Dr. Niraj Vasavada

Qualifications

• M.B.B.S (2001) , M.S. (Orthopaedics) (University First) (2005)
• Fellowship in adult Spine Surgery and Deformity Correction (Apollo Hospital, Chennai)( 6 months )
• International Fellowship- Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea. ( 12months)
• International fellowship in Minimally invasive surgical management of spinal Trauma under Dr. Ralf H. Gahr, Chief, Department of Traumatology, St. Georg Hosptial, Leipzig, Germany. ( 1 month)
• Visiting Fellowship in Spinal Deformity correction under Dr. Keith Luk and Dr. Keneth Cheung, Queen Marry University and Duchess of Kent Children Hospital, Hong Kong. ( 1 month )
• Visiting Observership at Institue Orthopaedic Galleazzi , Milan , Italy in Spinal Tumor Surgery June 2012.

• Currently associated with Zydus hospitals, Ahmedabad as Senior Spine Surgeon
• Consultant and Head of the Department, Department of spine surgery, Shalby Hospitals, Ahmedabad, since October 2012 to June 2023. Was heading the department at the quaternary care hospital facility. Have been one of the pioneers in establishing minimally invasive surgery in India in general and to western region (Gujarat) in particular. Was operating between 30 to 35 spine surgeries a month. We were catering to all kind of spine pathologies including degenerative, deformity, adult deformity, infection, trauma, tumor and more.
• Director, Shalby Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences (SIRS), Krishna Shalby Hospitals, Ghuma , Ahmedabad. I have conceived, designed, kick-started & now managing the state of the art Rehabilitation institute. We were catering all kind of rehabilitation treatments including Neuro, Spinal , Orthopedic & psychologic rehabilitation.
• Consultant Spine Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals, Gujarat from February 2009 – October 2012.
• Consultant Spine Surgeon, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai from February 2008 – February 2009
• Director of fellowship in spine surgery at Shalby hospitals, Ahmedabad.

Professional Positions

• Secretary, Spine Association of Gujarat (SAG), April 2019- till date
• Executive Committee member, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons Association of Bharat ( MISSAB ) ( Previously MISSI). October 2018-till date
• Co-Opted Executive Committee Member, Association of Spine Surgeons of India ( ASSI ) , April 2019-till date
• Joint Secretary, Spine Association of Gujarat (SAG), June 2016-April2019
• Treasurer , Spine Association of Gujarat ( SAG ), June 2014-June 2016
• Executive Committee Member, Spine Association of Gujarat ( SAG) June 2012- June 2014

Courses and Training

• AO Spine Davos masters course, December 2016
• Cadeveric training on OLIF, Chula lab, Bangkok by Dr. Richard Hainz
• Advanced Cervical spine cadaveric surgical meet. By Cervical Spine Research Society. Organized at University of St. Louis, Practical Anatomy lab, St. Louis, MO, USA.
• Deputy Spine Cadaveric Workshop for Spinal Deformity Correction, Chula Lab, Chulalongkon Hospital, Thailand in February 2011.
• Advanced Deformity surgery visitation at Queen Marry Hospital with Dr. Keith Luk , Hong Kong.
• AO spine Advanced course (Asia-Pacific) in October 2009 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
• MISS courses (minimally invasive spine surgery) wooridul spine hospital, seoul, Korea… in april 2007, july 2007, September 2007 and December 2007.
• AO Spine (Asia-pacific) Basic course… in July 2006 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Presentation as Faculty

• I am regularly invited at conferences of National Repute, organized by state & national associations like ASSI, ICS, SAG, ISSI, BSS, BOA to name the few. The entire list of my presentations can be provided on demand.

• Indo-German Orthopaedic Foundation ( IGOF) 2007: a spine symposium organised at MIOT hospitals , Chennai. The conference included two days of didactic lectures and 5 live surgeries.
• Inaugural Conference of MISSI 2014: the maiden conference of minimally invasive spine surgeons of india ( MISSI) now, MISAB ( minimally invasive spine association of Bharat. I was involved as core organising committee member. The national conference included, a pre conference cadaver workshop. Where while being an organiser , deomstrated the techniques of tubular discectomy and MIS-TLIF. The conference was attended by more than 150 delegates with 4 international faculties.
• 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 ORTHOTRENDS: annual conference to upadate the discuss the recent advances in orthopaedic surgery. The conference was organised by Shalby Hopitals.
• I am the member of scietific committee and chairman for spine symposium.
• Shalby Spine Conclave 2018: Organising secretary: first annual event was organised at ahmedabad. 4 national and one international faculty attended the conference. There was more than 100 delegates aquiring the knowledge in recent advances in spine surgery. The conference included 4 live surgeries.
• Organising committee WCMISST2018 Chongquing, China: TOPIC: Current evidences and limitation of MIS-TLIF
• Core organising committee: ASSICON2019 Ahmedabad.

• Contributor . Endoscopic Spine Procedures. Editor: Daniel Kim, Gun Choi. Thieme Publishers, USA
• Co-Author: Evaluation of Back pain. Textbook of Orthopaedic surgery. Editor: G S Kulkarni, Jaypee Publication
• Author: Haemostasis in Minimally Invasive Spine surgery. Editor: Arvind Kulkarni. Jaypee Publishers.
• Case Report on Multilevel OLIF. ASSI Monogram on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Editor: Dr. Arvind Kulkarni.

Publications

• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Fractures. Pain Physician 2007July 10(4);559-63
• Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar herniectomy for high-grade down-migrated L4-L4 disc through an L5-S1 interlaminar approach: a technical note. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery 2010 Jun; 53(3): 147-52Epub 2010 Aug 31
• To the Editor. Vasavada NB, Vasavada B. TO THE EDITOR. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Aug 1;46(15):E850.