Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Vijayaraj Kannan
Orthopaedics
Registration No
59466
Years of Experience
26 Years
Languages
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Degree
MBBS., MS (Ortho), MD (Navigation & Passive Robotics)
Work Experience
- Practising as Visiting Consultant Arthroscopy and Joint Replacement Surgeon,specialising in Adult Shoulder, Hip and Knees in Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
- Sports Medicine fellowship in University of Texas Medical Branch Houston under Dr Leland Winston, Aug 2009 – July 2010
- Adult Reconstruction fellowship in The Methodist Hospital under Dr Ken Mathis MD, Dr Stephen Incavo MD and Dr Phil Noble PhD, Aug 2008 - July 2009
- Clinical Research fellow in Orthopaedics at Imperial College of London and The Charing cross Hospital Doing MD(Res) in Computer assisted Hip Arthroplasty at Imperial College London under Prof Justin P Cobb, April 2005 – July 2008
- Clinical fellow and Senior House Officer in Orthopaedics at University College of London and The Middlesex Hospital, Jan 2004 – April 2005
- Clinical Attachment in Orthopaedics at University College of London and The Middlesex Hospital, July 2003- Dec 2003
- Registrar in Paediatric Orthopaedics at Institute of Child Health , Madras Medical |College, Jan 2003- June 2003
- Registrar in Orthopaedics at Vijaya Institute of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, May 2002- Dec2002
- Registrar in Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, July 1999 - Apr. 2002
- Senior House Officer in General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, Jan 1999 - June1999
- Senior House Officer in Accident & Emergency Lallubhai Gordhandas Hospital, Ahmedabad, India, July 1998 - Dec 1998
- Senior House Officer in General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, Jan 1998 - Jun 1998
- Pre-Registration House Officer, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India,Jan 1996 - Jan 1997
Professional Membership & Certifications
- Candidate member, AOSSM (American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine)
- Candidate member, AANA (Arthroscopic Association of North America)
- Associate member, Orthopaedic Research Society
- Member, International Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery
- Member, CAOS UK
- Member, Indian Orthopaedic Association
- Member, Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association
- Member, Indian Arthroscopy Society
- TNOACON 2014, Chennai
- IASCON 2013 Mumbai
- Arthrochennai 2013 , Chennai June 2013
- IOACON Chennai ,Dec 2012
- CASM Jaipur, Nov 2012
- Advanced shoulder arthroscopy meeting, Hongkong, Oct 2012
- TNOACON annual conference Feb 2012
- Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy meeting , San Antonio, TX, USA 2011
- IASCON annual conference, Chennai Sep 2010
- OASISCON annual conference, Chennai Aug 2010
- AAOS annual meeting, New Orleans LA, Mar 10 -13, 2010
- AAHKS conference , Dallas, TX , November 2009
- AAOS annual meeting, Las Vegas NV, Feb 25-Feb 28 2009
- AAHKS conference , Dallas, TX , November 2008
- EFORT annual congress, Nice ,France May 2008
- CAOS International meeting, Heidelberg, Germany , June 2007
- EFORT Annual Congress, Florence , Italy , May 2007
- 2 nd Annual CAOS UK conference, London, UK, March 2007
- AAOS annual meeting, San Diego, California Feb 2007
- 53rd Annual meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, USA Feb 11-13, 2007
- Great Debate on early intervention of arthritis in the young, London, Jan 2007
- BOA Annual Conference, Glasgow ,UK, Sep 2006
- 15th European SICOT Trainees meeting, Prague, Sep 2006
- CAOS International meeting , Montreal, Canada June 2006
- London Hip Meeting ,18th May 2006
- 3rd Combined Unicompartmental arthritis meeting, Bristol, UK May 2006
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2006 conference, Chicago, USA March 2006
- British Hip Society Meeting 2006 , Edinburgh UK
- 1 st Annual meeting of CAOS UK , Heathrow , London , UK, Feb 2006
- Advances in Hip and Knee Surgery , Stratford- Upon- Avon, UK, Dec 2005
- CAOS UK conference Gillingham , UK on 7th October 2005
- HAC symposium on Uncemented Hip replacement, September 2005
- CAOS International conference held at Helsinki , Finland , June 2005
- Knee Arthroplasty – Engineering Functionality (IMeche) Conference London June 2005
Research & Publications
- Co-investigator in the research project on “Prediction of range of motion and estimation of acetabular bone stock with different component orientation in modern hip resurfacing”(Principal investigator Dr Phil Noble)
- Co-investigator in the IRB approved study comparing the contribution of spinal and pelvic motion following hip resurfacing with large metal on metal total hip arthroplasty (Principal investigator Dr Phil Noble)
- Principal investigator in the ethically approved Prospective Randomized Control Study comparing the accuracy between Acrobot navigated hip resurfacing and conventional hip resurfacing involving 40 patients
- Co-Supervisor of B.Sc Project titled “ Frames of reference for Proximal femur using CT based algorithm” at Imperial College London
- Co-investigator in the project titled “ Novel CT based algorithm for comparison of preoperative and postoperative assessment of Periacetabular Osteotomy patients
- Research project titled “Analysis on Surgical Management of Pelvic Fractures”, done for a period of 3 years from 1999-2002 as a lead investigator
- Video Demonstration of Arthroscopic Bankart Repair , TNOACON 2014, Chennai
- Arthroscopic Transportal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction – Short Term Results , TNOACON 2014, Chennai
- Radiological & Functional Outcomes following Modified Open Latarjet Procedure for Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability , OASISCON 2013, Pondicherry
- Spinal and pelvic motion following hip resurfacing and large metal on metal total hip arthroplasty (AAOS annual meeting ,New Orleans,2010)
- Functional activity following Hip resurfacing arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty : A critical analysis ,Speciality Day AAOS-AAHKS ,Feb 28 2009, Las Vegas, NV
- Interesting case review on VTE prophylaxis of total joint arthroplasty, AAHKS symposium , Dallas, TX , November 2008
- Computer assisted femoral head resurfacing – A pilot study, CAOS International meet, Heidelberg, Germany, June 2007
- “Cortical Volume Analysis in Total Hip replacement, EFORT annual meeting, Florence ,Italy, May 2007
- Results of Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, EFORT annual meeting, Florence ,Italy, May 2007
- “Navigation reduces learning curve in Hip resurfacing”, Royal Society of Medicine , AGM , President Prize , May 2007
- Volumetric Wear Analysis in Total Hip Replacement, 2nd Annual meeting of CAOS UK 2007, London, March 2007
- “Results of comparison of functional activity of Hip resurfacing with Total Hip Replacement”, 15th European SICOT Trainees meeting, Prague
- “Three dimensional CT based algorithm for wear analysis in THR- A clinical study”, 15th European SICOT Trainees meeting, Prague
- “A novel CT based algorithm for accurate estimation of component position in THR” , CAOS International 2006, Montreal, Canada
- “ Analysis of Femoral Head Coverage in patients with Hip Dysplasia following Periacetabular Osteotomy using a novel CT based technique”, CAOS International 2006, Montreal, Canada
- “Early Experience using the Acrobot navigation system of Computer Assisted Hip resurfacing surgery”, CAOS International 2006, Montreal, Canada
- “CT based wear analysis in THR- a clinical study”, Royal Society of Medicine,London May 2006
- “ Evolution of interface in uncemented total hip replacement “, IMeche Conference, June 2005
- “Custom Mega Prosthesis for Distal Femoral Tumours” presented at the AsiaPacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society held at Chennai , India on 6- 7 July 2002
- “Surgical Management of Acetabular fractures – A short term follow up” at TNOA Conference held at Kodaikanal on 8th Feb 2003
- Arunkumar K, Kannan RM, Karthikeyan C, Suchinder A, Vijayaraj K, Tenosynovitis of Extensor Carpi Ulnaris with formation of Rice bodies, Accepted for publication in Bangkok Medical Journal
- Elkousy HA, Kannan V, Zumwalt , O’Connor DP, Woods GW , Prospective comparison of intraarticular morphine and bupivacaine for postoperative pain management in knee arthroscopy, Accepted for publication in Orthopedics
- Gavaskar AS, Vijayraj K Subramanian SM, Intraoperative CT navigation for glenoid component fixation in reverse shoulder arthroplasty Indian J Arthrop 2013 Jan;47(1):104-6
- V Kannan, Richards and A Nakhla. Cortical Volume Analysis in uncemented Total Hip replacement J Bone Joint Br Proceedings 2009 Mar;91-B (Supplement 1): 49
- V Kannan and J.D.Witt. Results of Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis J Bone Joint Br Proceedings 2009 Mar;91-B (Supplement 1): 50
- Dandachli W, Nakhla A, Kannan V, Iranpour F, Cobb JP Can the acetabular position be derived from a pelvic frame of reference? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2009 Apr ;467(4) 886-93.Cited PubMed;PMID: 18551348
- Dandachli W, Kannan V, Richards R, Shah Z, Hall-Craggs M,Witt J. Analysis of cover of the femoral head in normal and dysplastic hips: new CT based technique . J Bone Joint Surg Br 2008;90(11):1428-34. Cited Pubmed; PMID: 18978260
- Cobb JP, Kannan V, Dandachli W, Brust K, Hart A,J Learning to resurface cam type femoral heads with acceptable accuracy and precision- A CT based navigation study” J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008 Aug;90:57-64 Cited PubMed;PMID: 18676938
- V Kannan, R Heaslip R Richards , V Sauret JP Cobb. Volumetric Wear Analysis in Total Hip Replacement – A novel study J Bone Joint Br Proceedings 2008 Aug;90-B (Supplement 3): 559
- V Kannan, K Brust, G Thevendran, J P Cobb. Navigation shortens hip resurfacing learning curve. J Bone Joint Br Proceedings 2008 Aug;90-B (Supplement 3): 547
- V Kannan, J D Witt and T White. Results of comparison of functional activity of Hip resurfacing with Total Hip Replacement. J Bone Joint Br Proceedings 2008 Jul;90-B (Supplement 3): 318
- Cobb JP, Kannan V, Brust K, Thevendran G. Navigation reduces the learning curve in hip resurfacing total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2007 Oct;463(10):90-7
- A R W Barrett, B L Davies, M P S F Gomes, S J Harris, J Henckel, M Jakopec, V Kannan, F M Rodrigeuz y Baena, JP Cobb, Computer assisted Hip resurfacing using Acrobot Navigation System. Proc Inst Mech Eng.2007 Oct;773-85.Cited in PubMed;PMID:18019464