Dr. Sameer Ruparel

Dr. Sameer Ruparel performs major interventions in the following specialities:

• Orthopaedics
• Spine Surgery

• Maharashtra Medical Council - Registration No. (1593)

• Maharashtra University (MBBS)
• Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune (MS Orthopaedics)
• National Board of Examination, New Delhi (DNB Orthopaedics)
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India, Mumbai (FASSI)
• FAIMS
• Japan (FMISS)

• Nominated by Outlook Health as a Mumbai Top Doc in Spine Surgery for two years - 2021 and 2023

• Chaddha, Ram, Gaurav Agrawal, Shreel Koirala, and Sameer Ruparel. 2023. “Osteoporosis and Vertebral Column.” Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 57 (Suppl 1): 163–75.
• “Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Options in Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures- Indications and Surgical Techniques – International Journal of Spine.” n.d. Ijsonline.Co.In. Accessed September 8, 2025.
• Ruparel, Sameer, Ankit Patel, Vishal Kundnani, and Ram Chaddha. 2020. “Recent Advances and Future Trends in Microendoscopic Spine Surgery.” Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine 1 (146): 146–53.
• Kumar, Bashyal Santosh, Masato Tanaka, Shinya Arataki, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Mohammad Mushtaq, Takuya Taoka, Konstantinos Zygogiannnis, and Sameer Ruparel. 2023. “Lateral Access Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity.” Journal of Orthopaedics 45: 26–32.
• Ruparel, Sameer; Chaddha, Ram. Complications in Spondylolisthesis Surgery: Common, Uncommon, and Rare. Indian Spine Journal 4(1):p 77-88, Jan–Jun 2021.
• Patel, Jwalant, Vishal Kundnani, Saijyot Raut, Mohit Meena, and Sameer Ruparel. 2021. “Perioperative Complications of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MI-TLIF): 10 Years of Experience with MI-TLIF.” Global Spine Journal 11 (5): 733–39.
• Sarkar M, Maalouly J, Ruparel S, Choi J. Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Fusion Rates and Clinical Improvement Using Minimally Invasive Approach and Intraoperative Navigation and Robotic Guidance. Asian Spine J. 2022 Dec;16(6):882-889.
• Uotani, Koji, Masato Tanaka, Sumeet Sonawane, Sameer Ruparel, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Shinya Arataki, Taro Yamauchi, and Haruo Misawa. 2021. “Comparative Study of Bilateral Dual Sacral-Alar-Iliac Screws versus Bilateral Single Sacral-Alar-Iliac Screw for Adult Spine Deformities.” World Neurosurgery 156: e300–306.
• Ruparel S, Tanaka M, Mehta R, Yamauchi T, Oda Y, Sonawane S, Chaddha R. Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis-The Past, Present, and Future. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 May 24;12(6):1307.
• Tanaka M, Ruparel S, Oda Y, Fujiwara Y, Shama S, Uotani K, Arataki S, Yamauchi T, Sake N. C-arm-Free Simultaneous OLIF51 and Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation in a Single Lateral Position. J Vis Exp. 2022 Sep 16;(187).
• Choi J, Rhee I, Ruparel S. Assessment of Great Vessels for Anterior Access of L5/S1 Using Patient Positioning. Asian Spine J. 2020 Aug;14(4):438-444.
• Upadhyay M, Patel J, Kundnani V, Ruparel S, Patel A. Drug sensitivity patterns in Xpert-positive spinal tuberculosis: an observational study of 252 patients. Eur Spine J. 2020 Jul;29(7):1476-1482.
• Kulkarni AG, Ruparel S, Jaggi S, Murkey N. Decade-Wise Computed Tomography-Based Morphometric Measurements of a Single Lumbar Spinal Motion Segment L4-5. Int J Spine Surg. 2020 Oct;14(5):795-803.
• Nagamatsu M, Ruparel S, Tanaka M, Fujiwara Y, Uotani K, Arataki S, Yamauchi T, Takeshita Y, Takamoto R, Tanaka M, Moriue S. Assessment of 3D Lumbosacral Vascular Anatomy for OLIF51 by Non-Enhanced MRI and CT Medical Image Fusion Technique. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Sep 23;11(10):1744.
• Patel A, Ruparel S, Dusad T, Mehta G, Kundnani V. Posterior-approach single-level apical spinal osteotomy in pediatric patients for severe rigid kyphoscoliosis: long-term clinical and radiological outcomes. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Jun;21(6):606-614.

• Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)

• Consultant - Dr Sameer Ruparel Spine Solutions Clinic, Dadar
• Consultant - Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West
• Consultant - Lilavati Hospital And Research Centre
• Consultant - SRV Hospital, Chembur
• Consultant - Zynova Shalby Hospital