Ravindran Ranjith

Ravindran Ranjith is an experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip, knee and foot and ankle procedures. He has been widely published in medical journals and textbooks for his research and expertise.

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	Medbelle position	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
	Titles	MB BS, FRCS, MSc Orth Eng, Dip SICOT, MSc Orth, FEBOT, FRCS (Tr & Orth
	Experience	29 years
	Specialisation	Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

Summary

Ravindran Ranjith is a highly-experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip, knee and foot and ankle conditions, injuries and procedures. He has trained across the UK and also internationally in Germany for a highly-esteemed fellowship. Alongside his NHS positions and private practice, he has also designed a protocol for the management of metal-sensitive patients, which is currently undergoing ratification. Patients describe him as confident, reassuring and hard-working.

Positions

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Phoenix Chelmsford
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Nuffield Brentwood
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Weymouth St Hospital
Clinical Director Trauma and Orthopaedics- Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals,
Substantive Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, Essex.
Associate Clinical Advisor Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman 2012
The national interview panel for the selection of ST3s I Orthopaedics

Education

FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedics Royal College of Surgeons of England 2007
MSc Orthopaedic Engineering Cardiff University 1997
FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 1994
MBBS Calcutta University 1990
MSc Health Science and Clinical Practice (Orthopaedics) University of Central Lancashire 2009
Fellow European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2009
Dip SICOT Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopaedique et de Traumatologie 2007
MCh Orthopaedics Edge Hill University 2012
Knee Fellowship Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital 2005
Knee Fellowship Royal Bournemouth Hospital 1998

Awards and achievements

Staff Recognition Award 2014, Certificate of Excellence for Postgraduate Education and Training 2014 for being voted as Postgraduate Trainer of the Year

Professional memberships

General Medical Council (GMC) 4244662
British Association for Surgery of the Knee BASK
British Orthopaedic Association
Associate Clinical Advisor Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman

Specialist surgical interests

Joint replacements, including bespoke replacement
robotic surgery
partial replacements
revision knee surgery
Arthroscopy
sports injury
Ligament reconstruction, including anterior cruciate ligament
Arthroscopy of Hip
Knee and Ankle
Foot surgery
Ankle surgery
Lower limb trauma

Locations

Phoenix Chelmsford

Essex Healthcare Park

W Hanningfield Rd

Great Baddow

Chelmsford

CM2 8HN

Nuffield Brentwood

Shenfield Rd

Shenfield

Brentwood

CM15 8EH

Weymouth St Hospital

42-46 Weymouth St

London

W1G 6DR

Publications

•Vertebral Corpectomy for Thoracic Tumour/ Infection by Robert.F.McLain , Ranjith.R.Kuzhupilly

Chapter (20, Section II) in Surgical Techniques of the Spine (Ed.- Thomas.R.Haher & Andrew Merola), published by Thieme Medical Publishers Inc.

•Developmental Spinal Anatomy by Ranjith.R.Kuzhupilly, Gordon.R.Bell

Chapter in Principles and Practice of Spine Surgery (Ed.- Vaccaro, Betz & Ziedman), published by Mosby (Elsevier)

PAPERS PUBLISHED

• 3D-CT volume rendering techniques in Endoscopic Thoracoplasty by Isador Lieberman, Ranjith.R.Kuzhupilly, William Davros, Mary Kay Reinhardt, The Spine Journal 1(2001) pp 390-394
•In vitro stability of FRA spacers with integrated crossed screws for anterior lumbar interbody fusion by Ranjith.R.Kuzhupilly, I.H.Lieberman, R.F.McLain, A.Valdevit, H.Kambic, published in The Spine May 1, 2002; Vol 27, No 9, pp 923-928
•Hangman's fracture caused by suspected child abuse: a case report by Ranjith.R.K, J.H.Mullett, T.Burke, published in the Journal of Paediatric Orthpaedics B Oct 2002;11(4), pp 329-32
•Total knee replacement following high tibial osteotomy by Madan.S, Ranjith.R.K, Fiddian.N.J, published in the Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2002-2003;61(1-2),pp 5-10
•Intermediate follow-up of high tibial osteotomy: a comparison of two techniques by Madan.S, Ranjith.R.K, Fiddian.N.J, published in the Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2002-2003;61(1-2), pp 11-6
•Optimising femoral component rotation using Equiflex instrumentation – a clinical review by Ranjith.R.Kuzhupilly, Ilias Seferiadis, Iain.A.C.Lennox in Int Orthopaedics (electronically pub March,2007,paperJune 2008,Vol.32,No.345-53)
•Restarting Elective Orthopaedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned by Anuhya Vusirikala, Marwan Saleh, Edward Laurent, Tessa del Castillo, Ranjith R Kuzhupilly, Amr Fahmy, Dimitrios Tsekes in Cureus. 2021 Jul; 13(7): e16343. Published online 2021 Jul 12. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16343

THESIS

•Impaction Grafting - A look at the initial structural integrity: an in vitro analysis of two techniques by R.K.Ranjith

Published as a thesis for the MSc. In Orthopaedic Engineering at Cardiff University.

•Comparative analysis of lateral retinacular release rates and felxion gap symmetry using different methods of Total Knee Arthroplasty by R.K.Ranjith published as thesis for the MCh Orthopaedics at Edge Hill University

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