Patients Travel From Across Bengaluru
Medically reviewed by Dr. Chetan M. Dojode, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon · Last reviewed 20 July 2026
Dr. Chetan M. Dojode · FRCS (Orth, UK) · FEBOT (Euro) · MRCS (UK) · MCh (Orth, UK) · MS (Orth) · MBBS · GMC Specialist Register
21+ Years Experience · 11+ Years NHS UK · MAKO Robotic Certified
UK-trained consultant care, worth the journey across the city
Patients seen from across Bengaluru, Karnataka and overseas
Patients travel from Indiranagar & Koramangala to consult Dr. Chetan M. Dojode, and it is worth being clear about why. Bengaluru has no shortage of orthopaedic surgeons closer to these neighbourhoods. Patients make the journey for a specific reason: subspecialty training in the operation they need, and a practice whose joint replacement outcomes have been subject to independent registry audit.
Dr. Dojode is a UK-trained consultant holding FRCS (Orth, UK) and FEBOT (Euro), with eleven years of NHS consultant and specialist practice in the United Kingdom before returning to Bengaluru. He completed the Furlong Fellowship in Arthroplasty and Revision Surgery, and a further fellowship in shoulder and knee surgery. Complex primary and revision joint replacement form a substantial part of his practice.
Much of what patients travel for does not end in surgery. Second opinions form a significant part of the practice — patients advised elsewhere to have a joint replaced who want an independent view on whether it is necessary, whether it is the right operation, and whether now is the right time. Being told that surgery can reasonably wait is a common and legitimate outcome.
Indiranagar and Koramangala connect north via the Outer Ring Road or Bellary Road. Appointment times are arranged with the journey in mind. Where investigations are required, they are grouped into single visits wherever practical, and follow-up is arranged to minimise unnecessary journeys across the city.
Indiranagar, Koramangala, HSR Layout, Domlur, CV Raman Nagar and Ulsoor.
Indiranagar, Koramangala, HSR Layout, Domlur, CV Raman Nagar and Ulsoor are 35–50 minutes from the Sahakar Nagar consulting rooms and 40–55 minutes from Sparsh Hospital Yelahanka, with the Outer Ring Road determining most of the variation.
Given the distance, appointments from this catchment are arranged to minimise the number of journeys rather than the length of any one of them. Sparsh Hospital Yelahanka is the better location for that: it has X-ray and MRI on site and runs 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, so assessment, imaging and a treatment plan are completed in a single visit. Booking earlier in the morning also avoids the heavier return traffic.
A significant proportion of patients from these neighbourhoods present with sports and soft-tissue injuries rather than degenerative joint disease — ACL and meniscal injuries, shoulder instability, tendon problems in recreational runners and cyclists. These often need imaging before anything useful can be said, which is a further reason to begin at Sparsh.
The Sahakar Nagar rooms, 4:30pm to 7pm Monday to Saturday, are for consultation only, with no imaging or admission facility. Surgery is carried out at Sparsh Hospital Yelahanka, where family may stay through the inpatient period. Video consultation is offered and is often appropriate for routine review from this distance.
Dr. Chetan M. Dojode has operated in both the United Kingdom and India. His UK joint replacement practice is recorded on the National Joint Registry (NJR) — the world’s largest independent registry of joint replacement outcomes, which tracks implant survival and revision rates for every procedure submitted. That same registry-audited discipline — implant selection, alignment targets and structured follow-up — is applied to every joint replacement he performs in Bengaluru.
That depends on what you need. For straightforward problems well managed close to home, travelling across Bengaluru adds little. For complex or revision joint replacement, robotic-assisted surgery, or an independent second opinion before committing to an operation, the specific expertise matters more than the distance. You will be given an honest view on which applies to you.
Surgery, including MAKO robotic-assisted joint replacement, is performed at Sparsh Hospital, New Airport Road, Yelahanka. Outpatient consultations, follow-up and injections are usually at OSR — OrthoSportsRobotics Clinic / Aarna Clinic, Sahakar Nagar.
Wherever practical, yes. If you are travelling a distance, investigations are grouped so that consultation, imaging and review can be completed with the fewest journeys. Let reception know your travel situation when booking so the appointment can be planned accordingly.
Yes, and they form a significant part of the practice. Bring your imaging — the films or a CD rather than only the report — along with any letters and details of previous surgery. You are under no obligation to proceed with treatment here, and confirming that your original surgeon's advice was sound is a legitimate outcome.
Follow-up appointments are spaced and scheduled to minimise travel, and routine progress reviews can often be handled remotely where clinically appropriate. Physiotherapy is coordinated with a practitioner closer to where you live.
Dr. Chetan M. Dojode
FRCS (Tr&Orth) UK · FEBOT
GMC Specialist Register
OSR — OrthoSportsRobotics Clinic / Aarna Clinic, Sahakar Nagar
1182/1, 20th Main Road, A Block,
Bengaluru 560092
UK-trained FRCS orthopaedic surgeon — Sparsh Hospital Yelahanka & OSR — OrthoSportsRobotics Clinic / Aarna Clinic Sahakar Nagar