Born in Cuddalore, spent my early childhood between Anukampattu village and Cuddalore town in Southern Tamilnad. Married Uma in June 1985. After completing MBBS & MRCP in London, Daughter Shruti is training to be a Specialist GP in the UK, and son Ashwin, after graduating from the University of Arizona UofA, is now in Edinburgh, UK.

School

After completing my primary school education at Cuddalore, I pursued secondary schooling at the Madras Christian College School till 1973.

Basic Medical Training 

I commenced basic medical training at Thanjavur Medical College, Tamilnadu, in 1974. Completed MBBS in 1979. After an Internship and Special Training in General Surgery at the Government General Hospital in Chennai, left for the UK in 1982.

UK Training 

Started basic Orthopedic training at the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry, Midlands, England, in 1983 as Senior House Officer under Mr Aldridge, Mr Blakemore, Mr Clegg, Mr James and Mr Williams. MR. Derek McMinn, who later designed the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing technique, was my Senior Registrar. GS Chana was my other SR. I joined the King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex, England, in 1984 for training under the Knee surgeon Mr John Ireland. After a brief stint at Dover, Kent in Vascular and Urological surgery under Mr Griffiths Mr Derry and Mr Glynn Thomas, returned to King George Hospital, as Registrar in Orthopedics for a period of 2 years. During this period, I gained experience in Total knee and Total Hip replacement, besides arthroscopic surgery. After passing the qualifying Primary FRCS exam in 1983 and the final fellowship in 1985 at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, I was awarded the FRCS diploma by the Glasgow Royal College in 1987.

Spent the final year of UK training at Bedford General Hospital, Bedford, England, under Mr TBH Riley, Mr R Rawlins and Mr AS Baker before returning to India in 1990.

Chennai

Joined Tamilnad Hospital (now functioning as Global Hospital), Chennai, as the first Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon and was instrumental in building up the department for this new corporate hospital. Served as Chairman of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. I moved to Sundaram Medical Foundation Hospital in 1994, a new community hospital at Anna Nagar, Chennai, as the Head of the Orthopedic department & Chairman of the Operation Theatres Committee. Joined Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, as Senior Orthopedic Consultant specializing in Joint Replacement and Spine Instrumentation Surgery

Colombo

I joined a team of orthopaedic surgeons at Apollo Hospitals, Colombo, as a senior consultant in orthopaedics, with a particular interest in joint replacement and spine instrumentation surgery, for a period of one year. Prof MS Dhillon and Dr Sridharan were part of my team.

Chennai

Practising at Apollo Group of Hospitals and The Guest hospital, in Chennai, as A Specialist Joint Replacement and Spine Surgeon. Currently, with MGM HealthCare, Chennai.

Fellowships

England

Spine Surgery, Nuffield Orthopedic Hospital, Oxford, UK, in 1990; Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopedic Hospital, Oxford, UK, under Mr Benson in 1990

Germany  

Spine Instrumentation Surgery training at the Muenster University Hospital, Muenster, Germany, under Dr. med. Henry Halm, in March 1998

USA

Total Hip Replacement Surgery, Anderson Orthopedic Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, under Dr Charles Engh, February 2000

Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Anderson Orthopedic Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, under Dr Gerard Engh, February 2000

Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Washington, DC, under Dr Charles Rockwood February 2000

Total Joint Arthroplasty, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, under Dr Lawrence Dorr, March 2001

 Italy

Unicondylar Joint arthroplasty, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzil, Milan, under Dr Sergio Romagnioli, June 2003

Presentations

Gamma Nail Fixation in Proximal Femoral Fractures; North Thames Regional Orthopedic Society; Bedford, UK, 1990

Management of Proximal Femoral Fractures; TamilNad Orthopedic Society Annual Meet; Chennai, 1991

Complications of Total Hip Replacement; National Arthroplasty meet; Connemara Hotel; Chennai, 1991

Associated Lesions in ACL Deficient knees; TamilNad Orthopedic Society Annual Meet; Yercaud, 1995

Disseminated Skeletal Tuberculosis; TamilNad Orthopedic Society Annual Meet; Chennai, 1998

Sequential Vs Simultaneous Total Knee Replacement; TamilNad Orthopedic Society Annual Meet; Trichy, 2001

DHS Fixation in Lateral Position without Fracture Table; TamilNad Orthopedic Society Annual Meet; Trichy, 2001

Skeletal Stabilization of Open Tibial Fractures; AO Alumni meet, Chennai, 2002

Total Knee Replacement Surgery; Current Status; Apollo Hospital Inaugural meet, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India, 2002

Tribology of Hip Resurfacing; National Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Conference; Chennai, 2003

Publications

Editor and Publisher of OrthoNet India, a high-quality quarterly publication of selected abstracts from the Internet, composed, designed and published from Chennai, in 4 colours. Was distributed free to most Orthopedic surgeons in India and select surgeons from the SAARC country region courtesy of Sulzer Orthopedics and Sun Pharma, India.

Membership

Indian Orthopedic Association - LM 1561

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons - 151329

Bombay Orthopaedic Society

Association of Surgeons of India

TamilNadu Orthopedic Association

Social Service

Spent a week in Morbi, Gujarat, India, treating Earth Quake victims 4days after the Great Gujarat Earth Quake of 2001, along with colleagues Dr Ajit Yadav and Shivram Bhardwaj