About the Doctor
Innovation is a word that is immediately associated with Dr. Ashok Rajgopal. An internationally renowned orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Rajgopal is a prolific surgeon with over 30,000 total knee replacement surgeries to his credit. In addition, he has performed more than 15,000 arthroscopic surgeries for ligament repairs and reconstructions. He has several firsts to his credit — the first to perform a bilateral procedure in India, the first to use the Gender implant (designed especially for female patients), the first to perform total knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation, and the first to perform minimally invasive total knee replacement in India. He is a designer surgeon and a member of the design team responsible for the design and development of the latest knee implant, The Persona Knee. He successfully developed instruments for MIS total knee replacement surgery which were later patented by Zimmer and are used by knee replacement surgeons worldwide. His enduring passion for practicing and advancing medical sciences has seen him win a number of awards.
Specialization
- Knee Surgery
- Joint Replacement Surgery
- Arthroscopic Surgeries
- Arthroplastic Surgeries
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Alumni Association of Sancheti Institutes, Pune, 2016
- Life time award, APAS (Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society), 2016
- Dr. BC Roy award “To recognize the best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches of Medicine”, 2014
- Padma Shri award for recognition of surgical excellence and contribution to the field of Orthopaedics, 2014
- Vishishita Chikitsa Ratan Award, 2012
- Bharat Shiromani Award for professional excellence in the field of Orthopaedics, 2008-2009
- Distinguished Service Award – Delhi Doctor Association, 2004
- Knee Ratna Award, IMA, New Delhi, 2002
