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Dr Abhishek Kumar Das is a Senior Orthopaedic Consultant at Big Apollo Spectra Hospital, Patna. His name is synonymous with clinical excellence and patient centred approach. He passed MBBS from PMCH Patna and MS Orthopaedics from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (LTMMC) Sion, Mumbai followed by DNB Orthopaedics. He has extensively trained in Orthopaedic subspecialities in UK with knee and Senior upper limb fellowships at world renowned Centre of Excellence Wrightington Hospital, UK. During his pursuit for academic excellence, he achieved Intercollegiate MRCS from RCPSG, Glasgow, MCh from Edgehill University, UK and Intercollegiate FRCS (Trauma & Orth) UK.
This enabled him to attain the coveted CESR, Trauma & Orth, UK. He has also completed European Board Fellowship in Orthopaedics, FEBOT, Berlin, Germany. Dr Das has a passion for Cartilage and Joint preservation and management of sports injuries. He has trained alongside some of the best surgeons across the globe in Keyhole/ Arthroscopic surgery of knee, shoulder, elbow and ankle joints. He has tremendous expertise in Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine which includes high end shoulder and Knee arthroscopy viz capsular release, labral repair, rotator cuff repair, ACL & PCL Reconstruction, meniscus repair and microfracture. He is a one stop solution for sports injury including Arthroscopy of elbow and ankle.
He has over 15 years of experience in Joint replacement surgery. Dr Das has comprehensive expertise in Anatomic Total or Reverse Geometry shoulder replacement, Total Elbow Replacement, partial and total knee replacement, cemented and uncemented hip replacement surgery. Where primary/initial knee, shoulder and hip joint replacements have failed, he can provide patient customised treatment in the form of revision joint replacement. Dr Das is proficient in all aspects of trauma management which includes periprothetic fractures (fractures around joint replacement), polytrauma, complex & periarticular fracture. Dr Das has been actively involved in Orthopaedic Research. He has published extensively with more than 10 articles in peer reviewed high impact indexed national and international journals. He is Editor of Asteroid Journal of Orthopaedic Research and Reviewer for Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. In order to improve patient care and safety, he has been actively involved in Clinical Audits. He is a leading Orthopaedic Surgeon with a vision to provide top quality treatment and patient care at par with western countries at affordable prices.
Achievements and Contribution
- FRCS Trauma & Orth, England - Intercollegiate, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2018)
- FEBOT Trauma & Orth, Germany - Fellowship of European Board of Trauma & Orthpaedics, Berlin, Germany (2018)
- MCh Trauma & Orth, UK - Edgehill University, Lancashire, UK (2016)
- MRCS, Glasgow - Intercollegiate, Royal college of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK (2013)
- DNB Orthopaedics, India - Govt of India (2010)
- MS Orthopaedics, Mumbai - Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai (2009)
- MBBS PMCH, Patna - Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna (1999)
- Keyhole/Arthroscopy of Shoulder, Knee, Elbow & Ankle for sports Injury and Joint Preservation. This includes frozen shoulder, recurrent shoulder dislocation, Rotator cuff tears, ACL, PCL & Muliligament reconstruction, Loose bodies & osteochondral lesion of elbow, ankle and knee joints.
- Joint replacement surgery – Total & Reverse Shoulder Replacement, Partial/ Unicondylar and Total Knee replacement, Cemented and Uncemented Total hip replacement, Total Elbow Replacement
- Revision Shoulder, Knee, Hip & Elbow replacement for Infection, aseptic loosening, etc
- Polytrauma, Cartilage Preservation and Transplant, Open, Complex and periarticular fracture management
- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, England
- General Medical Council, UK
- AO Trauma Europe
- British Shoulder and Elbow Society
- Indian Medical Register
- Bombay Orthopaedic Society
- Bihar Orthopaedic Association
- Senior Upper Limb Fellowship (29-09-2020 till 05-10-2021) – Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK HG2 7SX. The fellowship encompasses all aspects of upper limb surgery including sports medicine, arthroscopy of shoulder and elbow and Joint replacement
- Speciality Doctor with Fellowship in trauma surgery, Sports medicine and knee and ankle arthroscopy and Hip and knee Replacement surgery (2014 -2021) – Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Keighley, UK
- Upper Limb Fellowship at Wrightington Hospital, UK (Centre of Excellance) (01-08-2018 – 05-02-2019). This fellowship encompasses all aspects of upper limb surgery including sports medicine, arthroscopy of shoulder and Joint replacement
- Knee Fellowship at Wrightington Hospital, UK (Centre of Excellance) (05-02-2014– 05-08-2014). This fellowship encompasses all aspects of knee surgery including sports Medicine, arthroscopy of knee and Joint replacement
- Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy – Jaslok Hospital (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) July - December, 2009.
- Outpatient Neuromodulation may avert the need for surgery in patients with painful cutaneous neuromas; Abhishek K Das, Chye Yew Ng; Journal of Hand Surgery – Asian Pacific 2021 Sep 26(3): 390-395. Pubmed ID: 34380411 DOI: 10.1142/S2424835521500375
- Does Posterior half wedge augmented glenoid restore version and alignment in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for the B2 Glenoid?; Abhishek K Das, Andrew C Wright, Jagwant Singh, Puneet Monga; Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma 2020 Mar;11(Suppl 2):S275-S279. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.02.005. Epub 2020 Feb 14. Pubmed ID: 32189953
- Suture repair of simple transverse olecranon fractures and chevron olecranon osteotomy; Abhishek K Das, A Jariwala, Adam C Watts. Techniques of hand and Upper Extremity Surgery 2016 Mar 20(1):1-5. DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000106. Pubmed ID: 26630656
- Metacarpal head resection for treatment of the finger- in- Palm deformity in longstanding neurological injury; Abhishek K Das, S C Talwalkar, S R Murali. Journal of hand Surgery European volume 2015 Mar;40(3):319-20. DOI 10.1177/1753193413520278. Epub 2014 Jan 17. Pubmed ID: 24442666
- Metacarpal head resection for treatment of the finger- in- Palm deformity in longstanding neurological injury; Abhishek K Das, S C Talwalkar, S R Murali. Journal of hand Surgery European volume 2015 Mar;40(3):319-20. DOI 10.1177/1753193413520278. Epub 2014 Jan 17. Pubmed ID: 24442666
- Sandwich reconstruction technique for subchondral giant cell tumors around the knee. Samik Banerjee, K.K. Sabui, R. Chatterjee, Abhishek K.Das, A. Mondal, Dilip K. Pal; Current Orthopaedics Practice, 2012 Sep;12(5):459-66. DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3182640f1a
- Anatomical reconstruction of reverse Hill Sachs lesions using the underpinning technique; Samik Banerjee, Vinay Singh, Abhishek K Das, Vipul Patel; Orthopaedics, 2012 May;35(5):e752 -57. DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120426-35. Pubmed ID: 22588422
- Percutaneous Pinning For Extra-Articular Fractures of Distal Radius: A New Perspective; Abhishek K Das, Nand K Sundaram, T Suresh, G T Prasad; Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. 2011 Sep-Oct;45(5):422-6. DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.83949. Pubmed ID: 21886923
- Systematic review of fixation versus arthroplasty for radial head fractures in terrible triad injuries of the elbow: successfully submitted dissertation to the Edgehill university, UK as part of MCh degree Trauma & Orthopaedics in 2016.
- Functional outcome of various modalities of treatment for Supracondylar Femur Fractures: successfully submitted dissertation to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India as part of MS Orthopaedics degree programme.
- “Does Posterior half wedge augmented glenoid restore version and alignment in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for the B2 Glenoid’’ A K Das, A C Wright, J Singh, P Monga. Poster presentation at European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC-ESSSE), Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August – 1 September, 2019.
- “Outpatient Neuromodulation may avert the need for surgery in patients with painful cutaneous neuromas’’ A K Das, C Y Ng. Podium presentation at Triennial congress International Federation of Societies for Surgery of Hand (IFSSH & IFSTH), Berlin, Germany, 20 June, 2019.
- “Role of MRI in ‘suspected’ scaphoid fractures” A K Das, V Ramasamy, N Little, N Ellahee. Poster presentation at International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) Conference, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 19-22, November, 2014.
- “Audit of the role of MRI in ‘suspected’ scaphoid fractures” A K Das, V Ramasamy, N Little, N Ellahee. Poster presentation at European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Conference, London, UK, 04-06, June, 2014.
- “The importance of patient expectations in predicting functional outcomes after shoulder arthroscopic capsular release for Adhesive Capsulitis” R Dattani, V Ramasamy , S Thompson , A K Das , V R Patel. Podium presentation at European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 07 June, 2013.
- “Use of coblation technique in early osteoarthritis knee” A K Das, N K Sundaram. Podium presentation at Madras Orthopaedic Society Meet, Chennai, India, 06 May, 2010.
- “Outpatient Neuromodulation may avert the need for surgery in patients with painful cutaneous neuromas’’ A K Das, C Y Ng. Poster presentation at British Society for Surgery of Hand (BSSH-IHSS) Autumn Meet, Dublin, 30 October – 01 November, 2019.
- “Suture repair of simple transverse olecranon fracture or olecranon osteotomy” A K Das, A Jariwala, A C Watts. Podium presentation at British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) Conference, Nottingham, 26 June, 2014.
- “Audit of the role of MRI in ‘suspected’ scaphoid fractures” A K Das, V Ramasamy, N Little, N Ellahee. Podium presentation at British Society for Surgery of Hand (BSSH) Spring Meet, Newcastle – Gateshed, 01 May, 2014.
- “Does Posterior half wedge augmented glenoid restore version and alignment in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for the B2 Glenoid’’ R Dhir, A K Das, A C Wright, J Singh, P Monga. Podium presentation at Wrightington Gold Medal Day, Wrightington Hospital, 7 June, 2019.
- “Systematic review of Fixation versus ORIF for radial head fractures in terrible triad injuries of elbow” A K Das, P Leadbetter, A C Watts Podium presentation at Summer Ridings Meeting, Airedale General Hospital, 19 May, 2017.
- “Metacarpal head resection for treatment of the finger- in- palm deformity in longstanding neurological injury” A K Das, S Venkatachalam, R Prmar, S C Talwalkar, S R Murali. Podium presentation at Wrightington Gold Medal day, Wrightington Hospital, 14 June, 2013.
- Service Evaluation of US Guided Barbotage for calcific tendonitis of Rotator Cuff - Presented at Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate District NHS Foundation Trust. A K Das, C Talbot – September 2021
- Management of Supracondylar Humerus fractures in children against BOAST 11 Guidelines and previous recommendations – Re-audit. Presented at Airedale General Hospital, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. A K Das, S King, D Bowe – January 2020
- Service Evaluation of Wide Awake Local Anaesthesia No Tourniquet technique for Hand Surgery. Presented at Wrightington Hospital, WWL NHS foundation Trust. A K Das, S Akhtar - January, 2019.
- Re-Audit of the management of shoulder dislocation according to the BESS Guidelines. Presented at Airedale General Hospital, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. A K Das, D Bowe - July, 2018
- Weekend Trauma and Orthopaedics Cases Requiring Theatre, Presented at Airedale General Hospital, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. L Evans, N Suri, A K Das, G Thomas, January, 2017.
- Audit on Delay in Discharge of Adult trauma patients, Presented at Airedale General Hospital, Airedale NHS Trust D Alexander, B Heath, A K Das, F Raja, G Thomas, February 2015
- Readmissions for Neck of femur fractures, Presented at Wrightington Hospital, WWL NHS Foundation Trust, M Khan, A K Das, A Watts, May, 2014.
- Lateral radiograph of wrist: Missed injuries, Presented at Wrightington Hospital, WWL NHS Foundation Trust, A K Das, S C Talwalkar, September, 2013.
- Platelet rich plasma injection for tennis elbow, Presented at Wrightington Hospital, WWL NHS Foundation Trust, A Bidwai, A K Das, A Watts, July, 2013.
- Scaphoid fracture pathway: Role of MRI, Presented at St Helier Hospital, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust A K Das, V Ramasamy, N Little, N Ellahee, September, 2012.
- Distal radius fractures: Quality of care from A&E to fracture clinic, Presented at St Helier Hospital, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, A K Das, S Horriat, May, 2012.
- Faculty at Wrightington Basic Science and Upper Limb FRCS Trauma & Orth exam revision course since 2018. This course has been designed to help the trainees revise for the upper limb and basic science portion of the FRCS (T&O) curriculum.
- Active participation in Orthopaedic teaching at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust which includes undergraduate medical students teaching.
- Active participation in various CME and educational activities of Bihar Orthopaedic Association
