Dr. Swapnil Kumar

Dr. Swapnil Kumar, Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon

DR. SWAPNIL KUMAR

Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon based in Patna, India. Dr. Swapnil Kumar has over 4.5 years of post-master's clinical and surgical experience, including a 2-year National Board-certified Fellowship in Spine Surgery at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Center, Pune. His clinical expertise includes complex trauma, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, traditional spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery and biportal endoscopic spine procedures.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

F.N.B. Spine Surgery — Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Center, Pune (2024–2026)

D.N.B. Orthopaedics — National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (2023)

M.S. Orthopaedics — ABVIMS & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi (2019–2022)

M.D. Pharmacology — VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi (2015–2018)

M.B.B.S. — VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi (2008–2014)

School Education — Saint Michael’s High School, Patna (CBSE, 87.6%); Don Bosco Academy, Patna (ICSE, 93.8%)

CORE CLINICAL COMPETENCIES

  • General Orthopaedics: Complex trauma management and fracture fixation; primary hip and knee arthroplasty; diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy; outpatient orthopaedic care and non-operative management.
  • Spine Surgery: Biportal endoscopic spine surgery (BESS / UBE); minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS); traditional decompression, fusion and instrumentation; management of degenerative disc disease, spinal trauma, tumours and infections.

Work Experience

  • Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics — Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh (January 2023 – July 2024; 1 year 6 months).
  • Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics — Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, Government of NCT of Delhi (October 2022 – December 2022).
  • Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics — ABVIMS & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi (May 2022 – September 2022).
  • Across 2.5 years of senior residency, gained hands-on experience in high-volume orthopaedic departments, acute emergencies and complex polytrauma; assisted and independently performed routine arthroplasty and arthroscopy procedures; mentored junior residents and participated in academic and clinical discussions.

FELLOWSHIP

  • FNB Spine Surgery Fellowship — Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Center, Pune (August 2024 – July 2026), affiliated to NBEMS. Training included complex spinal pathologies, biportal endoscopic techniques, open spine procedures, trauma, degenerative conditions and deformity correction, with pre-operative planning through post-operative rehabilitation.

AWARDS

  • PG Quiz Winner — North Zone Orthopaedic Association Conference (NZOACON), Government Medical College, Chandigarh (2022).

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Delhi Medical Council
  • AO Foundation
  • AO Spine Foundation
  • Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)

PRESENTATIONS

  • SMISS-AP 2025, Mumbai — Risk factors for cage retropulsion after transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF).
  • ASSICON 2026, Pune — Learning curve and complications of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy through CUSUM and RA-CUSUM analysis.
  • MISSABCON 2026, Chennai — Accepted papers: minimally invasive transoral route for infection, tumour and basilar invagination at the CVJ; and a template-rod technique for precise rod contouring in minimally invasive spine fixation.
  • NBEMS Webinars (November 2025 and January 2026) — Challenges in fixation of osteoporotic vertebral fractures; factors affecting outcomes in OVCFs.
  • PASS Meeting 2025, Pune — Case series on OLIF for adjacent segment listhesis with stenosis; rare high cervical OPLL causing cervical myelopathy in hypophosphatemic rickets; and high-grade listhesis treated with Delta fixation versus complete reduction and fusion.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ghorpade A, Rege A, Kumar S, Kavishwar R, Patil D. “Cement fragmentation and delayed vertebral collapse following percutaneous vertebroplasty: a rare case report and surgical management.” Int J Case Rep Orthop. 2025;7(2):161-166. DOI: 10.22271/27078345.2025.v7.i2c.280.
  • Sabnis A, Ghorpade AS, Ranade A, Kumar S. “Management of severe cervical kyphosis with myelopathy in a 9-year-old child with Larsen syndrome: a nine-year follow-up. A case report.” J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2026 May 6;78:103483. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2026.103483.
  • Ghorpade AS, Sabnis A, Rege A, Kumar S. “A novel technique for precise rod contouring using a template rod in minimally invasive spine fixation.” Int J Res Orthop. 2026;12(3):813-817.
  • Under review: Learning curve and complications of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy using CUSUM and RA-CUSUM analysis; spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma; modified unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar fixation using contralateral rod reduction; and unilateral biportal endoscopy outcomes in cauda equina syndrome.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • MISSABCON 2026 — Chennai
  • ASSICON 2026 — Pune
  • SMISS-AP 2025 — Mumbai
  • IMSOS 2024 — Chandigarh
  • HIMORTHOCON 2023 — Shimla
  • DOACON 2022 and NZOACON 2022 — Delhi and Chandigarh

COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Partial Knee Replacement Instructional Course (DITO), July 2026, Delhi
  • DMH UBE Course, February 2026, Pune
  • Core Skills in Arthroscopy Course (RCS, London), December 2025, Pune
  • Art of Spine Surgery Course, October 2025 and 2026, Pune
  • ASAMI Basic Ilizarov Course, September 2023, Delhi
  • Pelvi-acetabular cadaveric courses, September 2023, IGMC Shimla and AIIMS Delhi
  • AO Basic Trauma Course, April 2023, Amritsar
  • DOA JESS Fixation Workshop and Course, July 2022, Delhi
  • Deformity Correction Course, March 2022, GMCH Chandigarh

ORGANISATION EXPERIENCE

  • Organising team member — Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Art of Spine Surgery Course (2024 and 2025).
  • Organising team member — IMSOS 2024, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh.

DISSERTATIONS

  • “A pharmacokinetic study to validate tissue levels of ceftriaxone chemoprophylaxis during spine surgery” — M.D. Pharmacology.
  • “Posterior decompression and stabilisation in dorso-lumbar Pott’s spine with neurological deficit: a clinico-radiological outcome study” — M.S. Orthopaedics.

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