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Dr.G.Balasubramanian MS (Orth) DNB (Orth) FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Tr & Orth) UK

Dr.G.Balasubramanian was graduated from coimbatore medical college coimbatore in 1988. After completing post graduate training in orthopaedic surgery from the university of Bangalore he obtained Diplomate of from National Board of Examinations of India.

In 1995, he went to United Kingdom and worked in many Internationally renowned orthopaedic centres including The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt orthopaedic hospital at Oswestry, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital at Birmingham, and The Hartshill orthopaedic centre. While he was working in Oswestry with Professor Richardson he got excellent training in Hip surgery especially Hip Resurfacing and Hip Arthroscopy. He also involved in Autologous Cartilage Implantation, a new technique to prevent Arthritis. In Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham he worked with Dr. R B C Treacy, one of the inventors of Hip Resurfacing. He was awarded fellowship (FRCS) by Royal college of surgeons of Edinburgh in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery after successfully completing intercollegiate examination.

Dr.G.Balasubramanian currently working as Hip Resurfacing and Joint replacement surgeon at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital Coimbatore, South India. He is one of the national teaching faculty involved in teaching and demonstrating this new technique to other surgeons. He has been invited to places all over India to give lectures on Hip Resurfacing and Joint Replacement. He organised a Hip Resurfacing conference during which he performed live surgery to demonstrate other orthopaedic surgeons.

Address
Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
Coimbatore, India

Phone
0091 422 4500272

Mobile
098422 23882











Email
ggbala@hotmail.com

Web site www.hipresurfacingcenter.com

Date of Birth 30-05-1962

Nationality Indian

Registration Details
United Kingdom GMC Registration No. 4591450
India TMC Registration No. 45524

Membership
British Orthopaedic Association
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association

Professional Qualifications
MBBS 1989 Bharathiar University
MS (Orthopaedics) 1993 Bangalore University
DNB (Ortho) 1993 National Board of Examinations India
FRCS Surgery in General 1997 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FRCS Trauma & Ortho 2003 Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Work Experience
From July 2003 Consultant Hip Resurfacing & Joint replacement surgeon
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, India

Work Experience in United Kingdom
July 2002- Senior Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
April 2003 Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry United Kingdom

July 2001- Senior Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
June 2002 Stafford General Hospital, Stafford, United Kingdom

July 2000- Specialist Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
June 2001 North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom

July 1999- Specialist Registrar Trauma & Orthopaedics
June 2000 Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, United Kingdom

August 1997- Registrar Trauma & Orthopaedics
June 1999 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk U.K.

August 1996- Senior House Officer in Orthopaedics
August 1997 The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, United Kingdom

February 1996 - Senior House Officer in Orthopaedics
August 1996 Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham U.K.

August 1995 - Senior House Officer in Orthopaedics
February 1996 Russells Hall & Corbett Hospitals, Dudley U.K.

February 1995- Clinical Attachment in Accident & Emergency
June 1995 Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley. U.K.

April 1993- Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
January 1995 Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, India.

Papers and Presentations
* Hip Resurfacing – Paper Presented at TNOA Annual Conference at Chennai, March 2006

* Hip resurfacing - Coimbatore experience - Paper presented at Indian Orthopaedic Association Annual conference at IOACON2005 Mumbai in Dec 2005

* Hip resurfacing - Coimbatore experience - Free paper presentation at Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association Annual conference at Cuddalore in Feb 2005

* Birmingham Hip resurfacing – Oswestry experience - Free paper presented at Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association APOA 14th Triennial congress at Kaulalumbur, Malaysia in September 2004.

* Hip Resurfacing – Free paper presented at Orthopaedic Association of South Indian states conducted at Thrissur in August 2004

* Paper on ‘SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURES FIXED WITH AO UFN' - Presented at East Anglian Orthopaedic club meeting in Norwich, 7 Nov’ 1998

* Poster presentation on ‘ACUTE CALCIFIC TENDINITIS OF GLUTEUS MEDIUS BOA Annual congress at Glasgow, UK, in September 1999

* Paper presentation on ‘HABITUAL SUBLUXATION OF SCAPHOTRAPEZIUM’ at BOA Annual congress Birmingham,UK, September 2001

* Paper presentation on ‘ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF HAND’ at BOA Annual congress at Birmingham, September 2001

* Poster presentation ‘SYMPTOMATIC CARPAL COALITION’ at Specialist registrars Annual Research meeting at Oswestry March 2001

* Paper presentation on ‘Management of Supracondylar fractures in children’ at naughton dunn club meeting at Oswestry in April 2002

Publication
- Paper Published in TNOA Journal – Volume 32, 2006
TYPE 4 FRACTURE OF THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE: A TRUE INDICATION FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION

- Paper Published in the journal “INJURY” Vol.29, No.10, 751-756, 1998
MULTIFOCAL AVASCULAR NECROSIS

- paper published in Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic association Journal in Dec 2004

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