Coimbatore: The Spine Research team at Ganga Hospital, headed by Prof. Dr. S Rajasekaran has been awarded the most prestigious award for value in spine care for the year 2019, by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the internationally renowned The Spine Journal (TSJ).
Coimbatore: The Spine Research team at Ganga Hospital, headed by Prof. Dr. S Rajasekaran has been awarded the most prestigious award for value in spine care for the year 2019, by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the internationally renowned The Spine Journal (TSJ).
For the first time, a research team from India has been recognized by the NASS and TSJ for their efforts in spine-related research.
The Ganga Hospital's Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Chairman, Dr.S. Rajasekaran said that "The award-winning research work by his team entitled 'Inflammaging Determines Health and Disease in Lumbar discs- Evidence from Differing Proteomic Signatures of Healthy, Aging and Degenerating Discs' analyses at a molecular level, the cause for disc degeneration which is the major reason for lower back pain. The research looked at the causative factors of the disc disease at cellular level and also the possibility of sub-clinical infection, as a potential cause for lower back pain."
The award carries a cash prize of USD 10,000 and the research paper will be published as a lead paper in ‘The Spine Journal’ which is the official journal of the North American Spine Society and has one of the highest impact factor for spine specialty international journals.
The team has been invited to present their research work in the outstanding paper award session and will be honored at the annual meeting of NASS to be conducted at Chicago on September 26, 2019.
"The Ganga research team has more than 200 international research publications in highly acclaimed peer reviewed journals," noted Dr. S.Rajasekaran.
The research team headed by Prof. Dr. S Rajasekaran (Principal Investigator) includes Dr. Chitraa Tangavel (Biotechnology scientist), Prof M Raveendran, TNAU, Dr. Sri Vijayanand K S (Clinical Scientist), Dr. Dilip Chand Raja S (Clinical Scientist), Ms. Sharon Miracle Nayagam (Junior Research Officer- Biotechnology), Ms. Monica Steffi Matchado (Junior Research Office - Bioinformatics), Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty and Dr. Rishi Mugesh Kanna under the guidance of senior expert in Biotechnology Prof. K Dharmalingam, Director, AMRF, Madurai have been working on advanced proteomic technologies to identify solutions to intervertebral disc pathologies, which is the commonest cause of lower back pain.
About Ganga Hospital Research Centre
The Ganga Hospital Research Centre was established by the Ganga Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation which is a recognized research centre of the Department of Science and Technology, India. For the past many years, the research team has been performing cutting-edge clinical and basic science research in the field of lower back pain and spinal cord injuries.
Lower back pain is the most common non-communicable disease of both the developed and developing world and disables millions of people every day. It is also the most common cause for the number of working days lost. Their research has been recognized worldwide by numerous awards such as the prestigious ISSLS Awards, EuroSpine Worldwide Open Research Award, Asia Pacific Spine Society Awards and BritSpine Award.
For the first time, a research team from India has been recognized by the NASS and TSJ for their efforts in spine-related research.
The Ganga Hospital's Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Chairman, Dr.S. Rajasekaran said that "The award-winning research work by his team entitled 'Inflammaging Determines Health and Disease in Lumbar discs- Evidence from Differing Proteomic Signatures of Healthy, Aging and Degenerating Discs' analyses at a molecular level, the cause for disc degeneration which is the major reason for lower back pain. The research looked at the causative factors of the disc disease at cellular level and also the possibility of sub-clinical infection, as a potential cause for lower back pain."
The award carries a cash prize of USD 10,000 and the research paper will be published as a lead paper in ‘The Spine Journal’ which is the official journal of the North American Spine Society and has one of the highest impact factor for spine specialty international journals.
The team has been invited to present their research work in the outstanding paper award session and will be honored at the annual meeting of NASS to be conducted at Chicago on September 26, 2019.
"The Ganga research team has more than 200 international research publications in highly acclaimed peer reviewed journals," noted Dr. S.Rajasekaran.
The research team headed by Prof. Dr. S Rajasekaran (Principal Investigator) includes Dr. Chitraa Tangavel (Biotechnology scientist), Prof M Raveendran, TNAU, Dr. Sri Vijayanand K S (Clinical Scientist), Dr. Dilip Chand Raja S (Clinical Scientist), Ms. Sharon Miracle Nayagam (Junior Research Officer- Biotechnology), Ms. Monica Steffi Matchado (Junior Research Office - Bioinformatics), Dr. Ajoy Prasad Shetty and Dr. Rishi Mugesh Kanna under the guidance of senior expert in Biotechnology Prof. K Dharmalingam, Director, AMRF, Madurai have been working on advanced proteomic technologies to identify solutions to intervertebral disc pathologies, which is the commonest cause of lower back pain.
About Ganga Hospital Research Centre
The Ganga Hospital Research Centre was established by the Ganga Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation which is a recognized research centre of the Department of Science and Technology, India. For the past many years, the research team has been performing cutting-edge clinical and basic science research in the field of lower back pain and spinal cord injuries.
Lower back pain is the most common non-communicable disease of both the developed and developing world and disables millions of people every day. It is also the most common cause for the number of working days lost. Their research has been recognized worldwide by numerous awards such as the prestigious ISSLS Awards, EuroSpine Worldwide Open Research Award, Asia Pacific Spine Society Awards and BritSpine Award.