Dr. D. Vijay Alagar

MBBS – Vinayaka Mission Kirupananda Variyar Medical College, Salem (2006–2012), Vinayaka Mission University
MS Orthopaedics – Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Pondicherry (2013–2016), Vinayaka Mission University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Spine Surgery – Christian Medical College, Vellore (2021–2023)

5 years of dedicated experience in Spine Surgery (2019–2024)
Capable of performing major spine surgeries including cervical anterior & posterior surgery, pediatric scoliosis & kyphosis deformity, lumbar degenerative disease, spinal infections & tumours
Special interest in minimally invasive and navigation-assisted spine surgeries
Future focus on Minimally Invasive & Full Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Junior Resident (Post MBBS), Madurai Institute of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Hospital, Madurai (2012–2013)
Non-PG Registrar, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Christian Medical College, Vellore (2016–2017)
Senior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedics, CMC Vellore (2017–2018)
Orthopaedic Consultant, Baptist Christian Mission Hospital, Tezpur, Assam (2018–2019)
Senior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Devadoss Multispeciality Hospital, Madurai (2019)
Senior Resident, Dept. of Spine Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore (2019–2020)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Spine Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore (2020–2024)

Performed 90 spine surgeries under supervision and assisted in 502 surgeries during fellowship
Handled trauma, deformity, degenerative, infection, and tumour spine cases
Teaching experience in undergraduate, postgraduate, and trauma courses
Research exposure through SWAYAM NPTEL, manuscript submission, and international conferences

As Surgeon: 302 cases
As First Assistant: 622 cases
As Second Assistant: 143 cases
Types of Cases: Trauma (53), Infection (127), Deformity (82), Tumour (32), Cervical (86), Occipito-Cervical (11)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research: Efficacy of Modified Tokuhashi Score in Prognosticating Survival in Spine Metastasis
Presented multiple papers at POACON, COSSCON, SICOT, and TNOACON
Awarded Gold Medal for Best Paper at COSSCON 2023 and CMC Annual Research Day 2023