Vice Chancellors Certificate of Merit
Dr. Sourabh Shirish Kulkarni
Director & Hod Orthopaedics
- Orthopaedics | Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery | Robotic and Computer navigated Joint reconstruction | Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement
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MBBS, MS (Orthopedics), Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery , SICOT Fellowship in Advanced Hip and Knee Surgery
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Education MBBS,MD
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Experience experience+ Years
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Languages Marathi, Hindi, English
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Location Fortis Vashi
About
Dr Sourabh Shirish Kulkarni is Director and Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, with more than 15 years of experience in orthopaedics and joint replacement surgery. He specialises in robotic and computer-navigated joint reconstruction, including robotic knee replacement, hip replacement, partial knee replacement, minimally invasive joint replacement and complex revision arthroplasty. He has performed more than 1,000 robotic-assisted knee replacement surgeries and is also an International Proctor in robotic joint replacement surgery.
His core expertise includes robotic total knee replacement, robotic hip replacement, complex primary and revision knee and hip replacement, adult joint reconstruction, deformity correction, complex fractures and trauma management. He treats osteoarthritis, advanced knee and hip arthritis, painful or failed joint replacements, joint deformities and mobility-limiting conditions. Dr Kulkarni uses advanced robotic and computer-assisted technology to support precise surgical planning, implant positioning and personalized alignment.
He completed his MS in Orthopedics from Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, where he received the Vice Chancellor’s Certificate of Merit from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. He later completed a SICOT Fellowship in Advanced Hip and Knee Surgery at Dr L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, Powai, and a Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery at EWHA Woman's University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Dr Kulkarni has also served as Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai. He has authored PubMed-indexed research, co-edited the Comprehensive Guide to Robotic Knee Arthroplasty, and participated as faculty in national and international robotic arthroplasty programmes.
Education
FRCP (Lond, Edin, Irel), FACC, FESC, MSCAI, FAPSIC, FIMSA,
FCSI, DSc ( BHU, AMU, Amity U, TMU, Shiv Nadar U ),
D Litt ( Jamia Millia U ) FRCP (Lond, Edin, Irel), FACC, FESC, MSCAI, FAPSIC, FIMSA,
FCSI, DSc ( BHU, AMU, Amity U, TMU, Shiv Nadar U ),
D Litt ( Jamia Millia U )
Awards & Accolades
He has been awarded highest award for medicine in India
Dr BC Roy award (2006), prestigious National Honor,
Padma Shree (2007) and "Outstanding investigator Award
from World India Diabetes Foundation (2013).. He has been conferred
two National awards 'Americare Award' (Americare Foundation) and Swastha
Bharat Samman" (from Zee TV) for most outstanding contribution to Diabetes in
Publications
- Comprehensive Guide to Robotic Knee Arthroplasty Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers |
- Patellar Instability in Indian Population: Relevance of Tibial Tuberosity and Trochlear Groove Distance SICOT-J |
- Comprehensive Guide to Robotic Knee Arthroplasty Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers |
- Patellar Instability in Indian Population: Relevance of Tibial Tuberosity and Trochlear Groove Distance SICOT-J |
- Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Total Hip Arthroplasty Journal of Arthroplasty |
- Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Asian Patients Journal of Arthroplasty |
- Comparison of Infection-Control Rates and Clinical Outcomes in Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty Journal of Orthopedics |
- Simultaneous Bilateral Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: Effect of Intravenous or Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid Journal of Arthroplasty |
- Randomised Evaluation of Ceramic-on-Ceramic and Ceramic-on-Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Bearings in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty International Orthopaedics |
- High-Flexion Posterior-Stabilised Total Knee Prosthesis: Is It Worth the Hype? Knee Surgery & Related Research |
- Reply to Comment on Patellar Instability and Tibial Tuberosity-Trochlear Groove Distance in the Indian Population SICOT-J |
- Long-Term Outcomes and Survivorship of Fixed-Bearing and Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Prostheses Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume |
Memberships
- Bombay Orthopedic Society
- Navi Mumbai Orthopedic Association
- Bombay Orthopedic Society
- Navi Mumbai Orthopedic Association