Welcome to Dr.Milind Sawant's Website

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name:

Milind Raghunath Sawant

Qualifications:

FRCS Orth	1998
FRCS (Edin)	1995
FRCS (Glasg)	1995
Diplomat National Board (Orth)	1992
FCPS Orth (Bom)	1991
MS Orth (Bom)	1991
D Orth (Bom)	1990
MBBS	1988

Telephone:

Cl: + 91-22-2563 7979 & +91-22-5598 3915

Fax:

+91-22-2563 7979

E-mail:

dr@drmilindsawant.com, misaknee@yahoo.com

Membership:

Indian Arthroscopy Association
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Bombay Orthopaedic Society
Asia-Pacific Knee Society

Instructor:

Dr Sawant is a faculty on courses that teach Orthopaedic surgeons - Arthroscopic Knee surgery, Knee Replacement surgery and management of Fractures of the knee.

Specialist interest in Orthopaedics:

Knee Surgery (Open and Arthroscopic knee surgery, Knee replacement, Knee ligament reconstruction, Osteotomies around the knee, Knee fractures, etc)

APPOINTMENTS

PRESENT APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA

Knee Surgeon	– Fortis Hospital, Mumbai
	– Ortho-max Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA

Orthopaedic Surgeon	– Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai
	– Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai

OVERVIEW OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAINING

Dr Sawant has completed both – the Indian and the British Orthopaedic Training Programmes.

Feb 88 - Jul 92	Orthopaedic training at Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai (with allied training in Gen Surg, Plastic Surg and Neuro Surg)
Aug 92 - Jan 98	Registrar & Senior Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics St George’s and South Thames Orthopaedic Rotation, London
Feb 98 - Jul 99	Knee and Sports Medicine Fellowship Holly House Hospital Knee Unit, England
Aug 99 - Jul 00	Senior Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics Cambridge & East Anglia Orthopaedic Rotation

LAST APPOINTMENT IN ENGLAND

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich
England, UK

FELLOWSHIPS

Knee & Sports medicine fellowship England, UK	1998 –99
Knee fellowship Sydney, Australia	2004
Revision Knee Replacement Germany & USA	2008

MEETINGS & COURSES ATTENDED

National conference on modern HTO & Osteotomies around the knee Mumbai	Apr’10
Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery Kolkata, India	Jan ‘10
WIROC Mumbai	Dec ‘09
Delta Joint Replacemant course Hyderabad, India	Nov ‘09
Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery Chennai, India	Jun’09
WIROC Mumbai	Dec’08
Delta Joint Replacemant course Mumbai, India	Nov’07
WIROC Mumbai	Dec’06
Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Advanced Instructional Course Mumbai	Feb’06
Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Orlando, USA	Dec’05
Computer Assisted Joint Replacement Melbourne, Australia	Nov’05
Intelligent Hip Surgery course Brussels, Belgium	Sep”05
APAS Challenges & Controversies in Arthroplasty Goa, India	Aug’05
Indian Arthroscopy Society Annual conference Mumbai	Oct “04
Knee Meeting – “Experts meet Experts” Bangalore, India	Apr’04
Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery Bangalore, India	Jan’04
Unicompartment Knee Replacement Course Mumbai	Jan’05
National Trauma Management Course Mumbai	Dec ‘03
Symposium on Intra-articular fractures Mumbai	Sep’04
Seminar on Innovations in Femoral Nailing Mumbai	Jun’04
Seminar on LCP Mumbai	Apr’04
AO – Knee Expert meet Experts seminar Bangalore	Apr’04
Arthroplasty Course Mumbai	Feb’04
AO alumini conference Mumbai	Feb ‘04
Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery Bangalore	Jan ‘04
National Trauma Management Course Mumbai	Dec ‘03
Annual Japanese Orthopaedic Congress Chiba, Japan	Apr”01
Advanced Ilizarov Course London	Sep’00
International Cartilage Research Society meet Gothenberg, Sweden	Apr’00
BOA Annual Congress. Glasgow (British Orthopaedic Association)	Sep’99
Japanese Orthopaedic Congress Yokohama	Apr’99
BASK meeting. Bristol (British Assoc for Surgery of the Knee)	Mar'99
Minimally invasive Knee replacement Oswestry	Feb'99
Current concepts in Knee replacements London	May'98
Assessment of patients with Cerebral Palsy London	Dec'97
Advances in Foot & Ankle Surgery Manchester	Oct'97
Gait Analysis Course Oswestry	July'97
Controversies in Shoulder & Elbow Surg London	Apr'97
Approaches to Thoracic and Lumbar spine. Royal College of Surgeons London	Mar'97
26th Instructional Course York	Jan'97
ACL & Meniscal suturing course. Royal College of Surgeons London	Jan'97
AO Advanced Spine Course Davos, Switzerland	Dec'96
Sports Injuries Course. Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons London	Jun'96
Calcaneal fracture fixation course Bristol Royal Infirmary	May'96
Leeds Orthopaedic Biomechanics course	Mar'96
AO Pelvic & Acetabular fracture course. St George's Hospital London	Oct'95
Basic Ilizarov Course Windermere	Sep'95
AO Advanced Course Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham	Jun'95
Cementless Hip Symposium St Peter's Hosp Chertsey	Nov'94
Advanced Trauma Life Support Course	Sep'94 & Aug 2000
AO Workshop on disorders of Cervical & Lumbar Spine Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham	Jul'94
Workshop on fractures about the knee. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore	May'94
Stanmore Spinal Injuries Course. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore	Apr'94
Workshop on Knee Replacement Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore	Feb'94
Hand Meeting Guy’s Hospital, London	Dec'93
Reading Shoulder Course Royal Berkshire Hospital	Sep'93

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS CHAIRED

Symposium on ACL Asia-Pacific Knee Society
Tokyo, Japan

Feb’00

PUBLICATIONS

Sawant M R   Bendall S    Citron N    Kavanagh T G
Stress fractures of the tibia - treatment using modular total knee arthroplasty
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1999 81-B (4) 663-661

Sawant M R    Calvert P
Fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy - an indication for internal fixation of clavicle fracture
The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1999 92:88-89

Sawant M R    Ineson C    El-Zebdeh M
'Pin & Plaster' technique for maintaining reduction in post-traumatic knee dislocations
Injury 1999 (30) 630-632

Kulkarni S    Sawant M R    Ireland J
Allograft reconstruction of the extensor mechanism following total knee arthroplasty
The Journal of Arthroplasty 1999 (14) 892-894

Sawant M R    Harrison D J
Direct current stimulation in spinal fusion - Does it work?
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1998 Vol 80-B suppl I: 48

Bendall S    Citron N    Sawant M
Percutaneous screw fixation of phalangeal fractures
The Journal of Hand Surgery Vol.19B suppl I: 24

Sawant M R   Ireland J
High tibial osteotomy in PCL deficient knees
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2000 vol 82-B suppl I: 81

Sawant M R   Ireland J
Results of Arthroscopic Drilling for femoral condylar articular defects
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2000 vol 82-B suppl I: 62

Sawant M R    Miller J
Scapho-capitate syndrome in an adolescent
The Journal of Hand Surgery (Am) 2000 25(6):1096-99

Sawant M R     Ireland J
Pseudo-aneurysm of anterior tibial artery complicating High Tibial Osteotomy
The Knee 2001 8:247-248

Sawant M R    Hallett J H
‘Paper-clip’ modification to the vascular sling technique for delayed primary closure of fasciotomies
Injury 2001 Oct, 32(8):619-20.

Sawant M R    Ireland J
Stress radiography for valgus knee injuries
The Knee 2003

Sawant M R   Narayanan S     O’Neil M    Hudson I
Fracture separation of distal humeral epiphysis in a neonate – diagnosis using MRI
Injury 2002 Mar, 33(2):179-81.

Sawant M    Ireland J
A clinical method for estimating the centre of the femoral head during TKR
The Knee 2004

PRESENTATIONS

Arthroscopic Drilling of femoral condylar articular defects – results at five years President’s Millennium Prize Papers Meeting, London	2000
Is there a role for Arthroscopic Drilling of femoral condylar articular defects? Asia-Pacific Knee Society Meeting, Tokyo	2000
Modic changes in the spine Percival Pott Meeting, Cambridge	2000
Biomechanics of the knee Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge	2000
HTO in PCL deficient knees British Orthopaedic Association meeting, Glasgow	1999
Arthroscopic Drilling of femoral condylar articular defects - results at five years British Orthopaedic Association meeting, Glasgow	1999
HTO in Postero-lateral instability of the knee Japanese Orthopaedic Congress, Yokohama	1999
Postero-lateral Knee Instability Wellington Knee Meeting, London	1998
Direct current stimulation in spinal fusion - does it work? British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, Cardiff	1997
Treatment of severe Dupuytren’s contracture using External fixator South Thames Annual Orthopaedic meeting (Awarded Gerald Golden prize)	1996
Modular total knee replacements in the treatment of stress fractures of proximal tibia in patients with deformed knees Raine Prize meeting, London	1995
Percutaneous screw fixation of phalangeal fractures Belfast Hand Meeting	1994
Callotasis- a new approach in the treatment of infected non-unions South Thames Annual Orthopaedic Meeting. (Awarded Gerald Golden prize)	1993

CRITICAL MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS

Dr Sawant has described and pioneered specialised techniques in knee surgery:

Technique for achieving accurate alignment in knee replacement surgery (published in ‘The Knee’ journal)
Technique for assessing ligament tears in the knee (published in ‘The Knee’ journal)
Technique to stabilise a dislocated knee (published in the journal ‘Injury’)
Technique for delayed primary closure of fasciotomy (published in the journal ‘Injury’)
Technique for treating arthritic knees with associated stress fractures using a stemmend total knee replacement (published in ‘The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery’)
Technique of Allograft Reconstruction of extensor mechanism of the knee in knee replacement surgery
(published in ‘The Journal of Arthroplasty’)
High tibial osteotomy in PCL deficient knee (published in ‘The journal of Bone & Joint Surgery’)
National Arthroplasty Course
Arthroscopy Course

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

SPORTS

First prize - Terance Fernandes Inter-medical Hockey Tournament 1984
Second prize- Annual College athletic meet - Javeline throw 1984

RESPONSIBLE POSTS HELD

Hockey & Football Secretary, Grant Medical College 1986-87

HOBBIES

Photography with special interest in Digital photography
Reading poetry
Travelling

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

DURING SCHOOLING

National Merit Scholarship 1983
Top scorer - All India Secondary School Mathematics Exam 1980

DURING UNDER-GRADUATION

Distinction in Bio-chemistry 1983
Distinction in Forensic Medicine 1985
Passed MBBS in First Class

DURING POST-GRADUATION

Postgraduate Merit Scholarship awarded by the Bombay University 1989

IN UK

Gerald Golden prize for paper presented at the SW Thames annual Orthopaedic meeting 1993
Gerald Golden prize for paper presented at the SW Thames annual Orthopaedic meeting 1996
Norwich Union Merit Award for Research 1999
Shortlisted for the President’s Millennium Prize 2000