Dr. Ashok Rajgopal

Biography

• Dr Ashok Rajgopal is one of the most experienced & respected Orthopaedic surgeon in India, currently working as a Group Chairman at Medanta the Medicity.
• With a coveted experience of over 32 years, he has a ground-breaking record of completing 25,000 Total Knee Replacement surgeries.
• Dr Rajgopal was the honorary surgeon to the President of India.
• Being an expert in sports medicine he had treated a number of famous sports persons like Pullela Gopichand (badminton player suffered a career threatening knee injury while playing doubles at the 1994 National Games at Pune).
• Some of his special interests include knee surgery, joint replacement surgery, arthroscopic surgery, and arthroplastic surgeries.
• After completed his MBBS from AFMC and MS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, he also did Mch from University of Liverpool in 1983.
• Dr. Ashok did FRCS in General Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdoms in 2010.
• He is also the first orthopaedic surgeon in India to perform Bilateral Total Knee Replacement surgery &MIS Unicompartmental surgery.
• Dr. Rajgopal was also the the first to perform total knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation.
• He hold a unique distinction of performing 28 Knee Replacement surgeries in under 12 hours.
• 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.
• Dr Ashok has been the prestigious Padma Shri recipient which is the fourth highest civilian award.
• He has his articles in renowned print media like Times of India ,The Hindu, The New Indian Express.
• He is an esteemed member of associations like The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS).

Education

• MBBS, 1974, AFMC, Pune

• MS, 1979, AIIMS, New Delhi

• MCh, 1983, University of Liverpool

• FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Experience

• Chairman, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
• Chairman, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
• Consultant, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
• Consultant, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
• Chairman, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon
• Director, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
• Head of Department, Sitaram Bhartia Institute
• Senior Consultant, Moolchand Hospital, New Delhi
• Senior Consultant, Sehgal Neurological Research Institute, Kailash Colony, New Delhi.
• Senior Resident, Ormskirk General Hospital, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Specialization & Expertise