Dr. Thomas J Kishen

Specialist:        Spine Surgeon
Experience:    24+years of experience
Hospital:        Manipal Hospital (Old Airport Road) Bangalore     

Brief About Doctor:

• Dr. Thomas Kishen is a Spine Surgeon with a rich experience of more than 24+years.
• He specializes in treatments like kyphoplasty, slip disc, spinal deformity, herniated disc, scoliosis correction, spine injury, joint dislocation etc.
• He received Gold Medal for “Standing first in India in the Diplomate of the National Board Exam’ in Orthopedics in 2001.

• Dr.Thomas also received Professor M.V. Daniel Gold Medal for Exemplary Commitment to Patient Care in 2000.
• In addition to this, he got Dr. Premananda Nayak Award for the ‘Best Outgoing Student from MAHE University 1998.
• He completed his MBBS from Mangalore University Karnataka in 1996 and did Diploma in Orthopedics in 1999 from Kasturba Medical College.
• He also went on to do DNB in New Delhi in the year 2001.
• Currently, he is a member of ASSI and Medical Council of India.
• Dr. Thomas has published several papers and chapters on Spinal Surgery.

SPECIALIZATION

• Kyphoplasty
• Spinal Deformity Correction
• Herniated Disc
• Spinal Diseases
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Compression Fracture
• Spine Injury
• Musculoskeletal Pain Management
• Joint Dislocation Treatment
• Spinal Disc Surgery

LIST OF TREATMENTS:

• Kyphosis (Hunchback) Treatment
• Anterior Cervical Discectomy
• Cervical Corpectomy
• Lumbar Laminectomy for Spine
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  
  Revision Spine Surgery
  Spinal Fusion Surgery
  Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery
  Cervical Spine
  Artificial Spine Lumbar Disc Replacement
  Cervical Spine Surgery
  Spinal Endoscopic Surgery
  Spine Tumour Surgery
  Scoliosis Spine Surgery
  Spine Decompression Surgery
  Comprehensive Myelopathy – Spinal Cord Surgery
  Spinal Instrumentation
  Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  Spondylitis
  Slip Disc
  Spinal Stenosis
  Disc Herniation
  Prolapsed Disc
  

EDUCATION:

• DNB, 2001, DNB board, New Delhi
• Diploma, 1999, Kasturba Medical College
• MBBS, 1996, Mangalore University, Karnataka

AWARDS:

• Dr. BaluSankaran Gold Medal for `standing first in India in the Diplomate of the National Board Exam`in Orthopaedics for the year 2001
• Professor M.V. Daniel Gold Medal for `Exemplary Commitment to Patient Care` for the year 2000 from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, Coimbatore
• Dr. Premananda Nayak Award for the `Best Outgoing D`Ortho Student` from MAHE University, Manipal for the year 1998
• ASSI-Depuy Best Spine Research Award at the ASI conference at Bangalore in January 2005 for the paper titled `Is single-stage posterior column shortening a safe and reliable procedure in active spinal tuberculosis.