Speciality And Areas Of Interest

Specialisation

• Primary total knee and hip arthroplasty
• Revision total knee and hip arthroplasty
• Partial knee arthroplasty
• Navigated total knee and hip arthroplasty
• Navigated partial Knee arthroplasty-first in India
• Navigated Total Hip Arthroplasty-first in India
• Simultaneous Quadruple Joint Replacement in single sitting-first in India
• Total Hip Replacement in the shortest man in India-first in India
• Carpo-metacarpal replacement of the thumb- first in India
• Management of complex revision surgeries using Trabecular Metal Shell-first in India
• Management of complex revision surgeries requiring massive allografts-first in India
• Management of musculoskeletal tumors requiring reconstruction with allografts-first in India
• Total Hip Arthroplasty using scarless ‘bikini’ incision-first in India
• Management of extensor mechanism deficiency using Patellar Tendon Allograft-first in India
• Management of complex hip surgery using 3D printed custom-made acetabular shell-first in India
• Use of Platelet Rich Plasma in management of delayed unions and non-unions-first in India
• Complex trauma including acetabular and knee fractures
• Management of Osteoporotic fractures

First in India

• Navigated partial Knee arthroplasty
• Navigated Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Simultaneous Quadruple Joint Replacement in single sitting
• Management of extensor mechanism deficiency using Patellar Tendon Allograft
• Management of complex hip surgery using 3D printed custom-made acetabular shell
• Use of Platelet Rich Plasma in management of delayed unions and non-unions
• Carpo-metacarpal replacement of the thumb Total Hip Replacement in the shortest man in India
• Management of complex revision surgeries using Trabecular Metal Shell
• Management of complex revision surgeries requiring massive allografts
• Management of musculoskeletal tumors requiring reconstruction with allografts
• Performed the first-ever “Day Care THA”
• Total Hip Arthroplasty using scarless ‘bikini’ incision
• Simultaneous Bilateral THA by Direct Anterior Approach
• Total Hip Replacement in Youngest Patient In India
• Total Hip Replacement in Heaviest Patient in India

Detailed Work Experience

• Working as Senior Consultant- Orthopaedics Clinical Lead – Orthopaedics (North India), Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
• Senior Registrar, AIIMS New Delhi (1989-1992)
• Assistant Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi (1992-1998)
• Associate Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi (1998-2002)
• Additional Professor, AllMS, New Delhi (2002-2005)
• Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi (2005- 2023)
• Professor & Head of Orthopedics, AIIMS, New Delhi (2016 – 2023)
• Chief, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi (2017 – 2023)
• In charge, Covid hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (April 2020 – Jun 2023)

Abroad Experience

• Visiting Professor, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait, May-August 2002
• Visiting Professor, University of Lukas-Krankenhaus Bunde, Germany 24-29 September, 2012

Awards And Achievements

Excellence Awards

• BC Roy National Award for Eminent Medical Teacher, 2014″ by Hon’ble President of India
• Most productive and most impactful arthroplasty author from India as per Scopus database published in article in JCOT.
• Awarded Rashtriya Gaurav Samman 2022 for Outstanding Achievement & Extra- Ordinary Contribution to the Society in the area of Health Sector felicitated by Aaj Ka Prahari at Constitution Club of India on 8th November, 2022 at New Delhi.
• Awarded “Eminent Medical & Health Education Teacher Award” on the occasion of Teachers Day Award Ceremony by Delhi Medical Association on 4th September, 2022.
• “Capital Foundation National Award” for remarkable contribution in the field of Orthopaedics and providing Covid Facilities, presented by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana on 4th September, 2022.
• “Delhi NCR Leading Health Care Provider Award” for JPN Apex Trauma Centre AIIMS by Delhi Medical Association on 28th August, 2022.
• Awarded the prestigious “Rajiv Gandhi National Excellence Award 2021-22 for Corona Warriors” for extraordinary service, support and dedication during Covid 19 Pandemic on 20th August, 2021.
• Enlisted among the top 1% Researchers in the world and 3rd among the Orthopaedics Surgeons of India as per the list published by Stanford University, California in October 2021.
• CME Educator Award (Individual) for his remarkable and individual contribution in advancement and application of innovation in the field of Orthopaedics at AIIMS during CME Excellence Summit and Awards with media partner CNN News 18 at New Delhi on 7th August, 2019.
• Awarded First Prize in the Exhibition Category- Universal Healthcare during 64th Foundation Day Celebration at AIIMS, New Delhi on 25th September, 2019.
• IMA Doctor’s Day Award 2019 for Most Distinguished Services during the Doctor’s Day Celebrations on 01st July 2019 at IMA, New Delhi.
• Delhi Medical Association Excellence Award, 2017
• “Chikitsa Shiromani Puraskar” for enhancing the image of India in medical sciences, 2011.
• Dronacharya award for excellence in CME

Professional Awards

• Best Paper of the year Award for publication-Timings of Surgery following SARS COV-2 Infection: an International Prospective Cohort Study” COVID Surg Collaborative. Global Surg Collaborative. Anaesthesia 2021 76; 748-758. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15458. The paper was also mentioned in World Guinness Book of Records in 2021.
• Best Paper Award for the paper entitled: “Hip Spine Relationship in Patients undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty” in the category of Best Paper in Arthroplasty Free Paper Session during NZOACON Annual Conference on 6-8 May, 2022 at Chandigarh.
• Best Paper Award DOACON (Delhi Orthopaedic Association Conference 2021) awarded for publication – “Superior patient satisfaction in medial pivot as compared to posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy (KSSTA) 2021; 29(11), 3633-3640. DOI: 10.1007/s00167-020-06343-4.
• KT Dholakia best paper award in Arthroplasty for the research paper entitled “Spectrum of Trunnion Failure in THA- A Comprehensive Failure Analysis with a novel system of classification” Presented at ROC (Ranawat Orthopaedic Center) Seventeenth Winter Meeting on Feb 22-23, 2019.
• KT Dholakia Award for the best paper award in Arthroplasty for the research paper entitled “A Prospection Randomized Study to Compare Large- Console Imageless Computer Assisted Navigation Vs Accelerometer based Portable Navigation Technique in TKA at ROC (Ranawat Orthopaedic Center) Seventeenth Winter Meeting on Feb 22-23, 2019.
• Best paper award for the paper entitled:”Influence of etiology and onset of deformity on 3D Gait pattern of patients with complex spinal deformity” during the 3rdinternational conference on spine & Orthopaedic Biomechanics on 26-28 April, 2019 at New Delhi.
• Best Poster Award for the poster entitled: “Evaluation of Effects of Unloader Hip Brace on Kinematics of Hip Joint presented at ‘MIDCON 2018 at New Delhi on 8th July, 2018.
• Best Research Award for research entitled Trunnionosis following Total Hip Arthroplasty-Spectrum of complications and a novel classification” presented at 1st Annual Arthroplasty Conference of Hyderabad, 2017
• AIIMS Excellence Research Award for the paper entitled “A prospective randomized study to compare the systemic emboll in computer assisted navigation Vs. conventional surgical technique of total knee replacement, 2016
• Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association – Best Poster Award for the research entitled “Our classification of protrusio acetabuli and an algorithm for surgical technique for dealing with the problem”, Melbourne, 2016
• Delhi Orthopaedic Association best paper award 2015 for the publication – “A Prospective Randomized Study to Compare Systemic Emboli Using the Computer- Assisted and Conventional Techniques of Total Knee Arthroplasty” J Bone Joint Surgery Am. 2015; 97:889-94
• Distinction and Special Mention Award for the research paper “Microbiological Spectrum of prosthetic joint infection from a tertiary care hospital” presented during the 16 EFORT Congress, Prague, 2015
• KT Dholakia best paper award in Arthroplasty for the research paper entitled “Simultaneous versus staged Total Hip Arthroplasty Presented at Mumbai ROC (Ranawat Orthopaedic Center) sixth Winter Meeting on Jan 20-22, 2007.
• KT Dholakia best paper award in Arthroplasty for the research paper entitled “Recurrent Spontaneous Hemarthrosis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Due to Isolated PF3 Availability Defect Presented at Hyderabad ROC (Ranawat Orthopaedic Center) fourth Winter Meeting on Feb 16-18, 2006.

Research And Publications

Academic Achievements

• Papers published
• Indexed
• Peer Reviewed
• Non-Indexed Peer Reviewed
• Edited
• Chapters
• Presentation in conferences
• Papers & Posters
• Guest Lectures

Professional Memberships And Certifications

International Alliance

• MTU (Michigan Technology University) Design of a low cost, low energy reciprocating consuming gait orthosis suitable for the handicapped in Indian population- Design used successfully in Indian patients since May 2011.
• MTU (Michigan Technology University) Design of a low cost, energy efficient pneumatic prosthetic knee joint.
• Design finalized.
• Oxford University (DST/UKIERI) for collaboration on “Safety, Suitability and Clinical Effectiveness of Unicompartmental Knee Replacement in the Indian Population”.
• University of Leeds for collaboration on “Understanding differences in the patterns of osteoarthritis in Indian and Western population: Impact on symptoms, treatment options and their outcome”
• Expert in an International Working Project One Knee Vision to Design New Generation Knee Replacement Implants and Instrumentation to Address Shortcomings of the Current Available System.
• NIHR-HIPCARE: a cluster randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation

National Alliance

• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Science and Technology,
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Delhi
• Wellcome Trust
• University Grant Commission (UGC)
• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)