PROFILE
Dr. Aashish K. Sharma
(Joint Replacement & Arthroscopic Surgeon)
Honrary Consultant - Orthopaedics, SDM Hospital. Jaipur
MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), MNAMS (Delhi)
FIMS-Sports Medicine, AOA Accredited Fellowship (Australia)
APOA Fellowship – Arthroscopy & Joint Replacement (Australia)
JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGEON – Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Elbow
ARTHROSCOPIC SURGEON – Knee, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist,Ankle and Hip
Ex Clinical Tutor – University of South Australia, Ex Ortho Specialist – Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia
Ex Ortho Specialist – Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Ex-Associate Prof. of Orthopaedics, SMS Medical College, Jaipur
402/B-69, Yash Path, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur – 302004, Tel: +91 141 2624499
Qualifications
Year of Passing
College
University
MBBS
MS
DNB
MNAMS (Ortho)
1991
1995
1996
1997
SMS Med College, Jaipur
SMS Med College, Jaipur
National Board, Delhi
National Board, Delhi
University of Raj
University of Raj
Delhi
Delhi
Professional Experience & Peer Recognition
Most Experienced Joint Replacement, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine specialist of the state.
Highest number of joint replacements in the State [Performed / involved in more than 2800 joint
replacements while working at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai (1.5 years), Australia (2 years), and India
(Jaipur)]
Highest number of Arthroscopic Surgeries in the State [Performed more than 4000 arthroscopic
surgeries, including 1800 Arthroscopic ACL reconstructions.]
Highest number of bilateral (both knee together) knee replacements in the state (more than 600)
First High Flexion Knee Replacement in the state
Most experienced Sports Medicine specialist of the State
First Computer Navigated ACL Reconstruction in the North India and only the second in India
First Shoulder Resurfacing in North India
First Hip Arthroscopy in the state
First Ankle Arthroscopy in the state
First Wrist Arthroscopy in the state
First in North India and second in India Computer Navigated Hip replacement
First custom Fit Knee Replacement in the state
First In Rajasthan and only third in India Ankle Replacement
First Google Glass Live worldwide telecast of Ankle Replacement in the WORLD
Training
Year / Duration
Senior Registrar with Dr K T Dholakia, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
APOA Fellowship Joint Replacement & Arthroscopic Surgery (Australia)
FIMS Team Physician Development Course (European Association)
AOA Accredited Upper-limb Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Fellowship
(Australia)
Only orthopaedic surgeon in the state and one of the few in India to have
completed two overseas fellowships in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic
Surgery
Only Orthopaedic Surgeon of the state to have worked as Clinical Tutor in a
Medical University overseas (Adelaide, Australia)
CAS Training From DePuy Institute, Germany for Computer Navigation Knee
Replacement
Posts Held
Institution
Intern
House-surgeon (Orthopaedics)
Junior resident (Orthopaedics)
Senior resident (Orthopaedics)
Senior resident (Orthopaedics)
Associate professor of Orthopaedics
Fellow – Arthroscopy & Arthroplasty
Fellow – Upperlimb Arthroscopy & Arthroplasty
Surgery
2 years
1999
2002
2007-08
one year
duration each
5 years.
2010
Year
SMS Medical College, Jaipur
SMS Medical College, Jaipur
SMS Medical College, Jaipur
SMS Medical College, Jaipur
Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
SMS Medical College, Jaipur
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Australia
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Australia
1990-91
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1996-97
1997- 2010
1998- 99 (1 year)
2007- 08 (1 year)
Details of Employment & Service Record After Post Graduation
Designation
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor/ Lecturer
President of National
Professional Society/ Association
Duration in years
1 year
12.5 Years
Joint Organising Secretary,
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Conference
President / Secretary/ Treasurer
State Society Vice President
Director/Administrator/
Consultant Private Hospital
Professional Contribution in the Field of Specialty
1. 19 years of post MS experience in Orthopaedics,
2. 18 years post DNB Experience in Orthopaedics,
3. 15 years post first overseas fellowship
4. 7 years since second overseas fellowship
Name of Institution
SMS Med College, Jaipur
SMS Med College, Jaipur
IOACON 2015
Rajasthan Arthroscopy Society
Joint Replacement, Arthroscopy
and Sports Medicine Unit
SDM Hospital, Jaipur
5. Performed / involved in more than 3400 joint replacements while working at Bombay Hospital,
Mumbai (1.5 years), Australia (2 years), and India (Jaipur) (Highest for any surgeon in the state)
6. Performed more than 4300 arthroscopic surgeries, including nearly 2000 Arthroscopic ACL
reconstructions. (Highest for any surgeon in the state)
7. Highest number of bilateral (both knee together) knee replacements in the state - more than 750
(Highest for any surgeon in the state)
First Poineering Surgeries of the State
1. FIRST IN INDIA : Computer Navigated ACL Reconstruction of the Knee Joint was done on Thursday 1-32012 by Dr Aashish K Sharma, a knee replacement and arthroscopy specialist at Santokba Durlabhji
Hospital in Jaipur on Vijay Gurjar, a budding footballer, whose ambition is a career in professional
football league in Europe. This was the first such surgery in India. Only 21 doctors of 18 other hospitals
in the world have this expertise. Now, our professional sportsmen and other patients with knee
ligament injury can get the most accurate and hi-tech technique in the world for knee ligament surgery,
which was till now available for top level elite athletes in foreign countries. (news covered by all media)
2. First resurfacing shoulder replacement of North India performed on 15 July, 2008. Patient Babulal, age
35 of Rajawas, Sikar road was suffering from AVN of his left shoulder joint and was in severe agony and
could not use his left arm for anything. Shoulder resurfacing surgery was performed upon him by Dr
Aashish K Sharma, first such surgery in North India.
3. First time in North India and just the second time in India, hip joint replacement surgery was
performed in Jaipur with the latest and ultra-precise technique of computer navigation at Santokba
Durlabhji Hospital in Jaipur today. Dr Aashish K Sharma, senior Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic
Surgeon at Jaipur’s Santokba Durlabhji Hospital performed this surgery successfully on a 65 years old
patient Mrs Kamla Devi, whose left hip joint fracture had failed to unite for the last 9 months. This
surgery was performed with the help of the latest “Hip Ultimate 6.0 3D software” imported from
Germany along with the hitech computer navigation hip replacement Brainlab instruments, also just
imported from Germany. Ms Maike Reidl from Brainlab had specially flown down from Germany to
assist Dr Aashish K Sharma to perform this surgery.
4. First Shoulder Joint Arthroscopic Surgery in the state performed by Dr Aashish K Sharma at SMS
Hospital, Jaipur on 15 June, 2001 (news covered by all media)
5. First High Flexion knee replacement of the state done by Dr Aashish K Sharma on 5-8-2005 at SMS
Hospital, Jaipur (news covered by all media)
6. First ankle joint arthroscopy of the state performed By Dr Aashish K Sharma on 23-9-2011 upon Major
Mohan from Delhi. (news covered by all media)
7. First Custom-Fit bilateral knee Joint Replacement of the State performed by Dr Aashish K Sharma on 64-2011 on patient Kusum lata from Karauli. (news covered by all media)
8. First wrist joint arthroscopy of the state performed on Mrs Gita Devi on 12.12.2012 at SDM Hospital,
Jaipur for TFC Tear of her wrist joint. (news covered by all media)
9. For the first time in Rajasthan 19 Sept, 2011 – performed – arthroscopic Rotator cuff repair with Dr
Nikhil Verma, from St. Lukes Medical Centre, USA (news covered by all media)
10. Arthroscopic removal of 376 loose bodies from the knee joint, highest ever in India performed on
patient Sunil from Kishangarh on 3-9-2012 (news covered by all media)
11. First and only surgeon of the state to perform Computer navigation Knee replacement in the state
using the state of the art 3D Colibri with tensor sensor technique. Started 21-11-2010.
12. Complex Arthroscopic Knee Surgery for Triple ligament reconstruction July 2011
13. For the first time in the state, doctors at Santokba Durlabhji Hospital, Jaipur have successfully
reconstructed three ligaments of the knee by arthroscopy technique in one single operation. This
operation was done by Dr Aashish K Sharma, a joint replacement and arthroscopy specialist of the state.
Govind, a resident of Bikaner had injured his left knee joint in a motorcycle accident 3about 10 months
back. He had busted three ligaments of his knee – anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate
ligament (PCL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) along with also tearing the medial meniscus, one of
the two “padding washers” in the knee.
14. First time in the state, performed arthroscopic Hip joint surgery for labral tear on 18-12-2010 on patient
Arun Parashar, which was a stitchless surgery, making only very small two holes.
International / National Seminaars, Conferences/ Workshops
1. Organized the International Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Meet – CASM 2012 in
Jaipur from 8-11 Nov, 2013
2. Dr Rocco Pitto, Associate Professor of Auckland University, New Zealand addressed the joint session of
the Jaipur Medical Association and Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital and talked about the new
concepts in Total Hip Replacement Techniques on Monday 6th Jan. He advocated the importance of
scie3ntific evidence form Joint Replacement registries and their importance in more safe and long
lasting joints. He was of the opinion that there is enough scientific evidence to support that ceramic on
ceramic hip joint will be the longest surviving joints amongst the commonly available joints today.
However, he said, there is no substitute for a good planning, well done surgery and clean OT
environment. He said that ceramic-on-ceramic bearings appear to be a safe option for young and active
patients, demonstrating a very low wear rate and good clinical results.
a. Dr Rocco Pitto performed a complicated total hip replacement at Santokba Durlabhji Hospital on
Tuesday on Mrs Chameli Devi, 73 years of age, who had had 2 surgeries at other hospitals on her
left hip after she had a hip fracture 8 months back. She has not remained pain free ever since
and has not walked for the last 8 months. The surgery involved removal of the implant which
was put during the earlier surgeries done elsewhere, putting in of a new total hip prosthesis and
bone grafting of the non-united fracture. Dr Jayant Sen and Dr Aashish K Sharma of Santokba
Durlabhji Hospital were also involved in the surgery. The surgery lasted about 2 and half hours
and patient will be able to walk from tomorrow, just the next day of surgery, something which
the patient has not done for the last 8 months. She is expected to remain in the hospital for 3
days more to do a bit of physiotherapy.
3.
Free
Seminar
Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur invites you to attend seminar on Arthritis Management.
Venue: Hemlata Durlabhji Auditorium, Santokba Durlabhji
Memorial Hospital, Bhawani Singh Marg, Jaipur
Date & Time: 6:30 pm, Wednesday 12th Oct., 2011
Topic: Move to improve and conquer your Arthritis
Speaker: Dr Aashish K Sharma
Chief Guest : Mr Yogi Durlabhji, Chairman, SDMH Trust
4. Organized a Live Surgery Workshop on New Techniques in Total Knee Replacement on April 2, 2013
with Dr ORMONDO MOLONY (USA), the inventor of his Single radius Knee Repacement design. Live
Surgery was telecast from SDMH OT to SMS Medical College Hospital, Jaipur and attended by more than
150 orthopaedic Surgeons. New techniques in joint replacement, including minimal non muscle cutting
technique and tensor sensor 3D ligament balancing were demonstrated by Dr Aashish K Sharma and Dr
Molony.
PUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TEXTBOOK
1. Authored 3 chapters in one of the most popular international Textbook of Orthopaedics – “Mercer’s
Textbook of Orthopaedics” 10th Edition (latest) published in 2012 by Arnold Hodder Publications, UK.
This is a 77 year old Textbook of Orthopaedics, first edition was published in Great Britain in 1935. It is
perhaps the most popular Orthopaedic Textbook in the world for undergraduate and post graduate
Orthopaedic Trainees combined.
a. Chapters written by Dr Aashish K Sharma in the latest 2013 Edition:
i.
Chapter 56 : Compartment Syndrome (page 503 – 514)
ii.
Chapter 117: Arthritis of the Hand (page 1333 – 1350)
iii.
Chapter 121: The Elbow (page 1382 – 1420)
2. First surgeon of the state to publish research paper on shoulder replacement in an Indexed Journal:
Paper published in Bombay Hospital Journal, Vol 38, No 3, 1996 page 604-607.
3. First Surgeon of the state to publish a technique of Revision Knee Replacement in an indexed Journal:
Paper published in Bombay Hospital Journal, Vol 38, No 3, page 600-603
4. First Surgeon from the state to publish a research paper on special technique of total hip replacement
in an indexed Journal: Paper published in Bombay Hospital Journal, Vol 38, no 3, page 597-599
INVITATION AS SPEAKER IN NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
2014: For the third consecutive year (2012, 2013, 2014), invited as GUEST SPEAKER to speak on the recent
techniques in joint replacement at the AIIMS, Delhi in a JOINT REPLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL MEET.
SOCIAL SERVICE: SPECIAL SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION/ COMMUNITY SERVICE IN RURAL OR URBAN AREA
1. Regularly organizing free camps in the community, charity work in outreach programmes by SDM
Hospital, Lions Club, other organizations. Even today, went to give services in Free Camp at Behrore, and
saw 150 patients.
2. Served the public in various camps, including several polio correction camps organized by the Rajasthan
Government from 2001 to 2010 while in Government job.
3. Was the Orthopaedic duty doctor incharge during the Jaipur Bomb Blasts of 13 May, 2008. Organized
relief and treatment to victims, performed about 35 surgeries on blast victims in 3 days.
SOCIAL IMPACT
1. Due to my introduction of latest techniques in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic surgery, patients of
the city and the state have started benefitting and not needing to travel to other states for Hitech
surgeries.
2. Have brought down the cost of joint replacement by more than 50% than what it was about 3 years
back.
3. Regularly organizing training CME and workshops for Orthopaedic surgeons of the state. So Sportsmen
of the state now getting all their sports injuries treated in the state itself, rather than as compared to 10
years back.
ABILITY TO ORGANIZE CONFERENCES/ CME
1. Organised one of the most successful and highlighted Conferences in the State
2. 15 Foreign Consultants from USA and UK delivered lectured and performed 14 live surgeries
3. First Ankle Replacement in Rajasthan (of the three ever done yet)
4. First Ever Google Glass surgery in North India
5. First In The World Live Webcast in the World of Ankle Joinmt Replacement
6. Organised a “Garba dance” on 1-7-2014 (Doctors Day) by patients who have had their joints replaced to
bust the myths in the society about the success of joint replacement surgery. It was a resounding
success.
AWARDS
1. Winner of the 2013 Times Wellness Rajasthan Health Award for Orthopedic / Joint Replacement
Category
2. Awarded “Young Achiever Award” by Jaipur Medical Association and Medical Practitioners Society award given away by Sh Rajendra Singh Rathore, Health Minister, Govt of Rajasthan