Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Barnet Hospital
Wellhouse Lane
EN5 3DJ
Research interests
Degenerative disc disease
radicular pain
infections in the spine
Personal interests
Reading
travelling
Cricket
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Fluent
- Konkani
- Fluent
- Urdu
- Conversational
- Tamil
- Basic
Publications
• Iatrogenic vascular injuries during arthroplasty of the hip
Z. Alshameeri, R. Bajekal, K. Varty, V. Khanduja BJJ Nov. 2015
• Patel NK, Wright J, Sabharwal S, Afsharpad A, Bajekal R. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty at a non-specialist centre, Ann R Coll Surg Eng 2014; 96:67-72.
• Time delay, length of hospital stay and 30-day mortality in hip fracture patients- paper presented at the EFFORT meeting in May 2013, Istanbul. Zeiad Alshameeri, Aisha Razak and Rajiv Bajekal
• Acute kidney injury in patients admitted with hip fractures- a predictor of mortality- paper presented at the British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, October 2013. Alshameeri, Razik and Bajekal
• Patel NK, Wright J, Afsharpad A and Bajekal R. International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Bruges (Belgium), Sept 2011. (Abstract: J Bone Joint Surg Br 2012 vol. 94-B no. Supp XL 138)
• Return to sports after hip resurfacing- International journal of sports medicine- A.A. Narvani, R.A. Bajekal and H.I. Nwaboku, April 2006.
• .Ankle fracture fixation – do we need a neutralisation plate? Bajekal RA et al Presented at the British Trauma Society, Leeds, October 2001
• Haemophilic arthropathy of the elbow. Presented at the British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, Brighton, September 1996.
• A study of Haemophilic Arthropathy of the Elbow: Bajekal RA. Thesis submitted to the University of Liverpool for the MCh in Orthopaedics, 1995.
• Frozen Shoulder Syndrome - A comparison of hydraulic distension and manipulation - Sharma R.K., Bajekal R.A. and Bhan S. (International Orthopaedics 1993; 17:275-278).
• Closed Volar Dislocation of the Four Ulnar Carpometacarpal Joints - Bajekal R.A., Kotwal P.P. and Menon D. (Injury 1992; 23:355-356).
Courses offered to GPs
What never to miss in the Spine
How to avoid spinal diagnostic disaster