together with the hyperbaric Oxygen unit at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.
  • Tuberculosis of the spine: retrospective study of diagnosis and treatment of 48 cases and ongoing prospective study.

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Gold Honour

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