Dr. DEBASIS CHAKRAVARTY

MBBS, M.S. (Orth), MRCS (Edin), FRCS (Tr& Orth)

Senior Consultant Joint Replacement and Trauma Surgeon
Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata

Dr. Debasis Chakravarty is a skilled and experienced Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon in India with more than 30 years of experience in his field.

He specializes in joint replacement of the hip, knee, elbow and shoulder as well as revision (re-do) joint surgery for failed hip and knee joint replacements along with treating all types of fractures and dislocations of the human skeleton.

He is a member of the Medical Council of India (MCI).

Dr. Chakravarty qualified from Medical College and Hospitals, under University of Calcutta in 1992. He completed his Master of Surgery (MS) in Trauma & Orthopaedics from the same University in 1996. He passed the examination making him a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) of Edinburgh in 2001. He undertook higher surgical training in Peterborough & Stamford NHS Hospital, United Kingdom during which he was awarded the FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2009.

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Arthroplasty Fellow at Endoklinik, Hamburg with Prof Gehrke
• Passed Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery leading to FRCS ( Tr and Orth) on 12.02.2009
• Awarded the prestigious AO Fellowship from 3rd of September 2007 to 12th of October 2007 (6 weeks) with Professor Dr Andreas Wentzensen at the BG Unfallklinik, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCES

He completed two pedigree fellowships:

AO Trauma Fellowship, BG Unfallklinik, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 2008

AO Trauma Fellowship in 2007 with Professor Dr Andreas Wentzensen at the BG Unfallklinik, Ludwigshafen, a Level 1 Trauma Centre, Germany. This is one of the largest and most modern centres in Germany for the surgical treatment of the severely poly-traumatized patients. Dr. Chakravarty had wide exposure to trauma dealing mainly with poly-traumatized patients and became extremely proficient in the management of complex trauma.

Revision Arthroplasty Fellowship, Endoklinik, Hamburg, 2013

Revision Arthroplasty Fellow, May 2013, Helios Endo-Klinik, Hamburg with Prof. Dr. Thorsten Gehrke with a focus on the treatment of prosthetic joint infection. The Endoklinik itself developed an unrivaled reputation for excellence in joint arthroplasty which has continued to the current day. It remains the most productive center in Europe performs more than 6000 hip and knee arthroplasties per annum. Approximately 1500 of these are revisions and up to 600 of these are for sepsis. The unit averages 30 joint replacements per day including revisions. There are about 4 septic revisions per day. During this time Dr. Chakravarty became proficient in dealing with severe deformities and bone loss in revision scenarios.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

• He sees patients with complex problems requiring complex primary joint replacement of the hip, knee, elbow and shoulder as well as a revision (re-do) joint surgery for failed hip and knee joint replacements
• Dr. Chakravarty performs Patello-femoral joint and Unicompartmental (partial) knee joint replacements under the appropriate clinical conditions
• Dr. Chakravarty has a special interest in treating young patients with hip pathologies such as arthritis and AVN using hip preservation techniques and later un-cemented hip replacements and ceramic bearings when needed
• He also offers Cell therapy using Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) for early arthritis and articular cartilage defects in hips and knees, including the use of PRP and stem-cell injections for sports injuries
• Besides this, Dr. Chakravarty is an expert in treating all types of fractures and dislocations of the human skeleton