Dr. Arvind G Kulkarni
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
MS-Ortho, D Ortho , FCPS- Spine Canada , FNUH-Spine Singapore,
Fellow-Adult & Paediatric Spine Care - Australia

Consultation

Bombay Hospital
Saifee Hospital
Hiranandani Hospital
Chowpatty Medical Institute
The Apollo Clinic
Breach Candy Hospita

Surgeries performed by Dr. Kulkarni: He has performed more than 2000 spinal surgeries till date (1500 primary and 500 revisions). He is an expert in minimally invasive spinal surgery, artificial disc replacement, deformity correction and revision spine surgery.

1. Micro-Endoscopic Discectomy for Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc (PID) - 100 cases

2. Micro-Endoscopic laminotomy & Decompression (Microlumbar Laminoplasty) for Lumbar Canal Stenosis (Spinal Stenosis) - 150 cases

3. Laminectomy +/- Instrumented Fusion for Lumbar Canal Stenosis - 100 cases

4. Artificial Disc Replacement (Total Disc Replacement) for Chronic Low Backpain and Cervical Pain and Spondylosis - 75 cases

5. Spinal Fusion for Chronic Low Backpain, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Trauma , Spinal Infections, Spinal Tumors etc - 400 cases

6. Anterior Cervical Decompression & Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy, Cervical Radiculopathy, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Tumors etc - 100 cases

7. Cervical Laminectomy and fusion for Cervical Myelopathy, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Tumors etc - 150 cases

8. Cervical Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy - 50 cases

9. Atlantoaxial Fixation and Fusion for Atlantoaxial Instability (secondary to Rheumatoid Arthritis, Trauma, Developmental causes) - 50 cases

10. Occipitocervical Fusion for Trauma, Tumors, Compression etc around the craniovertebral junction - 25 cases

11. Deformity Correction - Scoliosis (Paediatric & Adult), Kyphosis (due to Scheuermann's disease, Post-infective, Post-tubercular, Post-traumatic, Osteoporosis etc) - 200 cases

12. Thoracoscopic Anterior Release & Fusion for Scoliosis - 50 cases

13. Anterior Spinal Decompression & Fusion at all levels (Cervical, Thoracic & Lumbar) - 150 cases

14. Posterior Spinal Decompression & Fusion at all levels (Cervical, Thoracic & Lumbar) - 400 cases

15. Vertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures, Metastasis to the Spine etc - 50 cases

16. Surgeries for Spinal Trauma - 100 cases

17. Surgeries for Spinal Tumors - 75 cases

18. Facet joint injections - 200 cases

19. Transforaminal Epidural Injections - 200 cases

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS

M.S: (Master of Orthopaedic Surgery) Post Graduate Degree in Orthopaedic Surgery from Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital* affiliated to University of Mumbai, India.

D' Orth (Diploma in Orthopaedic Surgery): from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai.

FCPS (Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons): from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai.

Fellowship in Spinal Surgery: Department of Neurosurgery, KEM Hospital & Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai.

Fellowship in Spinal Surgery: Department of Orthopaedics, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Fellowship in Spinal Surgery: Department of Orthopaedics, St George Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Fellowship in Adult Spinal Surgery: Spine Division, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery: The Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children at Westmead Sydney, Australia.

AFFILIATIONS [Life - Member]

• Association of Spine Surgeons of India [ASSI].

• Indian Orthopaedic Association [IOA].

• Bombay Orthopaedic Society, Mumbai [BOS]

• Bombay Orthopaedic Society, Mumbai [BOS]

• Karnataka Orthopaedic Association [KOA].

• Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States [OASIS].

ACHIEVEMENTS

• National Merit Scholarship for securing 69th rank at the state level in the Karnataka S.S.L.C. Examinations in 1988.

• Secured 94th rank for the state in the Common Medical Entrance Test, Karnataka Board 1990.

• Secured 17th rank for the country in the All India Post Graduate Entrance Examination, uary 1997.

• Awarded the 'Gopalkrishnan Fellowship in Arthroscopy' by the Indian Arthroscopy Society.

• Selected for the prestigious 'Neuro-Spine fellowships' conducted by Dr Atul Goel (the pioneer of C1-C2 lateral mass fixation), Head of Department, Neurosurgery Department, KEM Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai.

• Selected for the prestigious 'National University Hospital [Singapore] Clinical Fellowship in Spine' starting September 10th, 2003 (15 months) under the supervision of Prof. Hee-Kit Wong.

• Awarded the esteemed 'Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Scholarship' to attend 39th Annual Scoliosis Research Society Meeting at Buenos Aires, Argentina in Sept, 2004.

• Selected for the prestigious 'St George Hospital [Sydney, Australia] Clinical Fellowship in Spine' starting December 2004.

• Awarded the 'Gold medal - Depuy-Acromed Best Paper Publication Award' by the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) for the year 2005 during the Annual Conference at Bangalore, India.

• Awarded the esteemed 'Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Scholarship' to attend 40th Annual Scoliosis Research Society Meeting at Miami, Florida, USA in October 2005.

• Invited as 'Guest Editor' for the Journal Neurology India - Spinal Supplement isuue - December 2005 edition.