MBBS (JIPMER), D.ORTH (JIPMER); MCh ORTH (SCYCHELLS) Head : Department of Computer Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery : BELLE VUE CLINIC JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGEON, ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION,INDIA Subspecialty- Knee Joint- Total Knee Replacement, Knee Arthroscopy. Fellowship in Joint Replacement, Max Hospital, New Delhi TRAINED IN COMPUTER ASSISTED JOINT REPLACEMENT FROM AUSTRIA Trained in Revision Knee and Hip Replacements Trained in Complex Joint Replacement from the DELTA FOUNDATION of AUSTRALIA

Dr Santosh Kumar and his team are leading knee specialists in Kolkata. He is one of the best doctors in Knee replacement today. Knee replacements are routine in Kolkata (Calcutta) today and Dr Santosh Kumar has been instrumental in making international quality knee surgery affordable to the mass. HE HAS EXPERIENCE OF MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND KNEE REPLACEMENTS

MBBS – from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER, Pondichery) Directorate General of health Services, Govt. of India from 1995 to 2001. HOUSE JOB in Department of Orthopedics, JIPMER from April 2001 to June 2002.

In charge bone bank JIPMER from April 2004 to March 2005. TRAUMA COURSE online of ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT at CMC Vellore January 2005. Clinical Research Fellow in Orthopaedic Oncology at JIPMER Hospital from April 2005 to June 2005.

D Orth from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER, Pondichery) Directorate General of health Services, Govt of India from 1st April to 31st March 2005.

Whole time registrar in Orthopaedics at Bhattacharyya Orthopaedics and Related Research Center (P) Ltd., Narayanpur, Kolkata – 136 from 1st July 2005 to 31st June 2007.

Passed MCh ORTH from the University of Seychelles American Institute of Medicine, March 13th 2008. MCh Thesis : a study into the controversial aspects of interlocking nail of femur.

DELTA COURSE for advanced aspects of complex primary and REVISION knee replacement. At MAX Hospital , New Delhi in Sept, 2008. FELLOWSHIP in KNEE REPLACEMENT in Max Hospital, New Delhi from Sept, 2008 with Dr. S.K.S. Marya for total of 54 knee replacement surgeries. AO SPINE Training in Bombay July 2009. AO TRAUMA Training 8th to 10th Oct, 2009, Kanpur DELTA COURSE for Advanced Aspects of Complex Primary and Revision Knee Replacement, at SUN SHINE Hospital, Hyderabad in Nov, 2009. Ranawat joint replacement course in Jan 2010 Kolkata Trained in complex joint replacements, at Bangkok. Jan 2011 by DEPUY institute at Bangkok Trained in revision joint replacements by DE PUY institute at Chennai, June 2011. Medtronics Academy course in cervical spine in October 2011 Trained in computer assisted knee replacement at Fortis Chandigarh in Jan 2012 AO advanced trauma course in March 2012 at Kolkata

Trained in complex joint replacements in USA , PHOENIX, by KLEOS foundation ( Smith and Nephew educational body) April 2012 Trained in minimally invasive spine surgery by Medtronics Academy foundation May 2012 Trained in computer assisted navigation technology for knee replacement in Vienna Austria, in June 2012.

Bilateral fracture dislocation of Hip, pipkin 1 – its management and the result – published in the West Bengal journal of orthopaedics – vol 20, number 2, September 2006, myself as Primary author. The role of total hip replacement in ankylosing spondylitis patients – under consideration for publication in the Indian journal of orthopaedics. OPPONENSPLASTY – a method to reconstruct the post polio paralytic thumb – presented at the midcon 2005, West Bengal Orthopaedic Association. Follow up of 24 total hip replacements in ankylosing spondylitis patients presented at the annul conference of the West Bengal Orthopedics Association 2006.

Dr.Santosh Kumar received Certificate of International Excellence in Minimally Invasive Computer Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery by the ASCULAP ACADEMY, Germany