Main interest and proficiency in Musculoskeletal and OncoRadiology, research and teaching activities
Modalities well versed : MRI, CT, Mammography, USG, Doppler, X ray, PET CT, Conventional and guided radiology procedures
RSO 2011 to 2019
Awards & Achievements
Received Patient Service award in May 2024 at G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital hospital, Coimbatore
Senior Faculty and thesis Guide DNB Radiodiagnosis at G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital hospital, Coimbatore since 2020
Course Director and founder, Fellowship Co-ordinator of Musculoskeletal radiology 2016 to 2019 at Ganga hospital, affiliated to Dr. MGR university in 2018
Faculty for BSc radiology technician at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore 2014 to 2019
Organising secretary of following Radiology conference
– Ganga Update on Musculoskeletal Radiology GUMR 2016
– Ganga musculoskeletal Education in radiology” GAME” 2018
– International Musculoskeletal Ultrasound conference “MUSC” 2019
Research & Publications
Principal investigator: Dubai : CIP PAM STUDY, 2016 /Oct 13-15
Book Chapter: S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Anupama M, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Radiographic Assessment of Thoracolumbar Fractures. AO Spine Master series, Jaypee Publications 2015.
S.Rajasekaran, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Anupama Maheswaran. “Pyogenic lumbar spondylodiscitis treated with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: safety and outcomes.” International Orthopaedics (SICOT) S.IntOrthop 2016 Jun;40(6):1163-70.DOI 10.1007/s00264-015-3063-5, 2015.
Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Chandrasekar V Gaike, Anupama Mahesh, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S Rajasekaran. Multilevel non-contiguous spinal injuries: incidence and patterns based on whole spine MRI. Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-4209-2, 2015
S. Rajasekaran, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Mugesh Kanna1 Siddharth N. Aiyer, Anupama Maheswaran, Janardhan Yerram Shetty. Effectiveness of Riluzole as a pharmacotherapeutic treatment option for early cervical myelopathy: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial. Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-4323-1, 2015
Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Chandrashekhar Gaike, Anupama Maheswaran, Rajasekaran Assessment of Whole Spine MRI for Multilevel Noncontaguous Spinal Fractures: Incidence, Patterns, and Missed Injuries , Global Spine Journal 06(S 01)April 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583154
S. Rajasekaran, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Kanna, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Anupama Maheswaran. Aneurysmal bone cyst of C2 treated with novel anterior reconstruction and stabilization. Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4518-0, 2016.
S. Rajasekaran, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Gregory D. Schroeder, Frank Cumhur Oner, Luiz Vialle, Jens Chapman, Marcel Dvorak, Michael Fehlings, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Klaus Schnake, Anupama Maheshwaran, Frank Kandziora. The value of CT and MRI in the classification and surgical decision-making among spine surgeons in thoracolumbar spinal injuries. Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4623-0, 2016.
Siddharth N. Aiyer, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Kanna, Anupama Maheswaran, S. Rajasekaran Isolated dorsal column dysfunction due to an intraspinal Osteolipoma – Case report and review of literature, J Clin Orthop Trauma. (2016), , Oct-Dec; 7(Suppl 1): 2-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2016.11.00
Siddharth N. Aiyer, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Kanna, Anupama Maheswaran, S. Rajasekaran. Spinal cord herniation following cervical meningioma excision: a rare clinical entity and review of literature. Eur Spine J, DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4412-9, 2016
S.Rajasekaran, Anupama Maheswaran, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Rishi Kanna, Srikanth Reddy. Dumpa & Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Prediction of posterior ligamentous complex injury in thoracolumbar fractures using non-MRI imaging techniques. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) DOI 10.1007/s00264-016-3151-1, 2016. Jun;40(6):1075-81
Book Chapter:Imaging in spinal infections Anupama M, Alberto Zerbi, AOSpine Masters Series 2017 , vol 10 Thieme Publications, 2017
Book Chapter:Spine Infections : Role of Imaging. Anupama M, Rajasekaran S, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, ISSLS Textbook of Lumbar Spine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017.
Dr S Rajasekaran PhD, Dr Rishi Kanna MS FNB, Dr Manindra Bhushan MS, Dr Anupama Maheswaran DNB FRCR, Dr Ajoy Prasad Shetty MS DNB Coronal vertebral dislocation due to congenital absence of multiple thoracic and lumbar pedicles: report of three cases, review of literature and role of intra-operative AIRO navigation, Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
Rajasekaran, S., Kanna, R., Chittode, V. S., Maheswaran, A., Aiyer, S. N., & Shetty, A. P. (2016). Efficacy of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Indices in Assessing Postoperative Neural Recovery in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Spine. Eur SpineJ.2017 Jan 1;42(1):8-13
Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Younis Kamal, Anupama Mahesh, Prakash Venugopal, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S. Rajasekaran The impact of routine whole spine MRI screening in the evaluation of spinal degenerative diseases:, Eur Spine J. 2017. Aug;26(8):1993-1998. Eur Spine J. DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-4944-7
B.T. Pushpa,, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Muhil Kannan, Anupama Maheswaran, S. Rajasekaran. Oppenheimer’s ossicles in the lumbar spine-a rare cause of lumbar canal stenosis: Journal of Orthopaedics, 18 February 2018, Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital.
Anupama Maheswaran1, Siddharth N. Aiyer1, Osama Farouk2 ,Mohammad El-Sharkawi2 , Jong-Beom Park3, Andrew O’Brien4, Ige Oluwole5, Yue Wang6, Andr´e de Oliveira Arruda7, and Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran1. Assessment of Interobserver Variability for CT Scan–Based Evaluation of Posterior Ligament Complex Injury in Thoracolumbar Fractures: An International Multicenter Pilot Study. Global Spine Journal, sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/2192568219839414
Ankith Naduvanahalli Vivekanandaswamy, Muhil Kannan, Vyom Sharma, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Anupama Maheswaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Prognostic utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in predicting neurological outcomes in patients with acute thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: Accepted: 3 September 2019, Eur. Spine J. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06135-6)
Raghu Teja Sadineni , N. V. Anupama , B. T. Pushpa , Kavya Mikkineni , Muhil Kannan , S. Rajasekharan, A Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring System in Making Specific Diagnosis of Tubercular Spondylitis in Advanced Infection, Indian Journal of Musculoskeletal Radiology • Volume 1 • Issue 1 • January-June 2019, DOI 10.25259/IJMSR_14_2019
P. Keerthivasan, N. V. Anupama,Rishi M. Kanna, Ajoy P. Shetty & Shanmuganathan RajasekaranCase Report, Lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare case of delayed onset incomplete cauda equina syndrome following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, European Spine Journal(Feb 2020) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00586-020-06325-7