Dr. Sanjiv Marya

Dr. Sanjiv K.S. Marya (MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, DNB – Orthopaedics, MCh – Orthopaedics, FRCS, DSc. Honoris Causa) is Chairman and Chief Surgeon at Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi. He is one of the leading Joint Replacement and Trauma Surgeons in India with more than 38 years of experience and more than 15000 surgeries in the field of Joint Replacement. ### Professional Background - __Years of Practice__: 41+ years experience; at Max Healthcare since 2011. - __Procedures Performed__: Total knee and hip replacement, simultaneous bilateral knee and hip replacement, unicompartmental (half knee) replacement, shoulder and finger joint replacement, computer-assisted and robotic joint replacement, revision joint surgery and trauma reconstruction based on AO Principles. ### Innovations & Contributions - __Surgical Firsts__: Introduced computer-assisted joint replacement surgery; introduced unicompartmental knee replacement surgery and pioneered simultaneous bilateral knee replacement & hip replacement in a single sitting in Delhi-NCR; did exclusive work on fractures in joint replacement. - __Career Milestones__: More than 3,500 bilateral knee replacements and 3,000 hip replacements; former Chairman & Chief Surgeon, Medanta Bone & Joint Institute, Gurugram (2016-19); former Director, Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals (1995-04) and Consultant, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, England (1994-95). - __Awards__: DSc. (Honoris Causa), Amity University (2019); B.N. Sinha Meritorious Award, Indian Orthopaedic Association (2018); Bharat Jyoti Award (2003); DMA Distinguished Services Award (2005); Best Publication Award, Delhi Orthopaedic Association (2008) - __Memberships__: Indian Arthroplasty Association, Indian Orthopaedic Association and Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society.