Areas Of Expertise:

• Endoscopic Spine Surgery

• Advanced and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

• Lateral-Access Spine Surgery

• Spinal Deformity and Kyphoscoliosis Correction

• Anterior and Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

• Spine Fixation and Fusion Surgery

• Tubular Spine Surgery

• Orthopaedic Spine Surgery

• Emergency Orthopaedic Trauma Care

Education & Training:

• Fellowship in Endoscopic Spine Surgery (FESS), Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, under Dr. Jwo-Luen Pao, April–June 2026

• Fellowship in Advanced and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (FASS), Okayama Rosai Hospital, Japan, under Dr. Masato Tanaka, January–March 2025

• Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (FMISS), Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, under Dr. Ayush Sharma, October–November 2024

• Fellowship in Spine Surgery (FISS), Bombay Hospital and associated hospitals, Mumbai, under Dr. Arvind Kulkarni, 2023–2024

• DNB in Orthopaedics, 2023

• MS in Orthopaedics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, 2019–2022

• Compulsory Rotatory Internship, B. J. Government Medical College, Pune, 2017–2018

• MBBS, B. J. Government Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, 2012–2017

Awards & Accolades:

• First Prize, Gold Medal Paper for Best Presentation, MISSABCON, 2024

• Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MBBS, 2017

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