Dr. Thomas Joseph Kishen

Fellowship & Membership

• Fellowship in Spinal Deformity Surgery (Australia)
• Fellowship in Spine Surgery (Australia)
• Visiting Fellowship in Seoul Spine Institute with Prof Se II Suk. South Korea. January 2008
• Visiting Fellowship in Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis Children's Hospital and Shriners Hospital with Dr.Lawrence Lenke, Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri, USA. September 2008
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India
• Indian Orthopaedic Association, Bangalore
• Bangalore Orthopaedic Society

Field of Expertise

• Surgical and Non-Surgical treatment of Spinal Disorders including Disc Surgery and Spinal Fusions at all levels of the spine from the neck to the lower back
• Spinal Injections
• Spinal Tumour Surgery
• Scoliosis and Kyphosis Surgery

Languages Spoken

• English
• Malayalam
• Kannada
• Tamil
• Hindi

Talks & Publications

• Osteoporosis and kyphotic deformity: A very real risk for post-menopausal women - Dr. Thomas Joseph Kishen, Consultant - Spine Surgery, Spine Care, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road. Click Here
• Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road: Dr. Thomas Joseph Kishen on It’s all in the back: Managing lower back pain for better sleep | Happiest Health. Click Here

Awards & Achievements

• Dr. BaluSankaran Gold Medal for `standing first in India in the Diplomate of the National Board Exam`in Orthopaedics for the year 2001.
• Professor M.V. Daniel Gold Medal for `Exemplary Commitment to Patient Care` for the year 2000 from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, Coimbatore.
• Dr. Premananda Nayak Award for the `Best Outgoing D`Ortho Student` from MAHE University, Manipal for the year 1998
• ASSI-Depuy Best Spine Research Award at the ASI conference at Bangalore in January 2005 for the paper titled `Is single-stage posterior column shortening a safe and reliable procedure in active spinal tuberculosis.