Dr. Vikram Shah

Dr Vikram Shah is the Founder Chairman & Managing Director of Shalby Hospitals, a chain of 14 hospitals hospitals. Shalby is present in 11 cities across 6 states and treats more than 4,00,000 patients a year. He is a world-renowned joint replacement surgeon and visionary healthcare entrepreneur. He has performed more than 1,25,000 joint replacement surgeries, which is highest in the world and under his leadership Shalby performs around 15,000 joint replacement surgeries a year, which is again highest in the world. In last 29 years Shalby has performed more than 1,45, 000 joint replacement surgeries, and is the number one joint replacement of the world in terms of number of surgeries performed. Dr. Shah innovated OS Needle & Zero Technique, which have revolutionized joint replacement surgery. Dr Vikram Shah and Shalby Hospitals have been felicitated with more than fifty international and national awards.

Education & Training

• After a brilliant academic career in school, Dr Vikram secured admission to Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College [B J Medical College] in Ahmedabad. The college was originally founded as Ahmedabad Medical School in 1871.
• After gaining his masters in orthopaedic surgery in 1989 he decided to take advanced training in joint replacement surgery. He worked and trained from 1990 to 1992 with Mr A G Hayes and Mr T U Menon at Ormskirk & Wrightington Hospital, in the United Kingdom. Later he took extensive training in Switzerland and Germany as well.
• Later from 1992 to 1993 he did a fellowship with Dr Brice Brockin at Shelby Medical Centre, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. That stint with Shelby was to have a major influence on him. A few years later when he founded his first hospital, he named it Shalby Orthopaedic Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

Conference

• May 1987, 2nd Annual Conference of Association of Spine Surgeons of India – Paper presentation on “Operative Management of Thoraco- Lumbar spinal Injuries”.
• October 1987, 32nd Indian Orthopaedic Association Conference – Paper presentation on “Specimen showing Spinal Instrumentation – Luque’s Technique”.
• November 1989, 34th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association – Poster presentation on “Acetabular Orientation in Indian Hip”.
• November 1989, 34th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association – Poster presentation on “Orthopaedic-Lighter moments”.
• January 1990, paper presentation on “Thrasher injuries in farm workers” at 40th annual conference of the Indian Association of Occupational health at Baroda, Gujarat.
• March 1990, 8th Annual conference Gujarat Orthopaedic Association – Paper presentation on “Chronic Non Specific Synovitis of Knee – Is it a separate entity?”
• May 1992, paper presented on “Complications and cost effectiveness of lumbar radiculograms for lumbar spinal problems” at the regional hospital meeting at Southport, UK.
• 1996, presented lectures on Issues of bone cuts in TKR
• Future of TKR in India. at the meeting organized by the Orthopaedic Research Foundation at Ahmedabad.
• February 1998, attended 16thAnnual Conference Gujarat Orthopaedic Association at Ahmedabad – Paper presented on “Management of Severe Flexion Deformity in Knee by Total Knee Replacement”.
• April 1998, presented paper on “Selective resurfacing of patella in total knee replacement” in the symposium and workshop on Total Knee Replacement at Ahmedabad.
• April 1999, attended SICOT meeting in Australia. Presented papers on Stress fracture of tibia in osteoarthritis of knee and management by total knee replacement One stage correction of severe fixed flexion deformity in rheumatoid arthritis by total knee replacement.
• June 2000 gave lecture on “Soft tissue considerations in TKR” in the Next Generation Millennium Total Knee Arthroplasty workshop at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai
• August 2000 paper presentation on “THR in India – what we are facing.” At the Orthopaedic research foundation meeting at Ahmedabad.
• September 2000, paper presented on “Recent trends in arthritis” at the Update CME programme of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation at Ahmedabad.
• November 2000, gave lecture on “Indication of TKR and approaches” at the 45th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• April 2001, gave lecture on “Selective resurfacing of patella” in the 8th Instructional Course Lecture of Indian Orthopaedic Association at Pune.
• April 2001, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam gave lectures on Arthroplasty on Selective resurfacing of patella Difficult situations in TKR Difficult situations in THR
• May 2001, delivered lecture on “Current Concepts in Total Knee Arthroplasty” at Mauritius.
• July 2001, attended and presented a paper on “Operative management of seropositive and seronegative arthritis” in the current concept meeting of the Ahmedabad Orthopaedic society at Ahmedabad.
• September 2001, delivered lecture on “Arthroplasty in osteoarthritis of knees” in the North Gujarat Orthopaedic Association meeting at Kalol, Gujarat.
• September 2001, attended the 4th biennial conference of the Indian Arthroplasty Association at Mangalore and gave lectures on Selective resurfacing of patella Development of Total Knee Replacement and implant design rationale Difficult situations in TKR
• December 2001, gave 3 lectures in the IOACON preconference workshop at Ahmedabad on THR in India- what we are facing Revision TKR- the Indian scenario TKR in difficult situations
• February 2002, delivered lecture on “Recent trends in arthritis” at Bardoli, Surat organized by the Bardoli Medical Association.
• March 2002, delivered lecture on “Two stage revision in TKR” at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai.
• March 2002, presented 3 lectures at the Current concepts in knee Arthroplasty meeting at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune on Evolution of TKR and current designs Patellar resurfacing-pick and choose New trends in knee arthroplasty.
• April 2002, gave a lecture on “Complications in TKR surgery” in the basic knee arthroplasty course conducted by the Grant Medical College, Mumbai and Orthopaedic training association in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and University of Dundee, UK
• June 2002, gave a lecture on “Joint replacement – indications and complications- role of family physicians” at the meeting of Maninagar medical association, Ahmedabad.
• June 2002, delivered a lecture on “Arthritis- possibilities in arthroplasty surgery” at the meeting of Bhavnagar Orthopaedic Association, Bhavnagar.
• July 2002, delivered a lecture on “Recent trends in Arthroplasty surgery” at Fortis Heart Institute, Mohali, Chandigarh.
• August 2002, delivered lecture on “Recent trends in Arthroplasty surgery” at the meeting of Orthopaedic surgeons of Indore at Sarvodaya Nursing home, Indore (M.P.)
• August 2002, delivered lecture on “Preop planning and surgical technique in revision TKR”, presented paper on “Stress fractures of tibia in OA knees –Management by TKR” and presented difficult cases in the 2nd Thai-Insall club meeting at Rayong, Thailand
• September 2002, presented a paper on “Infected TKR-personal experience” at the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society meeting at Phuket, Thailand
• October 2002, attended the “Arthroplasty brainstorm” workshop organized at Indraprastha Apollo hospital under the auspices of Asia Pacific Arthroplasty society and presented 2 lectures on Management of bone defects in TKR surgery Increasing flexion in TKR surgery.
• February 2003, read a paper on ‘Total knee arthroplasty’ at the 21st annual conference of Gujarat Orthopaedic Association at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• March 2003, gave a lecture on “Hip and knee arthritis-prevention and cure” at the meeting of Vijapur medical association, Vijapur, Gujarat.
• May 2003, delivered a lecture on “Total joint replacement- the India scenario” in the meeting of Rajkot chapter of Indian Medical Association at Rajkot, Gujarat.
• July 2003, attended the 3rd Asian joint symposium at Philippines organized by the Philippines Hip and Knee Society and demonstrated live Total Knee arthroplasty and gave 6 lectures on: Difficult situations in THR Why use a Mobile bearing Knee Soft tissue balancing in TKR Pitfalls and tricks in TKR- How to get better results with primary TKATKA in severe deformity Patella: To resurface or not
• September 2003, chairman of the session on shoulder arthroplasty at the annual conference of the Indian Arthroplasty Association at Kolkata (West Bengal).Also delivered lectures on :TKR in severe Valgus deformity The dislocating hip
• October 2003, delivered lectures on Difficult situations in TKRTKR- Indian perspective at the meeting of Orthopaedic surgeons Nairobi, Kenya
• October 2003, delivered lecture on soft tissue balancing in TKR at the annual meeting of Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association held in Goa.
• December 2003, delivered lecture on “Anatomy of the knee and evolution of Total Knee design” at the 51st annual meeting of the Anatomical Society of India, organized by Smt NHL Medical College, Ahmedabad.
• February 2004, delivered a lecture on Total Joint arthroplasty at the Jamnagar chapter of the Indian Medical Association.
• February 2004, performed live surgery and delivered lectures on “Complications in TKR- Can I avoid them?” and “ Patella resurfacing- tricks of the trade” at the 2nd Arthroplasty course on Primary knee & practical approach to Total Knee Replacement at the Mumbai Port trust Hospital, Mumbai
• June 2004, delivered 3 lectures on Balancing the MCL in TKR Management of tibial stress fractures by TKR Two stage revision in infected TKR at the Contemporary challenges and techniques in hip and knee arthroplasty meeting held at Guilin, China
• June 2004, delivered 6 lectures at the Charnley launch meet held in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Achieving good flexion in TKR Management of bone defects in TKR
• Pitfalls and tricks in TKA-How to get a better result with primary TKA Soft tissue balancing in TKR Valgus Knees THR in India- What we are facing
• July 2004, demonstrated live surgery at Manila, Philippines and delivered lecture on “Why mobile bearing knee in TKR”.
• August 2004, delivered lecture on “Basic concepts in TKR and THR” at Karamsad medical College, Gujarat
• September 2004, delivered lecture on “Knee revision with modular prosthesis” at the 14th triennial congress of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• November 2004, delivered a lecture on TKR in severe Varus deformity at the 21st annual conference of the Maharashtra Orthopaedic association at Kolhapur, Maharashtra
• August 2005, delivered a lecture on “Recent advances in total knee arthroplasty” at the post graduate lecture course of the Gujarat orthopaedic association at Smt. NHL medical college and Sheth VS hospital, Ahmedabad
• December 2005, delivered a lecture on “Building bone stock in revision TKR” at the golden jubilee meeting of the Indian Orthopaedic association at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• April 2006, delivered a lecture on “Rotating platform and its advantage” at the annual meeting of the Tamilnadu Orthopaedic association at Chennai, Tamilnadu.
• July 2006, delivered 2 lectures on Evolution of implant designs in TKA Rotating platform and its pros and cons at the “Intelligent knee surgery course” at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
• April 2007, delivered a key note address on “Why Some TKR fail? Lessons learnt from retrievals” at the 1st National Conference of Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons
• June 2007, delivered a lecture at the Management Consultation on “Healthcare in India” at IIMA, Ahmedabad
• February 2008, paper presented on “Combined simultaneous sequential procedures
• Total Joint Replacement and Lumbar Laminectomy” at the conference of Gujarat Orthopaedic Association, Anand
• December 2012 , WIROC as a faculty and participant
• November 2012 , guest lecture “TKR in unusual situation” at Chinese Orthopaedic Association- Arthroplasty society in Asia session 2012 Beijing
• November 2012 , Moderator for “complex and revision hip and knee surgery” at Chinese Orthopaedic Association- Arthroplasty society in Asia session 2012 Beijing
• GOACON 2013, Guest lecture and attended AO workshop on elbow fracture/ CME on surgical site incision in clean orthopaedic surgery at Rajkot
• April 2013, as faculty in 7th national congress of Indian society of hip and knee surgeon 2013, Kolkata
• Guest lecture in GUJSURGCON 2013 at Rajkot
• March 2014, faculty and delegate at Conference “Orthotrends – 2014”organized by Shalby Hospitals at Karnawati club , Ahmedabad
• April 2015, as faculty and lecture “20 years experience in managing peri-prosthetic knee joint infection” in 9th national congress of Indian society of hip and knee surgeon 2015, Mumbai
• Led Rapid Fire Session on TKR at WIROC 2022, Mumbai

Live Surgery Demonstration at Hospitals

• December 1998, at Santokba Durlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• September 1999, at Gondhia hospital, Rajkot.
• August 1999, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• July 2000, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• March 2001, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• August 2002, at Sarvodaya nursing home, Indore (M.P.)
• October 2002, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• June 2002, at Sarvodaya nursing home, Indore (M.P.)
• September 2002, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• June 2003, at Sarvodaya nursing home, Indore (M.P.)
• November 2003, at Agha Khan hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
• June 2004, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur.
• December 2004, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• March 2005, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• August 2005, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• August 2006, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• March 2007, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• November 2007, at SantokbaDurlabhji memorial hospital, Jaipur
• October, 2014. 2015 & 2016, at Orthotrends Conference, Ahmedabad & Indore
• September 2014, At RAK Hospital, UAE
• October 2015, at Krishna Shalby Hospital, Ahmedabad

Live Surgery Demonstration at Meetings

• 1996, performed primary total knee surgery at Ahmedabad under the auspices of the Orthopaedic Research Foundation.
• October 2000, Primary total knee replacement at the 45th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• April 2001, Primary total hip and knee replacement surgery at Ho-Chi-Minh city, Vietnam.
• September 2001, Revision total knee surgery at the 4th biennial conference of the Indian Arthroplasty Association at Mangalore.
• March 2002, moderated live surgery demonstration of TKR at the Current Concepts in Knee Arthroplasty meeting at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune
• August 2002, demonstrated primary total knee surgery at Sarvodaya nursing home, Indore (M.P.)
• July 2003, attended the 3rd Asian joint symposium at Philippines organized by the Philippines Hip and Knee Society and demonstrated live Total Knee arthroplasty at St. Lukes Hospital, Manila.
• October 2003, demonstrated live Total knee replacement surgery at Prince Agha Khan Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
• February 2004, demonstrated live total knee surgery in a Valgus knee at the Mumbai Port trust hospital at the 2nd arthroplasty course on primary knee and practical approach to total knee replacement.
• July 2004, at Philippines Orthopaedic Hospital and Manila University Hospital, Manila, Philippines
• July 2006, at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore Under a course on “Intelligent knee surgery” Clinical Research Trials demonstrated 2 live surgeries on: Unicondylar knee replacement , Total knee replacement
• March 2014, performed live Surgery at Annual Conference “Orthotrends – 2014” organized by Shalby Hospitals on completing its 20 years of operational excellence.
• March 2022, performed live surgery at CME & Live Surgery Demonstration organized in association with Jabalpur Orthopaedic Association at Jabalpur.

Workshops

• December 1996, conducted “Hands on Workshop on Hip and Knee Replacement” at President hotel, Ahmedabad organized by the Orthopaedic Research Foundation
• November 2000, conducted workshop on hip and knee Arthroplasty at the 45th annual conference of the Indian Orthopaedic Association at Jaipur.
• April 2001, conducted workshop and gave lectures on Arthroplasty in Ho-Chu- Minh City, Vietnam
• December 2001, conducted workshop on basic and advance courses of hip and knee Arthroplasty in the IOACON at Ahmedabad.
• March 2006, conducted workshop with live surgeries for Chinese orthopaedic surgeons at Shalby Hospital, Ahmedabad, and Gujarat.
• July 2012, delivered lecture at Imperial College London on Recent Advances in Knee Replacement and ‘0’ Zero Technique
• March 2012 ,conducted workshop on basic hip and knee replacement in association with KLEOS with Dr Alfred Tria as a chairperson at Shalby hospital Ahmedabad
• March 2014 ,Hands on Workshop on Hip and Knee Replacement in Orthotrends 2014 Conference,Karnavati Club Ahmedabad
• Hands on Workshop on Hip and Knee Replacement in Orthotrends 2015 Conference, Ahmedabad.
• Hands on Workshop on Hip and Knee Replacement in Orthotrends 2016 Conference, Indore.

Experience

More than 30 Years of Experience