Born on
the 30th of September 1953, Dr. Rajgopal completed his M.B.B.S. from Pune
University in 1974. Following, which he completed his M. S. Orthopaedicss
from A.I.I.M.S. in 1979 and M.Ch. Orthopaedicss from the University of Liverpool
in 1983.
Having served as the honorary Orthopaedics surgeon to the president of India
in 1997, Dr. Rajgopal's professional achievements include conducting over
9,950 arthroscopies and over 3,200 Arthrosplasties, conducting the first bilateral
TKR in India (Apr'87) and the first MIS Unicompartmental replacement (Mar'02).
He is one of the most experienced surgeons, in India, where knee replacements
are concerned.
He has been invited to numerous international conferences as a guest speaker.
The most prominent conferences were at Brisbane, China, Cairns, Dundee and
Singapore. He has read nearly 45 papers at Indian Conferences.
In addition to his noteworthy medical skills, he also possesses a very fine
art collection with over 65 paintings. He is particularly passionate about
The Old Bengal School of Art. He is a keen music enthusiast and can play the
harmonica, melodica and the keyboard. He is also very fond of cricket, badminton
and scuba diving.