Dr. Saurabh Rawall

Dr. Saurabh Rawall (MBBS – AIIMS New Delhi, MS – Orthopaedics AIIMS New Delhi, DNB – Spine Fellowship FNB, Fellowship in Adult Spine Surgery – University of Calgary Canada, Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery – Sydney Australia) is Senior Consultant in Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. His 18+ years of experience and completion of more than 2000 spine surgeries makes him one of the most comprehensively trained spine surgeons in India, one of the very few who has completed a full one year clinical spine fellowship in North America. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: At Indraprastha Apollo since January 2021; 18+ years. - __Procedures Performed__: Minimally invasive spine surgery, microdiscectomy, spinal fusion and fixation surgery, scoliosis and kyphosis correction surgery, neuromuscular scoliosis surgery, cervical myelopathy surgery, lumbar canal stenosis decompression surgery, spinal trauma and injury management, spinal tuberculosis (including drug-resistant TB), vertebroplasty for osteoporotic fractures, spondylolisthesis surgery, and epidural nerve root blocks for pain management. ### Innovations & Contributions - __Comprehensive International Training__: Completed combined Adult Neurosurgery/Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship at University of Calgary, Canada for 1 year (2012) and Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery at Sydney, Australia, Fellowship at Hinduja Hospital Mumbai, selected for Senior Spine Fellowship at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK (2014) and AO Spine Fellowship (2012). - __Academic Excellence__: MBBS from AIIMS, 2nd All India Rank in PMT (2000); 14th Rank in AIIMS pre-PG exam (2005 cohort of ~40,000 students); awarded President of India Prize at MBBS graduation (2005) by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. - __Research__: Original research work on Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures and multi-drug resistant spinal tuberculosis; multiple peer-reviewed publications in Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Spine Journal, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, etc. - __Honours__: Gold Medal — Best Oral Presentation, IOACON 2011, Noida; EuroSpine 2011 Travel Grant (Milan, Italy); APOA DePuy Spine Travelling Fellowship — KT Dholakia Award (2011) - __Prior Roles__: Senior Consultant and Chief Spine Surgeon, Jaypee Hospital Noida (2016-21); Consultant Spine Surgeon, Fortis Hospitals Delhi/NCR (2013-15) - __Memberships__: Indian Orthopaedic Association, Association of Spine Surgeons of India, AO Spine.