Qualifications
- Medical School: Queen's University Belfast Medical School
- Qualification: MD
- Date of award: 2006
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
- Qualification: FRCS(Tr. & Orth.) - Specialist Fellowship in Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Date of award: 2008
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
- Qualification: MRCS - Member Royal College of Surgeons
- Date of award: 2007
- Other degree or qualification: University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
- Qualification: D.Ortho Engineering
- Date of award: 2002
Awards and Prizes
• President Prize of the Royal Society of Medicine – Second place, for the best paper presentation on 2nd May 2006, in London.
• Development and validation of the new Disc Injury Severity Classification in Thoracolumbar fractures (2005).
• AOUK research prize presentation, Alton towers, Nov 2005. One of the three Short-listed presentation.
• Martin Medal – For best paper presentation in Northern Ireland Orthopaedic association meeting for Orthopaedic Trainee, 2001, Belfast, UK.
• Prof. A Selvapandian Travelling Fellowship – 1997 of Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association, India.
• Prof. Vyagheswarudu Gold Medal for best paper presentation in Feb 1996, Madras, India.
Professional profile
Mr Kalyan following his extensive unique experience for last 18 years from numerous world renowned spinal centres, exclusively provides service as Consultant Spinal surgeon in both Adult and Paediatric spine. Mr Kalyan’s passion is “to alleviate the pain and disability arising due to various aspects of spinal pathologies”.
After his graduation in 1990, Mr Kalyan started his training in Spinal Surgery in the famous institution Christian Medical College Hospital in India. In 1996, he was elected for the travelling fellowship to visit few distinguished spinal surgeons. In Europe, he got advanced training in spinal surgery by attaining the prestigious fellowship in Germany(1997) and Paris(1998).
In UK, from 1998 onwards, he undertook further extensive training and fellowships in Spinal Surgery under various eminent surgeons in Edinburgh, Belfast, Stanmore, London and Nottingham. He obtained his accreditation in Trauma and Orthopaedics, by doing the Northern Ireland and Stanmore rotation.
His broad training and experiences from numerous excellent centres under many legends, enables him to give his patients a comprehensive outstanding treatment.
Mr Kalyan lectures in various international & national meetings on management of spinal conditions. As an Honorary Lecturer in Teesside University, he regularly takes active part in teaching and training the spine carers from different background. As a Clinical lecturer in London UCL in the past, he had excellent experience in conducting various courses and teaching programmes.
Conditions treated - His practice covers all aspects of spine, from neck to tail bone, covering all age groups and all common spine pathologies –
Back pain & Sciatica
Neck pain & Radicular pain
Coccyx pain
Spine arthritis & Degenerative spine
Spine fractures
Spinal deformity
Professional affiliations and memberships
- British Association of Spinal Surgeon
- British Scoliosis Society
- British Orthopaedic Association
- Spine Arthroplasty Society & Association of Spine Surgeons of India
- National Academy of Medical Sciences & World Orthopaedic Concern
Research interests
He is a keen researcher and takes active part in research focusing on various aspects of spinal surgery. He was awarded the MD degree and has won many prizes for his high-quality research work on spinal pathologies.
Summary of recent publications
THESIS
• Kalyan RV. Predictors of outcome in stable thoraco-lumbar spine fractures; submitted to Queen’s University of Belfast, for M.D degree, 2006.
• Kalyan RV. Unstable Dorso-lumbar spine injuries - Comparison of surgical stabilisation techniques; submitted to National Board of Examination, New Delhi, India, for Dip.N.B.Ortho degree; 1995.
THESIS AS SUPERVISOR - M.Sc in Musculoskeletal Science
• Development of a standardised protocol to investigate the innervation in intervertebral disc endplates in healthy rats, July 2009, Ms V Melchionda, R V Kalyan
• The Analysis of the Ovine Lumbar Vertebral Endplate thickness and density using CT imaging and comparison to the Human, July 2009, Ms. G Thanabalasingham, R V Kalyan
Text Books
- Author(s): Kalyan RV, et al., Title: Operative Orthopaedics – The Stanmore Guide. 1st ed. London, Chapter: Surgery of, Year: 2010, Publisher: Arnold
- Author(s): Naryanan B, Kalyan RV, Marsh DR, Title: Outcome measures in Orthopaedics. 2nd ed, Chapter: Femoral an, Year: 2004, Publisher: Arnold, London
Journals
- Author(s): Kalyan RV, Marsh D et al, Title: Stable thoracolumbar fracture – Development of a new disc injury classification system and analysis of predictors of short-term outcome., Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br, Volume: 88, Year: 2006, PageNo: 282-3.
- Author(s): Kalyan RV, Hamilton A, Nolan P, Marsh D., Title: Disc injury is a better predictor than bony injury of short-term outcome following thoraco-lumbar spine fracture, Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br, Volume: 87, Year: 2005, PageNo: 241
- Author(s): Kalyan RV et al, Title: What causes anterior column deficiency in Burst fracture of Dorso-Lumbar spine? Significance of adjacent disc injuries & effectiveness of posterior short segment stabilisation & fusion., Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br, Volume: 85, Year: 2003, PageNo: 135
- Author(s): Kalyan RV et al., Title: Importance of adjacent disc injuries in Burst fracture of Dorso-Lumbar Spine, Effectiveness of Posterior short segment stabilisation by pedicle screw fixation and fusion in these injury., Journal: Eur Spine J, Volume: 8, Year: 1999, PageNo: S24
