Dr. Cherry Cherian Kovoor
8
reviews
22/11/2025
03/11/2025
06/09/2025
Highlights:
Experienced doctors: the orthopedic specialist was very experienced and gave clear explanations and recommendations.
Responsive staff: the nurses and the support team were kind, responsive and attentive throughout my stay.
27/08/2025
13/05/2025
everyone is very friendly
special thanks to Dr. Cherry Cheriyan and the team
the food service is very good
special thanks to Mr. Jishnu and Mrs. Vanaja
09/05/2025
23/05/2024
14/05/2023
Dr. Cherry Cherian Kovoor is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon from Kochi (Kerala, India) with more than twenty-five years of experience. His profile includes surgical treatment of complex orthopedic disorders and trauma in children, as well as limb reconstruction and lengthening using the Ilizarov method. He sees patients at Aster Medcity Multi Speciality Hospital.
He works at Aster Medcity Multi Speciality Hospital (Kochi) — the flagship clinic of the international Aster DM Healthcare network. It is a multi-disciplinary tertiary hospital that actively accepts pediatric patients, including those from other countries.
A particularly valuable point for patients is his Italian fellowship at the Alessandro Manzoni Hospital in Lecco, historically associated with the promotion of the Ilizarov method in Europe. This training is important in complex deformities, congenital limb shortening and post-traumatic conditions, when other surgeons may suggest amputation.
His specialization in pediatric orthopedics means that the doctor is well versed in the nuances of planning interventions in growing patients: preserving growth plates, choosing the timing of surgery, and calculating lengthening taking into account future growth.
Achievements and Awards
About Dr. Cherry Cherian Kovoor
- Surgical treatment of complex orthopedic disorders and trauma in children
- Limb reconstruction
- Limb lengthening and deformity correction using the Ilizarov method
- Limb salvage in conditions potentially requiring amputation
- MBBS — Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
- DNB in Orthopedic Surgery — Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
- Fellowship in advanced Ilizarov techniques — Alessandro Manzoni Hospital (Lecco, Italy).
- Current position — Aster Medcity Multi Speciality Hospital (Kochi): Associate Consultant, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
- Previously — Ernakulam Medical Centre (EMC), Kochi: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
Dr. Cherry Cherian Kovoor has been actively engaged in scientific work since 2008. He has six publications in international and Indian peer-reviewed journals, in most of which he serves as the first author.
The main focus of his research is the application of the Ilizarov method in complex cases of limb reconstruction: ankle joint fusion in cases of bone loss and infection, lower-leg reconstruction with a vascularized fibular graft, bone transport in cases of distal tibial bone loss. A separate work is devoted to a rare limb-salvage technique in complete and subtotal amputation — using acute shortening, revascularization and early lengthening. A description of a rare tumor in an infant — melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of the ulna — has also been published.
One of his works was published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume) — one of the most authoritative international journals in orthopedics — and is actively cited by specialists in the USA, Germany and Russia.
Aster Medcity Multi Speciality Hospital (Kochi) is the largest tertiary multi-disciplinary inpatient facility in the state of Kerala, part of the international Aster DM Healthcare network with a presence in India and the Persian Gulf countries.
For pediatric orthopedics and limb reconstruction, the clinic has a dedicated specialty unit: a team of pediatric orthopedic surgeons works together with pediatricians, rehabilitation specialists and radiology specialists.
The hospital is equipped for long-term reconstructions and staged interventions using external fixation devices (Ilizarov method) and has an international department that arranges visa, translation, accommodation and patient navigation for foreign patients.
