Dr. K. Sri Krishna Chaitanya

OP Timings :

• Siddhartha medical college & Government General Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
• MBBS May 2002- December 2007
• Internship, Gandhi Medical Hospital, Secunderabad, India January 2008- January 2009
• NRI Academy of Sciences, Chinakakani, Guntur, India MS April 2010-April 2013 Orthopedics
• Government General Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Senior Residency August 2013- september 2013 Orthopedics
• Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. Spine Fellowship July 2013 Spine surgery
• ASSI – NEW DELHI, Park Clinic, Kolkata. Spine Fellowship October 2013- September 2015 Spine Surgery
• Park Clinic, Kolkata. Neurospine Fellowship October 2015- present Neurospine surgery
• KIMS, Hyderabad Consultant April -2016 Spine Surgery
• University Michigan, USA Spine Fellowship October 2016 Spine Surgery

• Presently working as Consultant Spine surgeon in department of Orthopedics & Spine Surgery, KIMS, Hyderabad.
• IASA Spine fellowship, USA.
• Selected for IASA mentorship program with Dr. Dilip Sengupta for 2016.
• Neurospine surgery fellowship for 6 months in department of Neurosurgery & spine surgery under mentorship of Dr. Sandip Chatterjee in Park Clinic, Kolkata, India.
• ASSI 2 year clinical Spine fellowship under mentorship of Dr. Saumyajit Basu, Park Clinic, Kolkata.
• Spine fellowship in Ganga Hospital in 2013 July under mentorship of Prof.S.Rajasekaran.

• Park Clinic, Kolkata. From 2013 October to March 2016.
  
• Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore in July 2013.
• University Michigan, USA in October 2016.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

• Member of AO Spine Asia Pacific.
  
• Member of Association of Spine Surgeons of India.
• Member of North America Spine Society.
• Member of Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
• Member of Orthopedic Surgeons Society of Andhra Pradesh.
• Member of Indo-American Spine Alliance.

• Case of acquired Chiari Type-1 Malformation secondary to lumbar TB arachnoiditis- selected for publication in neurology India.
  
• Classification and clinical evaluation of scoliosis- written for 7th edition of Turek’s textbook of orthopedics.
• Sacro-Pelvic parameter changes after surgery for High Grade Spondylolisthesis (HGS) -- does type of Fusion, amount of Reduction and the type of Spondylolisthesis matter? – published in SRS-2015 annual meeting & abstract book, IMAST-2015, KL.
• Prognostic factors and timeline of neurological recovery in surgically managed active dorsal spine tuberculosis with myelopathy- Abstract in Global spine journal-2015.
• MRI evaluation of healing features of dorsal caries spine- a prospective independent observer based study- abstract published in Global spine journal-2015.
• Analysis of complications of surgical management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in 171 patients in a single unit with average follow up of 47 months- IMAST2015, abstract book.
• Sacro-Pelvic parameter changes after surgery for High Grade Spondylolisthesis (HGS) -- does radiological improvement correlate with clinical improvement? - IMAST abstract book 2015.

• Indo-American Spine Alliance fellowship award in October 2016.
  
• IASA Mentorship program for 2016, as Prof Dilip Sengupta as my mentor.
• Won the AO Spine Asia Pacific research grant award for the year 2015.
• Presented in award session in Neurospinal surgeons association of India (NSSA) conference SPINE-2015, Goa, India.
• Awarded third place in quiz at SPINE-2015, annual meeting of Neurospinal surgeons association of India, Goa, India.
• Paper Presentation for VTI Gold medal session in ASSICON 2015, Pune, India.
• Awarded Dr. Dhanvantari Medal by Indian Orthopedic Association, AP chapter for my podium Presentation in OSSAPCON 2012.
• Spine Research Foundation grant for attending Global Spine Congress, Argentina 2015.

• Recovery patterns of delayed postoperative foot drop after lumbar fusion surgery-its association with reduction, type of pathology and type of surgery, presented in NASS session Spine Week-2016, Singapore.
  
• “Safety and efficacy of Transpedicular Decompression/ Debridement and Posterior Spinal fusion with instrumentation in patients with single level thoracic spinal Tuberculosis with myelopathy, Presented in ASSI session of spine week-2016, Singapore.
• “Magnetic Resonance Imaging features of healing status in Tuberculosis of spine - a prospective independent observer based study” podium presentation in GSC-2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• “Prognostic factors and timeline of neurological recovery in surgically managed active dorsal spine tuberculosis with myelopathy” as podium presentation in GSC-2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• “Sacro-Pelvic parameter changes after surgery for High Grade Spondylolisthesis (HGS) -- does radiological improvement correlate with clinical improvement? To be presented in IMAST-2015, Kualalumpur, Malaysia.
• Safety and efficacy of Transpedicular Decompression/ Debridement and Posterior Spinal fusion with instrumentation in patients with single level thoracic spinal Tuberculosis with myelopathy, Presented in APOA-2015, Mumbai.

• Presentation in award session on “analysis of conus tumors- review of 47 cases” at SPINE-2015, annual conference of Neurospinal surgeons association of India, Goa, India.
• Presentation on “Safety and efficacy of Transpedicular Decompression/ Debridement and Posterior Spinal fusion with instrumentation in patients with single level thoracic spinal Tuberculosis with myelopathy” in APOA-2015, Mumbai, India.
• Podium presented in VTI Gold medal session on “Sacro Pelvic Parameter Changes in High Grade Spondylolisthesis- does type of listhesis, type of fusion and amount of reduction matter ?” in ASSICON-2015, Pune, India.
• Presentation on “Safety and efficacy of Transpedicular Decompression/ Debridement and Posterior Spinal fusion with instrumentation in patients with single level thoracic spinal Tuberculosis with myelopathy” in ASSICON-2015, Pune, India.
• Presentation on Assessment of coronal plane flexibility in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): comparison of post-operative Cobb angle with supine Side Bending (SB), Traction (TR) And Fulcrum Bending (FB) Films. In ASSICON-2015, Pune, India.
• Presentation on Case of “A case report of Ilio-Psoas Abscess 7 years after L4 L5 Instrumented fusion - ? Late onset Implant infection” in ASSICON-2015, Pune, India.
• Case report presentation on “Disappearing Chiari Malformation” in ASSICON-2015, Pune, India.
• Podium Presentation on “Analysis of complications of surgical management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in 171 patients in a single unit with average follow-up of 47 months” in WBOACON 2015, Dhiga, India.
• Podium presentation on “Safety and efficacy of posterior Hemivertebrectomy and short segment fixation in patients with congenital scoliosis”. In Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual conference in Bhubaneswar, India, October-2014
• Scientific presentation on case report of “Drug resistant tuberculosis of spine in a child, managed successfully by combination of conservative and surgical treatment” in ASSICON 2014, in Kolkata, India.
• Management of “Peri-trochanteric fractures of Femur by PFN-116 CASES REVIEW”, Presented in OSSAPCON-2013, Warangal, India.
• Management of “Peri-trochanteric fractures of Femur by PFN-116 CASES REVIEW”, Presented in IOACON-2012, Chennai, India.
• Case study on Management of CARPO METACARPAL FRACTURE DISLOCATIONS –Early diagnosis essential in OSSAPCON 2012, India.

• AO spine research grant of 6000 CHF, for 2015.
• Spine research foundation grant of 1,25000 INR for GSC- 2015.

• Globus Cadaver course, Audoborn, Philadelphia, USA. In October 2016.
  
• Spine Week-2016, Singapore.
• Global Spine Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina MAY -2015.
• Asia Pacific Orthopedic association conference APOA-March-2015, Mumbai, India.
• International meeting for advanced Spinal techniques, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, IMAST-July-2015.

• West Bengal Orthopedic Association Conference (WBOACON) conducted in Dhiga, West Bengal, February-2015.
  
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India Conference (ASSICON) conducted in Pune, India, January-2015. Association of pediatric neuro surgeons of India conference (IndSPNCON) conducted in Bhubaneswar, October-2014.
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India Conference (ASSICON) conducted in Kolkata, India, January-2014.
• Instructional Course in Spine Conducted by ASSI, August-2013.
• Participated as a presenter in IOACON 2013, (Indian orthopedic association) Chennai, India.
• Participated as presenter in orthopedic surgeon’s society of Andhra Pradesh (OSSAPCON), February-2013, Warangal.
• Participated as presenter in OSSAPCON (orthopedic surgeon’s society of Andhra Pradesh) conducted in March 2012, Rajahmundry.
• Ilizarov national conference-2011, Solapur, India. (Spinal ilizarov demonstrated).
• Participated as delegate in IOACON-2010, (Indian orthopedic association), conducted in 2010, Jaipur. Attended AO introductory course, conducted in Vijayawada, January- 2013.
• Symposium on Skull Base surgery, conducted in park clinic, Kolkata march 2014. 13) Participated as a presenter in NEURO-CLUB, held in Park Clinic, Kolkata in august 2014.