Core Committee

Professional Module

Module 1: Basic Sciences

Anatomy - Dr. Rupinder Chahal
Physical Examination of Cervical Spine - Dr. Ramesh Kumar
Examination of Back Pain - Dr. Subir Jhaveri
Radiologic imaging of the spine - Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary
Diagnostic Evaluation - Dr. Kamran Farooque
General Considerations for Spine Surgery including Consent and Preparation, General
Surgical Principles, Informed Consent, patient positioning for surgery, equipments and post-op considerations - Dr Shailesh Hadgaonkar
Surgical Approaches – Dr. Gautam Zaveri
Cervical and Cervico-thoracic instrumentation - Dr. Samir Dalvie
Lumbo-sacral instrumentation – Dr. Thomas Kishen
Bone Graft and Bone substitute – Dr. Pankaj Kandwal
Neurological Monitoring in Spine Surgery – Dr. Hitesh Modi

Module 2: Degenerative Disorders of Cervical Spine

Cervical Disc herniation and radiculopathy - Dr. Ranjith Unnikrishan
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy – Dr. Abrar Ahmad

Module 3: Degenerative Disorders of the Thoraco-Lumbar Spine

Thoracic disc herniation - Dr. Bharat Dave
Lumbar stenosis – Dr. Ajoy Shetty
Degenerative Disc Disease with and without facet arthropathy - Dr. Raghavendra

Module 4: Deformities in Adults and spondylolisthesis

Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis – Dr. Apajji Krishnan
Lumbar stenosis – Dr. Ajoy Shetty
Adult Spondylolysis and Isthmic spondylolisthesis – Dr. Naresh Babu
Adult degenerative scoliosis – Dr. Abhay Nene

Module 5: Deformities and Malformation in Children and Adolescents

Scoliosis - Dr. K V Menon
Paediatric Kyphosis – Dr. Bhavuk garg
Congenital – Dr. Saumyajit Basu
Spondylolysis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis – Dr. Ashok Johri

Module 6: Spinal Trauma and Fractures

Spine Trauma: Occipetal and Upper Cervical Spine – Dr. Rajkumar Deshpande
Spine Trauma: Subaxial Cervical Spine – Dr. Gautam zaveri
Thoraco-Lumbar Spine – Dr. K Venkatesh
Lower-Lumbar Spine – Dr. B Mohapatra
Sacral Spine – Dr. Manish Chaddha
Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Epidemiology, evaluation and management – Dr. Kalidutta Das

Module 7: Spinal Tumours

Primary Spine Tumors – DR. P Sarat Chandra
Metastatic Spine Tumors – Dr. Sajesh Menon
Intra-dural Spinal Cord Tumors – Dr. Sandip chhaterjee

Module 8: Infection, Inflammation and Metabolic Disease

Primary Spine Infections – Dr. Anil Jain
Rheumatoid Arthritis – Dr. Manish Chaddha
Ankylosing Spondylitis – Dr. Mihir bapat
DISH – Dr. BN Upendra(said no)
Osteoporosis and Aging Spine – Dr. Abhay Nene

Module 9: Complications and Revisions

Post-operative Spinal Infections – Dr. Shankar Acharya
Management of Dural Tears – Dr. Satish rudrappa
Neurological Injury – Dr. Vishal Kundnani
Pseudoarthrosis - Dr. Sumit Sinha
Medical Complications – Dr. Sumit Sural

Module 10: Surgical steps and Video Library

ASSI live surgery videos – Dr. HS Chhabra

Consumer modules for ASSI

1. Know your spine

1(A) Cervical
Co-ordiantor – Dr. Alok Ranjan
1(B) Thoracic-
Co-coordinator – Dr. Amit Jhala
1(C) Lumbar
Co-ordinator – Dr. Rushama Tanodn
1(D) Sacral
Co-ordiantor – Dr. Bipin walia
1(E) Muscles
Co-ordinator – Dr. KV Menon
1(F) Ligaments
Co-ordiantor – Dr. R Sivakumar
1(G) Discs
Co-ordiantor – Dr.Thomas kisen

2. Common Ailments related to Spine – back pain, leg pin, neck pain

2(A) Back pain
2A.1 Spinal Causes - Dr. Ashok Johari
Degenerative disc disease
Sacroiliac joint pain
Facet arthritis, facet joint syndrome
Herniated lumbar disc
Cauda equina syndrome
Spinal stenosis
Spinal fractures
Spinal deformity, scoliosis
Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis
Spinal Infections

2A. 2 Non Spinal Causes - Dr. Roop Singh
Visceral causes of back pain
Bursitis
Piriformis syndroms
Spasticity
Fibromyalgia
Degenerative Joint Disease
Posture
Limb Length Discrepancy
Obesity
Mood disorders
Secondary Gain

2(B) Leg pain (sciatica) - Dr. Saumyajit Basu
2(B) 1. Spinal Causes
2(B) 2. Non Spinal Causes

2(C) Neck pain

2(C) 1 Spinal Causes - Dr. Kalidutta Das
Degenerative disc disease
Facet arthritis, facet joint syndrome
Herniated cervical disc
Spinal fractures
Spinal deformity
Spinal stenosis
Spinal Infection

2(C) 2 Non Spinal Causes - Dr. GD Tharadara
Spasticity
Fibromyalgia
Posture
Mood disorders
Secondary Gain

3. Prevention & general health – Dr. Ashok Johari

4. Non-surgical treatments

4(A) Braces and orthotics – Dr. Bhavuk Garg
4(B) Pain intervention - Dr. HS Bhatoe
4(C) Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) – Dr. S.L. Yadav
4(D) Physical Therapy – Dr. Dhruvin Patel
4(E) Self care for neck & back pain – Dr. Rajagopalan
4(F) Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) – Dr S.L. Yadav

5. Know your ‘healers’

5(A) Orthopaedic Surgeons – Dr. Rajesh Malhotra
5(B) Spine Surgeons – Dr. M M Prabhakar
5(C) Neuro Surgeons - Dr. GR Vijay Kumar
5(D) Pain Physicians – Dr. Ravindra Pradhan
5(E) Physiatrists - Dr. U Singh
5(F) Physiotherapists – Dr. Dilip Sinha
5(G) Occupational Therapist– Dr. Rupinder Chahal

6. Pain procedures

6(A) Epidural steroid injection (ESI) – Dr. S.K. Srivastava
6(B) Joint injections – Dr. Vishal Kundnani
6(C) Nerve block injection test – Dr. Janardana
6(D) Sympathetic nerve block – Dr. Shah Alam
6(E) Nerve radiofrequency ablation – Dr. Vishal Nigam
6(F) Chronic Pain management – Dr. B Mohapatra
6(G) Pain pump (intrathecal drug pump) – Dr. Mohinder Kaushal
6(H) Spinal cord stimulation – Dr. HS Chhabra

7. Surgical treatments

7(A) Anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF) – Dr. Gururaj
7(B) Axial lumbar interbody fusion (AxiaLIF) – Dr. V. Anand
7(C) Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and OLIF (Oblique Lumbar) – Dr. Amit Jhala
7(D) Minimally invasive spine surgery – Dr. Arvind Kulkarni
7(E) Posterior lumbar Discectomy – Dr. Alok Ranjan
7(F) Preparing for lumbar spinal fusion – Dr. Suresh Pillai
7(G) Spinal decompression (laminectomy) – Dr. Amol Rege
7(H) Vertebroplasty & kyphoplasty – Dr. Shailesh