Formative years
I grew up in Indore which is in central part of India in a family of doctors. As a child, I keenly observed my father, and grandfather treat patients. Thus, becoming a doctor was in the blood. Medicine as a career was the obvious choice. As I grew, my passion for observation and thus clinical signs brought me close to Internal Medicine. However, destiny had something else written for me. I opted for a surgical branch and that too Orthopedics!
Dr. Chitranjan Singh Ranawat, (New York) was a regular visitor to Indore to meet his parents and family and also to visit our school, The Daly college.
Even as an orthopeadic trainee I made it a point to meet him regularly as frequently as possible. I would arrange his lectures in the Department of Orthopeadics, M.Y. Hospital, Indore. I recall having picked up ten technical tips when he operated on my father’s hand in the year 1983. He was an inspiring figure and invited me to New York after my post graduation.
During my final months of residency, I happened to listen to a lecture by Late Dr. BB Joshi, who was a pioneer in Hand Surgery. The lecture was the turning point in my life. I decided to pursue hand surgery as a career. That was year 1985.
Specially :
Hand Surgery
Educational Qualifications
Graduations
- Undergraduate degree: Gujarati Science College, Indore, MP, India(B.Sc. part1. 1976)
- Medical school: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, MP, India (1982)
Post Graduate Residency
- Department of Orthopaedics, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya (University of Indore)
- Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, Indore, India. (Master of Surgery, Orthopedics, 1985)
- Hand Surgery Residency, Dr. B.B. Joshi, Mumbai, India (Nov 1985 – Jun 1987)