About our Doctor
Dr. Chandrashekar P is a renowned Orthopedic Surgeon with keen interest in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries of Knee, Shoulder, and Hip. Before joining Sakra World Hospital. He was working in Fortis Hospitals from 2010 and continued until January 2014. Presently, he is serving as Senior Consultant and Head of Orthopedics, Sakra World Hospital. He is one of the leading Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeon in India treating patients from different states and many countries all over the world. He is one of the few surgeons in the country to perform Advanced Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement Surgeries. After joining Sakra World Hospital he has performed more than 2500 surgeries and to his credit, he has performed more than 2000 Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries in Sakra World Hospital and more than 10,000 such procedures so far. He is the Pioneer in Minimally Invasive computer assisted Knee Replacement in India and also one of the few surgeons performing Meniscal Repairs and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the state. After finishing his MS (Orthopaedics) he did his Fellowship Training in Joint Replacement and Trauma in Bombay Hospital, Mumbai and moved to Germany and Belgium for his Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Training.
He Undertook Shoulder Arthroscopy and Replacement Fellowship training in South Korea.He did Knee Resurfacing Surgery training in the USA and on of the person in Karnataka to do the same and he is the pioneer in this technique. Dr. Chandrashekar. P has expertise in Knee Resurfacing Surgery, Minimally Invasive computer assisted Knee Replacement Surgery, Custom-fit Knee Replacement, Unicompartmental Knee Replacement, Patellofemoral Replacement; Hip Resurfacing and Revision Surgery for Failed Replacements. His expertise includes – Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine includes Ligament Reconstruction, Meniscectomy, Meniscal Repairs, multiple Ligament Injuries, Surgery for Instability and Recurrent Dislocations, Rotator Cuff Tears and SLAP Tears. Chondral Stem Cell Grafting (Harvested Autologous Cartilage Culture Transfer), Mosaicplasty & Microfracture.
Dr. Chandrashekar.P has many first to his name – He is the person to start knee resurfacing surgery in South India and has the highest number of surgeries in India He is the person start Minimally Invasive computer assisted Knee Replacement Surgery in our state and has the highest numbers He is the person to do computer assisted partial knee replacement in the South India. He is the person to do Ultra button ACL Reconstruction in the state He is the person start Persona Knee with computer technology He is the person introduce Columbus AS Knee in our state Apart from Knee and Hip Replacement he does key hole surgeries of the knee and has performed more than 2500 such procedures He is the person introduce Verilast Knee Technology Knee Replacement in our state He is the guest speaker at many national and international conferences and has performed live surgeries in conferences. Dr. Chandrashekar. P has a special interest in Arthritis in Young patients and he did the first Knee Resurfacing Surgery in Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers in this technique in India. He has publications on Custom Fit Knee Replacement and Knee Resurfacing Surgeries