Ashwin Kulkarni

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Specialities:

Joint Reconstruction (Hip & Knee)

Trauma

About Me:

Mr Kulkarni completed his medical qualification in India, specialising in orthopaedics which particularly interested me because of the significant difference surgery made to my patients.

He undertook higher surgical training in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and completed fellowships in Toronto, Canada and in the UK.

His special interests are in hip surgery in both young and elderly patients, including hip replacement, hip resurfacing, hip revision surgery, hip arthroscopy, surgery for impingement syndrome, knee replacement, knee revision and arthroscopy of the knee for soft tissue pathology.

On average, each year he performs in excess of: 80 hip arthroscopy cases 60 knee arthroscopy cases 135 Hip replacements 80 knee replacements 20 hip revision surgical cases.

He is also involved in under-graduate and post-graduate medical training and developed UKITE, a self assessment test of orthopaedic knowledge for specialist orthopaedic trainees which benchmarks participants knowledge against that of their peer group.

He is Editor in Chief for Wikipaedics (BOA).

Secretary Contact Information:

Trauma LRI - 0116 258 6241

Elective LGH - 0116 258 4993