About the Doctor

Meet the orthopaedic surgeon behind Balaji Ortho Care.

Dr. Sitsabesan Chokkalingam, consultant orthopaedic surgeon

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.

15+Years of experience
FRCSEdinburgh, UK
5–9 PMEvening clinic

Education & qualifications

  1. MBBSMadras Medical College, Chennai • 2006
  2. D Ortho – Diploma in OrthopaedicsGovt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai • 2010
  3. DNB – OrthopaedicsNational Board of Examinations, New Delhi • 2012
  4. MRCSRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh • 2014
  5. 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

Recognition

Achievements, memberships & affiliations

Awards & publications

Best Paper Award – TNOA Annual Conference 2019
Study on ACL reconstruction outcomes – Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
Faculty speaker – Chennai Arthroplasty Update 2023

Professional memberships

Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA)
Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association (TNOA)
Madras Orthopaedic Society

Hospital affiliations

Sri Sakthi Multispeciality Hospital, Anna Nagar
Chennai Ortho & Trauma Centre, Kilpauk
Sundaram Day Surgery Centre, Mogappair

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