Dr. A. Navaladi Shankar — Senior Consultant in Chennai

Dr. A. Navaladi Shankar is a Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, with more than 32 years of experience. His profile records orthopedics together with sports medicine.

His list runs across both. Replacement work covers total knee replacement, total hip replacement and revision knee replacement, with advanced knee osteoarthritis managed alongside. Sports and arthroscopic work covers ACL reconstruction for ACL tear, meniscus repair, rotator cuff repair for rotator cuff tear and arthroscopic surgery. He also performs fracture fixation and carpal tunnel release, and treats carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow and trigger finger.

His qualifications are all postgraduate. He holds the MS in orthopaedics and the DNB in orthopaedics, was elected FRCS, holds the MNAMS, and took a diploma in sports medicine. That last qualification is the formal basis for the second specialization on his profile, and it is reflected in the ligament, meniscus and rotator cuff work that makes up much of his list.

Alongside Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road in Chennai he runs the Dr. Navaladi Spine and Knee Clinic in the same city. The name of that clinic places the knee at the centre of his practice, which is consistent with a list on which knee replacement, revision knee replacement, ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair all appear.

He was awarded best paper at the Indian Orthopaedic Association conference, and his record notes further awards recognised during his professional career.