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Dr. (Lt Col) P. Prabhakar

Associate Clinical Director & Head Department of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement

Speciality

Orthopaedics

Qualification

MBBS, DNB (Orthopedics), MNAMS, FIMSA, Fellow in Complex Primary & Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty (Switzerland)

Experience

20 Years

Location

CARE Hospitals, Nampally, Hyderabad

Best Orthopaedic Surgeon In Hyderabad

Brief Profile

Dr. (Lt Col) P. Prabhakar is the Associate Clinical Director & Head Department of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement. He is the best orthopaedic surgeon in Hyderabad with over 20 years of experience. He completed his MBBS from JNMC College, Belgaum in the year 1996 and DNB in Orthopedics from St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi in the year 2003. 

He did FIMSA from Delhi in the year 2019 and AO Trauma Course - Basic, Advanced & Masters. He did specialized Knee Surgery Clinical Fellowship of Complex Primary and Revision Total Knee Replacement at Kantonsspital Baselland Bruderholz, Basel, Switzerland under Prof Michael T Hirschmann, Prof & Head Knee Unit and Revision Knee Bioskills Workshop Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand in 2018. 

His expertise lies in Primary and Complex Primary Knee Arthroplasty, Revision Knee Arthroplasty, Primary Hip Arthroplasty, Revision Hip Arthroplasty, Complex Trauma, and Paediatric Orthopaedics


Field(s) of Expertise

  • Primary and Complex Primary Knee Arthroplasty

  • Revision Knee Arthroplasty

  • Primary Hip Arthroplasty

  • Revision Hip Arthroplasty

  • Complex Trauma

  • Paediatric Orthopaedics


Research and Presentations

  • THR in Ochronotic Arthropathy

  • Tibial Base Plate loosening in Attune TKR system

  • Wound Care Current Concepts and Technological Advances - CME on Damage Control Orthopaedics - Base Hospital, Lucknow

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty - Military Hospital Secunderabad

  • Total Elbow Replacement - 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam

  • Bone Conserving Arthroplasty at The National Ortho Update at Military Hospital Kirkee

  • Fractures of the Distal Femur at Military Hospital Kirkee 9.Giant Cell Tumor Military Hospital, Kirkee


Publications

  • Dissertation Topic: A Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Operative Profile of Patients with Prolapsed Inter Vertebral Discs, wherein MRI and surgical findings showed a complete correlation in 88.6% of the cases
  • Management of Femoral Head Fractures Associated with Posterior Dislocation of Hip Co-Author, Poster Presentation IOACON 2009 Bangalore

  • Posterior instability after posterior cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty is an underreported cause (or revision surgery - findings from a specialized centre for painful total knee arthroplasty Scientific Exhibit AAOS 2019 Abstract

  • Perspectives and Consensus among International Orthopaedic Surgeons during Initial and Mid-lockdown Phases of Coronavirus Disease Journal of Hand & Microsurgery 2020

  • Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Capitate - A case Report Journal of Hand & Microsurgery 2021


Education

  • ​​​​​MBBS from JNMC College, Belgaum in the year 1996

  • DNB in Orthopedics from St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi in the year 2003. 

  • FIMSA from Delhi in the year 2019

  • AO Trauma Course Basic, Advanced & Masters

  • Specialized Knee Surgery Clinical Fellowship of Complex Primary and Revision Total Knee Replacement at Kantonsspital Baselland Bruderholz, Basel, Switzerland under Prof Michael T Hirschmann, Prof & Head Knee Unit

  • Revision Knee Bioskills Workshop Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand - Nov 2018

  • IMRI Fellowship in Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty at Adelaide, Australia under Prof Jegan Krishnan, Director IMRI & Former Chair Flinders Medical University - June 2019

  • ISKSAA Travelling Aberdeen Fellowship under Prof Kapil Kumar Unit Clinical Director Surgical Div II, Woodend Hospital and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Sept-Oct 2019


Awards and Recognitions

  • Dr. Balu Sankaran Gold Medal Orthopaedics Dec - 2002


Fellow/Membership

  • Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences - 2003

  • ATLS Member Since - 2010

  • Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) - 2015

  • International Society for Knowledge for Surgeons on Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty (ISKSAA) - 2017

  • Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy - 2019

  • Indian Orthopaedic Association (Life Member)


Past Positions

  • Classified Specialist Orthopaedics and HOD, Military Hospital, Secunderabad

  • Classified Specialist Orthopaedics and HOD, 5 Air Force Hospitals

  • Classified Specialist Orthopaedics, Military Hospital Kirkee, Pune

  • Sr. Registrar at St. Stephen Hospital

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