M.S., Orthopaedics
Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda

M.B.B.S.
Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda

• Consultant Sr. Spine Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai 1994 - Present
• Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Madras Institute of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Vijaya Hospitals - 1989 to 1994
• Junior Consultant, P.D. Hinduja Sindhi Hospital - 1985 to 1988

• Guide in the DNB teaching program
• Spine fellowships – training of aspiring spine surgeons from India and abroad

• First Indian to perform deformity surgery using Cotrel–Dubousset system in 1991.
• Dr. Hegde pioneered the use of many modern spinal instrumentation systems in India.
• He introduced and popularized the use of implants (Mesh cages) in the presence of infections (TB, Fungal, Pyogenic) in 1994.
• He performed the first lumbar disc replacement in India (2004).
• He performed the first correction of deformity (infantile scoliosis) using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) staples in Asia. This technique has been used only in a few centers in Europe & the US.
• Dr. Hegde performed the first robotic guided spine surgery in Asia (outside Israel) 2012.

• President  – Association of Spine Surgeons of India
• President – Indo-American Spine Alliance 
• Indian Orthopaedic Association (I.O.A)
• International Group for Advancement in Spinal Sciences (Formerly Groupe Internationale COTREL DUBOUSSET (GICD)
• Regional President – International Society for Advancement of Spine Surgery (Formerly Spinal Arthroplasty Society-SAS)
• Spine Trauma Study Group