Prof. Dr. Rabindra L Pradhan
Consultant
Prof. Dr. Rabindra L. Pradhan is the Chief of Spine Services and Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (KMCTH). He completed his MBBS in 1991 and earned his PhD in 2001 from Akita University, Japan. Since the inception of the Orthopaedic Department at KMCTH in 2001, Dr. Pradhan has been a key figure in advancing modern spine surgery, having completed fellowships at several prestigious international institutes.
Dr. Pradhan is a leading spine surgeon in Nepal, serving as the Asia Pacific regional faculty of AOSpine and currently holding the position of country leader for the largest spine group in the world. He is dedicated to expanding spine services across Nepal, and has chaired numerous seminars and hands-on workshops. Additionally, he has organized two live spine surgery courses in Nepal as the organizing chairman.
In his role as a Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Nepal Mediciti, Dr. Pradhan is deeply involved in orthopaedic research and teaching. He also contributes as faculty for the AO PEER course program in the Asia Pacific region, reflecting his commitment to advancing spine care and education in the field.
Education
Area of Focus
- Spinal Surgery
- Endoscopic and MIS Spine Surgery
Language spoken
- ENGLISH
- NEPALI
- HINDI
- Fellowship in Spinal Surgery Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi Jan-March 2008
- Visiting Scholar in Spinal Surgery, Japan (Under Prof K Abumi, Sapporo, Japan) Hokkaido University School
- Tohuku University-Nepal Orthopaedic Fellowship in Spine Surgery in Sendai, Japan in 2017
- Fellowship in Endoscopic and MIS Spine surgery Nanoori Suwon Hospital, South Korea June- Sep 2017
- Degenerative spine diseases
- Complex spinel trauma and deformity
- Spinal cord tumors
- Life Member:
- Life Member of Nepal Orthopaedic Association.
- Life Member of Nepal Medical Association.
- Life Member of Association of Spine Surgeons of India
- Life Member of Asia Pacific Spine Society
Special awards;
- Recipient of International Scholar Council of Science Editors, USA for the year 2009
Various presentations as International faculty:
- Many presentations as Faculty at AOSpine Principles and advanced courses and symposiums held in Nepal from 2012-2018
- 4th Sir Ganga Ram Spine Operative course 7-10 August 2019, New Delhi, India
- Special lecture at Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan 12 April 2019
- Invited speaker 12th combined APSS-APPOS meeting, April 4-6, 2019, Incheon, Korea
- Speaker at Japan Spine Surgery Research 18-20 April 2019, Yokohama, Japan
- International Faculty – International spine and spinal cord conference, (ISSICON) 10-13th October 2019, New Delhi, India
- International Faculty – International spine and spinal cord conference, (ISSICON) 5-7th October 2018, Chennai, India
- Invited speaker – APSS annual meeting June 7-9, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan
Current Positions:
- Country Leader – AOSpine Indian subcontinent council
- Member – Research Committee - Asia Pacific Spine Society
- Editorial Board – Asian Spine Journal
- Board Member – Nepal – Asia Pacific Spine Society
- President Elect– Nepal Orthopaedic Association
- President – Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal
- Past positions:
- Vice President – Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal (2016-2018)
- Founder General Secretary – Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal (2012-2016)
- Editor-in-chief Nepal Orthopaedic Association Journal (NOAJ) 2009-2015
- Editor-in-chief Journal - Nepal Medical Association (JNMA) 2011-2013
- Senior Vice President - Nepal Orthopaedic Association 2007-2019
- Vice President - Nepal Orthopaedic Association 2015-2017
- General Secretary - Nepal Orthopaedic Association 2008-2010
- Executive Editor - Journal of Nepal Medical Association 2005- 2009.
- Treasurer – Nepal Orthopaedic Association 2006-2008
- Jt. Treasurer - Nepal Orthopaedic Association 2004-2006
