OP Timings:

Mon / Tues / Thus / Fri / Sat :  10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mon / Wed :  04.00 PM to 6.30 PM

Qualifications:

• M.Ch. Orth.(UK),
• M.S. Orth.,
• FASIF (Germany)
• Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement (USA)
• Fellowship in Knee Reconstruction & Sports Medicine (USA)

Experience:

• More than 35 years of experience

Area of Interests:

• Specialist in Robotic & Computer Assisted Joint Replacement ; Primary Knee, Hip Shoulder and Elbow Replacement
• Specialist in Uni-condylar Knee Replacement
• Specialist in Total Hip Replacement by DAA- Direct Anterior Approach
• Specialist in Revision Knee & Hip Joint Replacement
• Specialist in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
• Specialist in Cartilage Transplantation and Orthopaedic Biological Tissue Engineering
• Performed more than 10,000 Joint Replacements

Training, Achievements and Work Experience: 

• Past President of IAA - Indian Arthroplasty Association, a national body of joint replacement surgeons of India 
• AO International fellowship in trauma and reconstruction surgery at Katharien Hospital Stuttgart and B G Trauma Centre Tubingen, Germany
• Fellowship in Knee Reconstruction and Sports Medicine at Insall Scott Kelly Institute, Beth Israel Medical Centre New York, USA
• Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction Joint Replacement at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
• Fellowship in Arthritis and Joint Reconstruction at Ranawat Orthopaedic Research Foundation, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA
• Cartilage Transplantation Course – New York, USA
• M Ch Orthopaedics, Ninewells Hospital, TORT, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
• Full time reviewer – JBJS –B: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, UK
• Consultant Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon Bombay Hospital Medical Research Centre,Breach Candy Hospital and Cumballa Hill Hospital Mumbai – March 2000 to August 2003
• Worked with Late Dr K T Dholakia, for 13 years in Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
• Pioneer and first to start in India – Computer Assisted Rotating Platform Flex Knee Replacement, for complete knee bending after Total Knee Replacement
• Invited faculty in various International and National conferences and seminars
• Many International and National publications
• Performed many Live Surgeries for Teaching in Conferences & in Academic Institutions
• Trained junior surgeons in Cadaver and Saw Bone Workshops
• Trained more than 100 Orthopaedic Post M.S. Fellows & Registrars
• Worked as Full Time Orthopaedic and Chief Joint Replacement Surgeon at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital, Powai & Thane, Mumbai for 22 years.

Professional Memberships: 

• IOA - Indian Orthopedic Association
• IAA - Indian Arthroplasty Association
• ISHKS - Indian Society of Hip & Knee Surgeons
• BOS - Bombay Orthpaedic Society
• MOA - Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association
• IMA - Indian Medical Association
• AMC - Association of Medical Consultant  

Research and Publications: 

• High flexion mobile bearing knees: Impact on patellofemoral outcomes in a prospective study of 159 patients - “The Knee”
• Early experience with high flexion cruciate retaining total knee system – A prospective, randomized study with high flexion posterior stabilized knees - Indian journal of orthopaedics
• Safety, concern and rapid road to recovery: A prospective study of simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement in 150 patients - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement: a prospective study of 150 patients - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2013;21(1):19-22
• Does subvastus approach help in early rehabilitation in elderly non-obese patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty? A randomized controlled study of 100 patients - International Orthopaedics
• Outcome of subvastus approach in elderly non obese patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled study - Indian Journal of Orthopaedics | January 2013 | Vol. 47 | Issue 1
• Silent Cardiac Comorbidity in Arthroplasty -Patients: An Unusual Suspect? The Journal of Arthroplasty Vol. 26 No. 3 2011 Vascular injury with fracture of humerus encountered in a case of double axillary artery and double brachial artery – a rare clinical case report, International Journal of Anatomical Variations (2013) 6: 170–172
• High Flexion Posterior Stabilised total knee prosthesis – Is it worth the hype? Review Article - Knee Surg Relat Res 2013;25(3):100-105, August 5, 2013
• NewerBearing Surface Total Hip Arthroplasty in Developmental Dysplasia Of Hip – A case Followup and review literature. – IOSRJ / April 8, 2013
• Minimum 5-year follow-up results and functional outcome of rotating-platform high-flexion total knee arthroplasty: A prospective study of 701 knees - , Arthroplasty Today 2 (2016) 127e132
• Ortho Front BOS – Hi Flexion knee patella - Title: Is Total knee replacement using high flexion design associated with increased patello-femoral complications? A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 39 PATIENTS ( Winner of Dr K T Dholakia best paper award in Ranawat Orthopaedic Conference Chennai 2009)
• Voice of G S B – Quarterly Newsletter of G S B Sabha, Mumbai Volume I Issue 4 , January – March 2009 Arthritis – Think Positive
• Information Booklets on Arthritis, T K R , T H R , C A S,
• Robotic-assisted Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Treated Case of Deep Vein Thrombosis – Indian Journal of Arthroplasty Vol 2, Issue 2, April June 2025 Professional International and National.