Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere: Hyderabad’s Most Recommended Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

Yes! Miracles happen. In fact, from the last 14+ years, Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere is performing miracle after miracle. That is how, he has treated 18,000+ patients and performed 4500+ surgeries, in his multiple speciality clinics spread across Hyderabad, Secunderabad, and Karnataka.

Providing one of the best paediatric orthopaedic services in Hyderabad, Dr Vidyasagar is a well-experienced surgeon who has dedicated his career early on to the care of children. When children are sick or hurt, they can’t express themselves. He examines children carefully and offers treatment plans for a wide range of children’s bone-related problems.

Fluent in Kannada, Telugu, English, and Hindi, Dr Vidyasagar is highly trained and has proven expertise in basic and advanced surgical treatments that are often used in children. Also, he has proven expertise in handling advanced methods and surgical treatments used in bone rectifications.

An Ocean Full of Compassionate Care

Owing to his stellar reputation as a doctor, Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere has been presented with One of the Best Paediatric Orthopaedics twice in a row in India Today’s edition, ‘Top Doctors South 2022,’ and Outlook’s August edition ‘Top Doctors South 2023.’

Dr Vidyasagar conducts exclusive clubfoot(CTEV) clinics on Mondays and Deformity correction clinics on Thursdays at KIMS-Sunshine hospitals, Secunderabad. The care, guidance and counselling, he provides to each patient is generally well appreciated by the children’s parents. Our children’s parents appreciate his honesty and commonly compliment him for being “very detailed and thorough” in guiding them.

His services are the up to-date and follow the routine ‘Standard of Care’ which is followed everywhere in the world. His team offers the best services in paediatric orthopaedics sub-speciality and a very effective part of treatment is direct one-to-one care from admission to final follow-up.

The Kindred Spirit at Heart

Dr Vidyasagar, being a children’s orthopaedic specialist, provides a variety of surgical and non-surgical procedures for musculoskeletal problems in children. The many conditions which he treats include:

Knock Knees; ●Osteogeneis Imperfecta; ●Cerebral palsy; ●Clubfoot; ●Congenital Vertical Talus; ●Perthes Disease; ●Developmental Displacement of the Hip; ●Erb’s palsy; ●Exostosis; ●Flatfoot; ●Intoeing; ●Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis; ●Metatarsus adductus; ●Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE); ●Radial Clubhand; ●Radioulnar Synostosis; ●Rickets; Sprengel’s Shoulder; ●Trigger Thumb Surgery; and ●Leg length Correction.

Most of his patients are from all corners of Telugu states, neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra, but it does not end there. Many parents travel from far places like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, UP, MP, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal for the treatment of their children. He also treats children coming from the Middle East for various orthopaedic disorders.

Dr Vidyasagar’s Brief Profile:

He is trained in India as well as abroad and actively engaged in various teaching programmes in Hyderabad and across India. He has also participated in various humanitarian medial camps for children in Karnataka and Telugu states.

Academic Qualifications:

B.B.S from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, India (1997 – 2002).
S (Ortho) from RGUHS, Bangalore, India (2005 – 2008).
Fellowship Pediatric Orthopedics from Sancheti Institute Of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune.
Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedics from Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong.

Professional experience:

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in Sunshine Hospitals.
Consultant Paediatric Orthopedic Surgeon in Udai Omni Hospitals.
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in Rainbow Children’s Hospitals.
Ex-Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in BBR Hospitals.
Ex-Consultant Paediatric Orthopedic Surgeon in Basant Sahney Hospitals.
Ex-Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in Sunshine Hospitals, Hyderabad.
Ex- Tutor & Assistant Prof in CMC, Vellore
Ex-Consultant in Mother Care Hospital, Kerala.
Ex-Specialist in King Khalid Hospital, KSA.
Ex-Junior Consultant in Mar Baselios Medical Mission Hospital, Kerala.

Awards and Laurels:

Gold medal in consultant category paper presentation in TOSACON 2023
Nominated as the Best Doctors South India in Paediatric Orthopedics category twice in a row: 2022 India Today and 2023 Outlook Survey.

Memberships in Honorary and Professional Societies:

Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India – Life Member
Indian Orthopaedic Association – Life member
Karnataka Orthopaedic Association – Life member
Telangana Orthopaedic Association – Life member

Lectures and Presentations:

Invited faculty lecture on “Coronal plane deformities of the knee in children and when to intervene” at OSSAPCON 2023 at Guntur Medical College in Feb 2023.
Surgical technique of in situ pinning of SCFE” on 12/3/2023 at TOSACON 2023, HICC, Hyderabad.
“Role of VDRO in Perthes hip” and workshop moderator for Hip symposium at POSICON 2023, Bhubaneswar.
Gold Medal in TOSACON 2023 for Outcomes of Late-stage infantile Blount’s disease managed by acute single-stage Hemi-plateau elevation and metaphyseal osteotomy
PG teaching initiative by POSI: presented the first lecture on Paediatric hip examination in 2020.
PG teaching program: Teaching faculty at POCEE at Prathima Hospitals, Hyderabad on 23/02/2020.
Faculty lectures at KOACON 2020, Bellary: CTEV relapses management, CTEV tenotomy surgical technique, Tips, and pearls in management of Paediatric neck of femur fracture.
Faculty Lecture: Paediatric Orthopaedics Emergencies; CME at IMA hall, Sirsi, conducted under the aegis of KOA and UKOA on 14/12/2019
Guest Lecture: Expectant management of pink pulseless hand in Paediatric supracondylar humerus fractures; OASIS TRAUMACON 2019, Hyderabad on 7 July 2019
Faculty lecture at GOSICON 2019, Ahmedabad. “Physeal bar resection,” “SCFE in-situ pinning technique,” “Neck of femur fracture in children Case discussion.”
Free paper: Frequency of complications in early and late presentation cases of fracture neck of femur in children: POSICON Jan 3-6, 2019
Management of lateral condyle fractures in children & Management of supracondylar humerus fracture with Pink pulseless hand, At PIMS, Madurai Aug 2018
“Principles of DDH management in walking children” at TOSACON 2017
“Physical injuries in children” at TOSACON 2016
Conducted TRAUMACON: THEME: “Paediatric upper limb trauma” 22/6/2014 as a course director.
“Classification of physical injuries and their broad management” On 22/6/2014 at Marriot Convention Hall, Hyderabad, India. Trauma Conclave under the banner of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India and Trauma Society of India

Research and Publications:

He has presented his research paper at national and state level conferences in various places. His personal series of Fracture neck femur in children is one of the highest in the country.

Dr Vidyasagar received Gold medal in consultant category paper presentation in TOSACON 2023, Hyderabad.

Course Director: Paediatric fracture trauma course in 2014 with POSI and TAI

1) Expert Opinion: Treatment for Buckle Fractures in Children Source: CMC CME review Dates: Dec issue, 2010.

2) Simultaneous bilateral neck of femur fracture in an adolescent secondary to hypocalcemic seizures, JPO B, Sep 2019, 28(5):491-494.

3) Does the timing of treatment affect complications of Paediatric femoral neck fractures? Journal of Orthopaedics; Volume 22, November–December 2020, Pages 207-212.

4) Nora’s lesion: case series and literature review: Journal of Orthopaedic case reports; February 2021, 11(2).

5) Controversies in managing Paediatric neck femur fractures: a systematic review; Journal of Orthopaedics, 27(2021) 92-102.

6)Neglected Metatarsophalangeal Joint Dislocation of the Lesser Toes with Associated Metatarsal Fracture Malunion in a 4-year-old child.

7) Case Report: Surgical Management of Hip Dislocation in a Patient with SCARF Syndrome: A Case Report with a Six-Year Follow-up, JBJS Case Connector in Vol. 13, No. 2, April-June 2023.

8) Case report: Neglected Irreducible dislocation of 4th MTP joint with fracture malunion in a four-year-old child. Follow up four months. Manuscript 50% ready, dissession to be written with references. Under review in JBJS case connector.

Happy Children’s Thank You Notes to Dr Vidyasagar:

Client Testimonials:

*****Google Reviews, “We got to know about Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere through Facebook. It’s very blessed to get such a great doctor for my baby clubfoot treatment. I suggest every clubfoot baby parent to reach Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere for the best treatment for your child. We heartily thank Dr Vidyasagar Chandankere for the progress in my baby.” – Prasanth Kadambala, four days ago.

*****Google Reviews, “Excellent doctor Getting treatment for my daughter from the age of three months for CTEV.” – Praveen M, four days ago.

*****Google Reviews, “I had a cerebral problem when I was small, so I came to Sunshine Hospital. I met Vidyasagar, sir, and I had surgery. After the surgery, my leg was completely normal. I am so glad we are so happy. He is my real inspiration. Thank you so much, sir.” – Krishana Reddy, five days ago.

*****Google Reviews, “We are very happy with sir’s treatment and very grateful to see a drastic change in my hand after surgery. Thank you so much, sir, for this grateful treatment.” – Nampally Sruthi, six days ago.

*****Google Reviews, “Two years ago, my daughter got her femur bone fractured and came with lots of hope to this doctor, and my hopes became true … No words to say about this doctor, and he is a god for us. My daughter has made a goal to become a doctor after meeting this humble doctor. Thank you.” – Yasdani Shaik, 13 days ago.

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