 Dr. PRAVEEN KUMAR.K.L. MRCS(UK) FRCS(ORTH, UK) DISEM (UK) Dr. Praveen Kumar is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with more than 10 years experience in UK. He has subsequently done Fellowships in world renowned centres like Vancouver, Canada and Mayo Clinic, USA. He is experienced and specialised in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic Surgery.
The following is a brief summary of his clinical experience:
Current Position
CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON (APOLLO HOSPITALS), Graems Road, Chennai.
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Joint Replacements and Sports Medicine (Arthroscopic Surgery)
Qualifications
- MBBS
Stanley Medical College
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University
Madras India
- MRCS
RCS Edinburgh
- FRCS (TRAUMA &ORTH)
RCS UK
- DISEM (UK)
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Fellowships
Computer Navigation Surgery Glasgow (UK)
Revision Arthroplasty Vancouver (Canada)
Arthroscopic Surgery Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA)
Professional Experience - in brief.
During his tenure, in the Field of Orthopaedics and Trauma in the UK, for the last 10 years, he acquired a great deal of clinical and surgical experience, qualifications and an excellent research experience.
To put it generally, his interests have been in Joint Replacement Surgery and Sports Medicine. I have detailed the specifics below.
Joint Replacement Surgery
Total Knee Replacement (incl. by Computer Navigation)
Total Hip Replacement (incl. by Computer navigation)
Resurfacing Hip Replacement
Shoulder Replacement
Elbow Replacement
Revision Joint Replacement Surgery
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery (key-hole surgery)
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - ligament reconstruction (incl by Computer Navigation)
Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
Arthroscopic elbow and wrist surgery.
Articular cartilage and stem-cell implantation
COURSES
- POPUMET Ionising Radiation Courses, March 98, Barnsley
- ETCC Early Trauma and Critical Care Course, July 98, Edinburgh
- ATLS Advanced Trauma and Life Support, passed - Nov 98, Elgin
- BSS Basic Surgical Skills, March'99, Leicester
- Principles of Fracture Management, Nov99, Leicester
- AO / ASIF Principles of fracture fixation course, June 2000, Leeds
- Instructional course for Hand Surgery, Jan2002, Manchester
- Bio-mechanics of Ligament healing, Sep 2002 Lecture by Professor Woo, at RCS of Edinburgh
- Basic & Intermediate principles of External Fixation, Feb/Mar 2003 Sheffield
- Orthopaedic symposium, Oct 2003 RCS Edinburgh
- Sports and Exercise Medicine Course, July 2004 University of Bath
- International Trauma Symposium, Aug 2004 RCS Edinburgh
- Basic and Intermediate Knee Arthroscopy course, sep 2005 Droitwich Knee Clinic
- Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopic course, May 2006 Reading Shoulder Unit
- Oxford Uni-compartmental Knee course, 2007 Oxford
- Computer Navigation in Hip Replacement, 2007. Munich, Germany
- Symposium on Revision Hip Arthroplasty, 2007, London
- Resurfacing Hip Replacement (course&workshop), 2007, Manchester
- Sports Shoulder course, 2007, Wrightington
- Articular Cartilage Implantation (workhop & theatre) Prof Richardson, Oswestry 2008
APPOINTMENTS in UK Fellow / Registrar / Research Fellow / SHO
Fellow in Joint Replacement Surgery (Computer Navigation) The Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow (Mr Fredrick Picard)
| 1/05/03 till 30/04/07 |
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Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedics (West of Scotland) |
| 4 years |
Hip |
Wishaw General Hospital (Mr Easter) |
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Elbow |
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Mr Rymaszewski) |
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Knee Revision |
Inverclyde Royal Hospital (Mr Venner) |
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Hip Revision |
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Mr Stark) |
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Hip & Knee |
Dumfries and Galloway (Mr Mclean) |
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Shoulder |
Western Infirmary (Mr Fazzi) |
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Paediatrics |
Royal Alexandra Hospital (Mr Allcock) |
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Knee |
Southern General Hospital (Mr Walker) |
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Sports Medicine |
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| 7/8/02 30/04/03 |
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Registrar in Orthopaedics and Trauma |
| 9 months |
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Knee & Shoulder |
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Sports Medicine |
(Mr Mackay) |
| 6/02/02 5/08/02 |
Knee |
SHO in Orthopaedics & Trauma |
| 6 months |
Mr Keys |
Macclesfield District General Hospital |
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| 14/08/01 5/02/02 |
Hand |
SHO in Burns, Plastic and Hand Surgery |
| 6 months |
Miss Lees |
Booth Hall & Wytenshawe Hospitals |
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Manchester. |
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| 4/08/00 31/07/01 |
Spine |
Research Fellow in Orthopaedics |
| 12 months |
Mr Sell |
Leicester General Hospital |
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University Hospitals of Leicester |
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| 2/02/00 3/08/00 |
Knee |
SHO in Elective-Orthopaedics |
| 6 months |
Mr Green |
L G H, University Hospitals of Leicester |
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| 4/08/99 1/02/00 |
Trauma |
SHO in Trauma-Orthopaedics |
| 6 months |
Prof Harper |
L R I, University Hospitals of Leicester |
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| 4/02/99 3/08/99 |
Shoulder |
SHO in Elective-Orthopaedics |
| 6 months |
Miss Armstrong |
L G H, University Hospitals of Leicester |
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| 5/08/98 - 3/02/99 |
Hip |
SHO in Orthopaedics & Trauma |
| 6 months |
Mr Jepson |
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford |
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| 4/02/98 - 04/08/98 |
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SHO in Accident & Emergency |
| 6 months |
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Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley |
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| 20/10/97 - 20/1/98 |
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Clinical Attachment in Orthopaedics & Trauma |
| 3 months |
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Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster |
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| 1/08/96 - 31/07/97 |
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SHO (Rotation) General & Paediatric Surgery |
| 1 year |
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Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital. Madras, India |
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| 1/02/96 - 31/07/96 |
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SHO in Orthopaedics & Trauma |
| 6 months |
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Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital |
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| 25/01/95 - 24/1/96 |
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Pre- Registration House Officer |
| 1 year |
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Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital |
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ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMA
The following are detailed to provide a flavour of his expertise
KNEE
Exposure to assessing patients for appropriate primary arthroplasty, patients suffering from problems after arthroplasty, and as well as injuries due to playing sport.
Performed Primary Total Knee Replacements (PFC, Kinemax ,Scorpio, Next Gen), Unicondylar Knee Replacemnt (Oxford), Arthroscopic menisectomies, and Arthroscopic meniscal repair.
Have performed procedures like ACL reconstruction (Arthroscopic and Open), PCL reconstruction, PL corner repair, Mosaicplasty, Patello-femoral replacement etc.
SHOULDER
Have performed Shoulder Arthroscopies, Sub-acromial decompressions (Arthroscopic and Open), Excision of lateral end of clavicles, Rotator cuff repair, ORIF proximal humerus, Hemiarthroplasties.
Performed Open and Arthroscopic Bankart repairs, SLAP lesion repairs, Weaver-Dunn procedure, Total Shoulder Arthroplasties etc
HIP
Good exposure in assessing problems of the hip, especially patients for arthroplasties, Revisions and Re-revisions.
Have performed primary hip replacements (cemented, hybrids and un-cemented), Girdlestones, revision surgery and Re-surfacing hip procedures.
ELBOW
Excellent exposure to diagnosing the various elbow problems, fixing complex elbow fractures, Arthrolysis of the elbow and Elbow Arthroplasties (Coonrad-Morrey and Souter Strathclyde)
FOOT and ANKLE
Good exposure in diagnosing and managing problems of the foot. Have performed First Metatarsal osteotomies (Cheveron, Mitchell and Scarf) and other toe procedures.
PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS:
Good exposure in performing orthopaedic operations of the children.
TRAUMA
Performed Hip fracture surgery, Hemi-arthroplasty, ORIF, IM Nailings, External fixations and have assisted in complex trauma like Acetabular fractures and use of Illizarov frames in the treatment of non-unions.
His other pursuits involve developing web-sites for the education of patients and doctors
(www.jointreplacements.info, www.sportsmedicine.in, www.ukdocs.net),
oil painting., beach volleyball, sea kayaking, mountain hiking and skiing in winter.
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