Education

1975-1980 MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi
1981 Worked as a Junior Resident in Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan Hospital in Orthopaedic Surgery and in General Medicine.
1982-19841982-1984 MS (Master of Surgery in Orthopaedics) from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.
1984-1987 Senior Resident in the Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College.
1988-1990 Pool Officer in the Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
1990 Junior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, St. Stephen's Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi-110054. This is the oldest and the largest non-Governmental hospital in Delhi with a bed strength of over 600.
1990-95 Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, St. Stephen's Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi-110054.
1995-97 Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, St. Stephen's Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi-110054.
1997-99 Head of the Department and Deputy Director, St. Stephen's Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi-110054.
1999-2006 Director, St Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi a tenure position of 7 years. Was instrumental in changing the profile of the hospital to a superspecialty tertiary care centre even while maintaining a large community outreach programme. Focused on academic profile of the hospital, encouraging all academic activities and research programmes. Instrumental in getting the hospital recognized as a first hospital in the country with ISO certification for Quality, Environmental Safety and Occupational Safety (ISO 9001, 14000, 18000). Instrumental in total computerization of all systems and procedures in the hospital.
Current Head of the Department, St. Stephen's Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi -110054

Editorial Assignments:

• Member of the Board of Editors of Journal for Injury Control and Safety Promotion, International Journal of European Consumer Safety and Association. Taylor and Francis Publications, London.
• Member of the Board of Editors of Journal of Safety Research, USA.
• Member Editorial Board for Pre-hospital Trauma Care Systems published by World Health Organisation in 2005.
• E-Journal of Hand Surgery
• Member Editorial Board, Delhi Journal of Orthopaedics.
• Past Section Editor for “Joints” – Doctors at NDTV.com
• Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Postgraduate Medical Education, Training and Research, National Board of Examinations.

Awards received:

• All India University Entrance Scholarship, Delhi University (based on an All India Entrance Examination).
• Gold Medal for Co-author for the best paper presented at the National Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association at Cuttack, Orissa, 1986.
• Scholarship for WHO Traveling Seminar on injury prevention, Sweden-Thailand, Sept.- Oct., 1989.
• Scholarship for WHO Second Traveling Seminar on Injury Prevention, Sweden, May-June 1991.
• Best doctor of the hospital award, 1993.
• Award of Honour for Reconstructive Surgery in Polio Patients, 1996.
• ‘Research Award for 2003’ by the National Institute for Farm Safety USA in recognition of research contributing to improve prevention of agricultural injuries or illness.
• National Award for Excellence in Medicine by the T P Jhunjunwala Foundation for the year 2004-2005.
• Vocational Award for Excellence in Leadership at the Netritva conference of Rotary District 3010 February 2007.
• Named a ‘Paul Harris Fellow’ in February 2007 by Rotary Foundation, Rotary International in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance of better understanding and friendly relations among the peoples of the world.
• Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2007, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
• Lillian Fonds Award for Service for Children with Disability, 2010
• Award for the Best Paper at National Seminar on Ethics, India International Centre in 2011.
• Named a ‘Paul Harris Fellow’ in May 2012 by Rotary International, New Zealand.
• Golden Jubilee commemoration Award IOACON 2012 held at Chennai.
• Dr Prakash Chandra Oration Award 2011 delivered at Delhi Orthopaedic Association meeting in 2011.
• M L Chatterjee Memorial Oration Award in 2012, West Bengal Orthopaedic Association.
• Indian Orthopaedic Association Senior United Kingdom Fellowship Award 2017.
• Spinal Cord Society Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.
• Nominated by Bill Gates as one of the five Heroes in the field that inspires him January 2018.
• British Orthopaedic Association Centenary year annual meeting Presidential Guest lecture titled ‘Orthopaedics in an unequal world – my journey from learning to understanding’ September 2018. First Indian to give this lecture in a hundred years of the BOA.
• Named again Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Club of Belgium and Luxemburg in October 2018.
• Awarded Abbas Ali Khan Oration at the National Conference of UP Orthopaedic Association February 2019 at Bareily. The topic of the Oration was ‘Surgeons, Society and my learnings from persons with disability’.
• Awarded distinguished award by the Association of National Board of Examination Institutions August 2019.
• Awarded the Guildal Memorial Lecture by the Danish Orthopaedic Society, October 2019.