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Dr. Vikram I Shah is Chairman, Managing Director and Head of Orthopaedics Department at Shalby Hospitals, Ahmedabad. He is MS (Orthopaedic) from B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad and brings with him more than 25 year of experience in Healthcare and Joint Replacements.

Dr. Shah has done pioneering work in the area joint replacement, especially Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR). He introduced and innovated Zero ‘0’ technique a surgical technique through which he can perform a Joint replacement surgery in 7-10 minutes against 2 hours taken by other doctors worldwide to perform the same surgery. It is considered a surgical revolution in the healthcare history.

Till date Dr Vikram Shah and his team have performed more than 40,000 joint replacement surgeries, which include knee, hip and the shoulder. Currently he and his team do more than 6000 joint replacements in a year. It is the highest by a single centre in the world. Dr. Shah has operated on patients from all corners of the world including the US, UK, Canada, Other European Countries, African Countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Nigeria; Persian Gulf Countries like Dubai, Bahrain; Australia and many more.

Dr. Vikram I Shah, recipient of Dr. B.C. Roy International Award for joint replacement surgery in the year 2003, has also developed “OS Needle” which can easily pass through both soft tissue and bone. Before the invention of the OS Needle, surgeons had to use complicated soft tissue procedures in which the failure rate was high.

Dr. Shah has also been appointed the joint international faculty for development of a new joint by Zimmer Inc., USA. Zimmer is one of the largest orthopedic devices manufacturing company in the world. The aim of developing this joint to allow the patient bend his/her knee fully after TKR surgery. Till recently the artificial knee joints, which were developed in the western world, did not allow TKR patients to cross legged, which is an Indian traditional way of sitting. The good knee bending possible after surgery at Shalby is solely due to good surgical technique and due to the new joint.