Orthopaedic surgeon | Paediatric orthopaedics, trauma and upper limb
• Paediatric orthopaedics
• Trauma
• Upper limb
• Limb deformities in children
• Congenital orthopaedic conditions
• Fractures in children and adults
• Upper limb conditions
• Deformity correction
• Treatment of congenital orthopaedic conditions
• Fracture treatment and fixation
• Upper limb surgery
• MBChB, University of KwaZulu-Natal (2012)
• FC (Orth) SA, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (2023)
• MMed (Orthopaedics), University of Pretoria (2023)
• Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town (2024)
• MSc, University of Cape Town (2025)
Dr Shiksha Ragunandan has subspeciality training in paediatric orthopaedics. She treats children with limb deformities and congenital orthopaedic conditions, and treats fractures and upper limb conditions in children and adults.
She graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2012 and spent three years as a medical officer at RK Khan Hospital before completing five years of specialist training at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria. She qualified as an orthopaedic surgeon in 2023 and completed a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, in 2024, followed by an MSc at UCT in 2025. She is an instructor on the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course.