About Dr. Ashok Rajgopal

An internationally renowned orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Rajgopal is a prolific surgeon with over 30,000 total knee replacement surgeries to his credit.
In addition, he has performed more than 15,000 arthroscopic surgeries for ligament repairs and reconstructions.
He has several firsts to his credit — the first to perform a bilateral procedure in India, the first to use the Gender implant (designed especially for female patients), the first to perform total knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation, and the first to perform minimally invasive total knee replacement in India.
He is a designer surgeon and a member of the design team responsible for the design and development of the latest knee implant, The Persona Knee.
He successfully developed instruments for MIS total knee replacement surgery which were later patented by Zimmer and are used by knee replacement surgeons worldwide.
His enduring passion for practicing and advancing medical sciences has seen him win a number of awards.

Indian Orthopaedic Association
Indian Arthroplasty Association
Indian Hip and Knee society
Indian Arthroscopy Association
The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
General Medical Council (UK)
Indian Association of Sports Medicine

Lifetime Achievement Award, Alumni Association of Sancheti Institutes, Pune, 2016
Lifetime award, APAS (Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society), 2016
Dr. BC Roy award “To recognize the best talents in encouraging the development of specialties in different branches of Medicine”, 2014
Padma Shri award for recognition of surgical excellence and contribution to the field of Orthopaedics, 2014