Doctor Ashok Rajgopal

• Joint replacement and orthopedic surgeon

• Chairman

• MBBS, MS, MCh, FRCS.
• Gurgaon, India.
• Works at  Medanta-The Medicity Gurgaon.
• 33 years’ worth of expertise.

About the doctor

• With over 32 years of expertise, Dr. Ashok Rajgopal is one of India’s most skilled orthopedic surgeons.
• He has performed 25,000 total knee replacement procedures, which is a record.
• Dr. Rajgopal served as the President of India’s honorary surgeon.
• Being a specialist in sports medicine, he had treated many well-known athletes, including Pullela Gopichand, a badminton player who suffered a knee injury that could have ended her career while playing doubles at the 1994 National Games in Pune.
• His areas of expertise include arthroscopic surgery, arthroplastic surgery, joint replacement surgery, and knee surgery.
• In 1983, he earned his Mch from the University of Liverpool in addition to his MBBS from the AFMC and MS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
• In 2010, Dr. Ashok earned his FRCS in general surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK.
• He is also the first orthopaedic surgeon in India to do MIS Unicompartmental surgery and bilateral total knee replacement surgery.
• Additionally, Dr. Rajgopal was the first to use patient-specific instruments to do a total knee replacement.
• He is famous for finishing 28 knee replacement procedures in less than 12 hours.
• He is a designer surgeon and a member of the design team that created and developed The Persona Knee, the most recent knee implant.
• The fourth highest civilian honor, the coveted Padma Shri, was given to Dr. Ashok.
• He publishes his articles in well-known print publications including The Hindu, Times of India, and The New Indian Express.
• He is a highly respected participant in organizations like ISAKOS, which stands for International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.

Hospital

• Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon.

Main Interest

• Arthroscopic surgeries, knee surgery, and bone and joint replacement

Doctor Ashok Rajgopal’s Work Experience

• Chairman of Gurgaon’s Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• Chairman of Gurgaon’s Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• Fortis Memorial Research Institute consultant, Gurgaon.
• Fortis Memorial Research Institute consultant, Gurgaon.
• Chairman of Gurgaon’s Medanta-The Medicity.
• Director of Gurgaon’s Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• Sitaram Bhartia Institute department head.
• Senior Consultant, New Delhi’s Moolchand Hospital.
• Senior Consultant, Kailash Colony, New Delhi’s Sehgal Neurological Research Institute.
• Senior Resident, Lancashire’s Ormskirk General Hospital, United Kingdom

Education

• MBBS, AFMC, Pune, 1974.
• AIIMS, New Delhi, MS, 1979.
• University of Liverpool, MCh, 1983.
• Edinburgh’s Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS.

Awards

• received the coveted Padma Shri award in 2014 in appreciation of his surgical prowess and contributions to the area of orthopedics, the fourth highest civilian honor. received the Lifetime Award from the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society as well as the Knee Ratna Award from the Indian Medical Association, New Delhi.

Published Paper

• Dr. Ashok Rajgopal’s edited book “Knee Surgery” was published during the AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) convention in New Orleans, USA.