Dr.  Manoj Kumar has been working as Specialist A Orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedics at Gulf Medical College ( GMC  ) Hospital and Research Centre,  Ajman and  Thumbay Medical and Dental  Specialty Centre, Sharjah since May 2014. He has done his MBBS from Govt. T D Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala ;  D Ortho and DNB Orthopaedic surgery from Govt. Medical College Trivandrum, Kerala.  He has also done the prestigious AO Trauma  International Fellowship in 2015  and has trained in complex orthopaedic trauma under Dr Pere Torner Piffare at the  Hospital Universitari  Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain.

After completion of post graduation, he worked as Consultant  Orthopaedic surgeon for 3 years at the 600 bedded  Holy Cross Superspeciality Hosptial, Kottayam,  in Kerala and also as Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon for two years at  Gurayat General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. He has been with the Thumbay group since May 2014 and works both at the GMC Hospital in Ajman and Thumbay Medical and Dental Specialty Centre in Sharjah. His work and area of interest primarily involve trauma, arthroscopy and hand surgery.

Papers Presented / Published

• Intraarticular fractures of distal end radius –  Radiological parameters Vs Functional Outcome –  A prospective study. (Presented at Annual State Conference of Kerala Orthopaedic Association 2004 at Trivandrum and published in KOACON journal 2004 )

• Gentamicin impregnated beads in the treatment of residual infection in long bone fractures. (Presented at Annual State Conference of Kerala Orthopaedic Association 2004 at Trivandrum and published in KOACON journal 2004)

• Ligamentotaxis principle in the treatment of intra-articular fractures of distal end radius – A prospective study to asses correlation between radiology and function. ( Presented at KOACON 2008 at Kollam in the gold medal competition section for the best paper of the year award and published in KOACON journal 2008 )