Dr. Chintan Desai

Dr. Chintan Desai's International Experience:

October 2015 to December 2016

Dr. Desai has completed his fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia with his mentor Prof. George Murrell. While training in Australia he has performed many key hole (arthroscopy) shoulder surgeries and shoulder replacement surgeries (reverse shoulder replacement and anatomical shoulder replacement). He is working on research projects at the Orthopaedic Research Institute, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia.

March 2015 to June 2015

He has completed his fellowship in shoulder surgery at the prestigious Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea under the guidance of Prof. Joo Han Oh.

He was awarded the best scientific paper award at the Asia Arthroscopy Congress 2015 for his research paper titles "Does size matter? - Preoperative evaluation of spinoglenoid ganglion cyst with MRI, EMG and isokinetic muscle test."

September 2014 to December 2014

He completed his scholarship in sports medicine, sports traumatology and knee surgery (arthroscopic and knee replacement surgery) at the prestigious FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence at Porto, Portugal under the guidance of Prof. Joao Espregueira Mendes.

He published a chapter (as a co-author) titled "Knee medial collateral ligament injuries" in the book "Football Traumatology - Second Edition" by ESSKA (The European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy).

He is an expert in performing Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery for rotator cuff tendon repair, recurrent shoulder dislocation repairs (Arthroscopic Bankart and Laterjet Surgery), calcific tendonitis treatments, ultrasound guided injections for tendinopathy and shoulder replacement surgery.