Dr. K. Sekar

Educational Qualification:

• MBBS., from Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 1988 – 1994.
• D.Ortho from Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 1995 – 1997.
• M.Ch Ortho, University of Seychelles – American Institute of Medicine September 2012.

Special Interest:
Trauma and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Basic Research.

AO Trauma Training Courses:

• AO basic course at Cochin India, July 12 to 14th 2001.
• AO Seminar in Latest advances in Intramedullary nailing, Chennai.
• AO Seminar on current concepts and pitfalls of Intramedullary Nailing, Chennai, June 2005 India.

Papers Presented In National And International Conferences:

• Flexor Tendon Grafting in Zone II in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 30th Annual conference, Thanjavur, Feb 1997.
• An Unusual Presentation of Multiple Myeloma / Plasmacytoma – 2 Case Reports in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 30th Annual conference, Thanjavur Feb 1997.
• Dorsolumbar Injuries – Experiences In Surgical Management in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 34th Annual conference, Trichy Jan 2001.
• ACL – Reconstruction with Bone – Patellar Tendon – Bone Graft in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association, 35th Annual conference, Coimbatore, Feb 2002.
• Orthofix Fixator for Difficult Non unions of Fractures in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 36th Annual Conference, Kodaikanal, Feb 2003.
•  Interlocking Nailing For Difficult Fractures at the first conference of Trauma of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, Coimbatore, April 2003.
• Cephalo Medullary Interlocking Nail For Trochanteric Fractures in Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 38th Annual Conference TNOACON, Cuddalore, Feb 2005.
• Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation Seminar at Bangalore Nov 2005.
• Hyperuricemia Revisited – Gout Is It Tip of The Iceberg Syndrome? at 40th Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association 40th Annual Conference, Erode, Feb 2007.
• Uric Acid – A Mediator of Post Tourniquet Syndrome? 31st Annual conference of Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand, Kodaikanal, Aug 2007.
• Hyperuricemia – A risk factor for Post tourniquet Ischemia? at the 41st Western India Regional Orthopaedic Conference, WIROC 2007, Mumbai, Dec 2007.
• Uric Acid – A Mediator of Post tourniquet Syndrome at the 41st Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association Conference, Kodaikanal, Feb 2008.
• Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia – A Risk Factor for Post Tourniquet Syndrome and Wound Healing Problem, 7th Annual conference of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States at Pondicherry, Aug 2008.
• Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia – A Risk Factor for Post Tourniquet Syndrome and Wound Healing Problem, at the 53rd Annual conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association, Bengaluru Dec 2008.
• Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia and Musculoskeletal Problems in Peadiatric And Young Age Group, 42nd Annual conference of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, Coimbatore, Feb 2009.
• Is LBA An Angina of The Back – Association Between Degenerative Disc Disease, Atherosclerosis and Hyperuricemia – An Observational Study at 43rd Annual Conference Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association, Courtallam, Feb 2010.
• Is there a role for Serum uric acid in Bone Biology and health – A preliminary Report, in the 45th Annual Conference of Tamilnadu orthopaedic Association, Vellore, February 2012.
• Benefits of Vitamin D3 Treatment in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, TNOACON 2015, 48th Annual Conference of Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association, at Salem.

Awards Won:

• Best Paper Award in the Indian Society Surgery of the Hand for the presentation – Uric Acid – A Mediator of Post tourniquet syndrome, 31st Annual conference of Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand, Kodaikanal, Aug 2007.
• Prof A. Subramaniam Gold Medal for basic Research of Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association for the presentation, Uric Acid – A Mediator of Post tourniquet Syndrome at the 41st Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association Conference, Kodaikanal, Feb 2008.

Fellowship Trainings & Skills In Minimally Invasive / Endoscopic Spine Surgery (miss): 

• WFNS spine Cadaver Course Mumbai, June 2010 under Prof. Ramani.
• Arthrocare Spine Percutaneous Discectomy Lumbar and Cervical spine and Percutaneous Vertebroplasty / Tumour Debulking Training, Keil, Germany November 2010.
• Undergone fellowship training in Transforaminal Endoscopic Spinal Surgery done under local anesthesia in an awake and aware patient, in
• Endoscopic MISS surgery Training, Wooridul Hospital Seoul, South Korea, February 2011
• Endoscopic Spine surgical workshop and Laser Safety Certification Course Coimbatore , KMCH Hospital, July 2011.
• Fellowship training with Dr Satish Chandra Gore, Endoscopic Spine Surgeon, Mission Spine Center, Pune India, August 2011 2 weeks
• Transforaminal Endoscopic Spine surgical Workshop Under International Musculoskeletal Laser Society and IITS, December 2011 Pune.
• Fellowship training with with the Father Figure of TESS Surgery and Elliquence percutaneous DISC fx surgical system, Dr Anthony Yeung in Desert Institute if Spine Care, Phoenix Arizona, USA, Feb /March 2012
• Fellowship training with in Endoscopic Spinal and Laser spine Surgery with Dr Stefan Hellinger, Munich, Germany. December 2012.
• AO advanced level specimen Course – Anterior Spine Surgery and approaches September 2016 Innsbruck, Austria.
• Ganga Spine Microsurgery Training Course Ganga Hospital Coimbatore April 2018.
• Now a life time Member of IITS, the International Intradiscal and Transforaminal Therapy Spine society since 2015.
• Full Endoscopic Spine Posterior Interlaminar Decompression and Fusion Surgeries Fellowship training at Dr. Girish Datar, CESS Shot, Miraj, Maharashtra, June 25 to June 9th 2022.

Has completed more than 1000 Transforaminal Selective Endoscopic Surgeries done under Local anesthesia in the last 10 yrs .

Conferences Attended As Teaching Faculty:

• Faculty and Scientific Committee Chairman, Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association state Conference TNOACON 2010, Courtallam.
• Faculty , Guest Speaker and Operative Demonstrator for Disc fx and Endoscopic Spine procedures, at the 3rd – (August 22 to 25th 2013) 4th – ( February 20th to 23rd 2014) 5th – (11th to 14th September 2015) International Operative, Cadaveric & Mannequin Workshop& Training Course in Transforaminal Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures & Interventional Spinal Pain Management, Conducted by the Center For Endoscopic Spine Surgery & Interventional Pain Management, Sushruta Hospital For Orthopedics & Traumatology, Miraj,
• Faculty , Guest Speaker and Operative Demonstrator for Disc fx and Endoscopic Spine procedures, at the International Operative, Cadaveric & Mannequin Workshop& Training Course in Transforaminal Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures & Interventional Spinal Pain Management, Conducted by the Center For Endoscopic Spine Surgery & Interventional Pain Management, Sushruta Hospital For Orthopedics & Traumatology, Miraj, at Ramaiah Medical College Advanced learning Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 2016 and 2017.
• Faculty Speaker at ISSPCON 2015, conducted by the Indian Society for Study of Pain at Chennai,
• MISSICON 2016, 3rd national Conference of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons of India, New Delhi October 2016.
• 1st World Congress of Spine Endoscopy 2019, at Hyderabad, Telangana.
• Faculty in Lumbar Spine Intervention and Endoscopy workshop, at Indian Orthopaedic Association National Conference, IOACON 2017, at Indore.
• ASSI – Association of Spine Surgeons of India Out Reach programme at PIMS, Preethi Hospital, Madurai 11th August 2019.
• Faculty Speaker and Chairperson at Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association State Conference TNOACON 2020, Vellore.
• Faculty at Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association State Conference TNOACON 2019, 8th to 10th February 2019, at Madurai.
• Faculty Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association state Conference TNOACON 2018, 9th to 11th February 2018 at Nagercoil.
• Faculty Preethi Spine Update – Complex Situations in Spine – Decision Making, Madurai, 3rd and 4th November 2018.
• National Endoscopic Spine Workshop, Lilavathi Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, 18th to 20th May 2018.
• Faculty in “CME PROGRAMME ON SHOULDER INJURIES”, conducted by Kanyakumari Orthopaedic Society, under TNOA on September 29th 2019, at Kanyakumari.
• Faculty Speaker at Pondicherry Orthopaedic Association POACON 2022, at Puducherry 8th and 9th January 2022.
• Faculty and Chairperson at Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association state Conference, TNOACON Tiruchi March 2022.