OUR TEAM

About Dr. Kumar

Dr. Santosh Kumar

MBBS, Diploma in Orthopedics, M.Ch - Orthopedics

Consultant Orthopedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon, Kolkata

Previously Orthopedic Surgeon JIPMER Hospital

Directorate General Of Health Service Govt. Of India

Trained in Computer Navigated Joint Replacement from Asculap Academy, Germany

Director Asculap Academy Asia Pacific Surgeon Training

Certificate of International Excellence in Computer Assisted Joint Replacement

President of Poorva International Orthopedic Foundation

Dr. Santosh Kumar is one of best orthopedic (arthroplasty) surgeon in Eastern India, and nearby regions for Knee, Hip and Shoulder replacement, Spine surgery, rotator cuff surgery and other keyhole procedures like ACL reconstruction surgery and knee arthroscopy He has done more than 10000+ orthopedics surgeries successfully and have more than 20 years of experience in field of Arthroplasty. He had been instrumental in making the world’s best to the masses in eastern India. In 2013 he had introduced the Orthopilot Navigation system for joint replacement and today the city of Kolkata has become a hub of Joint replacement for while of Eastern India. Today keeping at par with the best in the world He has been instrumental in introducing the world’s first FULLY ACTIVE AND AUTOMATIC ROBOT for knee replacement surgery

The slogan My Knee My Life was all that knee surgery means to Dr Santosh Kumar. He heads the Santosh Kumar Hip and Knee Foundation, Momentum Orthocare and the director of joint replacement surgery at Belle Vue clinic Loudon street. He was educated in one of the most prestigious medical school, recognized all over the globe, the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), under the government of India, both his graduation and post graduation. During this time he had been assisting his head Prof Dilip K Patro and learnt his basics of orthopedics under him. He took part actively in the academics, journal clubs and managed the Bone Bank of the JIPMER Hospital. He was trained in joint replacements at the MAX Hospitals, New Delhi. He had been trained in complex and revision joint replacements by the then delta foundation. He was trained in Phoenix, USA by the KLEOS foundation and was trained in Vienna Austria for computer navigated knee replacements and minimally invasive knee replacements.

He held the first computer navigated joint replacement congress in Eastern India on 28th January, 2013 at the Bellevue Clinic Kolkata. Dr Santosh Kumar also works in field of arthroscopic surgery and spine surgery. He has done more than five thousand knee replacement surgeries till now. Dr. Santosh Kumara is the Founder President of Poorva International Orthopaedic Foundation that assists the needy patients for orthopaedic treatment and surgery.