Contact Info
Qualifications
MBBS
MS – Orthopaedics
AO Global Spine Diploma
Specialization / Special Interests
Spine Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Complex Spinal Disorders, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Adult and Paediatric Spinal Deformity, Degenerative Spinal Conditions and Spinal Tumour Surgery.
Best Fellow Award, 2023 – Toronto Western Hospital.
AO Spine North America Global Spine Diploma Award.
Gold Medal in the MS Orthopaedics final examination.
Dr. Ram Prabhoo Gold Medal, January 2020.
Dr. K. T. Gajjar Scholarship, January 2020.
APSS BSS Best Poster Award, February 2020.
Recipient of the Asia Pacific Spine Fellowship award in 2020.
Dr. Raj has contributed to more than 40 research publications, focusing on complex spinal disorders, spinal deformities, spinal infections, spinal tuberculosis, minimally invasive spine surgery and surgical outcomes.
Selected publications include:
Distal Lumbar Lordosis Is Associated With Reoperation for Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Fusion for Degenerative Conditions — Global Spine Journal, June 2024.
Expanded Indications of Full Endoscopic Spine Surgery — Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, April 2021.
Management of Congenital Craniovertebral Anomalies: A Single-Centre Experience of 71 Cases by an Algorithmic Approach — European Spine Journal, 2020.
Recovery of Long-Standing Neurological Deficit in Pediatric Dorsal Spinal Tuberculosis: A Single-Centre Experience of 13 Cases — Global Spine Journal, 2020.
Ewing's Sarcoma of Spine – Current Concepts and Review of Literature — International Journal of Spine, 2022.
Gorham-Stout Disease: A Multirod Lumbar Reconstruction With Off-Label Suppression-Remission Therapy — Surgical Neurology International, 2022