Dr. Bhavuk Garg

Profile

Dr. Bhavuk Garg — Principal Director & Head of Orthopaedics & Spine at Max Hospital, Delhi, and former Professor at AIIMS New Delhi. Complex spine and orthopaedic surgery: robotic hip and knee replacement, revision spine surgery, complex trauma and fracture care, and shoulder and elbow replacement. 325+ publications.

• 325+ Publications, national & international
• 35 h-index
• 2023·24·25 Stanford Top 2% Scientists
• ~297 Invited lectures & orations worldwide
• 7 Patents & medical-device innovations

Appointments

• 2018 – presentProfessor / Additional Professor, Orthopaedics, AIIMS, New Delhi
• 2012 – 2018Assistant → Associate Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi
• 2011 – 2012Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh
• 2008 – 2011Senior Research Associate, CSIR

Qualifications

• MBBSUniversity College of Medical Sciences, Delhi — DMA Gold Medal, best outgoing graduate
• MS (Orthopaedics)AIIMS, New Delhi
• MRCSRoyal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
• FAMSFellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (2025)
• FACSFellow, American College of Surgeons
• FIMSAFellow, International Medical Sciences Academy
• FICSFellow, International College of Surgeons
• FHTSFellow in Hard Tissue Sciences

Fellowships & Training

• Fellowship in Arthroplasty (Johnson & Johnson / DePuy), under Prof. S. Bhan
• ASSI Spine Fellow, Association of Spine Surgeons of India (2008)
• Fellowship in Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery, Germany (2008)
• Dartmouth–Hitchcock Spine Fellowship, USA (2008)
• SRS Global Outreach Spine Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
• Robert Roaf Fellow (IOA), Indian Orthopaedic Association (2009)
• AADO Trauma Fellow, Hong Kong (2014)
• IASA Visiting Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis (2018)
• DOA Travelling Fellow, Delhi Orthopaedic Association (2013)
• Senior Research Fellowship, ICMR / CSIR
• Stanford–India Biodesign alumnus, invited to Stanford to present a device concept

Clinical Focus

Spinal deformity & scoliosis correction · Complex & severe spinal deformity · Robotic & navigated spine surgery · Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) · Degenerative spine disease · Spinal infections & spinal tuberculosis · Spine trauma · Osteoporosis & osteoporotic vertebral fractures · Awake spinal fusion · Motion-preservation spine surgery · Early-onset & adolescent idiopathic scoliosis · Shoulder & elbow arthroplasty

Signature Techniques

• Modified PVCR — A refined approach to one of the most complex spine procedures, for severe and rigid spinal deformity — developed and refined at AIIMS over roughly seven years. Published in The Spine Journal (2020); now drawing international recognition.
• APC — A technique for Early-Onset Scoliosis (EOS) that actively corrects the deformity at its apex. Multicentre evidence in Global Spine Journal (2024, Best Paper Award) and NASSJ (2025).
• “AIIMS Box” technique — A reconstruction technique (with its “Cage in Box” modification) for large femoral-neck defects and neglected femoral neck fractures.
• “AIIMS Classification” — A classification guiding the post-operative radiotherapy decision for giant cell tumour of tendon sheath.
• AI / ML deformity analysis — A supervised machine-learning model that classifies mild versus severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis from EMG and gait data. Biocybernetics & Biomedical Engineering (2022).
• 3D-printed patient-specific guides — Patient-specific osteotomy and drill guides, plus a low-cost magnetically-controlled growth rod for EOS and wearable haptic-feedback orthosis research.

Patents & Devices

• Improved Bone Compression Plate & method — The “AIIMS plate”. [App. 2266/DEL/2011A]
• FlexiOH™ functional orthosis — Co-inventor. (Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award, 2015)
• Total Elbow Replacement — Implant design.
• RIP screw / Falcon construct — Spinal construct.
• SCOV — Device.
• Magnetic Growth Rod — Low-cost growing-rod concept for early-onset scoliosis.
• Thoracic Laminar Screw System — Spinal instrumentation.

Research Output

• 325+ publications in national & international journals
• 47 textbook chapters
• ~297 invited / guest lectures & orations
• Book: Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery — Spine (Jaypee, 2012)
• Book: Microendoscopic Discectomy vs. Open Discectomy (LAP LAMBERT, 2012)

Editorial Roles

• Associate Editor, North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
• Deputy Editor, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma
• Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
• Editorial Board, World Journal of Orthopedics
• Editorial Board, Techniques in Orthopaedics
• Former Co-Editor, Orthopaedics Today
• Former Co-Editor, Punjab Orthopaedic Journal

Academic & Society Leadership

• Organising Chairman, Combined 5th AIIMS International Spine Deformity Course & PSACON 2026 (26–28 Feb 2026)
• Chair, SICOT Spine Committee (2022–24 (Vice-Chair 2020–22))
• Chair, ASSI Research Committee (2023–25 (Co-chair 2021–23))
• Research Officer, AO Spine India (AOSIN) (2025–2028)
• SRS LEAD Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society (2025–26)
• Member, NASS Spine Deformity Committee
• Member, NASS Section on Robotics, Emerging Technologies & MIS
• Member, SRS Education Resource Committee
• Member, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Deformity
• Active Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
• Mentor, AO Access Mentorship Program
• Member, Spine20 scientific task force
• Member, Therapeutic Exemption Committee, National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
• Selected for induction, ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
• Invited member, Vattikuti Foundation Network of MIS specialists

Grants & Funded Research

• DBT — AI / computer-assisted patient-specific osteotomy & drill guides for spinal surgery (~₹5 crore [CONFIRM])
• ICMR — Low-cost growth rod for early-onset scoliosis
• ICMR — AI integration in spinal deformity analysis
• ICMR — Patient-specific replacement prosthesis
• ICMR — Spinal-tuberculosis biomarkers
• ICMR — Osteoporosis studies
• AO Trauma Asia-Pacific — Research Grant (2017)

Awards & Honours

62 awards and medals in total, including 15 gold medals, and multiple ASSI / DOA publication and research awards (2012–2026).

• Stanford University “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (2023 · 2024 · 2025)
• NASI–Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award, Biological Sciences (2022)
• Global Spine Journal Best Paper Award (APC / EOS) (2024)
• Sitaram Jaipuria Award — Emerging Young Leader in Medicine (2022)
• Award for Best New Methodologies & Techniques to Enhance Safety in Spine Surgery (2021)
• DMA Distinguished Medical Services Award in Orthopaedics (2023)
• IMA Academic Award (2024)
• Medical Dialogues Blackbuck Research Award (2024)
• Nuvasive SICOT Award & SICOT/ASSI Basic Sciences Awards (2022)
• IOA Silver Jubilee Oration Award (2021)
• GAPIO Karl Storz Surgical Excellence Award (2020)
• Asia-Pacific Mimics Innovation Award (2019)
• DBT Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (2013)
• Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (FlexiOH™) (2015)
• Honorary Fellow, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)
• IOA Hong Kong Ambassador Award (2018)
• DBT Biotech Product Commercialisation Award (2019)
• DMA Gold Medal — Best Outgoing Medical Graduate of Delhi

Society Memberships

Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) · Delhi Orthopaedic Association (DOA) · Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) · Orthopaedic Research Society · Indian Arthroscopy Society · AO Spine · Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) · North American Spine Society (NASS) · Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) · Scoliosis Research Society — Active Fellow · International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) · European Spine Society · National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) · International Medical Sciences Academy (IMSA) · American College of Surgeons (ACS) · MISS-India · Fragility Fracture Network India (founder) · Stanford–India Biodesign Alumni