Department of Orthopedics

Faculty

Designation Name & qualification

Professor and Head of

Department Dr. Nitin V. Gajjar, MS, Fellowship in Hand surgery (USA)

Associate Professor

Dr. Vispi H. Jokhi, MS, Fellowship in Adult reconstruction

(Eligible for post of professor)

Dr. Shashikant Navale, MS, DNB

Part Time Specialist Dr. Rasheed Mehta, MS, Fellowship in Arthroscopic surgery

(USA)

Senior Residents

Dr. Samarjit S. Bansal, MS

Dr. Deepak A. Tambe, MS

Residents

Year Name

3rd

year resident

Dr. Nitin Kaushik

Dr. Saurabh Ponde

2nd

year resident

Dr. Ashwin Chavhan

Dr. Chandrashekar Sonawane

1st year resident

Dr. Nilesh Tekale

Dr. Rupesh Hatwar

Infrastructure and Facilities

1. Operation theatre that is fully dedicated towards orthopedic cases

2. Complete Arthroscopy setup

3. The Department has a complete set of power system which includes

battery operated, Pneumatic and electronic Power systems.

4. We have new state of art pneumatic tourniquet

5. C-arm facility for image guided surgeries

Services provided

Routine outpatient and inpatient services

Round the clock emergency facilities

Speciality Clinics

Hand Clinic

Trauma Clinic

Arthroscopy Clinic

Spine Clinic

Special Surgeries performed

Adult reconstruction:

Primary and revision Total Hip and Knee replacement surgeries are

routinely performed

Spine surgery

Procedures performed:

-Discectomy

-Laminectomy for spinal canal stenosis

-Spinal fusion using instrumentation

-Anterior +/- Posterior decompression for spinal tuberculosis.

Arthroscopy

Procedures performed:

-Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction

-Arthroscopic meniscus surgeries

-Arthroscopic shoulder surgeries

Publications and Research

PUBLICATIONS (Indexed)

1. Malakaplakia of Proximal Tibia- A Case Report- Dr. Vispi H.Jokhi, Dr.

Samerjeetsing Bansal, Dr. Saurabh V. Ponde. Dr. Chandrashekhar Sonawane,

Dr. Nitin Kaushik, Journal of Orthopaedic Case Report (JOCR)- Accepted

2. Arthroscopic Treatment of lipoma Arborescens of the knee- A Case Report-

Dr.Vispi H.Jokhi, Dr. Samerjeetsing Bansal, Dr. Saurabh V. Ponde. Dr.

Ashwin R Chavhan, Dr. Dhiraj V. Sonwane. Journal of Orthopaedic Case

Report (JOCR)- Submitted

3. Conjoint Lumbosacral Nerve Root- A Case Report- Dr. Vispi H.Jokhi, Dr.

Samerjeetsing Bansal, Dr. Saurabh V. Ponde. Dr. Chandrashekhar Sonawane,

Dr. Ashwin R Chavhan Journal of Orthopaedic Case Report (JOCR)-

Submitted

(Non Indexed)

Sr.

No

Name of Articles Publisher Author Volume Year

1 Nailing in polytrauma

patient

Kovai Medical

Center

Dr. Vispi H. Jokhi

Dr. S. Venkant( coimbatore

K.M.C.H)

Vol-1 Sept-1992

2 THR in Rheumatoid

Arthritis

Kovai Medical

Center

Dr. Vispi H. Jokhi

Dr. S. Venkant( coimbatore

K.M.C.H)

Vol-1 Sept-1992

3 Ideal Polytrauma Set

Up

Kovai Medical

Center

Dr. Vispi H. Jokhi

Dr. S. Venkant( coimbatore

K.M.C.H)

Vol-1 Sept-1992

4 Article on Yoga and

Orthopaedics

Bharatiya

Vidya Bhavan

Dr. Vispi H. Jokhi

Dr. S. Venkant( coimbatore

K.M.C.H)

Vol-1 2005

Experience

Interesting cases

Total Hip Replacement

Total Knee Replacement

Demonstration of total knee replacement on saw bones-

Peritrochantric fracture

Tuberculosis of the spine

5 cm of bone lenghthening in case of infective gap non union tibia

Infective non union tibia

Corticotomy at proximal tibia with LRS (Limb reconstruction system)

5cm of lenghthening with union at the fracture site

Academic activities

Regular workshops on hand surgery

Weekly case presentation and discussion

Regular seminars on common orthopaedic topics

Journal review of national and international indexed orthopedic s journals

CME on osteoporosis organized by Dept. of Orthopedics

Discussion of difficult cases: preop and postop assessment.

OSTEOPOROSIS CAMP HELD IN OUR HOSPITAL

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES BY PG STUDENTS:

Paper presentation at DELCON Delhi

Poster presentation at ESI-PGCON Mumbai with 2nd

price

Attended WIROC 2012 (western india regional orthopaedic conference).

Attended Masters cares and shares organized by BOS(Bombay orthopaedic

society) every month.