Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Specialist: Neurosurgeon
Experience: 36+ years of experience
Hospital: Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Rajendra Prasad is a spine surgeon with more than 36+years experience.
He has performed more than 3100 major brain and spine surgeries including over 300 spinal instrumentations.
He was instrumental in introducing cervical and lumbar radiofrequency rhizotomies at his current hospital and has successfully performed more than hundred such procedures in a span of almost 3 years.

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He was the finalist of BMJ Awards for South Asia 2015 and was the winner of First BMJ awards 2014.
Trained as a Registrar in Neurosurgery at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London and Nottingham University a Hospital.
He received training as Senior Registrar at Frenchay Hospital Bristol, UK.
He has worked in teaching hospitals like Cork Regional Hospital, Cork, National Hospital for Nervous Disease, London between 1979-1987.
He is the Founder Chairman of Primary Trauma Care Centre UK (Delhi chapter).
He is the Hon. Medical Director of Indian Head Injury Foundation and the MRCS Examiner of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is a delegate of AOSpine Asia Pacific.
Dr. Prasad is the life member of Associations Of Spine Surgeons Of India, Neurological Society Of India and Neuro Trauma Society Of India.
He is a member of the Congress Of Neurological Surgeons(CNS), UK and the Past President and Founder Member of Delhi Spine Society.
He did his MBBS from Ranchi University in 1979 and pursued his FRCS in Glasgow and UK. He received a Fellowship of the Intercollegiate Speciality Board In Neurosurgery (UK). He did a Spine Fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore, London.

First BMJ Awards 2014(Rewarding excellence in Indian Healthcare): Robotic Spine Surgery Team—in the category of Surgical Team Of The Year
Finalist of BMJ Awards for South Asia 2015,recognising excellence in South Asian Healthcare representing Indian Head Injury Foundation in the category of Healthcare Advocacy.

Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is a flagship hospital of India’s foremost healthcare groups,the Apollo Group. It is a highly renowned multi-speciality facility that offers tertiary and quaternary care services to domestic and international patients.
The 900 bedded hospital is outfitted with the most modern technology for diagnostics as well as therapeutic purposes.
A team of highly trained medical professionals work under all the 52 specialities at the hospital.