Top Orthopaedic Surgeon in HITEC City, Hyderabad

Brief Profile

Dr. Shiva Shankar Challa is an orthopaedic surgeon at CARE Hospitals, HITEC City. He has extensive expertise in complex trauma and joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Challa specialises in minimally invasive pain treatment procedures and has experience with robotic surgeries, ACL reconstructions, and multi-ligament injuries. He holds memberships with prestigious organizations like the GMC, EULAR, and SICOT, and actively contributes to medical research, with notable publications in major medical textbooks and journals.

Field(s) of Expertise

• Robotic & joint replacement surgeries
• ACL reconstruction
• Multi-ligament injury
• Patello-femoral instability
• Arthroscopic surgeries
• Minimally invasive procedures
• Non-surgical procedures

Research and Presentations

• Free paper presentation on the Role of  Epidural steroid injection in low backache at IOACON 2015,  JAIPUR  
• 'A retrospective study on the reconstruction of AC joint using artificial ligaments' as a part of my thesis for gaining my Mch in trauma and orthopaedics

Publications

• 'AC Joint reconstruction using Lockdown ligament long term outcomes’ for publication consideration in the surgeon journal, submitted in 2023
• Thesis on “ Surgical management of both bone forearm fractures using locking compression plates in adult patients” as a part of my thesis for the completion of my Masters in orthopaedic surgery in 2016
• U Ramakrishna Rao, A Shashikala, B Naina, Y Maryam, F Firdaus, R Archana, K Datta, J Shivanand,  Sripurna,  Shivashankar C,  Satyavati. Impact of latent tuberculosis in the recruitment of subjects for clinical drug trials in rheumatoid arthritis. IJR 2015; 18 (Suppl. 1): 22
• B Naina, A Shashikala, Y Maryam, F Firdaus, R Archana, K Datta, J Shivanand, D Sripurna, C Shivashankar  Satyavati, U Ramakrishna Rao. Commonly encountered reasons for screen failure in clinical drug trials. IJR  2015; 18 (Sup1): 67
• U Ramakrishna Rao, D Sripurna, A Shashikala, B Naina, Y Maryam, F Firdaus, R Archana, J Shivanand, K Datta, C Shivashankar,  Satyavati. Causes of discontinuation of subjects during clinical drug trials. IJR 2015; 18 (Suppl. 1): 67

Education

• MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Health Sciences, Karnataka
• MS (Ortho) from NTR University, Vijayawada
• MRCS from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
• MCh (Tr & Ortho) from Edge Hill University, UK
• Fellowship in Arthroscopy from The Joint Studio, Perth

Languages Known

English, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada

Fellowship/Membership

• Fellowship in Arthroplasty
• SICOT member
• GMC
• EULAR

Past Positions

• Consultant (Orthopedics) - Sri Deepti Orthopedic Centre
• Consultant - The Joint Studio, Hollywood Medical Centre, Perth