Dr. Somesh Virmani — Associate Director & Head of Paediatric Orthopaedics in Delhi NCR

Dr. Somesh Virmani is Associate Director and Head of Paediatric Orthopaedics at Sarvodaya Hospital in Faridabad, Delhi NCR, with more than 27 years of experience. His qualifications are MBBS, DNB, MNAMS and a fellowship in paediatric orthopaedics.

His procedures are the core of children's orthopaedics. Club foot, listed as CTEV and as correction surgery, and developmental dysplasia of the hip are both corrected early, while the skeleton is still shaping itself. Pediatric scoliosis and scoliosis surgery address curvature of the growing spine, pediatric deformity correction covers the limbs, and cerebral palsy orthopedic surgery treats the joint and muscle consequences of a neurological condition.

He read MBBS at Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS under Maharishi Dayanand University in Rohtak, took DNB in orthopaedics at Northern Railway Central Hospital in New Delhi and holds MNAMS. His post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric orthopaedics was taken at Christian Medical College in Vellore.

What distinguishes his record is the depth of continued training listed after those qualifications. It includes a masterclass on the paediatric foot in 2018, a BOS JESS course in 2016, an Ortho SUV limb deformity correction course and a research methodology course in 2013, a paediatric hip LCP course, paediatric fracture and upper limb workshops at POSICON 2013, paediatric advanced life support, AAOS examination modules in paediatric orthopaedics and in adult hip and knee reconstruction, AO principles of operative fracture management, the Exeter hip course in 2007 and a musculoskeletal imaging course in 2004.

He won prizes for case and poster presentations at DOA annual conferences in 2003 and 2004.