Dr Jayateerth Kulkarni is a senior consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He has specialised in Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty), Sports Medicine (Arthroscopic Surgery) and Complex Trauma surgery.

He did his post-graduate training at PGIMER, Chandigarh, where he obtained his MS (Orthopaedics) and DNB (Orthopaedics) degrees.

He then went to UK for further training in arthroscopy and joint replacement surgery. He completed a four-year higher surgical training programme based at Guy’s Hospital and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London. He obtained his FRCS (Glasgow) and FRCS (Orth) degrees.

He did a further two years of Fellowship training in Shoulder and Upper Limb Surgery (Brighton, UK) and Adult Trauma and Joint Reconstruction (Toronto, Canada).

He has more than 30 years of experience in Orthopaedics. His current practice involves arthroscopy and joint replacement of the knee, hip, shoulder and other joints. In addition, he performs joint preserving surgeries like osteotomy and other reconstructive procedures. He also does computer navigated surgery, robotic joint replacement, revision hip and knee replacement and cartilage grafting procedures.

RESEARCH: “Healing of Segmental Bone Defects by Demineralized Bone Matrix An experimental study in rabbits.” Thesis submitted for the degree of M. S. (Orthopaedic Surgery).

PUBLICATIONS: Use of Demineralized Bone Matrix to Bridge Segmental Bone Defects
J. W. Kulkarni, M. S. Dhillon, S. S. Gill, B. N. Datta and O. N. Nagi
Bulletin PGI 1993; 27: 151 157.

• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Knee replacement
• ACL Reconstruction
• Joint Replacement
• Arthroscopic Surgery
• Shoulder Surgery