Spine Foundation Fellowship

Feb 2013 to Jan 2015 – Successfully completed spine fellowship under Dr.ShekharBhojraj’s guidance at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, WockhardtHospital (Mumbai Central), Breach Candy Hospital and V.N.Desai Municipal Hospital,Santacruz

DNB Period

• Curriculum Highlights: – Presented free paper in KOACON (KarnatakaOrthopaedic Association Annual Conference) 2010, BANGALORE on topic ‘Functional outcome of Fracture shaft of humerus treated with intramedullary nailing – a case series.’
• Thesis Topic :- To show the outcome of operatively treated closed ankle (bimalleolar and trimalleolar) fractures at Bangalore Baptist Hospital.
• Exam (Both cleared in first attempt)
  • Theory Exam :- Dec 2010
  • Practical Exam :– May 2011
• 2 months posting at CMC, Vellore in last year DNB, includes5 weeks posting in spine unit under Dr.G.D.Sundarraj and 3 weeks posting in PaediatricOrthopaedics Unit under Dr.RishaMadhuri. 

Working Experience:

• Senior Registrar at B.Y.L.Nair Hospital in Dept.ofOrthopaedics for period of 3 months( Aug 2011 – Oct 2011 ) .
• Clinical Associate with Dr.Subodh Mehta, Arthroplasty& Trauma Surgeon from Thane at Advanced Orthopaedics And Joint Replacement Centre, Thane for 15 months ( Nov 2011- Jan 2013 )
• AssociatespinesurgeonwithDr.S.Y.Bhojrajat Lilavati Hospital-Research Centre, Bandra; Breach Candy Hospital, Mahalaxmi; Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central and V.N.Desai Municipal Hospital, Santacruz, – fromJan 2015 – March2016 (aftercompletionof2years spine fellowship) 

Rotating Observership In Spine Surgery

• Apollo Hospital, Chennai with Dr.SajanHegde( 2 weeks – May 2015 ) –trainingforRobotic Spine Surgery
• Park Clinic, Kolkata with Dr.SaumyajitBasu( 3 Weeks – June 2015 ) – trainingforcomplex spine deformities
• Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore with Dr.S.Rajasekaran ,Dr.AjoyShetty, Dr.RishiKanna ( 3 weeks June-July 15 ) – training for complex spine deformities, tumors, navigation surgeryandMISS ( Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery)

Current Appointment

• Full time spine consultant at Wockhardt Hospitals, North Mumbai

Membership:

• BOS ( BombayOrthopaedic Society )
• ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India)
• NASS (NorthAmericanSpineSociety)
• AMC (AssociationofMedicalConsultants)

Current Ongoing Research Projects And Publications:

• ‘Our experience of treating spine TB at public and private health care centres’ – a comparative study
• Criteria to stop Anti TB Treatment ( ATT ) in spinal TB patientstreated conservatively
• A case report – A misdiagnosed case of TB spine treated as Osteoporotic compression fracture with vertebroplasty
• Author of a chapter on Lumbosacral Tuberculosis in one of the upcoming basic spine textbooks (co-authored by Dr.ShekharBhojraj – under review- unpublished yet)

Academic Courses/ Conferences/ Workshops Attended:

• KOACON ( KarnatakaOrthopaedic Association Annual Conference ) Bangalore Feb 2010
• AOPrebasic Trauma Course, Mumbai –Feb 2011
• WIROC  ( Western India Regional Orthopaedic Conference ) – Mumbai Dec 2011
• AO Basic Trauma Course, Ahmedabad – March 2012
• Zimmer Cadeveric Workshop for Trauma (ProximalHumerus – Distal Tibia/Fibula),Ahmedabad – May 2012
• WIROC – Mumbai Dec 2012
• ICS ( Instructional Course in Spine ) KodaikanalAug 2013
• One of the organizer’s of Spinal Deformity Correction Workshop (Live Surgical Demonstration), Mumbai – Nov 2013
• WIROC – Mumbai Dec 2013
• ASSICON ( Association of Spine Surgeon’s of India Annual Conference ) – Kolkata Jan 2014
• One of the Organizers of Basic Spine Course held at Pune March 2014 – Navle Hospital
• Part of Spine Camp held at Rajgurunagar July 2014 as a part of social wing of ASSI ( Association of Spine Surgeon’s of India )
• Bombay Spine Course, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, July 2014
• ICS ( Instructional Course in Spine ) Udaipur Aug 2014
• Part of Spine Camp ( OPD with Surgeries ) held at Gadchiroli Nov 2014 as a part of social wing of ASSI
• WIROC – Mumbai Dec 2014
• ASSICON – Pune Jan 2015
• IMSOS ( IndianMusculo Skeletal Oncology Society ) – Mumbai March 2015
• ICS ( Instructional Course in Spine ) – Vizag Aug 2015
• Part of Spine Camp held at Bandra, Mumbai– Sept 2015 as a part of social wing of ASSI
• ASSICON – Goa Nov 2015
• WIROC – Mumbai Dec 2016
• SPINEWEEK – May 2016 , SINGAPORE

Poster Presentations:

• WIROC ( Western India Regional Orthopaedic Conference ) Dec 2011 – Management of broken tip of epidural catheter
• IMSOS( IndianMusculo Skeletal Oncology Society )  March 2015 – Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients
• ASSICON ( Association of Spine Surgeon’s of India Annual Conference ) Goa Nov 2015 – Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients
• E-posteronthetopic ‘Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients’ – selected atSpineweek 2016 in Singapore (prestigious global conference held once in four years)

Podium Presentation:

• KOACON ( KarnatakaOrthopaedic Association Annual Conference ) 2010, BANGALORE on topic “Functional outcome of Fracture shaft of humerus treated with intramedullary nailing – a case series.”
• ASSICON, PUNE JAN 2015 Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients
• WIROC, MUMBAI DEC 2015 Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients
• SPINEWEEK 2016 Singapore – Operative Treatment of Solitary Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma – Our experience of treating 27 patients