Dr. Rohidas' Centre for Minimally Invasive Spine & Neurosurgery
Rohidas Shrinivas Mahadeo
178, B, Jawahar Nagar, Kolhapur Date of Birth - August 31st 1962 Citizenship - Indian
Academic Record
- Secondary School Certificate - Private High School, Kolhapur
- Higher Secondary School Certificate - The New College, Kolhapur
- Under Graduate - Govt. Medical College, Miraj - Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor Of Surgery. (M.B.B.S.) 1985
- Graduate Studies
Name of College : Govt.Medical College, Miraj.
Junior Residency :
General Surgery : Jan.86 to June 86 C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur
Orthopedics : July 86 to Dec.86
General Hospital, Sangli.
Jan.1987 to Jun.1987.
Wanless Hospital, Miraj
Date of Registration to
M.S. (Master of Surgery) : 1st Jan.1987.
Chief Resident in Surgery : 1st July 1987 to 30th June 1989.
Date of Passing M.S : Oct. 1988 FIRST ATTEMPT.
Thesis of M.S : Utility of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Abdominal Space Occupying Masses.
- Super Specialty Studies
Name of College : Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay.
Name of Hospital; : K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay.
Certificate Awarded : M.Ch. (Neurosurgery)
Date of registration : 1st July 1989.
Date of Passing M.Ch : Dec. 1991.
Marks Obtained : FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION.
SECOND IN UNIVERSITY MERIT LIST
Thesis of M. Ch : TRANS-ORAL SURGERY FOR CARNIOVERTEBRAL ANOMALIES.
- Teaching Experience - 5 year (till July 1992)
- Paper Published - Analysis of Intracranial Neoplasms in Patients between the ages 0 to 2 years.
Spinal Endoscopy Work
- Organiser of 4th Destandau Training course on Endoscopic spine surgery at Kolhapur 4th to 6th Feb 2011. Live demo of endoscopic lumbar & cervical discectomy & canal decompression with hands on plastic model. Live demo of Ultrasonic bone dissector with hands on cadaver bone.
- Faculty for 23rd Annual conference of Pakistan society of neurosurgeons, Sept 24 - 26th 2010. 1st endoscopic spine surgery demo at Rawalpindi Medical college, & cadaveric demo.
- Live surgery demo of endoscopic spine surgery at KIMS ( Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences ), Hubli 5th June 2010, Spine workshop .
- Faculty for 2nd Endoscopic spine surgery workshop & live surgery 15th to 16th May 2010, UKM, Malaysian spine society Kuala Lumpur & Kota Bharu.
- Annual event of Soering Germany - lecture - Use of Ultrasonic bone dissector in Minimally invasive spine & neurosurgery. Hamburg, Germany April 14th & 15th 2010. Guest lecture.
- Faculty for 2nd Endoscopic spine surgery workshop at Bhubaneshwar, Feb 5th & 6th 2010.
- Faculty 3rd Annual Neuroupdate, Jabalpur 28th & 29th Nov. 2009. Live demo. endoscopic discectmy & endoscopic lumbar Discectomy and cadaver demo.
- Faculty - 2nd International Advance Training course of Proff. Destandau's Technique for Endoscopic Cervical & Lumbar Discectomy 13th & 14th Nov. 2009, Chandigarh.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery course at Alexandria University, Egypt held on 9th -10th July 2009.
- Faculty for 7th International Endoscopic Spine Surgery Course, held from 18th - 20th June 2009 at Bordeaux, France.
- WENMISS (World Society for Endoscopic, Navigated, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) held on 21st - 23rd May 2009 with lecture on tricks & pitfalls in Endoscopic Spine Surgery held at Kotakinabalu, Malaysia from 24th May -25th May 2009 at Hospital University Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, lecture & live demonstration of Endoscopic Spine Surgery held on 26th May 2009 at Hospital Tunku Ampuan Afzan, Kuala Terengganu.
- Course coordinator: 3rd training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique of Endoscopic Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India held on 7th - 8th February 2009 with Dr. Destandau as course director. Covered a live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy, with hands on plastic models along with lectures.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery Workshop, live surgery, hands on plastic model on 24th -25th January 2009 at KIMS (Kempegauda Institute Of Medical Sciences) Bangalore, India along with lecture at BOSCON 2009, Bangalore,India organized at Orthopaedics Society's annual conference.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery workshop along with live demonstration at CIIMS (Central India Institute Of Medical Sciences), Nagpur, India on 11th January 2009.
- Performed live demonstration and hands on plastic models at 1st Egyptian Endoscopic Spine workshop of Destandau's technique at Alexandria University & Zagazig University, held from 19th -21st August 2008.
- 1st Saudi Spine Endoscopic Symposium & Workshop held from 10th -11th June, 2008 held at King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Collaborated with Saudi Association of Neurosurgical society for live demonstration and workshop.
- 1st Syrian Spine Endoscopic Surgery Symposium & Workshop, 3rd - 8th June 2008, Ministry of Higher Education, University of Damascus, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Asad University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. Live demonstration and Workshop.
- Cadaveric demonstration of Endoscopic Spine Surgery at WFNS (World Federation of Neurosciences) course held at Goa, India on 9th May 2008.
- Live surgery workshop of Destandau's technique of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at Bhubaneswar, India at 1st Orissa State Symposium on Endospine. held on 16th March 2008.
- Invited faculty at 4th International Scientific Conference & Live Neurosurgical Workshop at Dhaka, Bangladesh held from 29th February - 3rd March 2008. Live demonstration of Destandau's technique of Endoscopic Discectomy and lecture.
- Invited faculty at 1st International Symposium & Workshop on Micro endoscopic Discectomy & nerve root decompression held on 7th December 2007, Chandigarh, India. Gave lecture and performed live surgery along with conducting a plastic model workshop.
- Live demonstration and lecture at Ataturk Hospital Ankara held on 7th November 2007, Turkey, on Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Live demonstration and lecture at 5th Feyyaz Berkay Days held at Istanbul University, Turkey on 5th November 2007.
- Live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Workshop at Pune, India, at 6th Armed Forces National Neurosciences Update Summit, 2007 and Annual Conference of Society for Neurosciences Pune, India (NNUD 2007) held on 3rd November 2007.
- Live demonstration of Destandau's technique of Lumbar Discectomy at Hazarat Rasool Akram Medical Centre, Endoscopic Surgery Training Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran from 11th and 12th July 2007
- Invited faculty member at 3rd Spine Symposium held at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA on 3rd and 4th May 2007
- Invited International Speaker at 36th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Spine Surgery & Related Research (JSRS), held in Kanazawa, Japan, on 26th & 27th April 2007
- Organizing Secretary of 2nd Training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique of Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy with Dr. Destandau at Kolhapur, India on 7th-8th April 2007.
- Invited speaker: Talk on Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy at 10th National Medical & Dental Seminar held at Mahe, Seychelles on 10th February 2007.
- Invited faculty: Practical Courses on Neuro Endoscopy Neuro Navigation, Basic & Advanced Technique with Dr. Micheal R. Gaab as Course Director held from 7th - 9th December at Hannover Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover,Germany.
- Invited faculty: Practical Course on Neuro Endoscopy & Neuro Navigation, Advanced Course for Experienced Neurosurgeons with Dr. Michael R. Gaab as Course Director held from 30th November - 2nd December 2006, Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, Germany
- Live demonstration of Destandau's Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy , Mumbai, India at Advanced Spine Course arranged by Bombay Orthopedics Society on 18th November 2006
- Cadaveric demonstration & lecture on Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at Spine 2006, Jaipur, India from 27th - 30th September 2006
- ASSI-SSE program - Association Of Spine Surgeon's Of India and Spine Society of Europe, 4th to 6th August 2006 Hyderabad, India. Cadaveric demonstration of Destandau's technique, participation in debate Endo versus Microscopic technique and video presentation of PECD- Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy
- Member of AAMISS, Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
- Live demonstration of Post Cervical Endoscopic Micro-Foraminotomy with Destandau's technique, and paper on Percutaneous Anterior Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy technique and Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy: Destandau's technique, Spine Today 2006 at Coimbatore, India, 24th and 25th June 2006
- Member Of Scientific Committee, NEUROENDOSCOPY 2007 Paris Versailles- Fourth World Conference Of The International Study Group Of Neuro Endoscopy (ISGNE) and Second World Congress of Endoscopy for Brain, Skull Base And Spine held in May 2007
- Live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at NIMHANS Bangalore, India Neurosurgery Update 2006 and Neuro Endoscopy Workshop from 15th to 17th April 2006
- Course coordinator: 1st training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique for Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy on 21st & 22nd February 2006 along with Dr. Jean Destandau as Course Director held at Kolhapur, India. Live demonstration, hands-on-plastic models and video lecture.
- Live demonstration of Destandau's technique at 9th International Medical and Dental Seminar at Victoria Hospital Seychelles from 10th to 14th Feb.2006 at Seychelles
- Live and video demonstration of Destandau's technique at BOSCON 2006, (Bangalore Ortho. Society)in January 2006
- Invited speaker at department grand round on 7th December 2005 at the Centre for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, The St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital New York (U.S.A.)
- Workshop of Destandau's Post Lumbar Discectomy at Istanbul, Turkey in June 2005 at 2nd Meeting of AAMISS (Asian Academy Of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) & 12th Meet Of IMLAS (International Musculo Skeletal Laser Society)
- Cadaveric demonstration at Karachi, Pakistan at 3rd South Asian Neuro Surgeons Conference in March 2005
- Live demonstration with Dr. Destandau of Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy at Indore, India, National Neurological Conference in December 2004
- Live demonstration at Government Medical College, Solapur, India, Maharashtra Ortho Association (CME)
- ASCICON-2004 POONA, India, Live & Cadaveric demonstration of Destandau's technique with Dr. Martin Knight (Manchester, England), Dr. Ruven Gepstein (Israel) and Dr. Gore as co-faculty.
Training in Spinal Endoscopy
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. JEAN DESTANDAU. Lumbar Endo. Discectomy Training in 2002.
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. DESTANDAU. Cervical Endo. Discectomy Training in 2004.
- Martin Knight Spinal Foundation, Manchester (U.K.) Training of Laser Endoscopic Foraminoplasty in 2004.
- Dr. Bambang Darwono Jakarta Indonesia, Training Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty & Vesselplasty .
- St. Luke's Roosvelt Hospital Manhattan, NY, training in transthoracic Endoscopic Thoracic discectomy Dec.2005.
- Jho Institute of Minimally Invasive spine and Neurosurgery-Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburg, (USA)-Training in Ant. Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy-Dec.2005.
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. DESTANDAU. Anterior Cervical Endo. Discectomy Training in 2006.
Training in Neuro Endoscopy
- Basic neuroendoscopy training Dr. Pernekzie, Tuttlingen, Germany. In 2002.
- Neuroendoscopy training Dr. Phillipe Decq, Creteil, Paris, June 2004.
- Neuroendoscopy-Basics and Advanced training, Dr. M. C. Gaab, Nordstadt Clinic, Hannover Germany, Dec. 2006.
Neuro Endoscopy Work
- Transnasal Endoscopic Pitutory Surgery and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.
Extracurricular activities
- Kailas Mansarowar Parikrama thrice 1997 , 2005 & 2010. Amarnath trekking in 1998.
- Leh Laddakh motorcycle trek - Chandigarh to Leh - Kargil- Jammu - Shrinagar.
Academic Record
- Secondary School Certificate - Private High School, Kolhapur
- Higher Secondary School Certificate - The New College, Kolhapur
- Under Graduate - Govt. Medical College, Miraj - Bachelor of Medicine And Bachelor Of Surgery. (M.B.B.S.) 1985
- Graduate Studies
Name of College : Govt.Medical College, Miraj.
Junior Residency :
General Surgery : Jan.86 to June 86 C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur
Orthopedics : July 86 to Dec.86
General Hospital, Sangli.
Jan.1987 to Jun.1987.
Wanless Hospital, Miraj
Date of Registration to
M.S. (Master of Surgery) : 1st Jan.1987.
Chief Resident in Surgery : 1st July 1987 to 30th June 1989.
Date of Passing M.S : Oct. 1988 FIRST ATTEMPT.
Thesis of M.S : Utility of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Abdominal Space Occupying Masses. - Super Specialty Studies
Name of College : Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay.
Name of Hospital; : K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay.
Certificate Awarded : M.Ch. (Neurosurgery)
Date of registration : 1st July 1989.
Date of Passing M.Ch : Dec. 1991.
Marks Obtained : FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION. SECOND IN UNIVERSITY MERIT LIST
Thesis of M. Ch : TRANS-ORAL SURGERY FOR CARNIOVERTEBRAL ANOMALIES. - Teaching Experience - 5 year (till July 1992)
- Paper Published - Analysis of Intracranial Neoplasms in Patients between the ages 0 to 2 years.
Spinal Endoscopy Work
- Organiser of 4th Destandau Training course on Endoscopic spine surgery at Kolhapur 4th to 6th Feb 2011. Live demo of endoscopic lumbar & cervical discectomy & canal decompression with hands on plastic model. Live demo of Ultrasonic bone dissector with hands on cadaver bone.
- Faculty for 23rd Annual conference of Pakistan society of neurosurgeons, Sept 24 - 26th 2010. 1st endoscopic spine surgery demo at Rawalpindi Medical college, & cadaveric demo.
- Live surgery demo of endoscopic spine surgery at KIMS ( Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences ), Hubli 5th June 2010, Spine workshop .
- Faculty for 2nd Endoscopic spine surgery workshop & live surgery 15th to 16th May 2010, UKM, Malaysian spine society Kuala Lumpur & Kota Bharu.
- Annual event of Soering Germany - lecture - Use of Ultrasonic bone dissector in Minimally invasive spine & neurosurgery. Hamburg, Germany April 14th & 15th 2010. Guest lecture.
- Faculty for 2nd Endoscopic spine surgery workshop at Bhubaneshwar, Feb 5th & 6th 2010.
- Faculty 3rd Annual Neuroupdate, Jabalpur 28th & 29th Nov. 2009. Live demo. endoscopic discectmy & endoscopic lumbar Discectomy and cadaver demo.
- Faculty - 2nd International Advance Training course of Proff. Destandau's Technique for Endoscopic Cervical & Lumbar Discectomy 13th & 14th Nov. 2009, Chandigarh.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery course at Alexandria University, Egypt held on 9th -10th July 2009.
- Faculty for 7th International Endoscopic Spine Surgery Course, held from 18th - 20th June 2009 at Bordeaux, France.
- WENMISS (World Society for Endoscopic, Navigated, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) held on 21st - 23rd May 2009 with lecture on tricks & pitfalls in Endoscopic Spine Surgery held at Kotakinabalu, Malaysia from 24th May -25th May 2009 at Hospital University Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, lecture & live demonstration of Endoscopic Spine Surgery held on 26th May 2009 at Hospital Tunku Ampuan Afzan, Kuala Terengganu.
- Course coordinator: 3rd training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique of Endoscopic Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India held on 7th - 8th February 2009 with Dr. Destandau as course director. Covered a live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy, with hands on plastic models along with lectures.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery Workshop, live surgery, hands on plastic model on 24th -25th January 2009 at KIMS (Kempegauda Institute Of Medical Sciences) Bangalore, India along with lecture at BOSCON 2009, Bangalore,India organized at Orthopaedics Society's annual conference.
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery workshop along with live demonstration at CIIMS (Central India Institute Of Medical Sciences), Nagpur, India on 11th January 2009.
- Performed live demonstration and hands on plastic models at 1st Egyptian Endoscopic Spine workshop of Destandau's technique at Alexandria University & Zagazig University, held from 19th -21st August 2008.
- 1st Saudi Spine Endoscopic Symposium & Workshop held from 10th -11th June, 2008 held at King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Collaborated with Saudi Association of Neurosurgical society for live demonstration and workshop.
- 1st Syrian Spine Endoscopic Surgery Symposium & Workshop, 3rd - 8th June 2008, Ministry of Higher Education, University of Damascus, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Asad University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. Live demonstration and Workshop.
- Cadaveric demonstration of Endoscopic Spine Surgery at WFNS (World Federation of Neurosciences) course held at Goa, India on 9th May 2008.
- Live surgery workshop of Destandau's technique of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at Bhubaneswar, India at 1st Orissa State Symposium on Endospine. held on 16th March 2008.
- Invited faculty at 4th International Scientific Conference & Live Neurosurgical Workshop at Dhaka, Bangladesh held from 29th February - 3rd March 2008. Live demonstration of Destandau's technique of Endoscopic Discectomy and lecture.
- Invited faculty at 1st International Symposium & Workshop on Micro endoscopic Discectomy & nerve root decompression held on 7th December 2007, Chandigarh, India. Gave lecture and performed live surgery along with conducting a plastic model workshop.
- Live demonstration and lecture at Ataturk Hospital Ankara held on 7th November 2007, Turkey, on Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Live demonstration and lecture at 5th Feyyaz Berkay Days held at Istanbul University, Turkey on 5th November 2007.
- Live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Workshop at Pune, India, at 6th Armed Forces National Neurosciences Update Summit, 2007 and Annual Conference of Society for Neurosciences Pune, India (NNUD 2007) held on 3rd November 2007.
- Live demonstration of Destandau's technique of Lumbar Discectomy at Hazarat Rasool Akram Medical Centre, Endoscopic Surgery Training Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran from 11th and 12th July 2007
- Invited faculty member at 3rd Spine Symposium held at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA on 3rd and 4th May 2007
- Invited International Speaker at 36th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Spine Surgery & Related Research (JSRS), held in Kanazawa, Japan, on 26th & 27th April 2007
- Organizing Secretary of 2nd Training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique of Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy with Dr. Destandau at Kolhapur, India on 7th-8th April 2007.
- Invited speaker: Talk on Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy at 10th National Medical & Dental Seminar held at Mahe, Seychelles on 10th February 2007.
- Invited faculty: Practical Courses on Neuro Endoscopy Neuro Navigation, Basic & Advanced Technique with Dr. Micheal R. Gaab as Course Director held from 7th - 9th December at Hannover Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover,Germany.
- Invited faculty: Practical Course on Neuro Endoscopy & Neuro Navigation, Advanced Course for Experienced Neurosurgeons with Dr. Michael R. Gaab as Course Director held from 30th November - 2nd December 2006, Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, Germany
- Live demonstration of Destandau's Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy , Mumbai, India at Advanced Spine Course arranged by Bombay Orthopedics Society on 18th November 2006
- Cadaveric demonstration & lecture on Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at Spine 2006, Jaipur, India from 27th - 30th September 2006
- ASSI-SSE program - Association Of Spine Surgeon's Of India and Spine Society of Europe, 4th to 6th August 2006 Hyderabad, India. Cadaveric demonstration of Destandau's technique, participation in debate Endo versus Microscopic technique and video presentation of PECD- Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy
- Member of AAMISS, Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
- Live demonstration of Post Cervical Endoscopic Micro-Foraminotomy with Destandau's technique, and paper on Percutaneous Anterior Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy technique and Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy: Destandau's technique, Spine Today 2006 at Coimbatore, India, 24th and 25th June 2006
- Member Of Scientific Committee, NEUROENDOSCOPY 2007 Paris Versailles- Fourth World Conference Of The International Study Group Of Neuro Endoscopy (ISGNE) and Second World Congress of Endoscopy for Brain, Skull Base And Spine held in May 2007
- Live demonstration of Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy at NIMHANS Bangalore, India Neurosurgery Update 2006 and Neuro Endoscopy Workshop from 15th to 17th April 2006
- Course coordinator: 1st training course of Prof. Destandau's Technique for Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy on 21st & 22nd February 2006 along with Dr. Jean Destandau as Course Director held at Kolhapur, India. Live demonstration, hands-on-plastic models and video lecture.
- Live demonstration of Destandau's technique at 9th International Medical and Dental Seminar at Victoria Hospital Seychelles from 10th to 14th Feb.2006 at Seychelles
- Live and video demonstration of Destandau's technique at BOSCON 2006, (Bangalore Ortho. Society)in January 2006
- Invited speaker at department grand round on 7th December 2005 at the Centre for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, The St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital New York (U.S.A.)
- Workshop of Destandau's Post Lumbar Discectomy at Istanbul, Turkey in June 2005 at 2nd Meeting of AAMISS (Asian Academy Of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery) & 12th Meet Of IMLAS (International Musculo Skeletal Laser Society)
- Cadaveric demonstration at Karachi, Pakistan at 3rd South Asian Neuro Surgeons Conference in March 2005
- Live demonstration with Dr. Destandau of Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy at Indore, India, National Neurological Conference in December 2004
- Live demonstration at Government Medical College, Solapur, India, Maharashtra Ortho Association (CME)
- ASCICON-2004 POONA, India, Live & Cadaveric demonstration of Destandau's technique with Dr. Martin Knight (Manchester, England), Dr. Ruven Gepstein (Israel) and Dr. Gore as co-faculty.
Training in Spinal Endoscopy
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. JEAN DESTANDAU. Lumbar Endo. Discectomy Training in 2002.
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. DESTANDAU. Cervical Endo. Discectomy Training in 2004.
- Martin Knight Spinal Foundation, Manchester (U.K.) Training of Laser Endoscopic Foraminoplasty in 2004.
- Dr. Bambang Darwono Jakarta Indonesia, Training Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty & Vesselplasty .
- St. Luke's Roosvelt Hospital Manhattan, NY, training in transthoracic Endoscopic Thoracic discectomy Dec.2005.
- Jho Institute of Minimally Invasive spine and Neurosurgery-Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburg, (USA)-Training in Ant. Cervical Endoscopic Discectomy-Dec.2005.
- BAGATTEL CLINIC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE under Dr. DESTANDAU. Anterior Cervical Endo. Discectomy Training in 2006.
Training in Neuro Endoscopy
- Basic neuroendoscopy training Dr. Pernekzie, Tuttlingen, Germany. In 2002.
- Neuroendoscopy training Dr. Phillipe Decq, Creteil, Paris, June 2004.
- Neuroendoscopy-Basics and Advanced training, Dr. M. C. Gaab, Nordstadt Clinic, Hannover Germany, Dec. 2006.
Neuro Endoscopy Work
- Transnasal Endoscopic Pitutory Surgery and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.
Extracurricular activities
- Kailas Mansarowar Parikrama thrice 1997 , 2005 & 2010. Amarnath trekking in 1998.
- Leh Laddakh motorcycle trek - Chandigarh to Leh - Kargil- Jammu - Shrinagar.