Areas Of Expertise:

• Orthopaedic spine surgery

• Minimally invasive spine surgery

• Lateral access spine surgery

• Endoscopic spine surgery

Education & Training:

• DNB (Orthopaedics) – National Board of Examinations

• MS (Orthopaedics) – Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital (Sion Hospital), Mumbai,

• MBBS – Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune

Awards & Accolades:

• Gold Medal for Best Presentation at MISSABCON 2024

• Gold Medalist in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in MBBS

Memberships:

• Maharashtra Medical Council

Academics & Research:

• Kulkarni A, Wadi A, Patil S, Shah M, Midhun P, Chodavadiya S. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine: can we reach a consensus and have norms? A plea to colleagues in radiology India. Asian Spine Journal. 2025;19:21-27.

• Kulkarni A, Ponnam R, Wadi A, Shah M, Jayabalan G, Jain D. Tubular Hybrid Surgery: A Varying Paradigm. Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique. 2025;10:69-75.

• Kulkarni A, Wadi A, Ruparel S, Ponnam R, Shah M. What Patients Want? A Pilot Single-Center Study Prioritizing Patient Expectations. Global Spine Journal. 2025;16.

• Kulkarni A, Jain D, Shah M, Jayabalan G, Ganeshan T, Midhun P. Managing lumbar adjacent segment disease: A description of minimally invasive techniques and algorithm. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine. 2026;17:300-307.

• Shah M, Rathod A, Punith K, Killerkar R, Bharadwaj K. A Comparative Study About Diagnostic Yield of Fluoroscopy Guided Transpedicular Biopsy Done by Orthopaedicians v/s CT Guided Biopsy Done by Radiologists in Cases of Koch's Spine. Backbone: The Spine Journal. 2023;4(1).

• Sakaguchi T, Tanaka M, Patel J, et al. Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Six-Minute Walking Distance 12 Months After Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery. Cureus. 2025;17(3):e81153.

• BSSCON 2024 – Presented research paper on managing lumbar adjacent segment disease using posterior minimally invasive techniques