Dr.Shashidhar.B.K is a Consultant Spine Surgeon at Bangalore, India. He is trained in the entire spectrum of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at some of the esteemed institutes across the world. His special interests are Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Deformity Correction, Artificial Disc Replacement, etc.

Dr.Shashidhar believes in a Comprehensive Management Program that includes a thorough evaluation, a broad-based non- operative care program, and when indicated pain management injections and Surgery. For safe spine surgery he uses Intra-operative neuro-monitoring ( SSEP and MEP) , Spine navigation( Pediguard and navigation stations) and advanced instrumentation techniques as per the requirement.

He is a meritorious students with academic background as below:

• • MBBS (BMCRI, Bangalore), MS (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MNAMS

• • Post Doctor Fellowship in Spine Surgery, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

• • Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, National University Hospital, Singapore.

• • Clinical Fellowship in Scoliosis Surgery, Scoliosis Research Centre, Guro Hospital, KUMC, Seoul, South Korea

• • Clinical Fellowship in Complex Spinal Surgery: Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

• • ASSI Traveling Spine Fellowship, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore

• Traveling Spine Fellowships in USA (New York and Los Angeles), Germany and Japan

He is settled in Bangalore with his parents, in laws, Wife and Daughter