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Dr Naresh Babu

MS(Ortho),FNB(Spine Surgery)

Director and Chief Spine Surgeon of Mallika Hospitals. The Hospital is guided by Dr.Naresh Babu who was instrumental in shaping up the spine department into a very busy clinical unit with his great clinical skills and marked research work. He received his basic medicine and orthopaedic training from Guntur Medical college, Guntur and had a brilliant academic career throughout his education. He topped the state PG entrance examination conducted by the University of Health Sciences and was the best outgoing Orthopaedic Post Graduate. He was awarded the prestigious Prof.Ethirajulu Gold Medal by the NTR University of Health Sciences.

He later topped the National wide competitive entrance examination in Spine surgery conducted by the National Board of examinations, New Delhi and joined Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore for Super Specialisation in Spine surgery. By successfully completing this fellowship in 2005, Dr. Naresh Babu became the First National Board accredited Spine Surgeon of Andhra Pradesh.

The research work done during this period was internationally appreciated and won many International prestigious awards like ISSLS Prize, BritSpine award, ISSLS Sofamor Danek Award and Euro spine open paper award. Following this he had advanced spine surgery training at Rush Presbyterian St.Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA as a part of ISSLS Macnab Larocca Fellowship Award. This fellowship gave an excellent opportunity to do basic science research with finite element models. Latter Dr. Naresh Babu underwent a year long specialization in minimally invasive spine surgery at National University Hospital Singapore.

Through this fellowship he was exposed to the management of entire range of spinal disorders as well as most advanced spinal surgeries like cervical and lumbar artificial disc replacements, thoracoscopic spinal instrumentation for scoliosis correction, complex occipito-cervical reconstructions, tumor resections and reconstructions. The research work done during this period on thoracoscopic scoliosis corrections won him the Young Orthopedic Investigator Award by Singapore Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Naresh Babu specialises in Minimally invassive spine surgery like micro endoscopic discectomy for lumbar and cervical disc prolapse, minimally invassive lumbar and cervical spinal fixations and fusions, spinal deformity corrections and complex spinal reconstructions. He has special interest in skeletal fluorosis and its effects on spine.

The research work done by him in this field well appreciated and received the Silver Jubilee Orator Award from the Indian Orthopaedic Association. The work done by him on spinal deformity correction in children received VT Ingalhalikar Gold Medal by Association Of Spine Surgeons of India and Consultant Gold Medal by Orthopaedic surgeons Association of South Indian States. Dr. Naresh Babu became the first orthopaedic surgeon from Andhra Pradesh to be honored with these awards.

National Awards

The first National Board accredited Spine Surgeon of Telugu States.
"Prof. Ethi Rajulu Gold Medal 2002" by NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh.
ASSI Best Spine research awarded by Association of Spine Surgeons of India. 2003,2004 & 2005.
"AA Mehta Gold Medal" by Indian Orthopaedic Association 2007.
"Silver Jubilee Orator - 2008" Awarded by Indian Orthopaedic Association.
"Consultant Gold Medal 2010" by Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS).
"VT Ingalhalikar Gold Medal 2010" for best paper presentation by Association of Spine Surgeons of India.
AO Spine India Research Grant 2012 & 2013.
Prof. Vyagreswarudu Gold Medal 2015
Young Investigation Award, Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) 2014
SP Mandal Gold Medal for Innovative Orthopaedics, Indian Orthopaedic Association.

International Awards

ISSLS Prize for Best Spine research in clinical sciences 2004.
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Spine Travelling Felloship-2004.
Macnab La Rocca Fellowship Award-2005 by ISSLS, Canada
"Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award" (2006) by Singapore Orthopaedic Association.
Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) International Educational Scholarship -2006 & 2007.
"Euro Spine Open Paper Award-2008" by European Spine Society.
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Spine Training Fellowship Award-2009.
"Niloufer Chinoy Award 2010" by International Society for fluoride research (ISFR).
International Society for the study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) International Travelling fellowship Award-2010.
Scoliosis Research Society International Traveling Fellowship -2014.
Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Global Outreach Committee Member 2015.
Professional Membership
Member, Asia Pacific Research Committee, AO Foundation, Switzerland.
Member, Scoliosis Research Society - Growing Spine Committee, USA
Editorial Board Member, Asian Spine Journal, Korea.
Member, North American Spine Society (NASS), USA.
Research Officer "AO Spine India".
Executive Committee Member of the "Association of Spine Surgeons of India" (ASSI).
Founder Secretary, Spine Society of Andhra Pradesh (SSAP).
Secretary "Orthopaedic Surgeons Society Association of AP" (OSSAP).
Editorial Board Member, India Spine Journal.

Courses Done

Clinical Fellowship in Spine Surgery: National University Hospital Singapore

One year long fellowship at Spine division of Department of Orthopedics, National University Hospital, Singapore under Professor Wong Hee Kit, a world-renowned spine surgeon and a member of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), North American Spine Society (NASS), and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and Chairman of the Spine Section of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, and a Board Member of the Pacific Asian Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery was a very beneficial experience in terms of sheer quality and quantity. Through this fellowship, he was exposed to the management of entire range of spinal disorders as well as most advanced spinal surgeries like cervical and lumbar artificial disc replacements, thoracoscopic spinal instrumentation for scoliosis correction, complex occipito-cervical reconstructions, tumor resections and reconstructions. The research work done during this period on thoracoscopic scoliosis corrections won the Young Orthopedic Investigator Award by Singapore Orthopaedic Association.

National Board of Examinations accredited Fellowship in Spine Surgery

National Board of Examinations accredited Fellowship in Spine Surgery for a period of 2 years at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore; This prestigious Fellowship is the only one that has been accredited by the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi. Working under Dr. S. Rajasekaran, a world-renowned spine surgeon and a member of the prestigious International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine, was a very beneficial experience in terms of sheer quality and quantity. Through this Fellowship, he was exposed to the management of entire range of spinal disorders ranging from disc prolapse to cervical myelopathy, spinal tumours, spinal tuberculosis, spinal deformities and craniovertebral junction anomalies as well as the recent advances like computer aided spinal navigation surgery. By successfully completing this fellowship in 2005, he became the first National Board accredited Spine Fellow of Andhra Pradesh. The research work done by me during this period was internationally appreciated and won many International prestigious awards like ISSLS Prize, BritSpine award, ISSLS Sofamor Danek Award and Eurospine open paper Award.

Macnab La Rocca Fellowship

Macnab La Rocca Fellowship at Rush Presbyterian St.Lukes Medical Center, Chicago Illinois under the guidance of Prof. Raghu Natrajan and Prof. Gunnar Anderson was an excellent experience working with the world leaders in spine surgery. Along with the huge clinical exposure, this fellowship also gave an excellent opportunity to do basic science research with finite element models. This fellowship was funded by the International Society for Study on Lumbar Spine, Canada and Ganga Hospital Coimbatore.

Ganga Hospital - Johnson & Johnson Trauma Fellowship

During this one-year fellowship he worked with Dr. S. Rajasekaran at Ganga Hospital Coimbatore, which gave ample chance to get exposed to all types of complex trauma and advanced trauma care. This fellowship provided him an excellent opportunity for research in the field of open injuries. This work was presented in many national and international conferences and published as a key article in Journal of Bone and Joint surgery..

Academic Roles

Organizing secretary Decision making and techniques in Spine Surgery-Lumbar Spine I, Organized by Guntur Bone Club, IMA Hall, Guntur, March 15th 2008.
Organizing secretary Decision making and techniques in Spine Surgery-Lumbar Spine II, Organized by Mediciti Hospital, Hyderabad.
Organizing secretary “Spine Clinix-I” Understanding Spondylolisthesis.
Organizing secretary “Spine Clinix-II” Injection techniques in spine surgery..
Organizing Committee member for the “13th Asia pacific Orthopaedic Association Operative Spine Course”, 8th -11th March 2007, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Organizing Committee Member for the ‘Combined Instructional Course on Spinal Surgery’, a joint meeting of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India and the Spine Society of Europe, August 2003, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
Organizing Committee Member for the ‘First Trauma Conference of the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association’, April 2003, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
Organizing Committee Member for ‘Instructional Course on Spine-2’ (Spinal Deformities), Dec. 2002, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore

Publications

Books

J Naresh Babu "Fractures of the Sacrum". Vol 2, Ch 15, Text book of spinal infections and trauma. An official text book of Association of Spine surgeons of India. Editeby S.Rajasekaran

Publications

  1. (ISSLS Prize Winner) A Study of Diffusion in Human Lumbar Discs: A Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study Documenting the Influence of the Endplate on Diffusion in Normal and Degenerate Discs. S. Rajasekaran PhD, J. Naresh Babu, MS, R. Arun, MBBS, B. Roy Wilson Armstrong, MBBS, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, MS, and S.Murugan, MD. SPINE Volume 29, Number 23, pp 2654-2667, 2004.
  2. The Normal Diffusion Pattern Of Human Lumbar Intervetebral Discs. A. Ranganathan, S. Rajasekaran, J Naresh Babu and A Prasad Shetty. J Bone Joint Surg (B) 2005 proceedings; Vol 87, SUPP III, 235.
  3. Translaminar facetal (Mager'l) Screw fixation. S. Rajasekaran, J. Naresh-Babu Neurol India. 2005 Dec;53(4):520-4.
  4. A score for predicting salvage and outcome in Gustilo type-IIIA and type-IIIB open tibial fractures.Rajasekaran S Naresh Babu J, Dheenadhayalan J, Shetty AP, Sundararajan SR, Kumar M, Rajasabapathy S. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006 Oct;88(10):1351-60.
  5. Morphological Changes during Growth in Healed Childhood Spinal Tuberculosis: A Fifteen-Year Prospective Study of Sixty-One Children Treated by Ambulatory Chemotherapy. S Rajasekaran, Ajoy P Shetty, J Dheenadhayalan; J Naresh-Babu; T Kishen.- J Pediatr Orthop. 2006 Nov-Dec;26(6):716-24.
  6. Review of postcontrast MRI studies on diffusion of human lumbar discs. S.Rajasekaran, J. Naresh Babu, KS Murugan, J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Feb;25(2):410-8. Review.
  7. Pharmacological enhancement of disc nutrition and differentiation of healthy, ageing and degenerated discs. Results from serial post-contrast MRI studies in 365 human lumbar discs. S.Rajasekaran, K.Venkatadass, J.Naresh-Babu MS, K.Ganesh, Ajoy.P.Shetty. European Spine journal, April, 2008..

National Journal Articles

  1. Prospective Audit of Adverse Events in a Busy Orthopaedic Unit. in 'Journal of The Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2003 Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr.B.C.Bhanu Prakash , Dr. K. Divakar Raju, Dr. S. Rajasekaran.
  2. Far lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation Treated by Paraspinal Microsurgical Muscle Splitting Approach. Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr.S. Rajasekaran. 'Journal of The Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2005.
  3. Single Stage Correction of Post-Tubercular Kyphosis by Posterior Column Shortening. Dr. Thomas Kishen, Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr.S. Rajasekaran. Journal of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2005

Published International Abstracts

  1. 'A Comprehensive Trauma Score To Prognosticate Outcome In Grade III B Open Tibial Fractures'. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 71st Annual Meeting 2004 Proceedings. Rajasekaran S, Rajasabapathy S, Kumar P.V Manoj, Naresh Babu J, Dheenadhayalan J, Ajoy Shetty Prasad, Maheswar Canjivaram.
  2. Pre-Emptive Analgesia for Post-Operative Pain Relief in Lumbosacral Spine Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Rajasekaran S, Naresh Babu J, Sekar C, Reddy S, Ajoy PS, Pithwa YK. Spine Society of Europe -2004 abstracts (A67). Spine week-2004 Abstracts Book page 71.
  3. Resection and Reconstruction of Primary Vertebral Tumors of Cervical Spine. Rajasekaran S, Ajoy PS, Ramakantha Rao I, Naresh Babu J, Keshan T, Pithwa YK. Cervical Spine Research Society-Europe abstracts (A54) Spine week-2004 Abstracts Book page 57.
  4. Clinical Outcome Does Not Match Radiological Fusion In Bone-Only Anterior Cervical Fusion Following Discectomy. Rajasekaran S, Arun R, Naresh Babu J, Ajoy PS, Ramakantha Rao I, Keshan T. Cervical Spine Research Society-Europe abstracts (P99) Spine week-2004 Abstracts Book page 447.
  5. Endplate Damage in Lumbar Discs Can Be Identified In-vivo By Post-Contrast MRI Studies. Dr. S. Rajasekaran, Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. R. Arun, Dr. BRW Armstrong, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr. KS. Murugan. International Society for Study on Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) abstracts (P238) Spine week-2004 Abstracts Book page 591.
  6. Childhood Spinal Tuberculosis as a Clinical Model of Euler's Theory of 'Buckling Collapse' Of a Structural Column. S. Rajasekaran, Dheenadayalan J, Reddy S, Ramakantha Rao I, J. Naresh Babu, Ajoy PS. Spine Society of Europe -2004 abstracts (P542). Spine week-2004 Abstracts Book page 902.
  7. Pre-Emptive Analgesia in Lumbosacral Spine Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial J Naresh Babu, C Sekar, Kishen Thomas, Yogesh Pithwa, S Rajasekaran Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. XXIII SICOT/SIROT Triennial World Congress 2-9 September 2005 Istanbul, Turkey.SIC10-09.
  8. A Comprehensive Score to Prognosticate Limb Salvage and Outcome Measures In Grade IIIB Open Tibial Fractures. S Rajasekaran, PV Manoj Kumar, J Naresh Babu, J Dheenadhayalan, Ajoy Prasad Shetty Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India XXIII SICOT/SIROT Triennial World Congress 2-9 September 2005 Istanbul, Turkey.SIC12-02.
  9. Global Reconstruction of Bone and Soft tissue Defects in Open injuries of Limbs S Rajasekaran, S Rajasabapathy, J Dheenadhayalan, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, J Naresh Babu Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. XXIII SICOT/SIROT Triennial World Congress 2-9 September 2005 Istanbul, Turkey. SIC12-03.
  10. Primary Bone Grafting in High Energy Open Injuries of Limbs Kishen Thomas, A Rajendrababu, J Naresh Babu, J Dheenadhayalan, S Rajasekaran Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India XXIII SICOT/SIROT Triennial World Congress 2-9 September 2005 Istanbul, Turkey.SIC12-07.
  11. The Indications and Safety of Primary Closure in Open Injuries of Limbs.-A Prospective Study of Two Hundred and Fifty Seven Open Injuries. J Naresh Babu, J Dheenadhayalan, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, K Krishna Kumar, S Rajasekaran. Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. XXIII SICOT/SIROT Triennial World Congress 2-9 September 2005 Istanbul, Turkey. SIC12-08.

Presentations

  1. A Study of Diffusion in Human Lumbar Discs -A Serial MRI study documenting the influence of the endplate on diffusion in normal and degenerate discs. Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) - Depuy Best Spine Research Award winning paper presentation. Pune Jan-2004.
  2. Endplate Damage in Lumbar Discs Can Be Identified In-vivo By Post-Contrast MRI Studies. Dr. S. Rajasekaran, Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. R. Arun, Dr. BRW Armstrong, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr. KS. Murugan. ISSLS - Poster (P238) Spine week-2004 Porto, Portugal.
  3. ‘A Comprehensive Trauma Score To Prognosticate Outcome In Grade III B Open Tibial Fractures’. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 71st Annual Meeting March-2004 • San Francisco, CA. Rajasekaran S, Rajasabapathy S, Kumar P.V Manoj, Naresh Babu J, Dheenadhayalan J, Ajoy Shetty Prasad, Maheswar Canjivaram.
  4. Endplate Damage in Lumbar Discs Can Be Identified In-vivo By Post-Contrast MRI Studies. Dr. S. Rajasekaran, Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. R. Arun, Dr. BRW Armstrong, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr. KS. Murugan. Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Triennial Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-2004.
  5. Far lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation Treated by Paraspinal Microsurgical Muscle Splitting Approach. Association of Spine Surgeons of India Annual Conference-2005, Bangalore.
  6. Endplate Damage in Lumbar Discs Can Be Identified In-vivo By Post-Contrast MRI Studies. Annual Conference of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASISCON-2004) Thrisur, Kerala.
  7. Far lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation Treated by Paraspinal Microsurgical Muscle Splitting Approach. at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, 2005. Cuddalore.
  8. The Indications and Safety of Primary Closure in Open Injuries of Limbs. Indo-German Orthopaedic foundation Annual Conference. 2003, (IGOF-2003) Kanpur.
  9. ‘A Study of Diffusion Pattern in Human Lumbar Intervertebral Discs; An MRI Evaluation’ at Annual Conference of Orthopaedic Association Of South Indian States (OASISCON-2003) Bangalore.
  10. ‘Evaluation of Safety of Immediate Post debridement Closure in Open Injuries of Limbs’ Annual Conference of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States (OASISCON-2003) Bangalore.
  11. ‘Prospective Evaluation of Adverse Events in a Busy Orthopaedic Unit’ at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, 2003. Kodaikanal.
  12. ‘Role of Interloking Nailing in the Diaphyseal fractures of Tibia’ at Andhra Pradesh Chapter Of Indian Orthopaedic Association 2001 Warangal
  13. ‘Pantalar Tarsal Coalition’ at Andhra Pradesh Chapter Of Indian Orthopaedic Association 2000 Vishakapattanum.
  14. Primary Closure In Open Injuries-Adventurous Or Advantageous?- Andhra Pradesh Chapter Of Indian Orthopaedic Association 2003 Hyderabad.
  15. ‘Resection and Reconstruction Of Primary Vertebral Tumors’- Andhra Pradesh Chapter Of Indian Orthopaedic Association 2003 Hyderabad.
  16. ‘Primary closure in open injuries of limbs- Indications and safety. At 48th Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association Dec-2003 at Chennai.
  17. Endplate Damage in Lumbar Discs Can Be Identified In-vivo By Post-Contrast MRI Studies. S Rajasekaran, Naresh Babu, K Murugan, A Shetty, American Acadamy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Chicago, Illinois, 2006.
  18. The Normal Diffusion Pattern of Human Lumbar Discs. S Rajasekaran, Naresh Babu, K Murugan, A Shetty, American Acadamy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Chicago, Illinois, 2006.
  19. Diffusion of human lumbar intravertebral discs can be enhanced pharmacologically with oral nimodipine. S Rajasekaran, Naresh Babu, K Murugan, A Shetty, International Society for Study on Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), Bergen, Norway, 2006.
  20. Closing – Opening wedge osteotomy of spine to correct severe post tubercular kyphotic deformities of the spine. S Rajasekaran, A Shetty ,Naresh Babu, Vidyadhara S. Scoliosis Research Society. (SRS) Monterey, California, USA.
  21. Behavior of proximal thoracic curve and coronal balance after thoracoscopic selective anterior fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.- a longitudinal study with minimum 2 yrs follow-up.Dr. Naresh Babu, Peng Y, Tao HR, Hee HT, Wong HK. 39th Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific meeting. Singapore.

Lectures

  1. Prospective Audit of Adverse Events in a Busy Orthopaedic Unit. in 'Journal of The Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2003 Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr.B.C.Bhanu Prakash , Dr. K. Divakar Raju, Dr. S. Rajasekaran.
  2. Far lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation Treated by Paraspinal Microsurgical Muscle Splitting Approach. Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr.S. Rajasekaran. 'Journal of The Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2005.
  3. Single Stage Correction of Post-Tubercular Kyphosis by Posterior Column Shortening. Dr. Thomas Kishen, Dr. J. Naresh Babu, Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Dr.S. Rajasekaran. Journal of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association'- 2005.
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