Dr Anuj Chawla is one of the best and very few fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeons in Delhi-NCR region. He is an Orthopedic surgeon with a vast academic background and experience. He did his MBBS from prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in which he was a distinction holder.He then joined Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College where he finished his post-graduation in Orthopedic. Both Maulana Azad Medical College and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College have been in the top 10 medical colleges of India.

After working for 3 years in Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi, his zeal to learn more made him travel to Singapore where he worked in Tan Tock Seng Hospital for nearly 7 years. He also completed his DNB Orthopedic, Diploma SICOT Examinations as well as FRCS Trauma & Orthopedic from Glasgow. Dr Anuj Chawla was also awarded SICOT fellowship in 2016 which he did from Madrid, Spain. Looking at the lacuna in foot and ankle training in India and paucity of specialist surgeons made him specialize in foot and ankle surgery. His academic credentials and work in the field of foot and ankle surgery helped him in getting 6-month fellowship training from historically significant The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital, based in Oswestry, UK. His fellowship was accredited by British Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society. After finishing his fellowship, he has moved back to India. He is working with CK Birla Hospital Gurugram and is also attached to Sethi Hospital, Gurugram, and Fortis Hospital Mohali. Apart from that, he is also an orthopedic teacher and he teaches about foot and ankle problems to orthopedic residents and practitioners using the platform of an online app by the name of Conceptual Orthopedics.

 

Dr Chawla has a diverse local as well as overseas experience of managing most of the Orthopedic problems including trauma, arthroplasty as well as arthroscopy. With regards to foot and ankle conditions, he has an extensive experience of managing both foot and ankle trauma as well as atraumatic conditions. He has successfully managed patients with ankle sprains, heel pain due to Achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis, arthritis of ankle and foot, deformities like flat foot, high arched foot and paralytic foot, as well as assessment and management of diabetic and Charcot’s feet.He is trained to do arthroscopy of ankle and foot joints, arthroplasty of ankle, fusion of ankle and foot joints, deformity correction and tendon transfer.

Professional Qualifications

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Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
March 2018
April - June 2016
October, 2013
February 2012
June 2010
June 2006 - June 2009
July 2000- November 2004

Clinical Experience

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Nov 2020 till present
Jan 2020 till present
Nov 2019 till present
February 2019 till July 2019
October 2016 till February 2019
September 2012 to October 2016
April 2016 till June 2016
July 2009 till June 2012
June 2006 till June 2009
January 2005 till March 2006

Research, Audits and Chapters

  • Research on femoral head cut-in with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation- a retrospective multicenter studies
  • One of the reviewers for articles in Journal of Clinical Orthopedic and Trauma
  • Randomised Controlled Trial comparing ORIF with Ilizarov External Fixation in treatment of Displaced Intra-articular Fractures of Calcaneum- PG Thesis- 2006-8
  • Performed an Audit on Reducing the Work Injury Clarifications in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore in the year 2016/7
  • Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for osteochondral lesions of talus 2-14 year follow up
  • Contributed a chapter on Achilles Tendinopathy in BOFAS digital book in the year 2019
  • Research on early results of Complete Cartilage Reconstruction Technique for Osteochondral Lesions of Talus
  • Re-audit on calculation of day surgery readmission rates for those undergoing forefoot surgery, in RJAH, Oswestry, UK. Feb-Aug 2019

Presentations

  • Ilizarov as a treatment option in calcaneal fractures- MIDCON, Delhi 2009
  • Debate- clavicle fractures should be managed non-operatively- Singapore Trauma Conference, 2013
  • Thoracic Disc Herniation- Singapore Orthopedic Association, Jun 2013
  • Compression Plating and Interfragmentary Compression- Basic Fracture Fixation Workshop, Tan Tock Seng Hospital- Jul,2013; Jul, 2014
  • Predictors of fixation failure in Intertrochanetric Fractures fixed with PFN-A- APOA, Thailand, October, 2014
  • Management of fractures in patients with osteopetrosis. SOA-ASM, Singapore, October 2016
  • Review of literature on treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy. Advanced Foot and Ankle Fellow Forum, British Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, Coventry, UK. April 2019
  • Clinical Examination of Foot and Ankle. IFASCON Rehab Workshop, August 2019
  • Radiological assessment of foot and Ankle. IFASCON Rehab Workshop, August 2019
  • Management of Charcot Arthropathy; Young Surgeon Forum, IFASCON, August 2019
  • Osteochondral lesions of Talus, Management Algorithms and Tips & Tricks, IFASCON, August 2019.

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Publications

  • Michael Yam, Anuj Chawla, Ernest Kwek: Rewriting the tip apex distance for the proximal femoral nail anti-rotation. Injury 2017; 48(8): 1843-7
  • Anuj Chawla, Ernest Kwek: An unusual presentation of patella and fifth metatarsal base fractures in a patient with osteopetrosis. Journal of Clinical Orthopedic and Trauma. June 2018; 9(2): S49-51
  • Anuj Chawla, Ernest Kwek: Fractures in patients with osteopetrosis, insights from a single institution. International Orthopedic June 2019; 43(6): 1297-1302
  • Michael Yam, Anuj Chawla, Ernest Kwek: Rewriting the tip apex distance for the proximal femoral nail anti-rotation. Injury 2017; 48(8): 1843-7

Posters

  • Ilizarov as a treatment option for management of calcaneal fractures (Poster)- SICOT – Dubai, 2012
  • Predictors of fixation failure in Intertrochanteric Fractures fixed with PFN-A (Poster)- Fragility Fracture Network, Rotterdam, September 2015
  • Case report of patella fracture and fifth metatarsal base fracture in a patient with osteopetrosis- SOA-ASM, October 2015; APOA, Melbourne, March 2016
  • Management of fractures in patients with osteopetrosis, Case series of 4 patients- E-Poster- SICOT, Rome, September 2016; SHBC, Singapore, Sep 2016
  • Should we use heterotopic ossification prophylaxis in conservative hip surgery- E-poster(co-author)- SICOT, Cape Town, RSA, Nov-Dec 2017

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