Editorial Board

Last updated on: July 15, 2026

Editor-in-chief

Patinharayil Gopinathan
MBBS, MS (ORTH), MRCS (EDINBURGH, UK), FRCS (GLASGOW, UK), DNB (ORTH), MNAMS, D.ORTH
GMC Foundation Orthopedics Centre,
Kozhikode, Kerala, India,
Joint replacement, Arthroscopy and sports
Email: editor@jortho.org;
gopirothan.p@gmail.com

Administrative Editor

Ram Sudhan Subramaniyan
D’Ortho, DNB (Ortho), MRCPS (Glasg), MNAMS, FIMSA
Fellow of the Academy of Arthroplasty and Sports Medicine (F.A.A.S),
Consultant Sports surgeon,
Atreya Hospital (A unit of DMRI), Thrissur, Kerala

Co Editor-in-Chief

Heiko Graichen
MD, PhD,
Muri bei Bern,
Bern, Switzerland,
Arthroplasty

Managing Editor

Sibin Surendran
MBBS, MS (ORTH), MRCS (EDINBURGH, UK), FRCS (GLASGOW, UK), DNB (ORTH), MNAMS, D.ORTH
Kerala University of Health Sciences,
Thrissur, Kerala, India,
Orthopaedic Surgery

Senior Editor

Ye Yeon Won
MD, PhD,
Ajou University School of Medicine,
Ajou Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea,
Republic of Arthroplasty

Associate Editors

Pawan Agarwal
MS, MCh, DNB, FRCS, MNAMS, PhD
Aditya Hospital,
Hyderabad, India,
Orthopaedic Associated Plastic Surgery

Alice Baroncini
MD, PhD
RWTH Aachen University,
Faculty of Medicine,
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,
Spine

Anil Bhat
MS, DNB (Ortho)
Kasturba Medical College Manipal,
Manipal, India,
Hand and Microsurgery

Gautam Chakrabarty
D’Orth, MS, MCh, FRCS Ed; FRCS Tr & Orth
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom,
Arthroplasty

Riccardo D’Ambrosi
MD
IRCCS Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio Hospital,
Milan, Lombardy, Italy,
Sports Medicine, anterior cruciate ligament, acl, arthroscopy

Giustra Fortunato
MD
University of Turin, Maria Vittoria Hospital,
Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology,
Turin, Piedmont, Italy,
Trauma and General orthopaedics

Nijith Govindan
MBBS, MS
MIOC Ortho Clinic,
Kochi, India,
Arthroplasty Upper and Lower limb, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine, Joint Replacement Surgery

Vijay Kumar Jain
MBBS, MS, FACS
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,
New Delhi, India,
Trauma, Arthroplasty

Madhan Jeyaraman
MBBS, MS, PhD
Sri Lalithambigai Medical College and Hospital,
Chennai, India,
Arthroscopy, General Orthopaedics

Santosh Kumar
MBBS, MS, PG DHA
King George’s Medical University,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Arthrhoplasty, Trauma

Danilo Leonetti
MD
University of Messina,
Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery,
Messina, Italy,
Foot and Ankle, Trauma

Rajiv Maharjan
MBBS, MS
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences,
Dharan, Province No. 1, Nepal,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics, Arthroplasty, Spine

Ajay Malviya
PhD, FRCS T&O, MSc, MRCS Ed, MS
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
Newcastle, United Kingdom,
Arthroscopy, Hip dislocation, Hip Preservation

Rujuta Mehta
MBBS, MS Ortho, DNB Ortho
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children,
Parel, India,
Paediatric Orthopaedics

Prem Haridas Menon
DNB (Orth), MNMAS, MCh
Kerala University of Health Sciences,
Thrissur, India,
Trauma, Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Geriatric fractures, Randomised Clinical Trials

Filippo Migliorini
MD, PhD, MBA
RWTH Aachen University Hospital,
Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery,
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,
Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty, Biologics, Cartilage and bone regeneration

Sandeep Patel
MBBS, MS, DNB, MAMS
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, India,
Trauma, Arthroscopy

Salvatore Risitano
MD Physiology
University Hospital City of Science and Health Turin,
Turin, Italy,
Total knee Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, Knee surgery, Trauma

Giuseppe Rovere
MD, PhD
University Hospital Agostino Gemelli,
Rome, Lazio, Italy,
Trauma, Hip and Knee surgery, pelvic ring, oncology

Abhijeet Salunke
MBBS, DNB (Orth)
The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute,
Ahmedabad, India,
MSK Tumors

Ajoy P. Shetty
MBBS, MS
Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt Ltd,
Coimbatore, India,
Spine, Trauma

Vivek Tiwari
MS Orth, DNB, MNAMS, MRCSEd
Apollo Sage Hospital,
Bhopal, India,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics, Total Knee Arthroplasty, Orthopaedic Oncology, Total Hip Arthroplasty, Joint Reconstruction, Bone Tumors

Jayesh Trivedi
MS, MChj, FRCS
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom,
Spine

Abhishek Vaish
MBBS, MS, DNB, MCh MIS, SICOT, MNAMS, ICS
Apollo Hospital Delhi,
Department of Orthopaedics,
New Delhi, India,
Arthroplasty

Assistant Editors

Aditya K. Agrawal
MS, MCh
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University,
Vadodara, Gujarat, India,
Arthroscopy, Trauma

Vikram Arun Mhaskar
MS
Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research,
New Delhi, India,
Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine

Francesco Bosco
MD
Ingrassia Hospital,
Palermo, Sicily, Italy,
Trauma and Knee surgery

Kai Chen
MD
Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China,
Paediatric Orthopaedics

Muratori Francesco
MD, PhD
New Saint Mary Hospital of the Emilia Region,
Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy,
MSK Oncology, General Orthopaedics

Seema Grover
BPT, MPT
Apollo Hospital Delhi,
New Delhi, India,
Physiotherapy

Akshat Gupta
MS, DNB
Tata Memorial Hospital,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India,
MSK Oncology, General Orthopaedics

Rajat Jangir
MS Ortho
Jaipur National University,
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India,
Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, Orthopedics, Orthopaedics, shoulder surgery, Knee surgery

Wu Jia Jun
MD
Shanghai Pudong New District Zhoupu Hospital,
Shanghai, China,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics

Sharif Ahmed Jonayed
MS, FCPS, FACS
National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation,
Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Spine, Trauma

Vikram Khanna
D’Orth, DNB, MNMAS
Akasha Institute,
New Delhi, India,
Trauma

Praharsha Mulpur
MBBS, DNB (Ortho)
Sunshine Hospitals,
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India,
Arthroplasty

Chandra Prakash Pal
MBBS, MS
SN Medical College,
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics

Vinodh Kumar Panniraselvam
FRCS, MRCS, MS, DNB
Royal Stoke University Hospital,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom,
Spine, General Orthopaedics

Kalaventhan Pathinathan
MD
Government of Sri Lanka Ministry of Health Sri Lanka,
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
General Orthopaedics, Trauma

S. Dilip Chand Raja
MBBS, MS (Ortho), DNB(Ortho), FNB (Spine), Global diploma (AO Spine)
Fortis Hospital,
Vadapalani, Chennai, India,
Spine

Federico Sacchetti
MD
University of Florence,
Florence, Tuscany, Italy,
MSK Oncology

Rajendra Sakhreskar
MS
The Hospital for Sick Children,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics

Nafisa Shakin Batta
MBBS, DNB
Mahajan Imaging Private Limited,
New Delhi, India,
MSK Radiology

Sriram Harish Srinivasan
MRCS, MCh, FRCS, FEBOT
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Orthopaedics,
Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics

Ke Tao
MD
Peking University Health Science Center,
Beijing, China,
Sports Medicine

Pushpa Bihari Thipperswamy
DMRD, DNB, FRCR
Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt Ltd,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Coimbatore, India,
MSK Radiology

Gaurav Kumar Upadhyaya
MBBS, MS
All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Raebareli,
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India,
Trauma, Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty

Karthik Vishwanathan
MS, DNB, MRCS Ed, MSc (Orth), M Ch (Orth-UK), MNAMS
Parul University,
Vadodara, India,
Arthroplasty

Emal Wardak
MS, PhD
Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital,
Kabul, Afghanistan,
Trauma, General Orthopaedics

Editorial Board Member

Ravisha Bhardwaj
MBBS, MS
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital Sports Injury Centre,
New Delhi, India,
General Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine

Samundeeswari Saseendar
MBBS, MS, MBA
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences,
Puducherry, India,
General Orthopaedics, Trauma, arthroscopy, knee surgery, shoulder surgery, ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, cartilage reconstruction