Dr. Ashwani Maichand

Dr. Ashwani Maichand, Director of Orthopaedics, CK Birla Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi and Senior Consultant and Director, Minomax Orthopaedics is a MBBS (Government Medical College Rohtak), MS (Orthopaedics SMS Medical College Jaipur), MCh (Orthopaedics) and Fellowship (Joint Replacement) qualified orthopaedics specialist. He has more than 34 years of surgical experience and has performed more than 15,000 surgeries, making him the founder of a new subspecialty of orthopaedics he calls "Minimal Access Orthopaedic Surgery. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 34+ years - __Procedures Performed__: Robotic knee and hip replacement, MIS (mini-incision) knee and hip replacement, SuperPATH hip replacement, meniscus replacement procedure (MRP), ACL/PCL reconstruction, rotator cuff and Bankart repair, endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery, limb salvage surgery (custom megaprosthesis for tumours around major joints including proximal/distal femur, total femur, proximal tibia, and pelvic reconstruction), deformity correction, and limb lengthening ### Innovations & Contributions - __Sub-specialty Creator__: Initiated and coined the term “Minimal Access Orthopaedic Surgery” as a new discipline in Indian Orthopaedics comprising of MIS Joint replacement, Arthroscopy, Endoscopic spine surgery and Limb salvage and thus created a new paradigm of treating patients as a whole. - __Meniscus Preservation Advocacy__: Strong proponent of Meniscus Replacement Procedure (MRP) to delay or avoid total knee replacement — particularly in younger and active patients - __International Training__: Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery – USA and Germany; Visiting Surgeon – HELIOS ENDO-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany – one of the leading centres in the world for minimally invasive orthopaedic surgery. - __Honorary Role__: Honorary Consultant to Special Protection Group (SPG), Government of India - __Academic Contributions__: Several research publications and papers; attend national and international workshops and conferences. - __Prior Roles__: Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh, Senior Consultant & Head, Minimal Access Orthopaedic Surgery (Knee & Shoulder); Apollo Spectra Hospital Karol Bagh, Senior Consultant & Head; Head – Joint Replacement, BLK Super Specialty Hospital; Joint Replacement & Arthroscopy Surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Consultant, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi; Consultant, Moolchand Hospital, New Delhi - __Memberships__: Indian Orthopaedic Association, Medical Council of India