Associate editor
Dr.Satish B Sonar MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), ISAKOS Fellowship Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy.
PRESENT POSITION: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at CIIMS Hospital and Orange City Hospital, Nagpur,India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: M.B.B.S: Government Medical College, Nagpur, INDIA in 1999. M.S (Orth):Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai,India in 2005. DNB (Orth):National Board of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 2005.
FELLOWSHIPS: ISAKOS Fellowship Sports Injuries & Arthroscopy, Ortho-one Hospital, Coimbatore 2006-07. Mariani-Puddu Knee Fellowship- Italian University of Sports Medicine & Villa Stuart Hospital, Rome, Italy 2007. IOA-WOC-SICOT Shoulder –Elbow Fellowship- Dr. Ashish Babhulkar, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India 2006-07
PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS: Stood 90th in All India Post Graduate Examination 2001 (Over 50, 000 medical graduates from all over the country appear for this test). IOA-WOC-SICOT Award by Indian Orthopaedic Association 2006. Young Orthopod excellence award, Ashwin Medical Foundation, Pune 2007.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: As Fellow Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy GKNM Hospital Coimbatore. Worked with world known sports Surgeon Dr. David Rajan, Dr. Clement Joseph & Dr. K.Vinodh as a ISAKOS Fellow in GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Learned protocols of shoulder, Knee & other joint examinations, Shoulder-Knee scoring systems, Arthroscopic Repair, Reconstructions, Open Shoulder/Knee Surgeries, Cartilage Repair, Research & Sports Medicine. Presented lectures in Coimbatore Orthopaedic Association.
Bhatia Hospital Mumbai: Worked with Dr. Suresh Vengsarkar, One of the leading Knee surgeon in India & Dr. Sanjay Desai, eminent Shoulder Surgeon & Arthroscopy Specialist. Assisted & learned advance Shoulder-Knee procedures including Arthroscopy & Arthroplasty.
Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai: Is a 2000 bedded Tertiary referral center for Western India and a teaching institute with 280 dedicated beds for Orthopaedics making this the largest orthopaedic department in India and is considered as a pioneer institute for post-graduate orthopaedic training. Over 100,000 patients are treated a year in OPDs with an average OPD strength of 300 per day. Worked 1:6 Rota, the initial 18 months (6 months each) as SHO in: i.Paediatric Orthopaedics and Arthroscopy under Dr. Z.A.Parkar ii.Spine & Arthroplasty under Dr Sangeet Gawhale, Professor & Chief of Arthroplasty services. iii.Trauma & Hand Surgery under Prof. Suresh Ugrankar. All posts were recognized for training leading to award of M.S (Orth) degree from University of Mumbai. The last Registrar post also included significant decision making in all elective and independent decision making in emergency cases on all call days.
MEMBERSHIPS OF SOCIETY: i.Maharashtra Medical Council, Mumbai, India. ii.National Board of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. iii.Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association. iv.Indian Orthopaedic Association, New Delhi, India. v.Bombay Orthopaedic Society, Mumbai, India. vi.Vidarbha Orthopaedic society, Nagpur, India. vii.Indian Arthroscopy Society, New Delhi, India.
PRESENTATIONS: Hip Impingement and Arthroscopy:- SICOT Conference, Hyderabad India 2013, •PLRI Elbow CASM Jaipur, India 2012, •Elbow Instability Shouldercon Pune 2012, •Prospective study Ankle-Foot Arthroscopic Repair and Reconstruction NIMACON 2012, •Arthroscopic Lateral Epicondylitis Release Elbow VOSCON 2012, •Arthroscopic PCL Reconstruction Prospective Study of 4 years, VOSCON 2011, •Arthroscopic Adhesive Capsulitis Shoulder Release, VOSCON 2010, •Ankle Instability, Vidarbha Orthopaedic Society April 2009, •Osteochondral Defect- Current treatment Options, DYPMCH, Pune 2008, •Arthroscopic ASD & miniopen Rotator cuff Repair, Coimbatore Orthopaedic Association 2006, •Congenital Dislocation of Hip-Bombay Orthopaedic Society (BOS) Clinical Meet 2004, •Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses - BOS Clinical Meet 03.
RESEARCH PROJECTS: 1.Use of PRP in Rotator cuff repair. 2.Hip Arthroscopic Evaluation, Core Decompression & PRP enriched Bone grafting in stage II & III AVN (CIIMS, Nagpur) 3.Factors affecting return to Sports after ACL Reconstruction, Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, Australia. 4.Suprascapular nerve block in chronic shoulder pain, DYPMCH, Pune, 2006-07. 5.Day care treatment of Hand trauma, DYPMCH, Pune 2008.
