Specialty: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Education & Training:

1992-1994 Bombay University,India
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai
M.Ch (Plastic Surgery)

1988-1991 Bombay University,India
Topiwala National Medical College, Bombay Central, Mumbai
M.S (General Surgery)

1982-1987 Bombay University,India
Topiwala National Medical College, Bombay Central, Mumbai
M.B.B.S 

PLASTIC SURGERY

Jan 16, 1992 – Jun 22, 1994
(Teaching experience of 2 years and 6 months)     
Resident in Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Unit under Dr R.L.Thatte
 L.T.M.G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai

Jun 23,1994 – Jan 31, 1997
(Teaching experience of  2 years and 7 months)     
Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Unit under Dr R.L.Thatte
L.T.M.G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai

Feb 1, 1997 – Jan 31, 1998
(Teaching experience of 1 year)     Research/Clinical Fellow in Microsurgery,
 Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery, Melbourne, Australia
 ( Director – Professor Wayne A. Morrison ) &
 Clinical Assistant, Dept of Plastic Surgery,
 St.Vincents’Group of Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia
 ( Chairman – Dr Allan McLeod )

Feb 1,1998– Oct 2, 2003
(Teaching experience of 5 yrs and 8 mths)     
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery
 Plastic Surgery Unit under Dr Mukund Jagannathan
 L.T.M.G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai

Oct 3, 2003 to present date
(Teaching experience of 2 years)   
Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
L.T.M.G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai

Brief Bio:

FIELDS OF SPECIAL EXPERTISE

1) Reconstructive Hand and Microsurgery AND Trauma Reconstruction

• Free tissue transfers- emergency and elective
• Replantations and revascularisations of amputated limbs and digits
• Clinical applications and future possibilities in composite tissue allotransplantations for complex defects.
• Expanded / Prefabricated free tissue transfer in functional reconstruction as well as aesthetic surgery.
• Physiology and clinical applications of the process of controlled angiogenesis.
• Congenital hand anomalies --- salvage of function & rehabilitation.
• Functional  reconstructions in post burns hand and extremity deformities.
• Cosmetic rehabilitation using plastic surgery including tissue expansion, free tissue transfers & Prefabricated flaps in severe composite tissue losses in burns.
• Complex post-traumatic hand  injuries and reconstructions / rehabilitation.
• Mechanics of tendon transfers in peripheral nerve injuries, brachial plexus injuries and post-infective palsies.
• Functional and aesthetic reconstructive options in post- ablative defects in Head-Face-Neck tumours including composite free tissue transfers.

2) Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

• Breast augmentation by breast implants
• Aesthetic Breast reduction surgeries
• Breast ptosis correction (correction of sagging breasts)
• Aesthetic rhinoplasty and nasal cosmetic surgery
• Body contouring and Liposculpture by surgical lipectomies, body lifts and liposuction
• Blepharoplasty (Aesthetic eyelid surgery)
• Eyelid Ptosis correction
• Soft tissue filling and contour corrections by fat injections and use of fillers.
• Facelifts, Browlifts, Necklifts
• Surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation
• Ear reconstruction in congenital absence /deformities and acquired deformities
• Dermabrasion for facial contour deformities, acne scars etc