Dr. Raman Kant Aggarwal is a graduate of PGIMS, Rohtak and a post graduate from Govt. Medical College Patiala. After gaining extensive experience in India for 10 years, he went for his fellowship at Katharinnen Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany (2003) in advanced orthopaedic reconstruction. He went to UK for specialised surgical training in the field of joint replacement and arthroscopic surgery in 2004 & got his training at Wrightington hospital, UK for Total hip and knee replacements. Post his training on hip & knee replacement; he did his fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt hospital, Oswestry, UK.
He had been practicing total hip and knee replacement and arthroscopic surgeries of the knee and shoulder routinely in UK and came back to India in 2009 to Join Medanta – The Medicity. Dr Aggarwal has established the shoulder clinic at Medanta Bone & Joint Institute and specializes in performing key hole (Arthroscopic) surgery of the shoulder for dislocating shoulders, sports injuries, frozen shoulders and tears of the cuff. He also specializes in fixing shoulder joint replacements for many types of arthritis and fractures of the shoulder joint.
Qualifications
MSc (Trauma & Orthopaedics & Health Sciences )Wrightington Hospital, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK
M.S.Orth,Govt. Medical College Patiala, Punjab
M.B,B. S (1983-1998, PGIMS, Rohtak)
Shoulder & Upper Limb Fellowship (2007-2009, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, UK)
Visiting Fellowships to Dr. Laurent Lafosse (Annecy, France), Dr. Mark Ferguson (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Prof. U Holz (Stuttgart, Germany).
Work Experience
Director- Shoulder services, Senior Joint and Arthroscopic Surgeon at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon
Fellow shoulder Surgery, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry UK
Staff Surgeon, Bronglais Gen. Hospital, Aberystwyth, UK
Registrar Lower Limb Unit, Wrightington Hopsital, UK
Senior SHO, Distt General Hospital, Ormskirk UK
Consultant Ortho surgeon, City Ortho Hospital Karnal
Senior Registrar, PGIMS Rohtak
Professional Memberships
Medical Council of India
Delhi Medical Council
Delhi Orthopaedic Association
Formerly President Indian Arthroplasty Association
Special Interests
Shoulder Replacement (Reverse, Total, Resurfacing, Part replacements)
Arthroscopic (Key-hole) Surgery of shoulder joint for torn ligaments (dislocating shoulders, SLAP lesions), torn Rotator cuff and Biceps tendons, Frozen shoulders
Elbow Arthroscopy for Tennis & Golfer's elbow, Elbow Replacement
Wrist Fractures, ligament injuries
Sports Injuries for ligaments of all joints
Complex trauma and fractures
Kim Brian from the Sacramento County of California, USA came to India to get Hip Replacement Surgery done. He travelled alone because he could not afford the expenses for an attendant. His surgery was done by Dr IPS Oberoi at Artemis Health Institute. Watch this video where Kim is sharing his experiences.
Mr. Mark Wisman suffered an injury to his knee while driving his pickup. For years he lived in pain and finally landed in India for Total Knee Replacement Surgery to be done by Dr. Ashok Rajgopal at Medanta Medicity. He had some interesting things to say about treatment in India specially the cost of the treatment.
This Indian patient travelled from the state of Punjab to New Delhi to get ACL Surgery done. Here the patient is recovering on the 2nd day after the surgery and shares his experience about this remarkable recovery in such a short span of time. Post Surgery Rehab is as important as the surgery itself.