Date of Birth: 29th June 1961

Educational Qualifications:

Undergraduate and Postgraduate training  at the Seth G S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Bombay

MBBS, University of Bombay, 1984

MS (Orth), University of Bombay, 1988

Academic Honours:

First in the University at the Final MBBS exam of June 1984

MS (Orth) at first attempt in July 1988

Fellowship and Specialised Training:

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Operative Experience:

As a Lecturer at the Seth G. S. Medical College & K. E. M. Hospital, while on call for one day every week, I was responsible for deciding and carrying out treatment for all trauma, including polytrauma and compound fractures. Facilities for operating were available round the clock. Treatment modalities included AO methods of internal and external fixation. Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital being a teaching hospital, we were also referred many cases of "cold" orthopedics, as well as the late sequelae of trauma, from various parts of the country. The bulk of these consisted of non-unions and mal-unions. I had and have a special interest in the evaluation and treatment of these patients.

At the Blackburn Royal Infirmary, UK; where I worked as a Registrar, I gained invaluable experience by assisting as well as independently performing operative Arthroscopy, total Hip and total Knee Replacements.

As a Fellow at Baltimore, I have had a wide exposure to the methods of Ilizarov. I have participated actively in the outpatient clinics both for pre-operative assessment / surgical planning and post-operative follow-up. I have scrubbed for the application of the apparatus for various indications.

At the Hospital for Special Surgery, I had wide exposure to various techniques of Joint Replacement Surgery, including preop assessment, post op care, and scrubbing to assist in surgery. I also had the opportunity to be involved in ongoing research projects, which included evaluating wear in polyethylene cups.

At present as a Consultant in private practice and honorary Assistant Professor at the medical college hospital, though I do perform general orthopedic surgery, the major portion of my work is in Reconstructive Orthopedics; i.e Ilizarov surgery and Joint Replacement.

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Teaching Experience:

Including my overseas Registrar post and the Fellowships I have a teaching experience of eight years and six months. (As of January 1997)

During this period I have had the privilege of conducting classroom as well as bedside teaching sessions for nurses, medical students, and orthopedic residents.

At present, as an Honorary Assistant Professor, I conduct classroom as well as bedside teaching sessions for undergraduate students as well as orthopedic residents who are candidates for the D.Orth diploma of the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Bombay.

I have been appointed as Examiner to examine the Orthopedic section of the Surgery paper for the Third MBBS Examination of University of Mumbai

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Membership of Professional Bodies

General Secretary, ASAMI (Association for Study & Applications of the Methods of Ilizarov), India.

Executive committee member, BOS (Bombay Orthopedic Society) 1998 - 2001

Life Member, Indian Orthopedic Association (IOA), Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India (POSI), & Bombay Orthopedic Society (BOS)

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I have been an invited faculty member, singly or in association with others for the following courses

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Presentations:

• " A comparison of the Sliding Screw device and the Jewett nail in the fixation of Intertrochanteric fractures " Thesis presented for the MS (Orth) degree.

• " External Fixator in Compound fractures: Our experience " K. R. Manelkar, M. L. Parihar; Silver Jubilee Conference of the Bombay Orthopedic Society, December 1989.

• " To fuse or not to fuse: A review of recent literature on Spinal Fusion in Disc and Canal Stenosis surgery " Spine Update meeting organised by the Orthopedic Department, K. E. M. Hospital, Bombay.

• " The Ilizarov method: An Overview " Symposium on Modern Trends in Orthopedics, K. J. Somaiya Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bombay, April 1993.

• "The Ilizarov Method for Deformity Correction": Lecture at CME programme of Raigad Medical Association, Khopoli, May 1993

• Invited Speaker for Debate on "Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia- Ilizarov method vs. Microvascular Surgery" at the Western India Regional Orthopedic Conference, Bombay, December 1994

• "Full Length Xrays prior to Limb lengthening": 1st Annual Conference of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, January 1995

• "The Ilizarov Method- Common Pitfalls": 1st Annual Conference of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, January 1995

• "Complications of Ilizarov Method" Guest Lecture at 28th Annual Meeting,Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association, Erode, Tamil Nadu, February 1995

• "Full Length Xrays - a ‘how to’ guide": ASAMI Speciality day meeting, Indian Orthopedic Association annual conference, Pune November 1995

• "Ilizarov Surgery": Invited to speak in a panel discussion, 2nd Annual Conference of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India, Madras, February 1996

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Publications:

• " The role of skeletal sonography in limb lengthening procedures": Journal of Post-Graduate Medicine, Vol 39(3), July-Sept 1993, 127-129

• "Post-op care in the Ilizarov Method": Chapter in Textbook of Orthopedics, Indian Orthopedic Association. Edited by Dr G S Kulkarni (In Press)

• " The Ilizarov Method: the postoperative period" Contributed to Wheeless’ Textbook of Orthopedics. Accessible on the Internet at URL: http://www.medmedia.com/oo3/parihar.htm

Continuing Medical Education:

• Workshop on Total Hip & Knee Replacement, Jodhpur, India

• Arthroscopy Hands-on Workshop, Indian Arthroscopy Association, Madras, India

• Workshop on PLIF and Spinal Plating, LTM Medical College, Bombay, India

• AO seminar on the Operative Treatment of Fractures and Non-unions, Madras, India.

• The Sixth British Knee Instability Course at the Institute of Orthopedics, Oswestry, UK

• The Third Limb Lengthening Course, University of Sheffield, U. K.

• AO Basic Course, Royal College of Surgeons, London.

• Advanced Tutorial: Orthofix Fixator for limb lengthening, November 1992, Verona, Italy.

• Ilizarov methods Basic course, December 1992, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

• Ilizarov Methods, Advanced Course in Deformity Correction (Faculty), Pune, India

• The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting, February 1993, San Francisco USA

• AO Advanced Course, LTM Medical College, Bombay, India

• Vth Annual Knee Arthroplasty Course, Cornell University Medical School, New York, USA

• CME & Workshop on Total Joint Replacement, Sancheti Institute of Orthopedics, Pune, India

• 10 years of Ilizarov Surgery in the USA, Commemorative conference, Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Houston USA

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I am very keenly interested in the use of computers for medical education and record keeping. I am a keen follower of recent advances in medical computing, and the development of medical groups and topics on the Internet.

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To investigate and propagate the use of computers & the Internet in orthopedic education, diagnosis and record keeping.

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