About

Innovation is a word that is immediately associated with Dr. Ashok Rajgopal. An orthopedic surgeon of international repute, he has several firsts to his credit. He performed the first bilateral total knee replacement surgery, the first minimally invasive joint replacement surgery in India, the first virtual total knee replacement using patient-specific instrumentation, and was the first surgeon to use gender-specific knees in India. A profile surgeon, he has to his credit, more than 39,000 total knee replacement surgeries and over 60,000 arthroscopic surgeries for sports injuries. A designer surgeon, he was on the design team of the Persona knee system developed by Zimmer. He is also the designer of the instruments used in minimally invasive total knee replacement which are currently used by surgeons worldwide. His enduring passion for practicing and advancing medical and surgical sciences has seen him win a number of awards

Work Experience

• 2009 – 2016 orthopedics at Medanta Medicity

Expertise

Arthroscopic Ligament Surgeries

Arthroplasty Surgeries

Hip Surgery

Awards & Accomplishment

• Knee Ratna Award, IMA-New Delhi.
• Distinguished Service Award-Delhi Doctor Association in the year 2004.
• Bharat Shiromani Award for the professional excellence in the field of Orthopedics in 2004.
• Awarded Padma Shri award for the recognition of surgical excellence and contribution to the field of Orthopaedics in the year 2014.
• Lifetime award from Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS)