Dr. A. A. Mascarenhas

MS (Ortho), FNB Spine Surgery

Practicing as Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon, Department of Spine Surgery, Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru

Practicing as Senior Consultant Spine Surgeon, Spine surgery unit, St Marthas Hospital, Bengaluru

EDUCATION:

MS (Orth – 2005) from St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences India

FELLOWSHIPS :

2010 march FNB (Spine Surgery) National Board Fellowship in spine surgery
Indian Spinal Injuries Center
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India

2010July Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery,
Magdeburge, Germany.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Training of DNB orthopaedic candidates in the speciality of spine, ISIC, Delhi
• Involved in the post-graduate teaching program in orthopaedics, St Johns Medical College, Bangalore
• Involved in the training of undergraduate medical students on examination and diagnosis of common orthopaedic problems, St Johns Medical College, Bangalore
• Involved in the training of casualty medical officers on the management of poly-trauma patients.

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries

• Micro-endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
• Percutaneous pedicle screw fixations for spine fractures)
• Minimally invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF)
• Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
• Micro-endoscopic Posterior Cervical Discectomy

Spinal Deformity Correction Surgeries

• Kyphosis correction by PSO/ SPO/ Ponte osteotomy/ vertebrectomy
• Scoliosis deformity correction for AIS/ Neuromuscular/ congenital/ degenerative deformities
• Reduction and fusion surgeries for spondylolisthesis

Cervical Spine Surgeries

• Anterior cervical Discectomy/corpectomy and fusion with plating
• Cervical laminectomy and laminoplasty
• Lateral mass fixation in cervical spine
• Cervical disc replacement surgery
• Occipito-cervical fixations
• C1-C2 fixations by Harms technique
• Odontoid Screw Fixation
• Trans-articular C1-C2 fixation

Spinal Tumour Resection Surgeries

• En-Bloc resection of Spinal Tumours
• Total Spondylectomy
• Spinal Decompression And Stabilisation for Spinal Metastasis

Complex Spinal Stabilisation

• Thoracic and lumbar corpectomy by thoracotomy/ Trans-Diaphragmatic approach/ Retro- peritoneal approach
• Surgical management of tuberculous lesions of the spine

Movement Preserving Spine Surgeries:

• Dynamic stabilization systems in lumbar spine
• Interspinous Spacer Device systems

2008 (Jan 14th- Jan 28th) KOA Traveling Fellowship for the year 2008

2009 Best poster award-Conference on Lumbar
Intervertebral disc.
‘Intracranial bleed following spine surgery-
A report of two cases’.

2009 Best poster award- An epidemiological study on vertebral fractures
Following fall from electric pole After electric shock:is it same as fall
From height? ISSICoN 2009

COURSES CONDUCTED

Pre-conference Spine Workshop, KOACoN 2015, Mysore

Spine CME and Workshop, VIMS hospital, Bellary, Karnataka, 2014

Spine CME and Workshop, Sridevi Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka, 2014

Live Surgery and CME, KIMS hospital, Hubli, Karnataka, 2012