Arvind G Kulkarni
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
Bombay Hospital
India
Biography
Dr. Arvind G Kulkarni heads the ‘Mumbai Spine Scoliosis and Disc Replacement Centre’ as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, one of the oldest and largest hospitals of India. He has a vast experience in spinal surgery having trained in some of the top spinal centres across the globe such as KEM Hospital Mumbai, National University Hospital Singapore, Westmead Adult & Children’s Hospitals, Australia, St George Hospital – Australia and Toronto Western Hospital & Hospital for Sick Children Canada. He is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery in India (introduced Micro-Endoscopic techniques using the MetrX system for the first time in India in 2007). He is also one of the pioneers of Artificial Disc Replacement (name mentioned in Limca Book of Records for performing the first Artificial Disc Replacement [ProDisc-L] in the country.He is also the Joint Secretary of MISSI (Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons of India).Fellowship Officer (AO Spine -India. An Executive Committee Member, Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)and Editorial Board Member- ASJ, JMISST, ISJ, JClin Orthop. Past Executive Committee Member- Bombay Orthopaedic Society (BOS) and Past - Assistant Editor, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (IJO)
Research Interest
His special interests are Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Deformity Correction, Artificial Disc Replacement, etc