Our Faculty

• MBBS – Dr SMCSI Medical College, Trivandrum  – 2005-2011.
• Post-graduation – MS Orthopaedics from Madurai Govt. Medical College  2013-2016.
• Diplomate of National Board – Orthopaedics – 2019
• AO Trauma Fellow (John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales, Australia)

• MRCS(Ed) -2022
• Certified in Revised Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies – March 2021
• Certified in Basic course in Biomedical Research (ICMR/NIE) as mandated by National Medical Commission – September 2021
• Diploma SICOT (Belgium) – 2022
• Virtual Fellowship in Foot and Ankle from 1/2/2022 to 30/4/2022 and Cadaveric Course on 22/5/2022 by Indian Orthopaedic Research Group in Association with Ortho TV Global under Dr Rajiv Shah
• Virtual Arthroplasty Fellowship on Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty from Nov 2022 to Feb 2023 by Sunshine Bone and Joint Institute and Ortho TV Global Academy.

• Indian Orthopaedic Association
• AO Trauma International
• SICOT Orthopaedics International
• Indian Medical Association
• Kerala Orthopaedic Association
• Society of Knee Surgeons of India
• Cochin Orthopaedic Society
• Indian Musculoskeletal Oncology Society -IMSOS
• Indian Arthroplasty Association
• Indian Foot and Ankle Society
• Indian Arthroscopic Society
• Arthroscopic Surgeons of Kerala
• AOPAS- Association of Pelvis & Acetabular Surgeons LM -212
• Pelvi-Acetabular Surgeons Kerala (PASK)

Journal Reviewer

AO Trauma Academic Activities

• AO trauma member since 7/9/2017
• Participation in AO courses
  – AO Basic Course- Cochin, India – February 2015
  – AO Advanced Course – Cochin, India –  November 2017
  – AO Masters Course – Lower extremity – Chennai, India – July 2018
  – AO Recon Course – Lucknow, India – September 2018
  – AO Basic Twin Course – Cochin, India  – March 2019 – As Table Instructor
  – AO Masters Course –Pelvis & Acetabulum – Bangalore, India – May 2019
  – AO Trauma Blended Course – Basic Principles- Kochi, Sept 2021 – Faculty
  – AO Trauma Prebasic – Introduction to Basic Principles, Oct 2021-Kochi – Faculty
  – AO Masters Course – Fractures around the Ankle -Bangalore-  Nov 6,7 2021
  – AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles -Calicut- May 2022 – Table Instructor
  -AO Trauma International Fellowship (John Hunter Hospital, NSW Australia)-  18th July- 26th Aug 2022 – under Prof. Zsolt Balogh
  – AO Trauma/AO Recon Course—Comprehensive Periprosthetic Fracture Management of the Hip and Knee – Indore – Jan 20-22, 2023=
  – AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles -Trivandrum- March 3,-5 2023 – Table Faculty
  – AO Trauma Course – Advanced Principles of Fracture Management – May 5-7, 2023 Coimbatore – Table Instructor
  – AO Trauma PreBasic Course –  Oct 8, Amrita, Kochi 2023 – Faculty National

• FIRST POSITION:  IOA NATIONAL PG Quiz Competition in Orthopaedic National conference – IOACON 2015 – Jaipur.

• WINNER: South Zone Torrent Young Scholar Award for Orthopaedics at Bangalore – 2015

• GOLD MEDAL – awarded by MOSA (Madurai Orthopaedic Surgery Academy) for the “ Best Outgoing MS Ortho Student” for the year 2016, from Madurai Medical College.
• Dr. Chidambaram – Dr. Sivakumar GOLD MEDAL for having secured 1st mark in Orthopaedics in the University Examination conducted by The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University -2016
• Part of India’s first bilateral hand transplants and Asia’s first bilateral arm transplant team at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

As a Faculty

1. Amrita Fracture Course 2018
2. Amrita Basic Course in Hand Surgery 2018
3. Amrita Fracture Course 2019
4. AO Basic Principles Twin Course 2019 – Cochin – Table Instructor
5. AELTS – Amrita Emergency and Trauma Life Support 2019
6. Amrita Fracture course Jan 16,17; 2021; Kochi
7. Amrita Bone Tumour Course 2021, 10,11-April- 2021, Kochi
8. AO Trauma Blended Course – Basic Principles- Kochi, Sept 2021
9. AO Trauma Pre basic – Introduction to Basic Principles, Kochi, Oct 2021
10.  AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles – Calicut, May 2022 – Table Instructor
11.  OASISCON 2022 Kurnool- Pelviacetabular CME – Sept 2022 – Faculty
12.  Foot and Ankle Course – Spotlight Kochi- 13/11/2022 – Faculty
13.  IFAS Basic CME – Foot & Ankle Conference – 18/12/2022  IMA Kochi – Faculty talk – Lisfranc Injury
14. KOACON 2023 Kerala State Conference – Feb 3-5, 2023 Alleppey
15. AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles -Trivandrum- March 3,-5 2023 – Table Faculty
16. AO Trauma Course—Advanced Principles of Fracture Management -2023 Coimbatore -May 5-7-  Table faculty
17. Amrita Fracture Course 2023 – May 20,21 – Kochi 2023
18. AO Trauma PreBasic Course –  Oct 8, Amrita, Kochi 2023
19.  Calicut Upper Limb Trauma Course – Oct 21,23 Calicut 2023
20.  KOACON 2024 Kerala State Conference and CME – Jan 26-28, 2024
21.  IFAS Basic Course Calicut – Feb 18, 2024

As an Organiser/Convener

1. Organising team: IOACON PG Teaching workshop 2016, Amrita, Kochi
2. Organising secretary: Amrita Fracture Course 2018,2019,2021
3. Organising secretary: Amrita Basic Course in Hand Surgery 2018
4. Organising team: Cochin International Orthopaedic Summit (CIOS) cadaveric workshop, Amrita, 2019
5. Organising secretary: Amrita Bone Tumour Course 2021
6. Organising secretary: Amrita Fracture Course Jan 16,17; 2021
7. Course Co-ordinator: Cochin Orthopaedic Society Online PG Training Program – 2021 (COSOPTP)
8. Organising secretary: Amrita Fracture Course 2023 – May 20,21 – Kochi 2023

Scientific Presentations

• TNOACON 2015 – (Tamil Nadu State Conference) –  Prospective study of Congenital Vertical Talus treated  by Reverse Ponseti Technique 
• IOACON 2015 (All India Conference) – Presented a study on CT Scan Based Assessment Of Cup Version On Functional Outcome Of  Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty In Patients With Fracture Neck Of Femur – A Study Of 40 Patients
• 13/10/2016 –Lecture on Septic Arthritis to Pan-African Telemedicine Network, AIMS, Kochi
• 4/6/2017- Case Presentation  INSIGHT 2017, the 9th edition of annual CME on bone Tumor organised by Bone Cancer Foundation
• 24/6/2017 – Saturday Grand Rounds AIMS, Kochi– Topic presented on ‘Hip pain – A diagnostic enigma.? ’
• 20/7/2017 – Guest Lecture at  Infopark, Kakkanad –on ‘Repetitive Strain Injuries’
• 19/11/2017 Amrita Orthopaedic Knowledge Update –Faculty Lecture – Locking plate principles
• 28/1/2018 –KOACON 2018 -Research paper:  Functional and Radiological outcome of Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis in Charcot neuroarthropathy using a Retrograde hindfoot nail
• 4/4/2018 – Presented a paper on Hindfoot arthrodesis for Charcot in Cochin orthopaedic society
• 17/4/2018 – Presented Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma case in Kolenchery MOSC Ortho Radio Pathology meet
• 4-5/8/2018 – Faculty Talk on “Stenosing tenosynovitis”, Amrita Basic Hand Course 2018
• 20-21/10/2018 – Faculty Talk on AO Classification of fractures, Amrita Fracture Course 2018
• 26/11/2018 -1/12/2018 –IOACON 2018 Participated and presented a research paper in medal session – “Salvaging the unsalvageable – Charcot Neuroarthropathy by midfoot and hindfoot arthrodesis”
• 8-10/2/2019 – Participated and presented a research paper in Medal Session – TNOACON 2019 – Accuracy of implant positioning in Robotic Arm-assisted TKR versus Conventional Jig based TKR.
• 22/3/2019 – Faculty talk on “Orthopaedic Splinting and First aids”  for Amrita Emergency and Trauma Life Support (AETLS) National Conference.
• 7/8/2019- Presentation in Cochin Orthopaedic Society meet – on “Robotic Uni-Knee replacement – technique”
• 16-17/11/2019 – Amrita Fracture Course 2019 – Faculty talk on “AO fracture classification” and “Techniques on Absolute stability”
• 4-7/12/2019 – SICOT International Conference – Muscat – Presentation on research work “Accuracy of implant positioning in Robotic Arm-assisted TKR versus Conventional Jig based TKR”
• 15/10/2021 – Cochin International Orthopaedic Summit – Kochi – presentation on research work “ Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Osteoid Osteoma- Clinical Outcome”.
• IOACON 2021 – Poster presentation: “ Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Osteoid Osteoma- Clinical Outcome”.
• KOACON 2022 – Gold medal session – The versatility of Robotics in executing individualised alignment for Total Knee Arthroplasty
• KOACON 2022 – Gold medal session – Functional Outcome and Survivorship of Robotic-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty at a Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up
• 2/9/2022 – OASISCON- Faculty Talk – – Pelviacetabular CME – Emergency management: Pelvic binder vs Exfix and Angio embolization vs Pelvic Packing
• 30/10/2022 SICOT International Conference – Malaysia – The versatility of Robotics in executing individualised alignment for Total Knee Arthroplasty – Video presentation
• 30/10/2022 SICOT International Conference – Malaysia – Improved Accuracy and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty at a Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up
• 6/11/2022 HIP 360 degree -Total hip arthroplasty – Kochi
• 13/11/2022 Foot and Ankle Course – Spotlight Kochi-  Faculty Talk
  Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
• 18/12/2022 IFAS Basic CME – Foot & Ankle Conference – IMA Kochi – Faculty talk – Lisfranc Injury
• 5/2/2023 – KOACON Kerala State conference faculty talk
  Fatal Pelvic Bleeding – How to save lives?
• 5/2/2023 – KOACON Kerala State conference faculty talk
  Non-Union Young Femoral Neck – My Options
• 29/9/2023 – Cochin International Orthopaedic Summit
  – Faculty Foot and Ankle Cadaveric Workshop
• 21&22/10/2023 –  Calicut Upper Limb Trauma Course
  Proximal Humerus fracture – Fix or Replace ?
  Capitellar Fractures – How to manage?
  DRUJ injuries – How to identify and Tackle?
• 26-28/1/2024 – KOACON Kerala State conference faculty talks
  1. CME Talk – Pilon fractures – Implants and rationale
  2. Moderator Panel discussion – Mismanaged Ankle fracture
• 18/2/2024 IFAS Basic Course Calicut – Faculty talks
  1. Talus fracture Case & panel discussion
  2. Charcot TTC nailing – Video technique

AO Trauma academic activities

• AO trauma member since 7/9/2017. Membership number #718150
• Participation in AO courses
  – AO Basic Course- Cochin, India – February 2015
  – AO Advanced Course – Cochin, India –  November 2017
  – AO Masters Course – Lower extremity – Chennai, India – July 2018
  – AO Recon Course – Lucknow, India – September 2018
  – AO Basic Twin Course – Cochin, India  – March 2019 – As Table Instructor
  – AO Masters Course –Pelvis & Acetabulum – Bangalore, India – May 2019
  – AO Trauma Blended Course – Basic Principles- Kochi, Sept 2021 – Faculty
  – AO Trauma Prebasic – Introduction to Basic Principles, Oct 2021-Kochi – Faculty
  – AO Masters Course – Fractures around the Ankle -Bangalore-  Nov 6,7 2021
  – AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles -Calicut- May 2022 – Table Instructor
  -AO Trauma International Fellowship (John Hunter Hospital, NSW Australia)-  18th July- 26th Aug 2022 – under Prof. Zsolt Balogh
  – AO Trauma/AO Recon Course—Comprehensive Periprosthetic Fracture Management of the Hip and Knee – Indore – Jan 20-22, 2023=
  – AO Trauma Blended Course—Basic Principles -Trivandrum- March 3,-5 2023 – Table Faculty
  – AO Trauma Course – Advanced Principles of Fracture Management – May 5-7, 2023 Coimbatore – Table Instructor
  – AO Trauma PreBasic Course –  Oct 8, Amrita, Kochi 2023 – Faculty National

Journal Reviewer

• Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Social Activities 

1.  20/7/2017: Actively participated in a Medical camp at Infopark, Kakkanad and gave a lecture on “Computer related Orthopaedic problems to the IT professionals.
2. 4/8/2019: Organised and participated in the National Bone and Joint day camp by Cochin Orthopaedic Society at St Vincent De Paul School, Palarivattom, Kochi.
3. 2/10/2019: Participated in the Great Pedestrian March, organised by Cochin Orthopaedic Society, highlighting the importance of safe walkways for pedestrians.
4. 3/7/2023: Doctor’s Day Talk on “Who is a Doctor?” at Choice Kinderland School at Edappally.
5. 4/8/2023: National Bone and Joint Day – Theme “Each one Train one Save one” – Participated in giving Basic Life Support training for school students from Rajagiri higher secondary school Kalamassery and Chinmaya Vidyalaya Kannamaly
6. 13/8/2023: Participated in Orthopaedic Medical Camp at Kothamangalam organized by Cochin Orthopaedic Society & Lions Club.

Other Academic Participations

• TNOACON 2014- (Tamil Nadu State conference) –Was granted Scientific Research Grand by TNOA – 2014
• 9/10/2016 – Participated in CME on Comprehensive Review on Proximal Tibial Fracture – KOA – Kottayam
• 15/10/2016 – Participated in CME on Knee Injuries – Madurai Orthopaedic Surgery Academy – Madurai medical college
• 16/10/2016 – Participated in KOA Advanced CME on Fracture of Distal femur – TOS – Thrissur
• 30/10/2016 – Participated in CME on Geriatric Fracture – MOTSCON 2016- MES medical college, Perinthalmanna
• 6/11/2016 – Participated in CME & Live surgery demonstration on Cerebral Palsy – CAPE –KOA – Kochi
• 24,25/9/2016 – Participated in Trivandrum Orthopaedic Post Graduate training program (TOPIC-2016) – Trivandrum Medical College
• 12,13/12/2016 – Participated and Organised the PG teaching workshop as a part of All India Conference, IOACON 2016, AIMS, Kochi
• 15-17/12/2016 – Participated IOACON -2016 – 61st Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association
• 19,20,21/5/2017 – Participated in the shoulder arthroscopy workshop &CME of Sunrise Shouldercon
• 7,8,9/7/2017 – Participated in 15th Calicut Ortho Course, CTIC, under the aegis of Kerala Orthopaedic Association
• 16/7/2017 – participated in CME – “Understanding Mri From An Orthopedic Perspective ” SGMC, TVM
• 10/3/2018 – Participated in Osteotomy Course and workshop in Mumbai on High tibial osteotomy
• 7-8/4/2018 – participated in Thrissur – Pelvi acetabular workshop
• 3/6/2018 – participated in Basic CME and workshop of KOA 2018 – Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty at Thrissur
• 10/6/2018 – Participated in INSIGHT – Benign bone tumours and Ortho- Radio – Pathology meet at Trivandrum
• 23/6/2018 – Participated in the “CORAL” meet – How to rectify mistakes and avoid complications in orthopaedic surgery
• 19-21/7/2018 – Completed the master’s course in AO Trauma –  AO Trauma Current Concepts Course—Lower Extremity with Anatomical Specimens
• 14-15/9/2018 – Completed the AORecon Course- Principles of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at Lucknow
• 28-30/9/2018 – participated in the Palakkad deformity course and workshop 2018
• 3-6/10/2018 – Participated in FRCS (Trauma and Ortho.) training program at Hyderabad
• 4/11/2018 – participated in CAPE –KOA – CME and Bioskill training on proximal humerus fractures
• 10/3/2019 – Participated in Complex Primary TKA Conference and workshop at Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi
• 18/8/2019 – Participated in CAPE KOA Paediatric Orthopaedics CME
• 29/9/2019 –Participated in Master Classes on Computer Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery – Chennai
• 4-6/10/2019 – Organised CIOS Cadaveric Workshop and participated in Cochin International Orthopaedic Summit
• 9/9/2020 – SICOT Webinar – ‘Robotic Knee Arthroplasty: Hype, Hope or Reality?
• 21/11/2020 – SICOT-APOA S&A 4 Webinar – ‘Primary ACL Repair
• 14/11/2020 -SICOT-HKSSH Hand 2 Webinar – ‘Current Concepts in Managing Congenital Hand Anomalies
• 28/11/2020 -SICOT-EHS Hip Webinar – ‘Robotics and Other Innovations in THA’!
• 27-29/11/2020 – OASISCON 2020 – 19th Annual Conference of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States. ( Virtual Conference )
• 10/1/2021- Ranawat Orthopaedic Conference – 19th Winter Meeting – Advances & Techniques in Joint Replacement Surgery & Arthroscopy
• 12/09/2021- ISAKOS Webinar: how to get published – Editor’s tips for maximizing your journal submissions.
• 22-24/10/2021- IAACON 2021 Mumbai
• 27-28/11/2021 – CAPE KOA- ARTHROSCOPY CADAVER Workshop.
• 19/12/2021- 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲”(𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏)
• IOACON 2021 Goa
• 8-9/1/2022 CAPE KOA – ARTHROPLASTY CADAVERIC Workshop.
• 22/1/2022 Intensive FRCS (Orth) Mock Viva & Clinical Exam Course
• 20-22/1/2022 20th Winter Meeting of the Ranawat Orthopaedic Conference: Advances & Techniques in Joint Replacement Surgery & Arthroscopy
• 24-25/2/2022 Research Methodology Course by Bombay Orthopaedic Society
• 8-10/4/2022  Cadaveric training Pelvi-acetabulum course, Thrissur
• 22/5/2022 – Cadaveric course – Fellowship Foot and Ankle – under Dr Rajiv Shah by Indian Orthopaedic Research Group with OrthoTV Global
• 2-4/9/2022 OASISCON 2022 – Faculty  talk CME
• 28-30/9/2022 – SICOT International – Malaysia
• 8/10/2022 – IAACON Indian Arthroplasty Association Conference 2022
• 6/11/2022- Hip Arthroplasty 360 Cochin
• 3-5/2/2023 – KOACON 2023
• 27-30/4/2023- Pune Knee Course 2023
• 7,8/7/2023 – Arthrex Technology Symposium 2023 – Delhi
• 5,6/8/2023 – God’s Own Country Shoulder Course 2023 – Kochi
• 28/9 -1/10/2023 – Cochin International Orthopaedic Summit – Kochi
• 17/11/2023 Complex Knee Injury Course 2023 Jaipur (LaPrade 2023  Jaipur)
• 26-28/1/ 2024 KOACON 2024 – Kumarakom
• 18/2/2024 – IFAS Basic CME