Dr. Ashok Rajgopal Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon
MBBS, 1974, AFMC, Pune MS, 1979, AIIMS, New Delhi MCh, 1983, University of Liverpool FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
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About Doctor
Dr Ashok Rajgopal is one of the most experienced & respected Orthopedic surgeon in India. With a coveted experience of over 32 years, he has a ground-breaking record of completing 25,000 Total Knee Replacement surgeries.
Dr Rajgopal was the honorary surgeon to the President of India.
Being an expert in sports medicine he had treated a number of famous sports persons like Pullela Gopichand (badminton player suffered a career threatening knee injury while playing doubles at the 1994 National Games at Pune)
He holds a unique distinction of performing 28 Knee Replacement surgeries in under 12 hours.
Dr Rajgopal has been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award which is the fourth highest civilian award.
He is also the first orthopedic surgeon in India to perform Bilateral Total Knee Replacement surgery & MIS Unicompartmental surgery.
He has his articles in renowned print media like Times of India , The Hindu, The New Indian Express.