About the Doctor
Meet the orthopaedic surgeon behind Balaji Ortho Care.

Meet your doctor
Dr. Sitsabesan Chokkalingam
Consultant Orthopaedic, Spine & Trauma Surgeon
MBBS, D Ortho, DNB, MRCS, FRCS Tr & Orth (Edin)
Dr. Sitsabesan Chokkalingam is a consultant orthopaedic, spine and trauma surgeon with over 15 years of experience. After his MBBS from Madras Medical College and orthopaedic training in Chennai, he completed the FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and worked in UK hospitals before returning home to Chennai.
His special interests are knee and hip replacement, sports injuries and minimally invasive spine care. He recommends surgery only when it truly helps, and his evening clinic in Anna Nagar West makes specialist care easy for working people, students and seniors.
Education & qualifications
- MBBSMadras Medical College, Chennai • 2006
- D Ortho – Diploma in OrthopaedicsGovt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai • 2010
- DNB – OrthopaedicsNational Board of Examinations, New Delhi • 2012
- MRCSRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh • 2014
- FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics)Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh • 2017
Areas of expertise
- Fracture care
- Trauma surgery
- Arthritis
- Frozen shoulder
- Tennis elbow
- Heel pain
- PRP injections
- Stem cell injections
- Total Knee Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
- Back & neck pain
- SNRB
- Disc surgery
- Vertebroplasty
- Spine fusion
- Sports injuries
- Club foot
- Limb deformity correction
- Osteoporosis
- Fragility fractures
Languages: Tamil, English, Hindi
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