Strengths of Department:

                       The Department of Orthopaedics of this hospital is one of the oldest amongst the teaching institutes in Bombay (Mumbai).It boasts of stalwarts like Dr.Masalawalla who was the former Head of the Department & a pioneer in the treatment of Potts Spine.Dr.B.B.Joshi who designed an external fixator named after him and revolutionised the techniques of hand injury management, is also an aluminus of this great institute.Many of the remaining ex-post graduates are working in India & abroad in positions of excellence.

                      The strengths of the department can be judged with the fact that it caters to the needs of a majority of the middle class & poverty-stricken population of Mumbai.It also acts as a major referral center for patients all over India.The Out-Patient Department witnesses approximately 300-350 patients daily between 8.30 am & 12.30 pm.It is open all 6 days of the weeks with the initial four days dealing with new patients with Fridays & Saturdays dedicated to the Follow-Up Patients..The Indoor Wards have a capacity of 120 patients at any given time.

                      The Department has an excellent faculty who are experienced in all the major branches of orthopaedic surgery and are currently working in 4 teaching units, two being in the J.J.Hospital & the remaining in the peripheral institutes of G.T. Hospital and St.George Hospital respectively .The details of the teaching staff are;

·          Dr.Ajay S.Chandanwale              (Prof. & Head & Unit Incharge)

·          Dr.Sanjay A.Jagtap                      (Assoc.Prof. & Unit Incharge)

·          Dr.Sunil K.Bhosale                      (Lecturer)

·          Dr.Sachin P.Jadhav                      (Lecturer)

·          Dr.Shashikant N.Nawale              (Lecturer)

·          Dr.Neetin P.Mahajan                    (Lecturer)

·          Dr.Zahid A Parkar                        (Hon.Prof. & Unit Incharge)

·          Dr.Ashok N.Johari                        (Hon. Assoc. Prof.)

·          Dr.Sudhir S.Joshi                          (Hon.Assoc.Prof.)

·          Dr.Sangeet K.Gawhale                 (Hon.Asst. Prof.)

                    There is an active teaching programme for the post-graduate students which involves weekly seminars & case presentations.The under-graduates are taught the nuances of clinical history taking & examination along with the required basic management.

                   The Department provides emergency services in the casualty which is manned by an orthopaedic resident round the clock. The departmental members were apt in providing emergency medical treatment to the Bomb-Blast Victims in Aug.2003 & the Building Collapse Patients in Aug.2005.All specialities of operations are done here with Spine & Joint Replacement surgeries being the prevalent ones along with the fixation of routine fractures & trauma.The theatre has the state of art facilities with 4 C-Arms, A.O.instrumentation & an operating microscope.

                    The Master of Surgery Degree courses (M.S.) of the University of Mumbai are offered in this department. Currently, the annual intake of post-graduate students is Five. The faculty is always involved in academic activities of paper presentations & publications. The department has to its credit a number of National and International publications.