Dr. Rakesh Rajput,M.S. (Orth.), consultant orthopedic surgeon, received his medical degree from University of Calcutta (India) in 1994, whereas he also completed M.B.B.S. from R G Kar Medical College under University of Calcutta (India) in 1989. He had successfully completed M.Ch. (Orth.) from University of Dundee, Scotland in 1999, F.R.C.S. Glasgow from RCPS, Glasgow in1997 & F.R.C.S. (Trauma & Ortho) from Intercollegiate Board, UK in 2004.
A Certified orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Rajput has immense expertise in the anterior hip replacement approach. He also focuses on adult joint replacement and preservation including hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopy; pelvic osteotomy; minimally invasive joint replacement; joint replacement revisions; and treatment of avascular necrosis.
Dr. Rajput served in various Medical Institutions of the world by being there. He as also awarded as Ian Smillie Class Award of Distinction forbest M.Ch. (Orth.) student in 1999 by University of Dundee, Scotland and L.M. Banerjee Silver Medal for best surgical student in 1986 by University of Calcutta, India.
License: WBMC Number: 47393
Currently Dr. Rajput is serving at the following medical institutions:
FRENCHAY HOSPITAL AND AOC, BRISTOL Large hospital situated at Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on outskirts of Bristol, founded in 1921. Previously a part of North Bristol NHS Trust. Presently few services related to brain and head injuries are being done here. Fellow in foot and ankle surgery. Duration : 3 months (1st APRIL 2004 6th JULY 2004)
Consultant : Mr I Winson
Special Interest : Athroscopy and Ankle Replacement
FRENCHAY HOSPITAL, BRISTOL
Large hospital situated at Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on outskirts of Bristol, founded in 1921. Previously a part of North Bristol NHS Trust. Presently few services related to brain and head injuries are being done here.
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration :6 months (3rd July 2003 to 2nd Jan 2004)
Consultant : Mr AJ Ward
Special Interest : Pelvic & Acetabular Trauma
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 6 months (5th Jan 2003 to 6th July 2003)
Consultant : Mr R Spencer
Special Interest : Adult Hip Reconstruction
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration :6 months (3rd July 2002 to 2nd Jan 2003)
Consultant : Mr PJ Webb
Special Interest : Specialised Spinal Unit
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 6 months (3rd Jan 2002 to 2nd July 2002)
Consultant : Mr J H Newman
Special Interest : Specialised knee unit
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 6 months (4th July2001 to 2nd Jan 2002)
Consultant : Mr JH Dixon and VG Langkamer
Special Interest: : Bone & soft tissue tumour service for the South-West region
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 6 months (3rd Jan 2001 to 3rd July 2001)
Consultant : Mr M J Maxted
Special Interest : Major joint replacement & paediatric hip problems
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 3 months (3rd Oct 2000 to 2nd Jan 2001)
Consultant : Mr CH Marsh
Special Interest : Revision Arthroplasty
Trust Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 3 months (3rd Aug 2000 to 2nd Oct 2000)
Consultant : Mr JR Silvester
Special Interest : Joint Replacement Surgery
PERTH ROYAL INFIRMARY, PERTH The district Hospital in Perth, founded in 1838. Run by the NHS Tayside provide services to the people of 182,000 in the area. Specialist Registrar (locum) in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 2 months (29th May 2000 to 31st July 2000)
Consultant : Mr AJ Aspley
Special Interest : : Joint Replacement Surgery
INVERCLYDE ROYAL INFIRMARY, GREENOCK
A hospital opened in1979, at Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland. It serves more than a 125,000 people of the local area. It is one of the three major hospitals of the south Clyde area.
Specialist Registrar (locum) in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 8 months
Consultant 1 : Mr RS Venner
Special Interest : Knee joint surgery
Consultant 2 : Mr SJ Barnes
Special Interest : Shoulder joint surgery
Dr. Rajput did full time M.Ch. (Orth) course from 10th Oct 1998 to 23rd May 1999.
From May, 1999 and prior to joining of his last post, he undertook registrar locums in trauma and orthopaedics in these hospitals: Law Hospital (1 month) Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock (8 months); Blackburn Royal Infirmary (1 week); Ninewells Hospital, Dundee (2.5 months).
MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL, Dublin
Commonly known as Mater or MMHU, is one of the major Teaching Hospitals of Dublin, Ireland. It has rich heritage of giving care to adults for last 150 years.
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : : 2 ½ months (4th Aug1998 to 16th Oct 1998)
Consultant : Mr BR Marsh
Special Interest : Specialised spinal unit
CORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Cork
The largest teaching University Hospital in Ireland and the single level 1 trauma centre in the country, founded in 1978. Have 40 different medical and surgical specialties on campus. Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : 6 months (1st Jan 1998 to 30th Jun 1998)
Consultant : Mr W H Cashman
Special Interest : Major Joint Arthroplasty
“Level one trauma centre”
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : : 6 months (1st Jul 1997 to 31st Dec 1997)
Consultant : Mr MJ Moloney
Special Interest : Major Joint Arthroplasty
“Introduced to wrist arthroscopy and arthroscopic carpal tunnel release.”
Senior House Officer III Orthopaedics
Duration : : 6 months (1st Aug 1996 to 31st Jan 1997)
Consultant : Mr J Deeleuw
Special Interest : Major joint arthroplasty
JAMES CONNOLLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Dublin
Located at Blanchard town, Finngal. It is also known as Collony Hospital, founded in 1955. Provides service to the 290,000 people of the local area.
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : : 3 months (7th Apr 1997 to 30th Jun 1997)
Consultant : Mr SJ O`Flanagan
Special Interest : Hand surgery
“Performed operations like varicose vein surgery, cystoscopy, repair of all types of hernias and cystostomies.”
Senior House Officer Orthopaedics
Duration : 12 months (1st Feb 1995 to 31st Jan 1996)
Duration : 6 months (1st Feb 1996 to 31st Jul 1996)
MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL, Dublin
Commonly known as Mater or MMHU, is one of the major Teaching Hospitals of Dublin, Ireland. It has rich heritage of giving care to adults for last 150 years. Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Duration : : 2 ½ months (4th Aug1998 to 16th Oct 1998)
Consultant : Mr BR Marsh
Special Interest : Specialised spinal unit
Provided bedside teaching to senior house officers and trained them in their daily work.
Regularly taught undergraduate medical students of al levels and in all settings utilizing a variety of teaching modes.
Undertook teaching of the senior house officers and house officers.
Provided lecture classes, bedside clinical discussions, case presentations, seminars, journals clubs and group discussions.
Undertook weekly bedside teaching of undergraduate students for two years.
During my second year as a postgraduate student I was also responsible for training junior postgraduate students in clinics, theatre, etc.
N.B.: I am very interested in teaching and would welcome the opportunity to gain further exposure to teaching in my subsequent posts. I have always enjoyed positive feedback from my students on my teaching presentation and technique and my objective throughout my teaching activities has been to achieve high quality education and teaching which I see as pivotal importance to the development of effective patient care.
Evaluation of the treatment of spondylolisthesis by anterior interbody fusion,
Dissertation accepted by University of Calcutta for M.S. (Ortho.) degree.
Evaluation and development of a new method to assess tension in applied cerclage wires,
Accepted by the University of Dundee for the M.Ch. (Orth.) degree.
Post Graduate Student of Master of Surgery (Ortho.)
Duration : 2 years (7th Feb 1992 to 6th Feb 1994)
Supervised the work of senior house officers and house officers and provided for on call duties for 24 hours twice a week.
Performed major operations like intra medullary nailing of long bones, compression plating, bone grafting, Austin Moore hemiarthroplasty, ORIF of ankle fractures, operations for chronic and acute Osteomyelitis, deformity correction like geno valgum and cubitus varus.
Developed confidence in dealing with polytrauma.
Valuable experience in elective orthopaedic surgery and especially anterior spinal surgery of tuberculosis and spondylolisthesis
M.Ch. Orth. Degree, University of Dundee, Scotland 1999 (8 months)
This course provided with a valuable insight into the many aspects of orthopaedics not generally taught during routine Orthopaedic training, these aspects included:
Biomechanics
Statistics
Properties of materials
Orthotics and prosthetics
Foot pressure
Fait analysis
Received Ian Smillie Class Award of Distinction for best M.Ch. Orth. student.”
During this course Dr. Rajput continued to underpin the theoretical knowledge which I was gaining by undertaking a locum registrar post based at Ninewells Hospital. Here I gained valuable experience of working in a teaching hospital.
Developed an appreciation of the importance of audit in maintaining and improving overall patient care and the framework through which audit operates. In particular I have completed and been involved in the following audits:
Compound fractures in relation to their antibiotic management according to the protocol and time elapsed before the surgery.
Senior House Officer Orthopaedics: County Hospital, Lincoln: 1995 – 1996
Protocol of management of compound fractures of long bones in A&E department.
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics: Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, 1998.
Adequacy of physiotherapy of the elderly trauma patients.
Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics: Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, 1998
A&E Referrals Misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis, and mismanagement.
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and orthopaedics, Yeovil District Hospital, UK, 2001
Impaction grafting: a look at the initial structural integrity,
Co-author
Presented at the IOA meeting at Derry, Ireland,
Date : 12 May 1998
# published as an abstract in the JBJS(BR).
Evaluation of a new cerclage wiring system using super elastic material.
Main author
Poster presented at the Scottish Orthopaedic Meeting at Stirling, Scotland
Date : 2nd June 2000
Anterior Interbody Fusion for Spondylolisthesis
Main author
Presented at the West Bengal Orthopaedic annual meeting
Date : 11 June 1994
ompleted M.B.B.S. from R G Kar Medical College under University of Calcutta (India) in 1989. He had successfully completed M.Ch. (Orth.) from University of Dundee, Scotland in 1999, F.R.C.S. Glasgow from RCPS, Glasgow in1997 & F.R.C.S. (Trauma & Ortho) from Intercollegiate Board, UK in 2004.
