Dr. Kunal Patel — Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon in Chennai

Dr. Kunal Patel is a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, with more than 12 years of experience. His profile records orthopedics alongside arthroscopy and sports medicine and joint replacement surgery.

Those two subspecialties divide his list. On the replacement side he performs total knee replacement, total hip replacement and revision knee replacement. On the arthroscopic and sports side he performs ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair, rotator cuff repair and arthroscopic surgery. He also performs fracture fixation and carpal tunnel release and treats carpal tunnel syndrome.

Both of his first degrees were taken at Gujarat University: the MBBS and the MS in orthopaedics. He then took the DNB in orthopaedics through the National Board of Examinations in New Delhi, completed a fellowship in arthroscopy and sports medicine, and holds the FIAS of the International Society of Arthroscopy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Five qualifications against twelve years in practice makes for a dense record, and the two that are not general orthopaedic degrees are both in arthroscopy, which is also the half of his list with the most entries on it.

His record lists Shalby Hospital in Ahmedabad and Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad among his affiliations alongside his present post in Chennai. He has received a Best Healthcare Excellence Officer award, and his profile notes further awards recognising his contributions in orthopedics.