Dr. Pradeep Bhosale

Dr. (Prof.) Pradeep B. Bhosale (MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, DNB – Orthopaedics, Ranawat Fellow – Total Joint Replacement New York USA, FASIF Switzerland, FASIF Germany) is Director of Arthritis and Joint Replacement Surgery at Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai. He is one of the most renowned joint replacement surgeons in Mumbai, having performed over 20,000 joint replacement surgeries and has more than 43 years of experience and is a founding father of Indian arthroplasty. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 40+ years - __Academic Career__: Orthopaedic Professor for 20 years at Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai; Head, Department of Orthopaedics, KEM Hospital (Past). - __Procedures Performed__: Complex primary and revision hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty, robotic assisted knee replacement, minimally invasive joint replacement, reconstructive tumour megaprosthesis, computer assisted arthroplasty. ### Innovations & Contributions - __Surgical Innovation__: Developed "Bhosale's Dual Hip Surgical Approach" – a surgical approach for the difficult hip replacement cases. - __Institution Building__: In June 2009, he started the Joint Replacement Speciality Operation Theatre at KEM Hospital which was inaugurated by his mentor Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat (New York, USA). - __International Training__: Fellowship, Total Joint Replacement — Ranawat Orthopaedics, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA; Wrightington Hospital, UK; Exeter, UK; University Clinic of Orthopaedics, Homburg, Germany; Saarbrucken, Germany; Computer-Assisted Arthroplasty Training, Australia - __Academic Contributions__: Faculty member for Demonstration Arthroplasty Surgery for national delegates for 25+ consecutive years, guest speaker at SICOT World Congress, IACON, WIROC and international conferences and associated with Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital for 37 years. - __Awards__: Hon'ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, felicitated him for Joint Replacement Health Award (2018); Felicitated by Max Healthcare India for Sushruta Award for Clinical Excellence, Academics, Publications, Research and Innovations (2022); Felicitated by Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital for Man of the Year (2022); Felicitated by Uzbekistan University Hospital for pioneering work (2023). - __Memberships__: Founding Member of Indian Society of Hip & Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) and Executive Committee Member of Indian Arthroplasty Association (IAA).