Dr Paras Motwani

Education:

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Worked as Prof. and HOD at department of orthopedics at GAIMS, Bhuj, Gujarat, India.
• Worked as Associate Professor in N. H. L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, from 20th March 2012 to 15 october 2013.
• Worked as an Associate Professor in department of Orthopedics at S. S. G. Hospital Vadodara from 9th December 2011 to 19th March 2012.
• Worked as an Assistant Professor in Department of Orthopedic Surgery, P.D.U. Medical college from 22nd July 2010 till 8th December 2011.

International work experience.

• Worked as a fellow in arthroplasty at St. Josef Bruderkrankenhaus, Paderborn, Germany, during may and june 2009.
• Worked at NInewells hospital Scotland UK from Sept 2010 to July 2011 while doing MCh orthopedics.
• Worked as an Assistant Professor in Civil Hospital from 27th July 2006 to 21 July 2010 at Department of Orthopedics, B. J, Medical college, Ahmedabad.
• 2 ½ months (May 2006 to July 2006) of Senior Registrarship which included:
• 3 years (June 2003 to May 2006) of residency at B. J. Medical college, Department of orthopedics, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.

OPERATIONS PERFORMED

• KNEE SURGERIES done I have done more than 700 total knee and many knee arthroscopies and more than 100 ACl reconstructions.
• Hip surgeries Includes fracture fixation of Hip, 100 hip replacement
• TRAUMA SURGERIES
• Upper extremity:
• Proximal humerus plating in complicated 4 part fracture dislocation ( Deltoid splitting as well as Delto-pectoral approach)
• Antero-lateral, posterior humerus plating
• Bipillar plating for supracondylar - intercondylar fracture of humerus using olecranon osteotomy
• Coronoid, trochlea, capitulum fixation, terrible triad elbow fixation
• Humerus nailing
• Radius-ulna upper, middle, lower plating as well as nailing
• External fixator for open injuries
• Wrist arthrodesis
• Scaphoid fracture fixation
• Amputations
• Distal radius fixation using volar, dorsal plate.
• Complex hand injuries, finger injuries, Metacarpal plate, tendon repair as well as transfer.
• Lower extremity:
• Posterior column, posterior wall fixation of acetabular fracture
• Anterior ilioinguinal approach for anterior pelvic fixation
• Proximal femoral nailing, Dynamic hip screw for intertrochanteric fractures
• Proximal femoral nailing, dynamic condylar screw fixation and plating for subtrochanteric fractures of shaft femur, proximal femoral plating.
• Interlocking nailing for femur fractures
• Dynamic condylar screw and plating, condylar buttress plating for supracondylar shaft femur fractures, LISS plate technique for supracondylar femur fracture.
• Distal tibia platting for lower tibia fracture, Proximal tibia platting for complex platue fractures including postero medial platting, postero-lateral platting.
• Patellar tension band wiring, lower pole excision of patella and extensor mechanism repair PCL bony avulsion, LCL avulsion, MCL repair. ACL repair.
• Talus and calaneum platting.
• Synovectomy (villonodular, rheumatoid, tuberculous)
• Knee arthrodesis
• Giant cell tumour (curettage, phenol application and cementing)
• Tibia fibula fractures treated with buttress plating, CCS, external fixator, nailing, MIPPO.
• Infections (Osteomyelitis) treated with saucerisation, sequestrectomy, treatment by Huntington method.
• Pelvis and Acetabular surgeries:
• Assisted anterior wall and column fracture fixation and pubic symphsis disruption, SI joint disruption fixation using ilio-inguinal approach.

Conferences and Workshop Attended

• 7th Annual Conference 25th to 28th August 2005 on Challenges and Controversy in Arthroplasty, Goa.
• 20th Annual Conference ASSICON 2007 on Ageing Spine, Ahmedabad.
• Advanced Spinal Instrumentation in Spine (AOSPINE) 2007 in Ahmedabad.
• 6th Annual Conference Ranawat Orthopedic Research Foundation "Advances in Joint Replacement surgery January 31st to 2nd February 2008.
• Attended 8th Annual congress of Indian Arthroscopy Society oct. 2009 held at Ahmedabad.
• Participated in AO TRAUMA principle course held at Ahmedabad in 7-9 June 2012.
• Annual meet of Indian society of hip and knee surgeons on 9th to 11th april 2010.
• Update on pelvic and acetabular trauma Oct 2012.
• Attended GOA-CON Feb 2013 at Rajkot.
• Attended AO spine Principle course at Ahmedabad on 22-24 Feb 2013.
• Attended Spine cadaver course at NHL Ahmedabad on 20-21 April 2013.
• Attended Arthroplasty Cadaver course at NHL Ahmedabad 21 July 2013.
• Attended GOA-CON Feb 2014 at Ahmedabad.
• Attended AO Spine Operative course on Lumbar degenerative spine at Ahmedabad on 28-30 August 2014.
• Attended PUNE KNEE course 25-26 april 2014, 23-25 april 2015, april 2016, april 2017
• Attended Shoulder Conclave feb 2017 at Pune By DR Ashish Bhabhulkar.
• Attended Annual Conference of Indian Arthroscopy society at Hyderabad 10-12 oct 2014, at Kolkata In 2016, At Jaipur In 2017.
• Done an Observership in Arthroscopy at Ortho one Coimbatore under DR. DAVID RAJAN from 12-22 april 2015.
• Attended Advance Arthroplasty Course by Depuy at Bangalore on 8-9th August 2015.
• Attended IAS Connect programme on Recent Advances in shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy held at Rajkot on 27th Sept. 2015.
• Attended ACASEA Annual congress Asian Shoulder and Elbow society at MUMBAI 10-12 Nov. 2017.

Academic acheivements.

• Won first prize for presentation and poster on " Auditing the results of Navigation Total Knee Replacement " at Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2011.

International publication:

• Does Navigation Total Knee Replacement really make a difference?. Published in Journal of Musculoskeletal research vol.16, No. 2(2013).

Memberships

• Life member of Indian Medical association.
• Life member of Indian orthopedic association.
• Life member of Indian society of hip and knee surgeons.
• Life member of Indian Arthroscopy society.
• Life member of Shoulder and Elbow society of India.
• Life member of Association of Spine surgeon.
• Life member of Gujarat orthopedic Association.
• Life member of Gujarat Spine Association.
• Life member of Rajkot orthopedic Association.

Summary

A Orthopedic Surgeon with Experience in joint replacement and Advanced Trauma and Knee Arthroscopy. Good Command of Languages. Fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Sindhi. Highly Motivated. Good Team Leader.