Dr. Suresh Cheekatla is a Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery and he got ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India) Prestigious–YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD -2014 He is working as a  Consultant in Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery at KIMS Hospital,Hyderabad His specialization includes  Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery He Organizing committee member for the49th INTERNATIONAL SPINAL CORD SOCIETY,10TH SPINAL CORD SOCIETY AND 9TH ASIAN SPINAL CORD NETWORK Annual Scientific Meeting, October 2010 New Delhi He Specialized in numerous spine procedures including treatments for cervical, lumabr disc herniations, cervical stenosis, lumbar degenerative disc disease and stenosis, spinal fusions, minimally invasive spine surgery and deformity corrections. His areas of clinical interest include complex spine disorders such as adult and pediatric scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis spinal deformity corrections; degenerative spinal pathology, spinal motion preservation and disc replacement, revision spine surgery, spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, microscopic keyhole spine operations, spinal trauma and pain management with root block injections, facet joint blocks ,sacroiliac joint injections and caudal epidural injections. He also has a keen interest in sports related injuries, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, non fusion and motion preservation technologies (disc replacements) He is Life Member - ‘Indian Orthopedic Association’ (IOA) He is Life Member - ‘Association of Spine Surgeons of India’ (ASSI) He is Life Member - ‘Andhra Pradesh Chapter of Indian Orthopaedic Association’ (OSSAP) He is Life Member - ‘Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States’ (OASIS) He is Associate Member – International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) He is Member- AO Spine Asia-Pacific (AO SPINE) He is Member- North American Spine Society (NASS)  

• He got Prestigious Indo American Spine Alliance(IASA) Spine Fellowship 2015, At Mount Sinai Hospital ,New York USA.

• He got ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India) Prestigious–YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD -2014 Winner for research paper on Characteristics and Trends of Indian Spinal Research - A Bibliometric Analysis of Indian publications between 1952 to 2012.

• He got Prestigious SICOT (International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery And Traumatology) Spine Surgery Fellowship 2013 At Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

• He is Co-author of IOA (Indian Orthopaedic Association) – 2012- SP MANDAL GOLD MEDAL winning paper … On-site Intraoperative Scrape Cytology of Transpedicular Biopsy of Vertebral body lesions.

• He is Co-author of ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India)-2010 VT INGALHALIKAR GOLD MEDAL and Orthopaedic Association Of South Indian States (OASIS)-2010 CONSULTANTS GOLD MEDAL title…Is Pediatric Spine More Accommodative for Spinal Cord Shortening? –An Evaluation of Results of Cord level Osteotomy in Severe Thoracic Kyphosis.

• He is Fellow in Spine Surgery (AO-Synthes) at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India.

• He delivered talk in Results of Austin Moore and Thompsons hemiarthroplasty for fractures of femoral neck

• He presented in Annual conference of Orthopaedic Surgeons Society Andhra Pradesh (OSSAP) 2009.

• He delivered talk in Onsite Intra op “Scrape Cytology” of Transpedicular Biopsy of Vertebral Body Lesions: A Novel Technique to Increase the Specimen Accuracy - Poster accepted for AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) and ISSLS (International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine) meet.

• He delivered talk in Onsite Intra op “Scrape Cytology” of Transpedicular Biopsy of Vertebral Body Lesions: A Novel Technique to Increase the Specimen Accuracy- Paper presented in Annual conference of Orthopaedic Surgeons Society of Andhra Pradesh (OSSAP) 2010, 25th Annual conference of Association of Spine Surgeons of India(ASSICON) 2011,Mumbai.

• He delivered talk in Characteristics and Trends of Indian Spinal Research - A Bibliometric Analysis of Indian publications between 1952 to 2012 –AWARD (Young Investigators) Presentation at 28th Annual conference of Association of Spine Surgeons of India(ASSICON) 2014,Kolkata.

• He Presented papers in various international and national spine- orthopaedic conferences. Participated in international and national spine orthopaedic conferences as faculty, moderator and panelist and conducted spine workshops

• He has done conferences on Radiological Analysis of Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomies in Children: Where Does the Correction Occur? J.Naresh-Babu, Cheekatla Suresh, Ch V.Swamy, Case Discussion Program ,46th SRS Annual Meeting & Course, Louisville, Kentucky

• He has done conferences on Prospective evaluation of Functional and Radiological outcome of Surgical decompression of Endemic skeletal fluorosis with Cervical myelopathy. J Naresh- Babu, C.H. Suresh, V.V.Narayanarao,34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress- 2013, Hyderabad, India

• He  done thesis on ‘Results of Austin Moores and Thompson hemiarthroplasty for fractures of the femoral neck’.

• [Accepted by DNB Ref.No- NBE/Thesis/694/Dec-08: Dated 04 Mar 09]

• He  done thesis on ‘Is Pediatric Spine is More Accommodative for Spinal Cord Shortening? –An Evaluation of Results of Cord level Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in Severe Thoracic Kyphosis.

• He  done thesis on ‘Technique and Safety of FreeHand Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement-An analysis of 254 Consecutive Screws in the Initial 2 years of Independent practice after Training.

• He  done thesis on ‘Prospective randomized clinic radiological study of Paramedian MIS-TLIF Vs Classical TLIF - Can MIS-TLIF be performed with Conventional Instrumentation…?.

• He  done thesis on ‘Prospective Evaluation of Management of Endemic Skeletal Fluorosis with Cervical myelopathy.

• He  done thesis on ‘Open-door Cervical Laminoplasty with Single lateral mass Anchoring Screw Fixation.-A novel technique to improve laminar hinge stability

• He  done thesis on ‘Epidemiological, Clinical and Histopathological study of Fluorotic Spine- A study focusing on the pathogenesis of ligament to bone transformation in the Endemic Skeletal Fluorosis

• He  done thesis on ‘Instability in Healed Spinal Tuberculosis-A Case report

• He Organizing committee member for the Instructional Course-SPINE CLINIX September & November 2010, conducted at Mediciti hospital, Hyderabad

• He Organizing committee member for the49th INTERNATIONAL SPINAL CORD SOCIETY,10TH SPINAL CORD SOCIETY AND 9TH ASIAN SPINAL CORD NETWORK Annual Scientific Meeting, October 2010 New Delhi

• He Specialized in numerous spine procedures including treatments for cervical, lumabr disc herniations, cervical stenosis, lumbar degenerative disc disease and stenosis, spinal fusions, minimally invasive spine surgery and deformity corrections.

• His areas of clinical interest include complex spine disorders such as adult and pediatric scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis spinal deformity corrections; degenerative spinal pathology, spinal motion preservation and disc replacement, revision spine surgery, spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, microscopic keyhole spine operations, spinal trauma and pain management with root block injections, facet joint blocks ,sacroiliac joint injections and caudal epidural injections.

• He also has a keen interest in sports related injuries, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, non fusion and motion preservation technologies (disc replacements)

• He is Life Member - ‘Indian Orthopedic Association’ (IOA)

• He is Life Member - ‘Association of Spine Surgeons of India’ (ASSI)

• He is Life Member - ‘Andhra Pradesh Chapter of Indian Orthopaedic Association’ (OSSAP)

• He is Life Member - ‘Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States’ (OASIS)

• He is Associate Member – International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)

• He is Member- AO Spine Asia-Pacific (AO SPINE)

• He is Member- North American Spine Society (NASS)