Department of Orthopaedics

KMC , Manipal

Health Sciences

Established in 1967 under its founding head, Prof. Varghese Chacko, the Department of Orthopaedics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, provides patient care and education in orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal medicine. The department operates as five units, each headed by a professor and supported by three faculty members, giving a total of twenty-five teaching staff, and integrates clinical care, teaching, research, and rehabilitation across nationally and internationally renowned sub-specialty units. It is served by Kasturba Hospital, a 2,032-bed tertiary referral centre, and supported by full-fledged physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and an Artificial Limb Centre with an in-built manufacturing workshop.

Highlights

Organised into five sub-specialty units covering spine surgery, knee arthroscopy and sports medicine, complex trauma with foot-ankle services, shoulder surgery and sports injury, and joint replacement with pelviacetabular trauma.

Integral part of the hospital's Trauma Triage, with resident teams from each unit posted in the trauma centre on admission days.

The Artificial Limb Centre, started in July 1979 with initial support from ALIMCO, Kanpur, is regarded as one of the best limb-fitting centres in South India and provides comprehensive orthotic and prosthetic services along with teaching facilities.

Supported by a fully equipped physiotherapy department, a fitness centre, and occupational therapy services spanning splinting, ADL training, ergonomics, and community-based rehabilitation.

Alumnus Dr. Kishore Mulpuri (MBBS 1988, MS Ortho 1994) was appointed the 76th President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association and heads Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia.

Programs

Offered

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma

Master of Surgery in Orthopaedics

Research Statistics

200

Publications

Ph.D.s Awarded

Services

Offered

Spine Surgery

Services include deformity correction with posterior instrumentation and fusion for scoliosis, anterior decompression and global fusion for spinal tuberculosis, open and minimally invasive discectomy, TLIF surgery for spondylolisthesis, stabilization of thoracolumbar fractures, and anterior cervical discectomy, fusion, and reduction of the cervical spine.