Dr. Kushal Malhan

Dr. Malhan completed his MS in orthopaedics in one of Asia 's premier institutions - King Edward Memorial Hospital , Bombay . He quickly progressed to become a junior consultant and lecturer in orthopaedic surgery at the same institute. His interest in joint replacement and sports surgery took him overseas where he spent nearly 7 years training in some of the best centers for joint replacement and resurfacing surgery including the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, U.K. Dr. Malhan completed the British orthopaedic training programme in the Oswestry-Stoke rotation (West Midlands) and was awarded the FRCS(Orth). Besides extensive training in primary and revision joint replacement surgery he has also worked in the National institute of sports surgery – UK and units dedicated to knee and shoulder arthroscopic surgery. He is well versed with advanced techniques in cartilage and ligament reconstruction. Dr Malhan did his post FRCS (Orth) fellowship in advanced joint surgery at the Freeman hospital, UK . He is presently a consultant surgeon at the Wockhardt Bone and Joint hospital, Mumbai and specializes in knee, hip and shoulder surgery. The bulk of his practice in India is joint reconstruction and sports surgery and he attracts patients come from all over India and overseas. Dr. Malhan has been in the forefront in the field of high bending total knee replacement and minimally invasive replacement surgery. He pioneered gender specific minimally invasive knee replacement for women in Mumbai. He also performed the first minimally invasive mobile bearing unicompartmental knee resurfacing in India. Dr. Kaushal Malhan popularized hip resurfacing surgery with the first ever live surgical demonstration of the Birmingham hip resurfacing done in Mumbai`. This was done in an international conference on resurfacing at the Wockhardt Hospital , Bombay . The conference was presided over by Dr. Dereck McMinn, the designer of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. Dr. Malhan has performed the highest number of Birmingham hip resurfacings in Bombay . He is also the only surgeon to have publicly demonstrated his skills in Mumbai, time and again. Recently two of his live surgical demonstrations were telecast to multiple centers within India . He is also actively involved in training overseas surgeons in hip resurfacing and recently did a live demonstration for surgeons from Singapore , Thailand , Malaysia and Vietnam . He was invited to Malalaysia by the MOA to perform live joint replacement and resurfacing surgeries He has also had the privilege to demonstrate his skills in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country. Recently, Dr. Malhan was selected from amongst India's joint replacement and resurfacing surgeons to lecture on hip resurfacing for an audience of North American doctors at a symposium organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII). A strong proponent of medical tourism and attracting a lot of overseas patients from the US , UK , Canada for joint surgery. (testemonials of some of them can be seen on www.hipkneeindia.com. He has been interviewed by various international newschannels like fox news, australian television, itv, sky news. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS : 1. 12 Publications (9 in international journals like The Knee, Spine, Arthroscopy) 2. 21 Presentations (18 in international meetings) 3. 2 Dissertations 4. Demonstrator on faculty in India and abroad – 7 5. 15 international courses and symposia 6. Guest lectures at meetings – 50 (these include lectures to prestigious medical bodies like the IMA and GPA) 7. Convenes the Wockhardt trauma course views and articles have been published in reputed newspapers and magazines like the Times. Express, Free Press journal, Midday

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