KNOW YOUR SHOULDER DOCTOR

Dr. Chintan Vinod Desai is a consulting Shoulder Surgeon in Tardeo, Parel, Dadar, Mulund, Santacruz, Mumbai Central and Lalbaug, Mumbai. He specialises in Key hole (arthroscopy) Shoulder Surgery and in shoulder replacement surgery. 

He is the First Shoulder Surgeon in India to have performed the STEMLESS TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT SURGERY.

He is the First Indian Doctor to be invited to the Winter Olympics 2018.

He has completed Diploma in Sports Medicine awarded by INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE.

He has completed Diploma in Football Medicine awarded by FIFA.

He is currently a Consultant Orthopaedic Shoulder Surgeon at

1. Nirmala Hospital, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - Mon to Fri 10 am to 12 pm
2. BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL, Mumbai - Mon 7 pm to 8 pm
3.  ATHARVABILITY, BKC - Tue and Thu 4 pm to 6 pm
4.  SAIFEE HOSPITAL Wednesday - 7 pm to 8 pm
5. DOCTOR HOUSE PEDDAR ROAD WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY 4 to 6 pm 
6. The Knee Clinic, Mulund Thursday 10.30 am to 12.30 am

He is trained to perform shoulder surgery with the latest and best techniques.

He is an Orthopaedic surgeon registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council located in Mumbai, the Gujarat Medical Council, the Medical Council of India, the Medical Board of Australia and the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.

A member of the

1. Bombay D ward Medical Association
2. Indian Medical Association
3.  Association of Medical Consultants

Doctor Chintan Vinod Desai has presented original research papers at many national and international conferences, published a chapter in an international knee surgery text book and published research articles in international journals.

International experience

October 2015 to December 2016

Dr. Desai has completed his fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia with his mentor Prof. George Murrell. While training in Australia he has performed many key hole (arthroscopy) shoulder surgeries and shoulder replacement surgeries (reverse shoulder replacement and anatomical shoulder replacement). He is working on research projects at the Orthopaedic Research Institute, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia.

March 2015 to June 2015

He has completed his fellowship in shoulder surgery at the prestigious Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea under the guidance of Prof. Joo Han Oh.

He was awarded the best scientific paper award at the Asia Arthroscopy Congress 2015 for his research paper titles "Does size matter? - Preoperative evaluation of spinoglenoid ganglion cyst with MRI, EMG and isokinetic muscle test."

September 2014 to December 2014

He completed his scholarship in sports medicine, sports traumatology and knee surgery (arthroscopic and knee replacement surgery) at the prestigious FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence at Porto, Portugal under the guidance of Prof. Joao Espregueira Mendes.

He published a chapter (as a co-author) titled "Knee medial collateral ligament injuries" in the book "Football Traumatology - Second Edition" by ESSKA (The European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy).

Reference - http://clinicaespregueiramendes.com/index.php?p=26&id=218&l=en

Publication - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286443779_Knee_Medial_Collateral_Ligament_Injuries

Experience in India

May 2014 to June 2014

He worked as an Orthopaedic Senior Registrar at Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai. He developed a special interest in Shoulder and Knee key hole (Arthroscopy) and replacement surgeries.

2011 to 2014

He completed his post graduate training in Orthopaedic Surgery (M.S. Ortho) from the prestigious B. J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. His thesis "Study of robot assisted total knee replacement" was accepted by the Gujarat University.

He published a paper titled "Robodoc - A new era in replacement surgery." 

He won the 2nd prize in the orthopaedic grand quiz competition at the Indo German Orthopaedic Foundation Conference at Vizag in 2013.

2004 to 2010

He graduated (M.B.B.S.) from the prestigious Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Mumbai, India.