Orthopaedics

DEPARTMENT

PRE-CLINICAL

PARA-CLINICAL

CLINICAL

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS

H.O.D. Profile

NAME: Dr. R. Selvaraj,M.S

EMAIL:drrselvaraj@gmail.com

Contact Number :9444024564

Experience :22 years

Publications :International – 1

Area Of Interest

Trauma
Ilizarov Surgeries
Hip Arthrosplasty

Expertise:

Trauma Surgeries
Limb reconstruction
Hip arthroplasty
Tumour Surgeries

Achievements

Secretary, Tamilnadu Orthopedic Assn 2006-2008
President, Tamilnadu Orthopedic Assn 2013-2014
Senior Vice President, Orthopedic Assn of South Indian states 2019 – 2020
Best Doctor award, The TN Dr.MGR Medical University – 2012
Life time achievement award, Indian Ortho Assn – 2003
Collector’s Appreciation award – 2018
Dean’s Commendation award – MMC – 2002

FACULTY

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS
S.No.	Name	Designation	Qualification	Reg. No
1	Dr. R. Selvaraj	Professor & HOD	M.S.	37972
2	Dr. R. Annamalai	Professor	M.S, M.Ch	63301
3	Dr. A Manoharan	Professor	M.S	47338
4	Dr.Arvind Kumar K	Professor	M.S	82002
5	Dr. B. Arun Kumar	Assistant Professor	M.S.	123620
6	Dr. Saravanakumar P	Assistant Professor	DNB	108565
7	Dr K Sendil	Senior Resident	DNB	157243
8	Dr. K. Prem Kumar	Senior Resident	M.S.	109198
9	Dr N Vinay Kumar	Senior Resident	M.S	154248
10	Dr Vignesh S V	Senior Resident	M.S	130361
11	Dr.N.Kanchan	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	135212
12	Dr. Chetenora Prasad G	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	137470
13	Dr. R Midhun	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	137431
14	Dr. Mohammed Jiyath A A	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	120000
15	Dr. R. Thanikachalam	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	56231
16	Dr. Joel Cherian Joseph	Junior Resident	M.B.B.S.	80572/kerala

ABOUT DEPARTMENT

Department of Orthopedics is one of the core surgical department which is headed by Professor Dr. R Selvaraj. The department caters to provide supreme care in diagnosis and management of orthopaedic disorders and patients of road traffic accidents. The department comprises of mixture of experienced and fellowship trained faculties who can efficiently deal with all the subspecialties like arthroscopy, spine, foot, ankle, arthroplasty, and complex fractures.

We have two functioning units that delivers inpatient and outpatient care to unprivileged area of Kanchipuram district. Daily average OPD is about 105-110 with 8-10 operations (including major and minor surgery) performed in a day. The orthopaedic OT is equipped with state-of-the-art equipments like image intensifier, power instruments, high definition arthroscopic workstation, instruments and radiofrequency ablation instrument.

The department has adequate staff as per the statutory norms for guiding undergraduate and postgraduate students. Department offers training for 100 undergraduates. Every year 2 postgraduate students are perusing their postgraduate training since 2017. All the faculties are actively involved in teaching and grooming the future orthopods in handling the patients with orthopaedic diseases, trauma and disaster management.

Department of orthopaedics conduct interdepartmental training activities with other clinical departments such as Radiology, ENT and General Surgery.

RESEARCH

Total number of Publications: 12 National: 8 International: 4

Sl No.	Publication Title
1	Clinical outcomes of AO Philos plating for proximal humerus fractures
2	Comparison of plate osteosynthesis vs interlock nailing of humerus shaft fractures
3	Correlation of anthropometric measurements with bone mineral density in South Indian population; international journal of orthopaedics sciences
4	Analysis of tricompartmental osteoarthritis knee treated with total knee arthroplasty journal of orthopaedic education
5	Analysis of tricompartmental osteoarthritis knee treated with total knee arthroplasty; journal of orthopaedic education
6	A study of functional evaluation of unstable proximal humerus fracture treated with locking compression plate; international journal of orthopaedics traumatology & surgical sciences
7	Functional outcome after intramedullary k wire fixation of fifth metacarpal neck fractures; JEMDS
8	Multilevel disc degeneration in young individuals – a prospective MRI study of 100 computer professionals
9	Cavitating tuberculous osteomyelitis of calcaneum – a rare case report
10	Correlation of anthropometric measurements with bone mineral density in South Indian population; international journal of orthopaedics sciences
11	Functional outcome of surgical management of closed tibial condylar fractures in adults
12	Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy in a high-risk cardiac patient

FACILITIES

Inpatient and outpatient services with state-of-art operation theatre with vertical laminar flow and HEPA filter.
Well-equipped library with adequate number of books.
Special Clinics: special clinics are run by department between 10 AM to 12.30 PM

Monday Arthroplasty
Tuesday Hand Injuries
Wednesday Spine Clinic
Thursday Sports Clinic
Friday Paediatric clinic
Saturday Fracture Clinic

NEWS & EVENTS

Sl. No	Name of the Event	Date when organized	Total number of participants
1	Cadaveric workshop	2014	100
2	National conference: Spine and general trauma	3.1.2015, 4.1.2015	200
3	CME: Osteoporosis	20.10. 2016	150
4	CME: Orthopedics neurology	21.11. 2017	140
5	CME: Osteoporosis today	17.11.2018	150
6	Arthroscopy – Update	2018	79

PG DISSERTATIONS

Name of the Student	PG Guide	Co-guide	Duration	Year of dissertation acceptance	Year of Course completion
Dr. C. Balaji	Dr. K Nagappan	Dr. S Rajadurai	2017-2020	2020	2020
Dr. Vivek	Dr. R Annamalai	Dr. Arvind Kumar	2017-2020	2020	2020

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Sl. No	Name of the faculty who received award	Name of the award	Year when award received	Level of the award (State/ National/ International)	Awarding Agency
Sl. No	Name of the faculty who received award	Name of the award	Year when award received	Level of the award (State/ National/ International)	Awarding Agency
1	Dr. R Selvaraj	Best doctor award	2012	National	Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
2	Dr. R Selvaraj	Certificate of appreciation of President	2014	National	TNOA
3	Dr. R. Annamalai	Entrepreneurs award	2015	National	TOI
4	Dr. R. Annamalai	Best entrepreneurs award	2016	National	TOI
5	Dr. R Selvaraj	Certificate of merit	2018	National	Collector of Kanyakumari
6	Dr. R. Annamalai	Medical academic entrepreneur award	2018	National	IMA
7	Dr. R. Annamalai	State presidency appreciation award for individual member contribution to IMA	2018	National	IMA
8	Dr. R. Annamalai	Life time achievement award	2019	State	D. I. C. E

RESULTS

Undergraduates:

Year		No. of students appeared	No. of students passed	Pass %age
2014-15	Feb-2014	54	48	93.9
2014-15	Aug 2014	33	33	100
2015-16	Feb-2015	92	86	93.4
2015-16	Aug 2015	49	41	83.6
2016-17	Feb-2016	101	88	86.1
2017-18	Feb-2017	99	86	86.8
2017-18	Aug 2017	14	13	99
2018-19	Feb-2018	99	93	93.9
2018-19	Aug 2018	6	6	100