Dr. Naveen Tahasildar is a renowned spine surgeon in Bangalore. He has completed his orthopedic residency along with 3 years of additional experience as a registrar in the spine unit from the prestigious PGIMER University, Chandigarh. During the last 12 years of his career, he has operated on more than 2,500 complex spine cases, including scoliosis, spinal tumors, and revision surgeries.
He has completed both long-term and short-term orthopedic fellowships in recognized institutions and advanced his training in spine surgery through a combined neurosurgery and orthopedic fellowship. During this period, he gained expertise in microsurgical techniques, deformity corrections, and spinal tumor surgeries.
He has presented papers at several international conferences, and his research has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed international journals. He has 28 research publications (18 international and 10 national) to his name, which have been cited 289 times in various international papers published in renowned journals.
He is a consultant spine surgeon at SPARSH Hospitals and you can visit him for your queries.
- Spine surgery
- Complex spinal deformities
- Tumours
- Revision spine procedures
- Diploma SICOT in Belgium
- Combined Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship in Amrita Institute, Kochi
- Spine Fellowship in Aarhus University, Denmark
- AOA Orthopaedic Fellowship in Epworth Hospitals, Melbourne
- Asian Association for Dynamic Osteosynthesis (AADO) Fellowship in Hong Kong
- Diploma SICOT awarded in the SICOT 2011 XXV Triennial World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, after written and oral examination on 5th and 6th September 2011
- Awarded the SICOT Travelling Fellowship (Spine) to Aarhus University under Prof Cody Bunger from January 1st to 31st 2013.
- Awarded the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Global Outreach Educational Scholarship Award 2013 to attend the 20th International Meeting on Advanced Spinal Techniques (IMAST) in Vancouver, Canada.
- Elected as Executive Committee member of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) in May 2023.
- Elected as the Secretary of the “Bangalore Spine Society” from September 2023.
- Elected as AO Spine Delegate (one among 8 members) from Southern India in January 2021 for a term of 3 years.
- Fellowship Mentor for Sparsh Spine Fellowship- 3 fellows trained in the last 3 years.
- Organizing Secretary for the Sparsh Spine Week held in 2018 along with Prof KV Menon.
- Coordinator for the Bangalore Spine Society monthly meetings since 2019.
- Coordinator for the Sparsh Orthopedic monthly meetings since 2017.
- Minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity corrections and spinal tumor surgeries.
- Menon V, Tahasildar NS, Sivaraman T, Venkateshappa BM. Scoliosis associated with HGPPS syndrome: What do we know? Indian Spine J 2021; 4:250-4
- Menon KV, Tahasildar NS. What Constitutes Shoulder Imbalance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? Aesthetic Threshold for Surgical Correction [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 29]. World Neurosurg. 2020; S1878-8750(20)30577-5. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.106
- Udayakumaran S, Menon SK, Onyia CU, Tahasildar N. Single-stage deformity correction in children with neurogenic kyphoscoliosis: nuances and a proposal for risk stratification. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Oct;43(4): E13. doi: 10.3171/2017.7. FOCUS17348.
- Menon KV, Tahasildar N, Pillay HM, M A. Axial Plane Deformity of the Shoulder in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Clin Spine Surg. 2017 May;30(4): E351-E357. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000193.
- Menon KV, Pillay HM, M A, Tahasildar N, J RK. Post-operative shoulder imbalance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a study of clinical photographs. Scoliosis. 2015; 10:31. doi:10.1186/s13013-015-0055-6.
- Menon KV, Tahasildar N, Pillay HM, Anbuselvam M & Jayachandran RK. Patterns of Shoulder Imbalance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Retrospective Observational Study. Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. 2014 Oct; 27(7): 401-408.
- Dhatt S, Tahasildar N, Tripathy SK, Sharma RB, Dhillon MS. Outcome of spinal decompression in cauda equina syndrome presenting late in developing countries- case series of 50 cases. European Spine Journal 2011 Dec; 20(12):2235-9.
- Tahasildar N, Goni V, Sudesh P, Tripathy SK. Giant osteochondroma of Axis in a child with multiple hereditary exostoses: Case report and review of literature. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012 May;21(3):280-5
- Tripathy, Sujit Kumar; Tahasildar, Naveen; Letter to the Editor. Spine 2010. 35(18):1736-1737.
- Tahasildar N, Goni V, Bhagwat K, Tripathy SK, Panda BB. Ewing’s sarcoma as second malignancy following a short latency in unilateral retinoblastoma. J Orthopaed Traumatol 2011 Sep; 12(3):167-71.
- Tahasildar N, Sudesh P, Tripathy SK, Shashidhar BK. Bilateral Pathological Dislocation of Hip Secondary to Tuberculous Arthritis Following Disseminated Tuberculosis- A Case Report and Review of Literature. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012 Nov; 21(6):567-73. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328354da73.
- Sen RK, Tripathy SK, Goyal T, Aggarwal S, Tahasildar N, Singh D & Amit Kumar Singh. Osteosynthesis of femoral-neck nonunion with angle blade plate and autogenous fibular graft. Int Orthop. 2012 Apr;36(4):827-32
- Tripathy SK, Sen RK, Akkina N, Hampannavar A, Tahasildar N, Limaye R. Role of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of intramuscular cysticercosis. Skeletal Radiol. 2012 Sep;41(9):1061-6. Epub 2011 Nov 19.
- Sujit Kumar Tripathy, Ramesh Kumar Sen, Sameer Aggarwal, Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt, and Naveen Tahasildar. Simultaneous bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation: report of two cases and review of the literature. Chin J Traumatol 2011 Oct 1; 14(5):312-5.
- Kamal Bali, Sameer Aggarwal, Vishal Kumar, Aditya Krishna Mootha, Saurabh Rawall, Naveen Tahasildar and Mandeep S. Dhillon ; Operative management of type II and type IIIa open tibial fractures presenting from 6–24 hours after injury: an Indian experience. Current Orthopedic Practice. 22(3):262-266, May/June 2011.
- Sarvdeep Dhatt, Manphool Singhal, Sujit Kumar Tripathy, Naveen Tahasildar and Ramesh Kumar Sen;Primary hydatidosis of femur: a case report and review of literature. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2010, 20(5): 401-405.
- Sen RK, Tripathy SK, Aggarwal S, Agarwal A, Goyal T, Tahasildar N, Dhatt S.; Migrated Intra-Pelvic Broken Wire Retrieval: A Nightmare For Surgeon. Hip Int. 2010 Dec 14;20(4):551-4.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications: Spine - V. Goni, V. Kumar & N. Tahasildar: Integrated Outcome Assessment after Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF) with autograft and Plating in cervical spondylomyelopathy. The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. 2010 Supplement III to IJMIST IV, No 5
- V. Goni, N. Raj, S. Pebam, N. Tahasildar, A. Taneja & V. Kumar: Retained, asymptomatic bullet in D11-D12 intervertebral disc space: A Case Report. The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology.2010 Supplement III to IJMIST IV, No 5
- V. Goni, S. Dhatt, N. Raj, S. Pebam, A. Taneja & N. Tahasildar: Correlation between Preoperative Imaging Studies and Post-Operative Results in Lumbar Canal Stenosis – A Prospective Study. The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. 2010 Supplement III to IJMIST IV, No 5
- Kishen TJ, Tahasildar N. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Role of Spinal Injections. Karnataka Medical Journal 2013. Vol 46; Issue 1:14-19
- Tahasildar N, Kishen TJ. Surgery for the Degenerative Lumbar Spine. Karnataka Medical Journal 2013. Vol 46; Issue 1: 21-25
- Bhatia S, Goni V, Pebam S, Taneja A, Tahasildar N, Rajan SV, Bhatia A, Amarji B, Singh B, Katare OP. Novel Liposomal Gel of an Anti-inflammatory Agent: Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial for Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Signs and Symptoms of Osteoarthritis of the Knees. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 50:1090, 2010.
- Naveen Tahasildar, Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Vijay Goni, Sameer Aggarwal; Management of distal femur fractures: Current Concepts in Management. The Northeast Orthoscan 2010, 7(2):41-51.
- Dhatt S, Tripathy S, Tahasildar N, Sharma R, Sanjay B. Bilateral Sarcoid Arthritis Treated by Total Hip Replacement: A Case Report. WebmedCentral ORTHOPAEDICS 2010;1(11): WMC001133
- Dhatt S, Tahasildar N, Tripathy S, BK S, Tamuk T. Excision and Endoprosthesis Implantation for Proximal Femur Giant Cell Tumor. WebmedCentral ORTHOPAEDICS 2010; 1(11): WMC001236
- North American Spine Society member (membership id 362953)
- AO Spine Silver member (membership no 22677)
- Association of Spine Surgeons of India (membership no 2648)
- Life member of IOA (membership No- LM8414)
- SICOT Associate Member (membership no 14410)
- AADO (Asian Association of Dynamic Osteosynthesis) member (membership no 853)
- Life member of NORTH ZONE CHAPTER OF IOA
- Life member of Karnataka Orthopedic Association (membership no-N59)
- MSR Cadaveric Spine Course (April 19 & 20th 2014 at MS Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore) – Delivered a talk “When is fusion needed in a degenerative disc disorder? The facts separated from fiction.” and was table instructor to guide the delegates on techniques of lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar pedicle screw with TLIF.
- Bangalore Orthopedic Society Annual Conference 2015 (March 27th-29th 2015 at Nimhans Convention Centre, Bangalore)- Panelist in panel discussion on “Dilemmas in management of lumbar degenerative disc disorders” during spine session
- Bone School 2014- Saw bone Workshop and PG teaching on spine.
- Bone School 2015- PG teaching program on spine
- MSR Cadaveric Spine Course (June 20th and 21st 2015 at MS Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore) – Table instructor to guide the delegates on techniques of lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar pedicle screw with TLIF.
- Karnataka Orthopedic Society Annual Conference 2016 (February 5th-7th 2016 at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore) – Course Coordinator for spine cadaveric workshop and spine session during main conference.
- Bangalore Orthopedic Society Annual Conference BOSCON Week 2016 – Pedicle Screw Fixation Workshop (March 15th, 2016, at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences)- Table Instructor
- AO Spine Scoliosis Week 2016 (May 1st to 7th 2016 at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi)- As one of the 6 national faculty, delivered a talk on “Strategic Vertebrae”, moderated 2 seminars presented by delegates “Etiology of AIS (genetics, endocrine factors, research evidence etc.)” & “Natural history of AIS (progression potential, growth prediction)”and participated in live surgery demonstrations to delegates.
- MSR Cadaveric Spine Course (July 9th & 10th 2016 at MS Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore) – Moderated a panel discussion on degenerative disc disorders and was table instructor to guide the delegates on techniques of lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar pedicle screw.
- MSR Cadaveric Spine Course (August 5th & 6th 2017 at MS Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore) – Delivered a talk on “Applied Anatomy of Lumbar Spine”, Panelist in a panel discussion on “Lumbar Disc Prolapse” and was table instructor to guide the delegates on techniques of lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar pedicle screw.
- Sparsh Spine Week 2018 (October 21st to 27th at Sparsh Hospitals, Bangalore)- As Course Co-ordinator along with Course Director Dr K V Menon organized this operative spine course.
- AO Spine Scoliosis Week 2019 (February 10th to 16th 2019 at Sancheti Hospitals, Pune)- As one of the 6 national faculty, delivered a talk on “Strategic Vertebrae” and “Spinal Balance- Tips, Tricks and Facts” moderated 2 seminars presented by delegates “Top Loading vs Side Loading screw constructs in scoliosis: Is there a role for navigation in AIS” & “Classification PreLenke” and participated in live surgery demonstrations to delegates.
- Karnataka Orthopedic Society Annual Conference 2019 (February 1st, 2019, at Hotel Clarks Exotica, Bangalore) – Faculty for “High Speed Drill Hands-on Workshop on Saw bone and Eggshell” and participated in panel discussion on “Lumbar Disc Prolapse “.
- AO Spine Scoliosis Week 2020 (January 26th to February 1st, 2020, at Sancheti Hospitals, Pune)- As one of the 6 national faculty, delivered a talk on “Strategic Vertebrae”, “Truncal Imbalance” and “Spinal Balance- Tips, Tricks and Facts” moderated 2 seminars presented by delegates “Top Loading vs Side Loading screw constructs in scoliosis: Is there a role for navigation in AIS” & “Classification PreLenke” and participated in live surgery demonstrations to delegates.
- KOA Webinar 2020 (June 21st, 2020)- Delivered a talk “Classification of Thoracolumbar Fractures” online.
- KOA Webinar 2021 (January 30th, 2021)- Delivered a talk “Safe Spine Surgery” online.
- Virtual KOACON 2021 (July 30th and 31st 2021)- As a panelist for case-based discussions online.
- Basic Spine Course, Hands-on Saw Bone Workshop on Pedicle Screws and Lateral Mass Screw Fixation (December 9th, 2021, at Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopedics, Bangalore)- As one of the 4 faculty, delivered a talk on “Thoracolumbar Fractures” and participated in workshop for pedicle screw/lateral mass screw insertion as instructor.
- BOSCON 2022 (April 9th, 2022, at Fairfield Mariott Hotel, Bangalore)- Invited talk on “Postoperative severe leg pain after spine surgery – approach and management” in the spine session at the conference.
- AO Spine Scoliosis Week 2022 (April 17th to 23rd, 2022, at Amrita Institute, Kochi)- As one of the 6 national faculty, delivered a talk on “Strategic Vertebrae”, “Truncal Imbalance”, “Spinal Balance- Tips, Tricks and Facts” and “Shoulder Balance- Present Understanding and Future Scope”. Moderated and performed live surgery demonstrations to delegates.
- Karnataka Orthopedic Society Annual Conference 2022 (May 6th to 8th, 2022 at St. John’s Medical College Auditorium, Bengaluru) – Delivered a talk on “Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Tuberculosis” and Faculty for “Spine Lateral Mass Fixation Workshop”.
- 2nd Annual Congress of the World Headache Society (May 28th at Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru)- As a national faculty, delivered a talk on “Approach to Cervical Pain” among group of neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventional neurologists, and neuropsychiatrists.
- Instructional Course in Spine (ICS) 2022 (November 3rd to 5th, 2022 at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneshwar)- As a national faculty, moderated free paper sessions.
- West Zone Orthopedic Association Webinar 2022 (November 20th, 2022, online)- Delivered a talk “Interesting Cases- Uncommon Scenarios in Spine Practice”.
- AO Spine Scoliosis Week 2022 (December 4th to 10th, 2020, at Sancheti Hospitals, Pune)- As one of the 6 national faculty, delivered talks, moderated, and operated in live surgery sessions and supervised delegates during seminar programs.
- ASSI Live Surgery Spine Course, 2023 (February 17th and 18th at Hotel Hyatt, Kalyaninagar, Pune)- As a national faculty, moderated live surgery in the spinal deformity correction session and presented couple of interesting cases in an interactive session.
- Combined Meeting of Canara Spine Forum and Bangalore Spine Club, 2023 (February 26th and 27th, 2023 at Hotel Windflower Resorts, Madikeri)- As a faculty delivered a talk “Saving Lumbar Motion Segments in Lenke 1 and 2 AIS curves-Amrita Method” and presented interesting cases in an interactive session.
- A symposium on “Update on Osteoporosis” organized by Department of Endocrinology, Neurosurgery and Orthopedics at Narayana Health City- Delivered a talk “A 75-year-old lady is admitted with acute back pain and X-ray shows D12-L1 acute fracture: Surgical Management”.
- Invited as a Faculty for Spine Program to deliver 2 talks at IOACON 2023 to be held at Lucknow in December 2023
- Invited as a Faculty for Global Spine Congress, Bangkok to deliver a talk on “Dural Tears- Avoidance and Management” in May 2024.
