Chitranjan Singh Ranawat

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Chitranjan Singh Ranawat is an eminent orthopaedic surgeon .He is based at New York and is of Indian origin. He is a winner of Padma Bhushan, which is one of the highest civilian honours of India.[1] He is considered as one of best orthopaedicians in the world.[2][3] He has also authored papers on orthopaedics.[4]

He had operated on former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s knee.[5] He is the Director of the Orthopeadic Surgery and Centre for Total Joint Replacement in New York.[6]

Dr Ranawat reportedly uses a cemented total knee replacement in which the components are fixed with a bone cement called methy-methacrylate. Dr Ranawat uses the PFC Modular Kneww system he has developed after years of research with thousands of cases. Dr Ranawat was born in Mewar . He studied in India and in the mid-sixties migrated to USA.

He is also a philanthropist and runs a public trust "Ranawat Foundation Trust", meant to render services for humanity. The trust has recently provided aid to a local hospital in Pune. Doctors, who have worked with him described the noted surgeon as one of the best in the world with a healing touch.

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  1. ^ AWARDS AND DECORATIONS. Online Webpage of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
  2. ^ With new knees. Online Edition of The Frontline, Volume 18 - Issue 13, Jun. 23 - Jul. 06, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
  3. ^ Special arrangements at Bombay hospital. Online Edition of The BBC, dated 2000-10-09. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
  4. ^ The Stiff Knee: Ankylosis and Flexion, Chitranjan S. Ranawat and William F. Flynn (2003), Jr.. Book: Knee Anthropology, Second Edition, authors:Paul A. Lotke, Jess H. Lonner, publisher:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN 0781731666. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
  5. ^ Lata Mangeshkar given Bharat Ratna. Online Edition of the Hindu, dated 2001-03-22. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
  6. ^ Reticent Dr Ranawat is a master of his craft. Online Edition of The Rediff.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
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