In a year defined by precision, personalization, and faster recovery, Top 10 Prominent Spine Surgeons 2025 celebrates leaders who advance patient outcomes while shaping the future of spinal care. This edition recognizes surgeons whose practices exemplify evidence-based decision-making, mastery of complex procedures, and the thoughtful adoption of technology from endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques to navigation and robotics, where it truly benefits patients. Beyond technical prowess, these profiles highlight educators, researchers, and program-builders who elevate standards across operating rooms, training pathways, and multidisciplinary care.
To ensure credibility and comparability, the shortlist was built on a transparent, outcomes-forward framework. Core clinical parameters included case volume and complexity mix across deformity, revision, oncology, trauma, and degenerative conditions, with attention to consistency of results and breadth of techniques applied. Academic and leadership markers covered accredited fellowships, indexed publications, society roles, guideline or consensus contributions, and a demonstrable commitment to teaching and mentoring the next generation. Access and equity factors considered outreach to underserved communities, affordability initiatives, and the ability to deliver high-quality care at scale without compromising standards.
Every profile in this issue is built on primary verification, be it – surgeon credentials, technology in use, representative procedures, and published or audit-backed outcomes. While “prominence” can never be reduced to a single metric, the names featured here stand out for sustained excellence, responsible innovation, and contributions that extend beyond the operating theater to research, education, and system-level improvement.
This is both a celebration and a guide – for patients seeking clarity, for clinicians benchmarking practice, and for institutions investing in safer, smarter spine programs. Most importantly, it is a recognition of surgeons whose work restores movement and dignity, quiet revolutions measured not just in imaging, but in lives rebuilt.
Spine Surgeon | Organization |
Dr. Abhay Nene | Leading Mumbai Hospitals (Orthopedic Spine) |
Dr. Arvind G. Kulkarni | Bombay Hospital; Mumbai Spine Scoliosis & Disc Replacement Centre |
Dr. G. Balamurali | Kauvery Hospital, Chennai; HAMSA Rehab |
Dr. Hitesh Garg | Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram |
Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla | Dr. Rao’s Hospital, Andhra Pradesh |
Dr. Sajan K. Hegde | Apollo Hospitals, Chennai |
Dr. Shekhar Bhojraj | Breach Candy Hospital, Lilavati Hospital, Wockhardt Hospitals (Mumbai) |
Spine Solutions India, New Delhi | |
Dr. Umesh Srikantha | Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru |
Dr. Vishal Kundnani | Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre; Spine Clinic Mumbai |
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