Dr. Abhijeet L Wahegaonkar, Hand and Plastic Surgeon

Adjunct Professor of Hand Surgery,
Director – Upper Limb Hand & Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program,
Consultant Upper Extremity, Hand & Microvascular Reconstructive
Surgeon – Consultant Brachial Plexus & Peripheral Nerve Surgeon.

Dr. Abhijeet L. Wahegaonkar is a Fellowship trained Orthopedic Upper Extremity, Hand & Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon with more than 15 years of exclusive experience in the comprehensive management of upper extremity problems, with a strong emphasis on academics and research.

After completing his residency in Orthopedic Surgery, he has received training in Hand Surgery, Microvascular Surgery, and Brachial Plexus & Peripheral Nerve Surgery in various prestigious institutes in the USA, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland including the world famous Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand & Micro Surgery for a period of 16 months and as a Research Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in the USA for a period of 2 years. He has recently been appointed Professor in Hand Surgery (Adjunct Title) by the Apollo Hospitals Education and Research Foundation.

His special interests include wrist surgery, adult & obstetrical brachial plexus surgery, microvascular reconstructive surgery, small joint arthroscopic surgery of the upper extremity & treatment of congenital hand deformities.

Selected recent awards are:

• “Young Investigator Award” of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation of the United States ($100,000) for his research on nerve allografts in brachial plexus surgery
• “The D.P. Baksi Gold Medal” at the Indian Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference in 2011 for Best Paper in Elbow surgery
• The Carl-Zeiss Travelling Fellowship
• He is also listed in the Marquis “Who’s Who in the World” since 2009
• He has been appointed as a “Visiting Professor” in Wrist Arthroscopy and Surgery to Taiwan and France since 2009

Fellow
– Hand & Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery (Univ. of Louisville, KY, USA; Johann-Wolfgang Universität, Frankfurt, Germany; Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland)
– Brachial Plexus & Peripheral Nerve Surgery & Advanced Hand Surgery (Japan).
– Shoulder Surgery (France).

– Fellow of the American College of Surgeons