Dr. Guna Pratheep Kalanchiam is a Consultant Spine Surgeon at Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre, India, with over 10 years of experience in spine surgery. He holds an MBBS, MS (Orthopedics), Fellowship of the National Board (Spine), and multiple international fellowships in endoscopic, minimally invasive, robotic, and deformity spine surgery across South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia. He is an active member of AO Spine, APSS, and other international societies, and serves as a research associate with the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Degenerative. Dr. Kalanchiam has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to international book chapters, and has received several prestigious recognitions, including the AO Spine International Fellowship (2024), APSS Fellowship (2025), and the Scoliosis Research Society Global Outreach Program Award (2025).