Dr. Karunakaran S

MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, DNB – Orthopaedics
Director – Spinal Surgery

Spine Surgeon- 19 Years of Experience

Doctor Profile

Dr. S. Karunakaran is an accomplished Spine surgeon with about 20 years of medical practice. Till date, he has successfully performed more than thousand spine surgeries of various type and complexities including scoliosis, cervical spine pathologies, thoracotomies, laparotomy, disc replacement surgeries etc.Dr. Karunakaran is a pioneer in percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy under local anaesthesia for disc prolapse in Tamilnadu and is also the first to have used INSPACE-interspinous implant for lumbar canal stenosis-Key hole spine surgery local anaesthesia. He is aadept at pain management techniques of spine like Foraminal epidural steroid injection, Facetal blocks, Discography.

Education

MBBS – Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital,Annamalai University,, 1994
MS – Orthopaedics – Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 2000
DNB – Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery – Medical Council of India, 2001
Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery – Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 2004

Memberships

Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association
Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS)
Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery

Experience

1995 – 1997 Medical Office in Surgical Gastroentrology at Wellington Hospitals
2000 – 2003 Junior Orthopedic Consultant at MIOT Hospitals
2005 – 2017 Contract Medical Consultant ( Dept of Orthopaedics ) at Government General Hospital
2003 – 2004 Consultant Spine Surgeon at Meenakshi Mission Hospital
2000 – 2003 Junior Orthopedic Consultant at MIOT Hospitals