Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala

Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala (MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai; Fellowship in Arthroscopy and Sports Orthopaedics – USA & UK; Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Arthroscopy) is Head of the Centre for Sports Medicine and Director of Arthroscopy & Shoulder Service at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai. He is India's leading sports orthopaedic and arthroscopy surgeon with 34+ years of experience, 10,000+ surgeries and 0% postoperative infection rate as compared to the international benchmark of 1.5%. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 31+ years of experience including 7 years at Kokilaben Hospital since 2008. - __Procedures Performed__: Arthroscopic surgery of knee, shoulder, hip, ankle and elbow; ACL and PCL reconstruction; rotator cuff repair; Bankart lesion and shoulder instability repair; reverse and anatomical total shoulder replacement; autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) for cartilage repair; allograft transplants for ligaments, meniscus and articular cartilage; navigation-guided arthroscopic ACL reconstruction; and advanced cartilage stem cell procedures ### Innovations & Contributions - __National Firsts__: First Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement in India; first Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI/cartilage stem cell transplant) for knee cartilage repair in India (2008); first fibrin-based ACI in India; first navigation-guided arthroscopic ACL reconstruction in India - __Elite Athlete Care__: Board physician & surgeon to multiple Indian national sports teams, India's representative on the ICC (International Cricket Council) Medical Committee, Physician & surgeon to Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalists (of 66 Indian medalists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 12 had undergone surgery with him, including 8 gold medalists; cricketers, wrestlers, boxers, badminton players, kabaddi players treated by him). - __International Training__: Fellowship in Arthroscopy and Sports Orthopaedics (USA) and Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Arthroscopy (UK). - __Academic Contributions__: Over 60 research papers published in national and international journals, editorial board member of Arthroscopy and American Journal of Sports Medicine, invited faculty at 50+ international conferences, faculty at ISAKOS, APKASS, AANA meetings. - __Awards__: ISAKOS John Joyce Award (2009), the most prestigious award in International Arthroscopy, Swasth Bharat Samman – Orthopaedic Surgery (2015) by the Union Health Minister and Indian of the Year – Orthopaedic Surgery, Healthcare Awards (2019). - __Memberships__: ISAKOS (Committee Member); APKASS (Board Member); Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA); European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA); Asian Shoulder and Elbow Group; Indian Arthroscopy Society; Shoulder and Elbow Society of India; Indian Orthopaedic Association; Bombay Orthopaedic Association