Post graduate training in Orthopedics from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India in 1987.
Trained with the Internation Pioneer of Hand Surgery, Dr.B.B.Joshi for 9 years.
Member, Special Advisory Board, Surgicon Foundation, Sweden.
Fellowships and Scholarships in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.
Co-patented external fixation and distraction devices for hand and foot problems.
Faculty, AO Trauma Course – Hand Wrist Fractures, Davos, Switzerland, 2015-2022
Chairman, Masters Course Upper Limb II, Davos, Switzerland 2022
Member , Hand Expert Group (HAEG) AO Trauma 2021-2023
Member Education Task Force, AO Trauma
Past President of the Bombay Orthopedic Society (2012-2013). .
Editor, Hand Subsection – Textbook of Orthopaedics, ed. GS Kulkarni.
International Corresponding Editor for eRadius,
Faculty- Ethicon Microsurgery Course over 15 years
Ex-Convenor of the Hand Surgery Section of the Indian Orthopedic Association
Ex-Co-opted Editor of the Indian Journal of Orthopedics
Annual Workshops on Hand Surgery, Cadaveric exposures and flaps
Awards & Publications :
Publications :
Controlled fractional distraction in the treatment of CTEV (Co-authored with Dr. B.B. Joshi) The Clubfoot, Ed. George Simmons, Springer Verlag. 1994.
Controlled differential distraction for resistant club foot. Bulletin of Hospital for Joint Diseases, Sept 1993 (Co-authored with Dr. B.B. Joshi and Dr. J. Patankar)
Manual of operative treatment of CTEV by JESS. 1994, Co-authored with Dr. B.B. Joshi, Dr. N.S. Laud.
Manual of basic techniques of JESS. 1994, Co-authored with Dr. B.B. Joshi et. al.
Hand Trauma: Skeletal and soft tissue stabilization. 1995, Co-editor and principal contributor.
Editor: Proceedings of XIII continuing orthopaedic education course. Theme: Injuries, diseases, and deformities of the wrist and hand, Sept. 1995.
Contributed to the following articles published in the above-mentioned book.
The diagnostic and prognostic values of electro-diagnosis.
Flexor tendon injuries.
Classification and management of simple hand fractures.
Salvage of the mutilated hand using JESS. Orthopaedic Update (India), Jan 1995.
Emergency Management : crushing Injuries of the hand. First Aid & Emergency Management in Orthopedic Injuries, Ed. MS Dhillon, Jaypee, 2012
Section Editor: Hand Surgery. Textbook of Orthopedics, ed GS Kulkarni, 2015
Chapters authored: Fractures of the Hand
Dislocations and ligamentous injuries
Flexor Tendon injury
Carpal Instability
Medial femoral condyle vascularised corticoperiosteal graft: A suitable choice for scaphoid non-union. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Vol 50:2, 138-147, 2017