Dr. K. Sekar

Consultant Orthopaedician Laser & Endoscopic Spine Surgeon

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.