Dr Narendra Vaidya

Dr. Narendra Vaidya is an Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic and Joint replacement surgeon in Pune, India. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Lokmanya Hospitals Pvt Ltd. Dr. Vaidya is awarded many prestigious awards like Rashtriya Ratna Award, Navbharat Health Excellence Award, and many other such recognitions. Dr. Vaidya pioneered and introduced Robotic Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery in India. With the technology, more than 7000 knee replacement surgeries have been successfully performed by him, which are the highest in the series. He holds a vast experience of more than 28 years, with more than 100000 Orthopedic Surgeries and more than 20000 Joint Replacement surgeries successfully performed by him. 
== Early Life and Education ==
Dr. Vaidya was born to Dr. V. G. Vaidya, a General surgeon and chairman at Lokmanya Medical Foundation, and Mrs. Ratnaprabha Vaidya, on April 14, 1968. A distinguished alumnus of the prestigious B. J. Medical College, Pune affiliated with the Poona University in 1989, a gold medalist in not just orthopedics, but all the branches of surgery in 1994. He has also received extensive training from the US, Germany, and Sweden – 
•	ATLS- (Advanced Trauma Life Support) American College of Surgeons, San Diego, USA 2001
•	Robotic-Assisted Partial & Total Knee Replacement, Kansas, USA, Training in Joint Replacement under eminent surgeon Dr. Kent Samuelson, LDH Hospital for joint replacement, Salt Lake City, Utah USA
•	Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Memphis USA
•	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery under eminent Surgeons like Dr. (Prof.) Bo Levander, Dr.Hakan Lofgren at Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden
•	Advanced Cervical & Lumbar Spine Surgery at University Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden 1996
His father was his inspiration behind him becoming a doctor as from a young age, he used to join his father at his clinic. He would observe patients coming in with their problems and leaving with happy faces. He always wanted to be an oncosurgeon, but Dr. Vinod M Kothari (KEM Hospital, Pune) motivated and introduced him to the orthopedics specialty. Dr. Vaidya’s interest grew further towards the orthopedic domain, under the guidance of Padmavibhushan Dr. K. H. Sancheti (Sancheti Institute of Ortho and Rehabilitation). 
== Career ==
Dr. Vaidya has an experience of more than 28 years as an internationally acclaimed Orthopedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon. He faced several challenges initially due to lack of awareness and stigma against surgeries as a treatment of option for many orthopedic problems in society. To tackle this, Dr. Vaidya initiated and engaged in many public education and awareness programs. He always believes that Surgeon’s Expertise with Technological Precision can bring great results, for treatment and patient satisfaction. With this vision, he pioneered the robotic joint replacement technology in India.
To date, he has performed more than 7000 robotic joint replacement surgeries, with excellent patient outcomes and high satisfaction levels. Having performed more than 20,000 joint replacement surgeries and over 1,00,000 orthopedic surgeries, he is a leading adult reconstructive surgeon. He performs over 3500 surgeries every year, one of the highest numbers in the country.
Dr. Vaidya is also the founder and managing director of Lokmanya Group of Hospitals, a chain of multispecialty hospitals, with 4 branches in Pune, 1 in Kolhapur, well equipped OPDs in Mumbai, and more than 10 extensions in the form of satellite clinics and OPDs at many small and big cities across India.
== Social Initiatives ==
•	Initiated the “Golden Hour Project” in 1996 and conceptualized as well as implemented India’s First Comprehensive Trauma System comprising of Awareness (prevention), Early treatment (Golden hour), Efficient ambulance connectivity for bringing a patient to the hospital and prompt treatment, and rehabilitation dedicated Emergency Medical System (EMS), a new technology at that time. 
•	Designed special dedicated ambulances for trauma patients on highways for immediate availability of medical aid, which has helped save the lives of more than 3,00,000 trauma victims to date.
 
•	Designed MTCCU (Mobile Trauma and Critical Care Unit)
•	Supported Safe Life Initiative on Road Safety and Conducted more than 500 preventative and awareness programs in schools, and corporate companies to promote road safety
•	Led a team of 16 healthcare professionals to Anjaar, Gujarat in 2001, treated 2132 patients and performed 82 surgeries in a makeshift operation theatre in an MTCCU
Professional Accomplishments
•	Established the largest chain of Advanced Super speciality Orthopaedic and Multispeciality Hospitals in Western Maharashtra
•	Established a Comprehensive Spine Centre in collaboration with Ryhov Hospital, Sweden
•	First surgeon in Pune to perform all four major joint replacements – hip, shoulder, knee and elbow
•	First surgeon in Pune to perform Microscopic Cervical Disc Replacement and Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
 
•	Introduced the Ortho pilot computer-assisted joint replacement for the first time in Pune
•	Introduced robotics in joint replacement at Lokmanya Hospitals, Pune for the first time in India
•	First surgeon to perform robotic assisted unicompartmental knee replacement in India, one of the first robotic-assisted total knee replacement in the world, apart from the USA
Awards and Recognitions
•	Rashtriya Ratna Award for his contribution towards rescue and treatment of victims of the 2001 earthquake in Anjaar, Gujarat, 2001
•	Vishwa Vivek Puraskar for his contribution to the prevention and rehabilitation of victims of trauma, 2005
•	Mahindra Navistar Award excellence in Medical Transport, 2011
•	Sanjivani Puraskar for excellence in Healthcare, 2013
•	Ga Di Ma Puraskar, 2014
•	Indian Leadership Award for Healthcare Excellence, 2015
•	Lokmat PCMC Icon, 2016
•	100 Most Impactful Healthcare Leaders, 2017
•	Best Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon, Navbharat Health Excellence Award, 2017
•	India Book of Records recognized for the highest number of joint replacements in a single day (104) at LokmanyaGroup of Hospitals, 2018, breaking his own record of 52 joint replacements in a single day in one hospital, also in 2018
•	Maharashtra Times Icons of Health 2019
•	Doctor's Excellence Award in Orthopaedics - ADMH in Maharashtra Healthcare Excellence Summit & Awards 2021
•	Excellence in Joint Replacement Surgery - Navbharat Healthcare Excellence Awards - 2021
Research and Publications
Dr Vaidya’s research includes – 
•	Prospective Single Arm Cohort Randomized Interventional Study on UKA and TKA Procedures Using NAVIO Robotic Assisted Surgical System performed with a sample size of 200 TKAs and 100 UKAs
•	Anterior Cervical Discectomy with fusion. “Does Plate Fixation improve outcome” of 124 cases, Micro-lumbar Discectomy outcome study of 208 cases of Lumbar Disc Prolapse
•	“Role of Yogic Practices in the management of Patients with Chronic Backache with particular reference to activity-related efficiency & Sexual behaviour” Funded by Indian System of Medicine & Homeopathy, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
•	Chief Investigator, of “Extra Mural Research Projects on Indian System of Medicine & Homeopathy sponsored by Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy, Govt. of India, New Delhi
•	Biometry of Hip/Knee Joint for development of Total Hip Replacement & Total Knee Replacement prosthesis for Indian Population
•	To study the results of Anterior Cervical Discectomy by Smith Robinson Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy & Radiculopathy
•	To study long-term results of Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy
He also has several publications accredited to his name –
•	Does Robotic Technology successfully restore the Joint line after the Total Knee Replacement - A Retrospective Analysis - Indian Journal of Orthopedics
•	Robotic-Assisted TKA leads to a better prosthesis alignment and a better joint line restoration as compared to conventional TKA: A prospective randomised controlled trial
•	Correlation of CT Scan Myelo Surgery operative findings in lower lumbar disc prolapse
•	Study of PLIF in case of degenerative spondylolisthesis
He has also authored and published a book on “Helping yourself towards zero backaches”. He published, a CD Rom on “Spine: The Inside Story” for the first time in India. He has also published several articles on joint replacement, spine and arthroscopy, in various national and regional publications.
Personal Life
Spo:-useDr. Mitali Vaidya, a dental surgeon and Director at Lokmanya Group of Hospitals
Sons – Dr. Tanmoy and Dr Tejomoy.
	
Hobbies: 
An avid reader
 
Enjoys trekking, especially in the Himalayas
Listening to classical music and light music.
Having won in the Doubles Tennis National Tournament in Chennai in 1980-81, He has won several tennis tournaments during his student life at BJ Medical College and the University of Pune.
Favorite sports icons: Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer.
Category:Orthopedic surgeons
Category:Indian orthopedic surgeons