Dr. Nirbhay Shah, MS (Orthopaedics) is going to give you good news very soon.

Should I let you into the insider information ? Ok. The 'Swasthya Bhavan', his new hospital for joint replacement is getting ready for inauguration. Very soon I may give you photos of the hospital where he will share premises with another specialist doctor, a Dental Surgeon, Dr. Saloni Shah, Dr.Nirbhay's better half.

I came into touch as his patient - frozen shoulder - before 1.5 years and not only he cured me quick, I was surprised to find a doctor who gave me only some vitamins. In the condition where even if you tap my shoulder I will shout with pain (and anger ofcourse) I was ordered not to take any pain killers. My regular visits to physio-therapy centre were also stopped. 4 excercises to do at home was entire prescription. That cured me, fast and total.

Academics and training :

• Started with M.B.B.S. in 1986 with a Gold Medal in Medicine with Distinction.

• M.S. (Orthopaedics), M.S. University, Baroda - 1990

• Fellowship in Arthroscopic and Joint Surgery - Sancheti Institute, Pune, 1992
• Fellowship in Arthroscopic and Joint Surgery - 5 various institutes (Selected by AANA) in USA, 1999-2000
• Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery, Ranawat Orthopaedic Center, NY, USA, 2005
• Fellowship in Joint Replacement Surgery, Adelaide and Sydney, Australia (Asia Pacific Fellowship), 2006

Specialization :
Arthroscopic and Joint Replacement Surgery - gained through training and hands on experience at following medical facilities:

• Four Years' residency in Orthopaedics
• Work experience at G.T.Sheth Orthopaedic Hospital, Rajkot handling high volume cases of Trauma, Emergency and Surgery
• Sancheti Institute, Pune in Arthroscopic Surgery, Joint Replacement Surgery and Sports Injuries
• AANA (Arthroscopy Association of North America) fellow at 5 different Centers - (only 2 surgeons every year are selected from the world)
• Lenox Hill Hospital, with world famous Dr. C.S.Ranawat in Joint Replacement Surgery
• Flinders Medical Center, Adelaide and Southwest Health System, Sydney, Australia in Joint Replacement Fellowship

Areas of Expertize and cases:

Over and above treatment of fractures, deformities and general orthopaedic cases, experience of more than 8000 Arthroscopic Surgeries of the knee, shoulder, wrist and elbow including meniscectomies, meniscal repairs, loose body and foreign body removal, ACL and PCL reconstructions, acute repair and reconstruction of complex ligament injuries of the knee, synovectomy in septic, tubercular and arthritic knees, arthroscopic patellar realignment, arthrolysis in stiff knees in the knee joint.

Arthroscopic acromioplasty, open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, open and arthroscopic bankart's repair, synovectomies, capsular release in frozen shoulder etc. in the shoulder.

Arthroscopic TFCC debridement, arthroscopic dorsal ganglion excision, synovectomy druj arthroplasty etc. in the wrist.

Arthroscopic arthrodesis and synovectomy in the ancle and synovectomy in the elbow joint.

More than 800 knee and hip replacement surgeries. All types of open joint surgeries -both as surgeon and the first assistant - during the US and Australian fellowships.

Extensive exposure to unicompartment knee arthroplasty (60+ cases) and computer guided total knee replacement (70+ TKRs) during the Australian fellowship.

Extensive training in Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasty under Dr.Vijay Bose at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai and during the Australian fellowship in Sydney.

Lectures and Research papers : 27 Research papers / lectures on advanced research and knowledgebase in Arthroscopy and Joint replacements

Workshops and Conferences : 15 High level workshops and conferences across the globe

Teaching Experience : Faculty at 7 advanced workshops / national orthopaedic conferences

Life Memberships :

• Indian Medical Association
• Indian Orthopaedic Association
• Gujarat Orthopaedic Association
• Indian Arthroscopy Society