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Dr Kannan Karuppiah Kumar
M.S.Orthopaedics,
Consultant (Attending), Hand surgery
HOSMAT Hospital (Since October 2014 till date)
Bangalore, India
Academic Qualifications
- MBBS (August 2000 – May 2006) – M S Ramaiah Medical college, Bangalore, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
- ECFMG Certified – Certificate no – 0816-932-8
- MS Orthopedics (May 2007 – May 2010) – Karnataka Institute of medical sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Hubli, India
- Dr Paul Brand Fellow in Hand, brachial plexus and Microsurgery (August 2010-July 2011) – Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Clinical Fellow in shoulder and elbow surgery (Jan 2012-July2012) – National university Hospital, Singapore
- Fellow in Hand and Microsurgery(August 2012 – March 2013) – C M Kleinert Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
- Clinical Fellow in hand, brachial plexus and microsurgery (May 2013-July 2014) – Ogorii Daichi Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan – Supervisor – Dr Kazuteru Doi
- Clinical fellow in Pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery(February 2017-July 2017) – Texas Scottish Rite hospital, Dallas , Texas.
- Consultant/Attending – Orthopaedic hand surgeon – Hosmat hospital, Bangalore, India. From October 2014 – till date.
KVPY Fellowship
- Fellowship awarded by the government of India
- One among six for the year 2002
- Provided me with the best research opportunities available in India
- Three years part time in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Two week visit to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India in April 2004 as a part of the fellowship program
Research experience
- Worked with Prof Kondiah of Indian Institute of science, Bangalore.
Teaching experience
- Undergraduate teaching including bedside and didactic lectures from 2007-10
- Regular lecture classes for hand physiotherapy students – 2010-11
- Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in hand surgery – 2010-11
- Undergraduate orthopedic teaching 2013 – till date
- Thesis guide to ten orthopedic residents so far.
Thesis
- A study of operative management of proximal humerus fractures – MS orthopedics
- Study of 96 cases of glomus tumors – Hand Fellow (CMC, Vellore)
As Faculty
- ISSH basic hand course at Bangalore – 18th and 19th May. Two talks on local anesthesia in hand surgery and Distal radius fractures
- KOACON 2024 February – Faculty presentation on scapular fractures
- Bangalore arthroscopy society – 2023 March – Talk on arthroscopic TFCC repair
- OASISCON 2023 Mangalore – Faculty talk on scaphoid fractures
- ISSSHCON 2023 Chandigarh – Faculty talk on functional outcomes of surgical management of perilunate injuries
- Tendon surgery workshop – December 2016 – MS Ramaiah advanced learning center
- Upper limb exposures – course director – January 2024, May 2023, June 2022, June 2021, June 2020, May 2019, June 2018
- Hand Symposium @ CDSIMER, Bangalore – June 2024
- Koacon 2023- Belgavvi – Faculty
- BOSCON 2023 – Faculty
Courses completed
- Upper extremity course – Biomet surgical training center, Warsaw, Indiana, 2nd March 2013 – Course director – Dr Tuna Ozyrekoglu
- EMG/NCS course – C M Kleinert Institute – Louisville – January 26 th 2013
- Upper extremity fracture fixation – Acumed – C M Kleinert Institute – Louisville – November 3rd
- Shoulder and elbow dissection course – November 2nd 2012- South Florida learning center, Stryker lab, Florida – Course Director Dr Sotelo and Dr Kenneth Koval.
- Kleinert flap course – September 22nd and 23rd 2012– C M Kleinert Institute, Louisville
- Upper extremity fracture fixation course – AO course – Kleinert institute August 12th 2012
- Essentials of hand therapy – Kleinert institute – August 4th 2012
- Basic arthroscopy of the shoulder and knee – workshop – June 11 and 12 2012, Khoo Teck Puat advanced learning center, National University Hospital, Singapore
- Peripheral nerve surgery workshop – Khoo Teck Puat hospital, Singapore on March 24-25 2012
- International Trauma Life Support Course – January 2009 – Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, India.
- Completed a course on Arthroplasty Essentials (basic arthroplasty skill enhancement program) and suturing skills by DePuy (Johnson and Johnson) – March 2009 at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai.
- Two day basic spine workshop – Indian Orthopedic Association annual conference – 2008 December
- Knee Arthroplasty work shop – November 2008 – Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, India
Expertise in the following surgeries apart from general orthopedic surgeries:
- Free vascularized bone transfer
- Free functioning muscle transfers
- Routine brachial plexus surgery
- All trauma of the hand including Micro Vascular repair
- Minor and Intermediate level flaps,
- Common congenital hand and upper limb anomalies
- Burns contracture management
- Wrist trauma
- Tendon injuries including late reconstruction
- Tendon Transfers for paralytic conditions
- Leprosy reconstruction & cosmetic correction of hand
- Tumors and infections of hand
- Brachial plexus surgery
- Free muscle transfers
- Brachial plexus salvage procedures
- Shoulder arthroscopic surgeries – Bankart’s repair and rotator cuff repair
- Elbow surgeries
- Arthroplasty of shoulder and elbow
Leader and a team player
- Was the house captain for two consecutive years in school in the years 1998-00
- Was the vice – president of junior doctors association , Karnataka institute of medical sciences , Hubli for the years 2008-10
- Was the treasurer of Karnataka junior doctors’ association for the years 2008-10
Areas of interest
- Complex elbow and wrist problems
- Congenital pediatric anomalies
- Brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery
- Healthcare IT
Oral Presentations
- Clinco epidemiologic review of Parsonage Turner syndrome from a hand surgeon’s perspective” – Presented at the Visiting professor Research session on November 7th 2012, Christine M Kleinert Hand institute.
Posters presented
- A Study of PFN in subtrochanteric fractures” – Karnataka Orthopedic Association annual conference held at Mangalore in February, 2009
Publications
- Cervical intradural abscess masquerading as an epidural collection – Kannan K Kumar, Yaser Hussain, Leok Lim, Lwin Sein and Naresh S Kumar. Global Spine Journal. March 2013.
- Radioscapholunate arthrodesis using low-profile dorsal pi-plate. Elkin J Galvis, Kannan K Kumar, Tuna Ozuyrekoglu. Techniques in upper extremity and Hand surgery 17(2):80-83. June 2013.
- “Isolated Abductor Digiti Minimi palsy – An unusual case of Guyon’s canal compression” – Kannan K Kumar, Sunil Thirkannad. Hand Surgery (World Scientific). Vol 18(2) – 2013 251-253.
- Parsonage-Turner Syndrome: Clinical and Epidemiological Features From a Hand Surgeon’s Perspective. Chris S. Milner, Kumar Kannan, Vasudeva G. Iyer, Sunil M. Thirkannad
- Radiographic Evaluation of Chronic Static Scapholunate Dissociation Post Soft Tissue Reconstruction – Yong Yang, Kannan K Kumar, Tsu Min Tsai. May 2013. 155-159.Journal of Wrist Surgery.
- Intraosseous Xanthoma of the distal radius – a case report. Kannan K Kumar, Yorell Manon Matos and Sunil Thirkannad. Hand surgery (World scientific). 223-226 Vol 19(2) – 2014
- Pedicled vascularized fibular graft in a flow-through manner for reconstruction of infected non-union of tibia in a single artery leg. Kannan K Kumar, Yasunori Hattori, Soutetsu Sakamoto and Kazuteru Doi. Accepted for publication. Journal of Orthopaedic surgery. 2014.
- Reconstruction of shoulder and elbow function using multiple muscle transfers for cervical spondylotic amyotrophy. Kannan Karuppiah Kumar, Kazuteru Doi, Yasunori Hattori, Hiroshi Yonemura, Soutetsu Sakamoto and Kazuteru Doi. Volume 39, number 21, pp E1269-1275. 2014.
- Modified Camitz transfer for very severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Kannan Karuppiah Kumar, Yasunori Hattori, Kazuteru Doi, Soutetsu Sakamoto and Satomi Koide. Accepted for publication. Journal of Hand Surgery (American).
- The use of Corticoplasty for managing Multiple Enchondromatosis of hand. Yong Yang, MD, PhD, Wen Tian, MD, Kannan K Kumar,MD, Junhui Zhao, MD, Guanglei Tian, MD. Accepted for publication. Japanese pediatric orthopedic journal.
- Ligament reconstruction with tendon interposition arthroplasty for first carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. YANG Yong, TIAN Wen, Huey Y. Tien and TIAN Guanglei, Kannan K. Kumar
Arthroplasty for Fifth Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis
Yong Yang, MD, PhD1 Luis R. Scheker, MD, and Kannan K. Kumar. J Wrist Surg. 2015 May; 4(2): 110–114. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549291
Pedicled vascularised fibular grafting in a flow-through manner for reconstruction of infected non-union of the tibia with preservation of the peroneal artery: a case report. Yasunori Hattori, Kazuteru Doi, Soutetsu Sakamoto, Nilesh Satbhai, Kannan Karuppiah Kumar. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2015;23(1):111-5
- Analysis of shoulder abduction by dynamic shoulder radiograph following suprascapular nerve repair in brachial plexus injury Takashi Shimoe a,b, Kazuteru Doi a,*, Tomas Madura a, Kannan K. Kumar a, Tristram D. Montales a, Yasunori Hattori a, Sotetsu Sakamoto a, Kiminori Yukata a, Munehito Yoshidab
Tip for EDC retraction during wrist surgery. Kannan Karuppiah Kumar. Accepted for publication in Journal of hand surgery – Asia Pacific
Arthroscopic Abrasion Arthroplasty Is Not Superior to Ligament Reconstruction and Tendon Interposition for Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis Dominik Rog, Tuna Ozyurekoglu, Kumar K Karuppiah
Functional Outcome of Surgically Managed Perilunate Injuries
Joseph George, Kannan Karuppiah Kumar, Girish Vijayakumar & Muniramaiah Ravishankar
Vascularized Ulnar Transposition and Ulno-scapholunate Fusion for Reconstructing Campanacci Grade 3 Giant Cell Tumor of Distal Radius: Technique and a Series of 5 Cases. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 2020
Anatomical study of anterior supramalleolar artery and its potential application to design a bi-foliate fasciocutaneous flap
Ji-Yin He 1, Shih-Heng Chen 2, Kannan Karuppiah Kumar 3, Zhi-Hong Fan 1, Jie Lao 4, Huey Tien 3. Indian Journal of plastic surgery
Modified double fascicular nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion in brachial plexus injuries – A series of 32 cases. Dr Kannan Karuppiah Kumar, Dr Thomas Chandy, Dr Krishan Prasad and Dr Tejesh Ganesh.
Book Chapter
- Textbook of Orthopaedics and trauma – Editor – M N Kumar. Chapter – Peripheral nerve injuries and Brachial plexus injuries.
- Textbook of hand emergencies – Editor – Dr Jose Couceiro. Chapter – Animal bites
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