Biography
Dr. Shashibhushan S Varekar is associated with Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
He has completed MBBS, M.S. Orthopaedics and DNB Orthopaedics, along with FISS from Mumbai and Delhi and FESS from Pune.
He has completed fellowship in spine surgery at Max Super-speciality Hospital, Delhi, clinical fellowship in spine surgery at Lilavati Hospital and The Spine Foundation, Mumbai, and endoscopic spine fellowship at Sai Shree Hospital, Pune.
Academic Qualification & Clinical Experience
- MBBS at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore
- Internship at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore
- M.S. Orthopaedics at Grant Govt Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai
- Post MS Senior Residency at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra
- Fellowship in Spine Surgery at Max Super-speciality Hospital, Delhi under guidance of Dr. Arvind Jayaswal and Dr. Abhishek Srivastava
- 2 years Clinical Fellowship under Dr. Shekhar Bhojraj at The Spine Foundation, Lilavati Hospital and Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai
- Endoscopic Spine Fellowship [UBE] with Dr. Ketan Deshpande at Sai Shree Hospital, Pune
- Performed more than 150 spine surgeries independently
- Assisted more than 600 spine surgeries
- Assisted more than 80 deformity correction surgeries
Conferences, Awards And CME Attended
- IOACON 2021 – Free paper presentation: Outcome of surgical v/s conservative treatment modalities in tuberculosis spine – A prospective study
- IOACON 2021 – E poster presentation on novel head positioning technique for spine surgeries in prone position
- ASSICON 2021 – Free paper presentation on novel head positioning technique for spine surgeries in prone position
- WIROC 2020 – Free paper presentation: Proximal third radial diaphyseal fractures – open v/s closed fixation
- WIROC 2020 – E poster presentation
- Meet the masters Arthroscopy workshop on 16th July 2022 at Mumbai
- 1st knee preservation conference in December 2021 at Mumbai
- SICOT – Specialty orthopaedic review course in 2019 at Sir H N Reliance Hospital, Mumbai
- Awarded Corona Warrior for service during pandemic in 2020 and 2021
- Surgical approaches cadaveric course by Bombay Orthopaedic Society in 2018 at Mumbai
- Basic research methodology workshop in 2019 at Mumbai
- State level PG quiz MOACON 2020 – 2nd prize
- AO Spine Live Operative Demonstration, 2023
- Delhi Spine Society Meeting, 2023
- 2nd AIIMS International Spine Deformity Course, 2023
- ASSICON 2024, Mumbai
- BSSCON 2024, Mumbai, Advanced Cadaveric Spine Workshop
- Ganga Operative Spine Course 2024, Coimbatore
- ASSICON 2025, Bangalore
- Pune Spine Weekend 2024
- ASSI Operative Course 2025
