The Fracture & Orthopaedic Clinic
Bangalore, 560003
The Fracture & Orthopaedic Clinic
No. 57, 17th A Cross, 8th Main, Malleswaram
About this listing
Dr. Shankar R. Kurpad completed his MBBS from the prestigious St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore in 1996, and further trained in Orthopaedic surgery at the renowned Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore (CMC, Vellore) & was awarded a Diploma in Orthopaedics in 2000 from The Dr. MGR Medical University, and the DNB (Orth) in 2004. He has been awarded many medals during his graduate studies for academic performance and has won many cultural events at various levels during his student days. He won the second prize at the Medical Students’ National Level Essay Contest organised by the Indian Medical Association in 1995, for his essay on “Should newer teaching technologies be incorporated in Medical education?”He furthered his orthopaedic training in Germany, with a fellowship in Traumatology in Munich in 2002 and a fellowship in Hip replacement & reconstruction in Dresden in 2006. He joined Dr. K. Srinivasan in his practice in 2001 as Senior Registrar, and with his steadfast hard work and dedication, has risen to the present position as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, and partner in the group practice. Dr. Shankar has been a speaker at conferences, and has been a faculty & delivered guest lectures at various regional and international meets on his areas of specialisation – complex periarticular fractures, and hip joint replacement & reconstruction. He has presented papers at various regional & national level conferences & has publications in his field of expertise. He has a deep interest in teaching precision surgical techniques, and his cadaver training programmes on periarticular fracture surgeries, in collaboration with the Zimmer Institute, are a sought after courses by junior orthopaedic surgeons with an interest in these complex fractures. In consonance with the group's social commitment, he has partnered with various NGO's and organised numerous free medical camps for needy persons with deformities in medically underserviced regions in Karnataka. He is available for consultation by appointment in his field of specialisation – hip joint reconstruction & replacement, complex fractures, fractures involving joints, deformity correction, as well as, for general orthopaedic problems such as orthopaedic infections, and back & neck pain at the clinic.