Dr. M D S Sasidharan is a fellowship-trained Spine Surgeon with an overall 7 years of experience in this specialty. He is trained under the stalwarts of Spine surgery In India and aboard with multiple fellowships to his credit. He has completed the prestigious ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India) fellowship for 2 years, as one among the nine members who got selected through all India entrance exams trained under the mentorship of Dr. Sajan K. Hegde in Apollo Hospitals, AO SPINE fellowship under Prof. Rajasekaran in Ganga hospitals and Advanced training at multiple centers in South Korea.
Dr. Sasidharan's repertoire of work covers the entire gamut of spinal disorders including spinal deformity, tumors, spinal injuries, infection, and degenerative diseases. He has performed around 1000+ major spinal surgeries so far with a wide variety of state-of-art procedures in the surgical management of spinal deformities and spondylolisthesis. He is known for day-care spine procedures which are the least invasive, with no blood loss, no scar, faster recovery, and quicker return to normalcy. He is extensively trained in the latest cutting-edge technologies like Robotic, Endoscopic, and Non-fusion Spine surgeries. He is one of the few surgeons in the world who is trained in performing Non-Fusion scoliosis surgery(VBT) for Scoliosis deformity correction. He has delivered many presentations and lectures at national and international conferences.
Training in Spine Surgery
- GSM Spine Observer-ship Program 2022, Seoul, South Korea
- AO SPINE - Asia Pacific Spine fellowship 2021, Ganga Hospitals, Coimbatore, India
- Robotic and Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship 2021, Apollo Main Hospitals, Chennai, India.
- Advanced Training in Spine Surgery 2019,-Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India.
He is an esteemed and active member of National and International Spine societies including:
- AO Spine
- North American Spine Society
- Association of Spine Surgeons of India (Lifetime member)
- Indian Medical Association (Lifetime member)
- Indian Orthopedic Association (Lifetime member)
- Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association (Lifetime member)
- Chennai Ortho Spine Society (Lifetime member)
- Canara Spine Form, Mangalore (Founding member)
Expertise:
- Injection procedures for disc prolapse and spinal pain
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Spinal Deformity correction – paediatric and adult
- Non Fusion Scoliosis correction
- Cervical and Lumbar disc replacement
- Spinal fusion procedures
- Treatment of Spinal injuries and fractures
- Osteoporotic spinal fractures – Vertebroplasty, Balloon Kyphoplasty
- Spinal infections & Spinal tumour surgery
- Spinal deformity surgery