Medical Registration No & Date:

• 63398 :22-08-2002, Karnataka Medical Council.
• 2012/06/1659 :12-06-2012, Maharastra Medical Council.

Current Position:

Sept 2012 – Till Date : Associate Spine Consultant – with Dr S Y Bhojraj, Lilavati Hospital, Breach Candy Hospital, V N Desai Hospital.

Experiences & Fellowships:

• ASSI Inland Traveling Fellowship (Oct / Nov 2013):
  Park Clinic, Kolkata with Dr Saumyajit Basu AIIMS, New Delhi with Prof Arvind Jayaswal ISIC, New Delhi with Dr H Chabbra Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi with Dr Shankar Acharya
• Spine Research Associate (July 2011 – Aug 2012):
  P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai.
• SpineSmith International Spine Surgery Fellowship (Mar 2011 – July 2011):
  San Antonio / Bryan-College Station, Texas, USA
• Advanced Spine Fellowship (Aug 2010 – Feb 2011):
  P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India, National Fellowship (Feb 2010 – July 2010):
  (Was the incharge of the Tuberculosis spine cases registry) SPINE UNIT- P D HINDUJA HOSPITAL MUMBAI
• Research fellowship in Spine (Feb 2009 – Jan 2010):
  P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai
• Observer ship in Spine Surgery under Dr Abhay Nene (Aug 2008 – Jan 2009):
  P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC, Mumbai

Interests:

1. Minimally invasive spine surgery,
2. Reconstructive spine Surgery,
3. Cervical spine surgery.

Memberships:

1. ASSOCIATION OF SPINE SURGEONS OF INDIA (ASSI) – Co-opted member (Social Wing)
2. INDIAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION (IOA)
3. BOMBAY ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY (BOS)
4. TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT SOCIETY OF INDIA

Publications: (International/National)

1. Surgical patterns in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures – Eur Spine J – DOI 10.1007/s00586-012-2508-4.
2. “Post Vertebroplasty Instability – Report of 5 cases” – Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.SPINE11671
3. “Role of Low cost Indian implants in our practice – Our experience with 1572 pedicle screws” – European Spine Journal. DOI 10.1007/s00586-011-1914-3
4. Written a chapter – “TB Spine – Microbiology & Pathology” in ASSI Textbook of Spine.
5. “Outcome of single level instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion using corticocancellous laminectomy bone chips” – Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. DOI:10.4103/0019-5413.87117.
6. “Drug resistance pattern in 111 cases of drug resistant tuberculosis spine” – European Spine Journal. DOI:10.1007/s00586-012-2154-x

Paper Presentations:

1. ASSICON 2013
2. ASSICON 2011 – Efficacy of CT- Guided Biopsy in Spinal Lesions.
3. ISCOS 2010 – Peri operative adverse events in 900 consecutive spine surgeries by a single surgeon.
4. ICS 2010 – Peri operative adverse events in 900 consecutive spine surgeries by a single surgeon.
5. ASSICON 2010 – Morbidity and Mortality of spine surgery in elderly pts.
6. WIROC 2009 – Vertebroplasty – Happily ever after? Delayed complications of Vertebroplasty.
7. Won the best paper presentation at the annual research meet of P D Hinduja hospital for Vertebroplasty – Happily ever after? Delayed complications of Vertebroplasty. 

CME’s Attended:

1. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Workshop – May 2014 – Mumbai
2. SRS & ASSICON 2014 – Kolkatta
3. WIROC 2013 – Spine Surgery Live Demo – Coordinator
4. ICS 2013 – Kodai – Moderator for break away session
5. Ganga Operative Course 2013, Coimbatore.
6. ASSICON 2013, Kochi
7. WIROC 2012, Mumbai
8. Cadaveric Workshop on Minimally invasive TLIF and Pedicle screw fixation, Chula Lab, Bangkok.
9. ASSICON 2012, New Delhi
10. WIROC 2011, Mumbai
11. AO Spine Masters Symposium, Mumbai.
12. Cadaveric workshop on C1C2 fixation, cervical laminoplasty and cervical lateral mass screw fixation by Prof. Futoshi Suetsuna at VS Hospital and NHL municipal medical college,
13. Cadaveric workshop at Depuy World headquarters, Raynham, MA, USA.
14. Cadaveric workshop on AxiaLIF – Houston, Texas, USA.
15. Cadaveric Workshop on cervical pedicle Screw fixation by Prof Abumi – BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
16. ASSICON 2011, Mumbai – Faculty
17. WIROC 2010, Mumbai
18. ISCoS 2010, New Delhi
19. AO Spine Principle course 2010, New Delhi
20. ICS 2010, Mysore
21. ASSICON 2010, Nagpur
22. WIROC 2009, Mumbai
23. KOACON 2008, Calicut
24. IOACON 2006, Agra 

CME’s Conducted / Organized:

1. Advanced Deformity Live Surgical Seminar, V N Desai Municipal Hospital, Santacruz, Mumbai – November 2013
2. Scoliosis Workshop, Govt Medical College, Goa – October 2013
3. Live surgical demo – “Minimally invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery – The power of thinking Small – A live Surgical Demo – AxiaLIF & MIS TLIF” – by Dr Mukund Gundanna, Texas, USA – July 2009
4. “Management Issues in Spinal Trauma – Show Me The Evidence!!” – by Dr. Rajiv Sethi, Associate Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, Spinal Deformity and Complex Reconstruction, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. – December 2009
5. Live Surgical demo – “Advances in Fusion Techniques in Spine Surgery – Stem Cells for fusion in a case of TLIF” – by Dr Mukund Gundanna, Texas, USA – Jan 2010
6. Live surgical demo – “From Fusion to Motion Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement” by Dr Paul Thng, Sr Consultant, Changi General Hospital, Singapore – Feb 2010
7. Live surgical demo – “Cervical Disc Replacement – ‘Ceramic on Ceramic’” – by Prof. Aymen Ramadan, Geneva, Switzerland.

Reference:

Dr. Shekhar Y Bhojraj

Consultant Spine Surgeon,
Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, Mumbai
Mob No.: +91-98210 64458
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Abhay M Nene

Consultant Spine Surgeon,
P D Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai
Mob No.: +91 98214 71736
Email: [email protected]

Dr Sameer Dalvie

Consultant Spine Surgeon,
P D Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai
Mob no.: +91 98204 21503
Email: [email protected]