CURRICULUM-VITAE

*. Name: Shishir Kumar

*. Date of Birth: 16 July 1964

3. Present Employer: Indian Army (Proceeding on premature retirement)

4. Core competency: Trauma Surgery

5. E mail address: x3k376@r.postjobfree.com

6.Telephone: +91-936*******

7. Educational Qualification:

a. MBBS-1982-87: Pune.

b. MS (Gen Surg) 1991-93: Pune.

c. Post Doctorate Fellowship

(Trauma Surgery) 2000-1:Bombay.

d. MCH Orthopedics (USAIM) 2007.

e. Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: SGH, Singapore.

f. Fellowship in Spinal Deformity Correction at

Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore.

g. Visiting Fellowship in Scoliosis Surgery at Seoul University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.

8. Postal Address: Base Hospital

Lucknow Cantt-226002

India.

9. Trauma Surgery Experience

a. One of the first surgeons in India to formally train in ‘Trauma Surgery’ and instrumental in designing the curriculum for FNB Trauma Surgery.

b. Coined and popularized the term ‘Holistic Trauma Care’ and being the first to operate a trauma patient from ‘Head to Toe’.

c. Extensive teaching experience in ‘Trauma Surgery’ having delivered numerous instructional lectures on various aspects of trauma care.

d. Approved Post Graduate and Undergraduate teacher of MUHS and Pune University.

10. Spinal Surgery Experience:

1. Performing spinal surgery since 2000.

2. Extensive experience in Minimally Invasive Surgery and one of the first in the country to perform minimally invasive instrumentation including MITLIF, Kyphoplasty etc.

3. The first and the only surgeon of the Indian Army who is performing Scoliosis and Deformity correction surgery.

4. A large volume of experience in management of Spinal Cord Injury patients having headed one of the largest Spinal Cord Injury Center s at Military Hospital, Kirkee, Pune for three years.

5. Performed live operative sessions in many centers in ‘Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery’, notable being PGI Chandigarh.

6. Guest faculty in many instructional course lectures in spine surgery.

11. Present Appointment

One of three surgeons surgeons in Base Hospital Lucknow, where more than 3000 major orthopedic and trauma surgeries are performed per year. More than 200 spine surgeries are carried out every year.

12. Work experience:

1993-1994 Worked as Senior Registrar in Deptt of Onco-Surgery, Army Hospital, Delhi Cantt, and the largest hospital of the Indian Army.

1995-1997 Worked as a General Surgeon in high altitude hospitals of Ladakh and Kargill (13500 feet) and operated extensively on patients injured in the ongoing conflict with Pakistan.

1997-2000 Worked as a General Surgeon in a 500-bedded zonal hospital of the Indian Army (Jodhpur, Rajasthan). Did extensive work in hepato-biliary surgery with special emphasis on post cholecystectomy bile duct injuries.

2000-2001 Fellow in Trauma Surgery, Sion Hospital, Bombay, the biggest Trauma Center in India and the first in Asia.

2001-2005 Worked as Trauma and Orthopedic Surgeon and Head of Deptt of Surgery in Military Hospital, Ambala Cantt, a 700 bedded multi-specialty hospital of the Indian Army. This hospital receives more than 700 major poly-trauma cases in one year.

2005-2008 Associate Professor of Surgery in Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and Head of Spinal Cord Injury Center Military Hospital Kirkee.

13. Publications:

(a) Primary versus Delayed Primary closure of penetrating missile wounds of the extremities. In Indian Journal of Surgery: June 1997

(b) Peri-hepatic packing in hepatic trauma-special problems at high altitude: In Indian Journal of Surgery: January 1998.

(c) High Altitude Induced Deep Venous Thrombosis: A study of 28 cases: In Indian Journal of Surgery in Indian journal of Surgery 2005.

(d) Lost guide wire during central venous cannulation. In Indian Journal of Surgery 2005.

(e) Abdominal compartment pressure measurement: A new technique. In Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2007.

(f) Analysis of management of thoracolumbar fractures. In Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2008.

14. Chapters in Books:

(a) Management of Abdominal Injuries in ‘A Handbook of Gastro Intestinal Surgery’.

(b) Management of Fractures and Extremity Injuries in ‘A manual of Trauma for Medical Officers’.

(c) Trauma Surgery in the Third World in ‘Surgery of the Tropics’.

15. Guest lectures and Papers:

(a). Spinal Tuberculosis- When to decompress. In Jodhpur chapter of Association of Surgeons of India: June 1998.

(b). Ventilatory Management in Polytrauma: In National conference of Association of Surgeons of India: New Delhi: Dec 2000.

(c). Supportive Care in Polytrauma: In National conference of Association of Surgeons of India: New Delhi: Dec 2000.

(d) Delay in Management of Trauma Patients in Level I Trauma Center: In Maharashtra chapter of Association of Surgeons of India: Pune: Feb 2001.

(e) Ventilator Induced Pneumonias in Polytrauma Patients; a study of 100 cases: In National conference of Association of Surgeons of India: Patna: Dec 2001.

(f) Resuscitation of a Trauma Victim: In Continuing Medical Education Programme on emergency medical care held in military Hospital Ambala Cantt, Haryana: Oct 2002.

(g) Is Traumatology a Viable Specialty: Guest Lecture presented in National conference of Association of Surgeons of India: Calcutta: Dec 2002.

(h) Can Head Injury be managed without Neurosurgeon: In National conference of Association of Surgeons of India: Calcutta: Dec 2002.

(i) Management of Compound Fractures of Tibia: In National Conference of Association of Surgeons of India: Pune 2003

(j) Management of Anorectal Injuries: Guest Lecture delivered in National Conference of Association of Surgeons of India: Pune 2003

(k) Special problems in Resuscitation of Trauma patients: Guest Lecture delivered in Continuing Medical Education in Command Hospital Udhampur : Dec 2003.

(l) Damage control surgery: Guest Lecture presented in CME on low intensity warfare in Military Hospital Jammu.

(m) Fracture Pelvis: Paradigm shift in management of hemodynamic unstable patients: Guest lecture delivered in national Conference of Association of Surgeons of India. Jan 2011.

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