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Dr. Govindaraj Ab

India

Director & Senior Consultant - Orthopaedics

No. Of Surgeries
10000
Experience
35 years

About

  • Dr. A B Govindaraj serves as a Director & Senior Consultant-Orthopedics at MGM Healthcare, Chennai.
  • With over 30 years of experience in orthopedic surgery, including 8 years of surgical training abroad and 24 years of intensive surgical experience in India, he is a distinguished Orthopedic and Joint Replacement surgeon.
  • He graduated with an MBBS degree from Madras University in 1980, and he earned his FRCS in 1985 from Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Dr. Govindaraj AB has a comprehensive experience of over 35 years in Orthopaedics.
  • After extensive orthopedic and joint replacement surgery training in the UK for 8 years, he returned to India in 1990 and has since performed over 10,000 surgeries, including more than 3,000 joint replacement surgeries.
  • His specialization lies in joint replacement surgery, particularly bilateral knee replacement surgery.
  • Proficient in various joint replacement procedures, including total knee replacement (unilateral and bi-lateral), shoulder replacement, and hip replacement.
  • He has a special expertise in adult orthopedic surgeries and underwent specialized training in spine orthopedic surgery under Prof. Henry Hazm in Germany.

Education

  • MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-1981
  • FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons) Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow, UK-1985

Experience

  • Consultant, Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai
  • Consultant, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
  • Consultant, The Guest Hospital, Chennai

Awards

  • Awarded the diploma of FRCS by the Glasgow Royal College, UK Joined the King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex, England, in 1984, for training under the arthroscopic surgeon Mr. John Ireland.


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