Dr. Vinu Raj

Dr. Vinu Raj (MBBS – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College Bangalore, MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, FRCS Trauma & Orthopaedics – Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Fellowship in Spine Surgery – Salford Royal Foundation Trust Manchester UK) is Consultant in Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery at Narayana Health City (Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center), Bommasandra, Bangalore. He is one of the most extensively trained spine surgeons in Bangalore with 24 years of experience, including as an NHS Consultant in the UK. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 26 years; at Narayana Health City since coming back to India. - __Procedures Performed__: Nearly 5,000 surgical procedures performed throughout career: Lumbar disc prolapse surgery, spinal canal decompression, cervical disc prolapse and cord compression surgery, spinal fusion and interbody fusion, spinal tumour surgery, management of metastatic spinal cord compression, treatment of spinal infection and tuberculosis, correction of adult spinal deformity, paediatric deformity surgery, fixation of spinal trauma and fracture, microsurgical spine surgery, and robotic spine surgery. ### Innovations & Contributions - __UK NHS Career__: Consultant Spine Surgeon at University Hospitals North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (from 2015) — as part of a 9-consultant spinal unit providing specialist spine care for a population of 3 million patients, one of the few Bangalore based spine surgeons with full NHS consultant-level experience; - __Spine Fellowship__: 18-month dedicated spine fellowship at one of the leading complex spine centres in the UK, Complex Spine Unit, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester — acquired expertise in all aspects of spine surgery including adult degenerative spine surgery, trauma, spine tumours and infection, paediatric deformity and cervical myelopathy surgery. - __Evidence-Based Practice__: A strong proponent of evidence-based medicine and navigation/guidance systems in spine surgery, with a public emphasis on this at the 10,000-procedure milestone press conference at Narayana Health City (March 2026). - __Academic Contributions__: Attended research, workshops and CMEs and was actively involved in spine surgery forums in India and UK. - __Memberships__: Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS); Indian Orthopaedic Association; Association of Spine Surgeons of India.