Dr. Jim F Vellara

Dr. Jim F Vellara

Consultant / Clinical Assistant Professor
MBBS,MS Ortho, AO Spine Fellow 
Speciality: Orthopaedics
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Dr. Jim F. Vellara is a highly experienced consultant in the Spine Division, actively involved in spinal surgery since 2006. His expertise includes spinal deformity surgery, degenerative spinal diseases (including minimally invasive surgery and microdiscectomy), spinal tumor surgery, and spinal trauma management. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Jim is committed to medical education, playing a key role in training both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and serving as a member of the institute's curriculum committee. 

  • Spinal deformity surgery 
  • Degenerative spinal disease including MIS and Microdiscectomy 
  • Spinal Tumour surgery 
  • Spinal Trauma Management 
  • MBBS 
  • MS Orthopaedics 
  • AO Spine Longterm Fellowship 
  • trained with Dr. Jean Destandau in Endoscopic Spine Surgery at Bordeaux, France  2009 
  • English 
  • Malayalam 
  • Tamil 
  • Hindi
  • Consultant in the spine division of Orthopaedics  

Amrita Hospital, Kochi since 2016 and actively involved in Non-surgical and surgical management of Adult and Pediatric Spinal conditions.He trained in advanced Pediatric Deformity surgery from University of Malaya in 2019 

  • Consultant Spine Units at Manchester and Oswestry in 2011  

Dr. Jim F. Vellara is a highly experienced consultant in the Spine Division, actively involved in spinal surgery since 2006. His expertise includes spinal deformity surgery, degenerative spinal diseases (including minimally invasive surgery and microdiscectomy), spinal tumor surgery, and spinal trauma management. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Jim is committed to medical education, playing a key role in training both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and serving as a member of the institute's curriculum committee. 

  • Spinal deformity surgery 
  • Degenerative spinal disease including MIS and Microdiscectomy 
  • Spinal Tumour surgery 
  • Spinal Trauma Management 

  • MBBS 
  • MS Orthopaedics 
  • AO Spine Longterm Fellowship 
  • trained with Dr. Jean Destandau in Endoscopic Spine Surgery at Bordeaux, France  2009 

  • English 
  • Malayalam 
  • Tamil 
  • Hindi

  • Consultant in the spine division of Orthopaedics  

Amrita Hospital, Kochi since 2016 and actively involved in Non-surgical and surgical management of Adult and Pediatric Spinal conditions.He trained in advanced Pediatric Deformity surgery from University of Malaya in 2019 

  • Consultant Spine Units at Manchester and Oswestry in 2011  

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