Biography
Dr. Vishal Prakash Thakur is a Consulting Spine, Joint Replacement and Trauma Surgeon.
He completed M.B.B.S. from Seth G.S. Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai in January 2002 and M.S. Orthopaedics from Seth G.S. Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai in June 2007.
He is focused primarily on practice in Thane and is doing Primary and Revision Total and Partial Knee Replacement, Hip Replacements, Spine Surgeries and all kinds of Trauma Surgeries.
Academic Qualification & Clinical Experience
- M.B.B.S. – Seth G.S. Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai – January 2002
- M.S. Orthopaedics – Seth G.S. Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai – June 2007
- Dissertation on “Minimal Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPPO) For Lower Third Tibia Fractures”
- Rotating clinical internship across all specialties after completing MBBS at KEM Hospital – February 2002 to January 2003
- Post Resident, RMO – Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai – May 2004 to April 2007
- Senior Resident – KEM Hospital – August 2007 to July 2008
- Registrar – MGM Hospital, Parel – February 2009 to September 2010
- Senior Resident – MGM Hospital – September 2010 to December 2012
- Post Consultant – October 2008 till date
- Consultant and operating at Dr. Thakur’s Orthopaedic & Physiotherapy Clinic, GB Road, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Masina Hospital, Byculla
- Consultant and operating at Horizon Prime Hospital, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Tieten Medicity Hospital, Kasarvadavali, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Oscar Superspeciality Hospital, Kasarvadavali, Thane
- Consultant and operating at KIMS Hospital, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Solaris Hospital, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Oscar Multispeciality Hospital, Manpada, Thane
- Consultant and operating at Godrej Memorial Hospital, Vikhroli
Professional Expertise & Special Skills
- Extensive training in traumatology and able to manage all complicated trauma
- Spine surgeries including degenerative, deformity and traumatic spinal conditions
- Primary and Revision Hip Replacements and Hemiarthroplasties
- Primary and Revision Total and Unicompartmental Knee Replacements
- Industrial hand injuries
- Minimal Access Trauma Surgeries
- Minimal Invasive Spine Surgeries using Microscope
- Microdiscectomy
- Percutaneous Spinal Instrumentation
- Pain management procedures like Lumbar Foraminal and Root Blocks
- Common paediatric orthopaedic procedures
- Managed mass casualties during 2007 railway bomb blast
Trainings
- Ponseti Training Course – 2008
- Hip Resurfacing with Live Demonstration and Hands-on Workshop – February 2007
- Training in Primary Hip Replacement on Exeter Hip – May 2009
- Arthroplasty Essentials, Basic Arthroplasty Skill Enhancement Program – June 2010
- Fundamentals of Spine Surgery at Medtronic Spinal Therapy and Procedure Training Centre, New Delhi – February 2010
- Spine Microsurgery Training at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore – September 2011
- Maxx Cadaveric Primary Knee Arthroplasty Workshop at M.S. Ramaiah Advance Learning Centre, Bangalore – July 2013
- BOS Pelviacetabular Course in K.E.M. Hospital – July 2016
- Training on Cadaver in Shoulder Hemi Replacement, Total and Reverse Shoulder Replacement in Zimmer Biomet Institute Shoulder Bioskills Workshop at M.S. Ramaiah Advance Learning Centre, Bangalore – October 2017
- Training on Cadaver in Primary and Revision Total Hip Replacement in Zimmer Biomet Institute Hip Bioskills Workshop at Chula Hospital, Bangkok – December 2017
- Navigation Training in Knee Arthroplasty at Dr. Maniar’s Navigation Course at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai – February 2019
- Training on Cadaver in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Depuy Masterclass Chula Cadaver Revision Knee & Hip Course at Chula Lab – July 2022
Conferences Attended
- Annual WIROC – 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Annual TRAUMACON – 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
- Annual RANAWAT Orthopedic Conference – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
- Annual AOTCON – 2016
- Scoliosis Research Society Meeting – October 2008, New Delhi
- Joint Replacement State of Art Meeting – 2011, 2013, 2015
- Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society APAS – Mumbai, 2012 and 2024
- AAOS Orthopedic Trauma Conclave – September 2012
- Challenges and Debate in Complex Arthroplasty CAD 2012 – Mumbai, 2012
- Annual IOACON Conference – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Annual ASSICON Spine Conference – 2015, 2023, 2025
- Asia Pacific Orthopedic Association APOA Annual Conference – Mumbai, 2015
- 14th Annual Conference of Indian Arthroscopy Society – Thailand, October 2015
- Symposium on Robotic Assisted Joint Replacement – October 2019
- APSS BOSC Operative Spine Course – Mumbai, February 2020
- Val d’Isere Advance Master Shoulder Course on Shoulder – Pune, April 2022
- Pune Knee Course – Pune, July 2022 and 2024
Research Work & Special Achievements
- Dissertation on “Minimal Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPPO) For Lower Third Tibia Fractures”
- Doing roughly around 100 joint replacement cases a year across multiple hospitals around Thane
- Interest in learning DAA, Robotics Assisted Joint Replacement and gaining more experience and knowledge in acetabular revisions scenario in complex revision cases
