Dr. Nandkumar Sundaram

• Dr. Nandkumar Sundaram, the renowned orthopedic surgeon, has been successfully performing joint replacement surgeries in the country for the past three decades.
• He has successfully performed more than 15000 knee and hip replacement surgeries till date. He pioneered the art of total shoulder replacement surgery first in the country.
• Dr. Nandkumar Sundram returned from UK to pursue his practice to help the needy in this country. He with like-minded people started Tamil Nadu Hospital in 1992 where he was the head of the department and Senior Consultant in Trauma.
• Performed all orthopedic trauma surgeries, total hip arthroplasties, total knee arthroplasties, total shoulder arthroplasties, arthroscopy of knee and ACL reconstruction.
• Did extensive work in the field of hand surgery, especially in rehabilitation of the hand in industrial accidents.
• He had extensive experience in Pediatric Orthopedics especially post-polio limb deformity correction, Club foot, Congenital dislocation of the hip and Perthe's disease.
• Did extensive work in the field of Orthopedic Oncology and was instrumental in setting up a Bone bank, the first of its kind in India in 1994.

• M.B.B.S
• F.R.C.S
• M.SC [Ortho][Lon]

Current Experience

• HOD & Senior Consultant - Orthopedics / Bone & Joint Surgery at Fortis Malar Hospital, Adyar , Chennai

• Awarded the al-saati gold medal for outstanding performance –london
• Conferred ‘the best doctor award’ by the government of tamilnadu
• Awarded honorary adjunct professor- dr.mgr medical university in 2011