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Dr Ravi Kumar Trehan
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon
Medical Director, Admission & Transfer Center and Referring Physician Office
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi
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Dr Trehan is a UK-trained orthopaedic consultant with 25 years of experience specialising in arthroscopy, arthroplasty and trauma surgery. He completed several fellowship training in the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria. He has authored or co-authored numerousl international publications, recently he has been involved in clinical research on COVID. He has collaborated with international authors and one of those three publications has been awarded Guinness world record for the most authors (15,025) on a single peer-reviewed academic paper.
Dr Trehan is a keen educator and completed a postgraduate qualification in medical education from prestigious Cambridge University. He currently holds an adjunct associate professor position at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, and Gulf Medical University, Ajman. He is an examiner for the Royal College of England and has extensive experience as an advanced trauma life support instructor. A strong advocate of continuous professional development, Dr Trehan gained a master’s degree in International Healthcare Management and Leadership at the Manchester Business School.
Dr Trehan has held several managerial positions throughout his career and is an active member of several hospital committees. He has also helped in various charity projects in India and received a silver Jubilee award from his medical school in 2015 to recognise his accomplishments.
Currently, Dr Trehan is a Medical Director of Admission and Transfer Centre at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, a flagship hospital of Abu Dhabi Health Services, in partnership with Mayo Clinic, USA.
Services Offered
ARTHROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF SHOULDER PROBLEMS (INCLUDING ROTATOR CUFF TEAR, FROZEN SHOULDER, CALCIFIC TENDINITIS, SHOULDER INSTABILITY/DISLOCATION, PAINFUL SHOULDER/IMPINGEMENT, SLAP LESION)
ARTHROPLASTY OF SHOULDER (HEMI/TOTAL SHOULDER RESURFACING, HEMIARTHROPLASTY, TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT, REVERSE SHOULDER REPLACEMENT)
ELBOW CONDITIONS (MANAGEMENT OF TENNIS/GOLFER’S ELBOW, ELBOW STIFFNESS, ARTHRITIS)
ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY (RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT, TOTAL ELBOW REPLACEMENT)
UPPER LIMB TRAUMA (INCLUDING FRACTURE FIXATION, BICEPS TENDON REPAIR, REPLACEMENT SURGERY)
ARTHROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF KNEE PROBLEMS (INCLUDING MENISCAL REPAIR, ACL RECONSTRUCTION AND OTHER MENISCAL SURGERIES)
ARTHROPLASTY OF KNEE (PRIMARY PARTIAL AND TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT)
FRACTURE MANAGEMENT OF ALL TYPE OF LIMB FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS
25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TRAUMA AND ORTHOPEDICS
Qualifications
* CCT (Trauma and Orthopaedics), London Rotation, UK
* FRCS Orthopaedics, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
* FRCSGlasg (T&O) Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow
* MRCSGlasg, Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow
* DNB (Orthopaedics) National Board of Examinations, Delhi
* Postgraduate Diploma in Orthopaedics (Gold Medallist), Kanpur, India
* MBBS, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, India
* Master’s in international healthcare leadership and Management, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK
* Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Cambridge University, UK
Appointments
Current
* Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu DHabi
* Medical Director, Admission and Trauma Centre, SSMC in partnership with Mayo Clinic
* Associate Professor, Orthopaedics, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi and Gulf Medical University, Ajman
* Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, SSMC in partnership with Mayo Clinic
* MRCS Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK
* ATLS Instructor, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma and Royal College of Surgeons, UK
Past
* 2017-2019- Honorary Asst Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Sharjah University
* 2016-2018- Acting Head of department, Orthopaedics, Nation Hospital, Abu Dhabi
* 2002- 2016- As an orthopedic surgeon in NHS, UK
Peer Reviewed Publications
1) Neurological Presentations of COVID-19: Characteristic Features in a Case Series ofHospitalized Patients from Abu Dhabi, UAE. Biomed Res Int, Aug 2021
2) Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative* Anesthesia, August 2021, 9
3) Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative* Anesthesia, March 21
4) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination to support safe surgery during the pandemic: a modelling study using data from an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative* British Journal of Surgery, March 2021
5) Impact of ethnicity and underlying comorbidity on the course of COVID-19; observational study in Abu Dhabi, UAE BioMed Research International, March 2021
6) A prospective study of two methods of analgesia in shoulder arthroscopic procedures as day case surgery Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, Volume 11, Supplement 3, May 2020, S368–S371
7) Blood loss and need for transfusion after shoulder surface replacement Shoulder & Elbow, Volume 5 Issue 2 April 2013:100-105
8) Symptomatic coracoclavicular joint: incidence, clinical significance and available management options Int Orthop. 2011 Dec;35(12):1821-6, PMID: 21761150
9) Functional outcome of computer assisted total knee arthroplasty between measured resection and gap balancing techniques: a randomised control study Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. December 2012, 344-347
10) Is it worthwhile to offer repeat hydrodilatation for frozen shoulder after 6 weeks? Int J Clin Pract. 2009 Oct 22
11) A prospective randomized double-blind trial on the use of Intrathecal Fentanyl in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery Spine, 2006, Oct 15;31(22):2529-33
12) Successful ACL reconstruction with a variant of the pes anserinus. Orthop Traumatol. 2009 Nov 18
13) Bilateral posterior fracture dislocation of shoulder presenting as dissecting aneurysm of thoracic aorta J Emerg Med. 2007 Aug 29
14) Post-partum septic arthritis of the knee: a case report Cases J. 2009 Jun 10;2:7132
15) A ganglion cyst at the elbow causing superficial radial nerve compression: a case report J Med Case Reports. 2008 Apr 25;2:122
16) Post -traumatic myoscitis ossificans of the sternocleidomastoid following fracture of the clavicle: a case report Cases J. 2008 Dec 22;1(1):413
17) Arthroscopic decompression and notchplasty for long-standing anterior cruciate ligament impingement in a multiple epiphyseal dysplasia: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2008 May 22;2172
18) Successful Removal of A Telephone Cable, A Self-Inserted Foreign Body through Urethra into the Bladder: A case report J Med Case Reports. 2007 Nov 27;1:153
19) Acute isolated acetabular fracture following a game of squash. A case reportJ Med Case Reports. 2007 Nov 28;1:156
20) Bilateral Undisplaced femoral neck insufficiency fractures. A Case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:79
21) Thawing the frozen shoulder: A RANDOMISED TRIAL COMPARING MANIPULATION UNDER ANAESTHESIA WITH HYDRODILATATION
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