Dr. Rakesh Kumar

MBBS, MS (Ortho), Mch (Ortho), Arthroscopic Surgeon

Training & Education

• MBBS 2003.
• Fellowship in sports injury and arthroscopy.
• Trained in shoulder surgery and sports injury from Perth Australia
• Got training in knee and shoulder surgery from Germany and Thailand
• Observership in shoulder surgery, sports injury, and arthroscopy from Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital, Pune.
• MS (ortho) 2008.
• Apollo Hospital, New Delhi JUNE 2008 – FEB2011
• Asian Hospital, Faridabad February 2011 to October 2017.
• Senior Consultant orthopedics, sports injury, and arthroscopy at QRG Hospital, Faridabad – Delhi – NCR Since November 2017. to 2019
• Senior Consultant orthopedics, sports injury, and arthroscopy at SSB Heart And Multispecialty Hospital – Delhi – NCR Since November 2019. to December 2021.
• Associate director orthopedics sports injury and arthroscopic & joint replacement at ACCORD Hospital, Sector-86, Faridabad. Since January 2022…
• Mch (Ortho) 2013.
• Advanced arthroscopy training in Bangkok in 2012 & Munich, Germany in 2013.
• Nigeria in May 2013 as visiting surgeon.
• Fellowship in arthroscopy and sports injury recognized by ISAKOS (International Society for arthroscopy, knee surgery, and orthopedic sports medicine) in 2015.
• Observership in arthroscopy and sports injury from sports injury center of Netcare hospital, Johannesburg,
• Training in shoulder surgery and sports injury from Perth, Australia, 2017
• Observership in shoulder surgery and sports injury from Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune 2018

Surgical Experience

• Rakesh Kumar has performed more than two thousand arthroscopic procedures over the knee and shoulder which include-
• ACL reconstruction- single bundle, double bundle, and all inside technique
• PCL reconstruction- isolated as well as combined with ACL reconstruction
• Multi ligament injury of the knee including posterolateral corner reconstruction
• MPFL reconstruction
• Shoulder arthroscopy- Bankart repair, Latarjet procedure for failed bankart surgery, rotator cuff repair, SLAP repair
• Doing two hundred arthroscopic procedures on the shoulder and knee every year.

Joint Replacement Surgery

• Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
• Shoulder Replacement- Partial and Total
• Primary and Revision Total Knee Replacement
• Hip Replacement Primary and Revision

Academic Achievement

Paper presented at different seminars and conferences-

• Paper on “distal humerus fractures: why challenging” to be presented in the shoulder and elbow society meet 2015, Delhi
• “THR in failed osteosynthesis of trochanteric fracture” presented at DOACON 2014. (Delhi Orthopedic Association)
• Presented paper on “patellar clunk syndrome- Arthroscopy a definitive solution” at ISKSAA 2014, New Delhi.
• Completed thesis on ” Study of Epidemiology and Management of brachial plexus injury” in 2008.
• “Challenges in the management of distal intraarticular fracture of humerus follow up study of 30 cases” IOACON 2012, CHENNAI.
• “Total knee arthroplasty in severe flexion deformity” IOACON 2010, JAIPUR
• “Ligament advancement in Tota Knee Arthroplasty” IOACON 2009, Bhubaneshwar.
• “Window period in the recovery of brachial plexus injury” BOACON 2007 (Bihar Orthopedic Association).
• “Epidemiology and management of brachial plexus injury ” BOACON 2006.
• “Window period in the recovery of brachial plexus injury” IOACON 2006, NEW DELHI
• Attended ISKSAA 2014 in New Delhi
• Attended annual conference of Indian Arthroscopy Society held at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. 19-22 September and attended the workshop on basic shoulder arthroscopy on 19.09.2013 at KEM medical college.
• “Arthrex Knee and Shoulder Course” at the arthrolab in Munich/ Germany March 1st- 2nd, 2013.
• Attended IOACON 2013 and participated in Dr. K T DHOLAKIA IOACON CME 2013 on Decision Making In Orthopedics held on 5th December 2013 at AGRA.
• Attended IOACON 2011 and participated in Dr. K T DHOLAKIA IOACON CME 2011 on complications in adult lower extremity trauma- principles and management held on 8th December 2011 at Ghaziabad-Noida.
• Completed the International Arthroscopic Knee and Shoulder “skills lab” at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand held on 20-21 March 2012.
• Attended and completed AO Trauma Course- Principles in Operative Fracture Management held at Rohtak, April 28-30, 2011.
• Attended and completed Synthes Spine Update held on January 26, 2011, held at Fortis Escorts Hospital, New Delhi.
• Attended annual conference of Indian Arthroscopy Society held at India Habitat Center (IHC) New Delhi, 9th to 11th Sep. 2011.
• Attended conference of Indian Orthopedic Association IOACON 2010 and presented a paper on “Total knee arthroplasty in severe flexion deformity” and participated in CME program.
• Participated in trauma CME on cadaveric workshops on acetabular fracture Fixation organized by Department of orthopedics, ACMS & Base Hospital Delhi Cantt (in association with DOA) on 20-21 November 2010.
• Attended and actively participated in the Pediatric orthopedic trauma symposium And workshop organized by Pediatric orthopedic society (India) and Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi held on 13th August 2010.
• Participated in Revision Arthroplasty course 2010, New Delhi held on 12-02- 2010.
• Attended conference of Indian Orthopedic association IOACON 2009, IOACON 2007, IOACON 2006, IOACON 2005 and participated in all CME programs.
• Shoulder symposium held at Delhi institute of trauma and orthopedics, SANT PARMANAND HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI. On Nov. 8th, 2009.
• SPINE SURGERY – BASIC TECHNIQUES at LHMC, New Delhi, IOACON 2006.
• Regional arthroscopy training program by Indian Arthroscopy Society at Patna, 2007.
• Bihar orthopedic association conference BOACON 2006, BOACON 2007, BOACON 2008.
• AO Foundation course on 17th Nov. 2007.
• Participated in 59th polio camp held at Netra Jyoti Seva Mandiram, Veerayatan, Rajgir, Nalanda on 06-08-2006 in which 35 polio rehabilitation surgery were done.
• Basic Arthroplasty Course 2009 at New Delhi on 12-13 September 2009.
• G. Orthopedic update on non-traumatic spinal lesions with live demo of non-surgical techniques on 23-24 June 2007 at Patna.
• G Orthopedic update on THE INJURED KNEE on 2nd October at Hotel Maurya, Patna.
• 35th annual conference of Indian association of physical medicine and rehabilitation and attended workshop on “Claw hand correction and rehabilitation” at Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Patna Medical College, on 22-01-2007.
• Attended Central Zone Orthopedic Association conference (CEZCON 2006) and participated in the workshop on Locking Compression Plate.
• Attended the 2nd Biennial Meeting of the Brachial Plexus Surgery Group Of India held on 9th and 10th February 2007 at Wockhart Hospital, Mumbai.