Indian Spinal Injuries Center Delhi – India's Most Specialised Spine Hospital

The Indian Spinal Injuries Center (ISIC) in New Delhi holds a singular position in India's healthcare landscape: it is the country's most specialised and high-volume spine and spinal cord injury centre, and one of a tiny number of dedicated spine hospitals in all of South Asia. Founded in 1995 by the pioneering neurosurgeon Padma Vibhushan Dr. H. S. Chhabra, ISIC was conceived as a world-class destination for the diagnosis and treatment of all disorders affecting the spine—from degenerative disc disease and scoliosis to traumatic spinal cord injuries and spinal tumours.

The hospital's 200-bed facility is dedicated entirely to spinal conditions, meaning every resource, every investigation pathway and every rehabilitation protocol has been designed with the spine patient in mind. This single-specialty focus creates an efficiency and depth of expertise that multi-specialty hospitals simply cannot replicate. ISIC's surgeons perform over 5,000 spine procedures annually, making it one of the highest-volume spine surgery centres globally.

The neurosurgery and orthopaedic spine surgery departments work side by side, reflecting the understanding that spinal conditions often span both specialties. The hospital performs the full spectrum of spinal procedures: minimally invasive discectomy, laminectomy, fusion surgery, deformity correction (including adult and paediatric scoliosis), complex revision spine surgery and spinal tumour resection. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is used routinely to protect the spinal cord during high-risk procedures.

The spinal cord injury rehabilitation programme is ISIC's other defining excellence. A comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation team works with patients from the acute phase of injury through to community reintegration. The hospital's rehabilitation gym and aquatic therapy pool are specifically designed for spinal cord injury patients.

For international patients—particularly from the Gulf, Africa and Southeast Asia—ISIC is often the definitive destination for complex spinal conditions that have resisted treatment elsewhere. The hospital's international patient department has experience coordinating care for patients travelling with complex mobility limitations.