Doctor

• Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Surgery (Pediatric and Adult)
• Cranio-vertebral and Cervical Spine Surgery
• Spinal Tumors, Tuberculosis and Infections
• Degenerative diseases of Lumbar spine
• Spinal Trauma and Fractures
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

• Consultant Spine Surgeon, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai Jan 2021 till present
• Honorary Visiting Consultant TN medical college & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai Oct 2018 till present
• Consultant Spine Surgeon, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai Feb 2014 to Dec 2020
• Assistant Professor, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai Oct 2007 to Jul 2011
• Senior Registrar, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai Feb 2006 to Feb 2007

• 3rd place - Best Paper Award Session - POSICON 2019
• Best poster award - WIROC 2017
• Runner up: Best Paper Award - MOACON, 2017
• SM Tuli Best Case Report Award. Indian Orthopaedic Association Conference, Mumbai, 2012
• Global Outreach Scholarship Award, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS, USA), 2010
• Best Case Presentation. AO spine meeting, Mumbai, July 2009
• The Best Orthopaedic Resident Doctor Prize – Dr Pandurangi Memorial Prize, 2006
• “Gold medal” in Orthopedics D.N.B. (Diplomate of National Board Examinations), 2006
• 3rd Rank, University of Mumbai, M.S Orthopaedics, 2006
• Ranked 1st – Maharashtra State Post Graduate Entrance Exam
• Dr J.S. Kalgutkar Memorial Prize - 2nd highest score in ANATOMY at University of Mumbai, 1997
• Distinctions in the subjects of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine and Anatomy
• National Talent Search Scholarship – National Educational Research and Training (NCERT), 1994

• Chaudhary K, Chandy D, Agrawal V, Dhawale A, Nagaonkar S. Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Presenting as Acute Thoracic Myelopathy in a 33-Year-Old Man with Cushing Disease. World Neurosurg. 2020 Oct;142:136–141. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.212. Epub 2020 Jul 4. PMID: 32634631.
• Keny S, Bagaria V, Chaudhary K, et al.. Emergency and Urgent Orthopaedic Surgeries in non-covid patients during the COVID 19 pandemic: Perspective from India. J Orthop. 2020 May 12;20:275–279. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.05.012. PMID: 32398903; PMCID: PMC7214338.
• Shah D, Naik L, Paunipagar B, Rasalkar D, Chaudhary K, Bagaria V. Setting Up 3D Printing Services for Orthopaedic Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide and an Overview of 3DBioSphere. Indian J Orthop. 2020 Sep 15;54(Suppl 2):217–227. doi: 10.1007/s43465–020–00254–9. PMID: 33194095; PMCID: PMC7609604.
• Wadia FD, Chaudhary K. Technical Note on Surgimap Software for Osteotomy Planning in Lower Limb Valgus Deformity. Indian J Orthop. 2020 Mar 19;54(5):726–730. doi: 10.1007/s43465–020–00060–3. PMID: 32850039; PMCID: PMC7429570.
• Chaudhary, K. & Zaveri, G. Surgical site infection following spine surgery. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics 4, 38–44 (2019). (Invited Review)
• G. Kakadiya, V. Gandbhir, K. Chaudhary. Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: A narrative review. Back Bone Journal 1 (2020) 010. https://doi:10.13107/bbj.2020.v01i01.010 (Invited Review)
• Bagaria V, Chaudhary K. A paradigm shift in surgical planning and simulation using 3Dgraphy: Experience of first 50 surgeries done using 3D-printed biomodels..Injury. 2017 Nov;48(11):2501–2508. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.08.058. Epub 2017 Sep 1
• Chaudhary K, Dhawale A, Chaddha R, Laheri V. Spinal Tuberculosis – an Update. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics Jan – June 2017; 2(1):31–42. Invited Review
• Chaudhary K, Speights K, McGuire K, White AP. Re: Trans-cranial motor evoked potential detection of femoral nerve injury in trans-psoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion by Justin W. Silverstein. J Clin Monit Comput. 2016;30(5):745–746. doi:10.1007/s10877–015–9783–7.
• Aggarwal RA, Rathod AK, Chaudhary KS. Irreducible Atlanto-Axial Dislocation in Neglected Odontoid Fracture Treated with Single Stage Anterior Release and Posterior Instrumented Fusion. Asian Spine J. 2016;10(2):349–354. doi:10.4184/asj.2016.10.2.349.
• Chaudhary K, Unnikrishnan R. Management strategies and selection of fusion levels in adult spinal deformities, International Journal of Spine, Jan-Apr 2016;2(1):25–30 (Invited Review)
• Laheri V, Chaudhary K, Rathod A, Bapat M. Anterior transoral atlantoaxial release and posterior instrumented fusion for irreducible congenital basilar invagination. Eur Spine J. 2015;24(12):2977–2985. doi:10.1007/s00586–015–3836-y.
• Bagaria V, Chaudhary K, Shah S. 3D Printing and Developing Patient Optimized Rehabilitation Tools (Port) - A Technological Leap. International Journal of Neurorehabilitation (2015) 2: 175. doi:10.4172/2376–0281.1000175
• Chaudhary K, Speights K, McGuire K, White AP. Trans-cranial motor evoked potential detection of femoral nerve injury in trans-psoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion. J Clin Monit Comput. 2015;29(5):549–554. doi:10.1007/s10877–015–9713–8.
• Chaudhary K, Potdar P, Bapat M, Rathod A, Laheri V. Structural odontoid lesions in craniovertebral tuberculosis: a review of 15 cases. Spine. 2012;37(14):E836-E843. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824a4c8f.
• Chaudhary K, Potdar P, Bapat M. Complex multilevel lumbar spine fractures with transverse sacral fracture. Indian J Orthop. 2011;45(6):576–580. doi:10.4103/0019–5413.87143.
• Bapat MR, Rathi P, Pawar U, Chaudhary K. Intradural tumor and concomitant disc herniation of cervical spine. Indian J Orthop. 2011;45(1):74–77. doi:10.4103/0019–5413.73663.
• Chaudhary K, Groff M. Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spine. Techniques in Orthopaedics. September 2011,Volume 26, Issue 3, 146–155
• Gaurav Malhotra, Prabodhan Potdar, Kshitij Chaudhary, Ramesh Asopa. Metabolic Patterns of 18F-FDG uptake in patients with spinal tuberculosis and their comparison with MR findings. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol 26 July-Sept 2011
• Chaudhary RK, Chaudhary Kshitij, et al. MRI diagnosis of intradural disc herniation. A report of three cases with review of literature. Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2011 Volume 18 Number 2
• Bapat MR, Chaudhary K, Sharma A, Laheri V. Surgical approach to cervical spondylotic myelopathy on the basis of radiological patterns of compression: prospective analysis of 129 cases. Eur Spine J. 2008;17(12):1651–1663. doi:10.1007/s00586–008–0792–9.
• Bapat MR, Chaudhary K, Garg H, Laheri V. Reconstruction of large iliac crest defects after graft harvest using autogenous rib graft: a prospective controlled study. Spine. 2008;33(23):2570–2575. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e318185287d.
• Chaudhary R, Chaudhary K, Metkar U, Rathod A, Raut A, Sanghvi D. Posterior atlantoaxial dislocation without odontoid fracture. Skeletal Radiol. 2008;37(4):361–366. doi:10.1007/s00256–007–0439–7.
• Chaudhary K, Bapat M, Badve S. Paraplegia due to recurrent multiple hydatid cyst of the spine: a case report. Indian J Orthop. 2008;42(2):222–224. doi:10.4103/0019–5413.40262.
• Chaudhary KS, Bapat MR. Conus medullaris syndrome due to an intradural disc herniation: a case report. Indian J Orthop. 2008;42(1):94–96. doi:10.4103/0019–5413.38590.
• Bapat MR, Lahiri VJ, Harshavardhan NS, Metkar US, Chaudhary KC. Role of transarticular screw fixation in tuberculous atlanto-axial instability. Eur Spine J. 2007;16(2):187–197. doi:10.1007/s00586–006–0071–6.
• Bapat MR, Vinod L, Umesh M, Chaudhary K. Anterior instrumentation of the cervicothoracic vertebrae: approach based on clinical and radiologic criteria. Spine. 2006;31(9):E244-E249. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000214883.11874.80.

BOOK Chapters

• 3D printing in neurosurgery, An Update on Medical 3D printing, Editor, Raju Vaishya, Abid Haleem, Salubris, 2019
• Minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion in degenerative spondylolisthesis. Spondylolisthesis: Diagnosis, Non-Surgical Management, and Surgical Techniques, edited by Adam Wollowick, Vishal Sarwahi. Springer, 2015
• Applied anatomy and surgical approaches in MISS surgeries. Minimally invasive spine surgery,, Editor: A Kulkarni, Jaypee Publishers, 2017
• Complications of lumbar interbody fusion, Lumbar interbody fusion, Editor, Satish Rudrappa, Thieme, 2019
• Role of spinal osteotomies in early onset scoliosis, ASSI monograph Series, Thieme, 2018
• Fixation Alternatives in Occipitocervical Complex, ASSI monograph Series, Thieme, 2018
• Biomechanics of Cranioverterbal Junction, ASSI monograph Series, Editor: Gautam Zaveri, Kshitij Chaudhary, Thieme, 2018
• Management of spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing Spondylitis: ASSI monograph Series. Editor: Gautam Zaveri, Kshitij Chaudhary, Thieme, 2018
• Perioperative management of patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing Spondylitis: ASSI monograph Series. Editor: Gautam Zaveri, Kshitij Chaudhary, Thieme, 2018
• Spinal Injuries in Ankylosing Spinal Disorders. Kshitij Chaudhary, Mihir Bapat, Vinod Laheri. Spine Infections and Trauma, Chapter 27, 1st edition, editors: S Rajasekaran, Anil Jain. Jaypee Publishers, 2011

• Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
• AO Spine (Indian Subcontinent Council Member)
• North American Spine Society (NASS)
• Cervical Spine Research Society - Asia Pacific (CSRS-AP)
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI)
• Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Bharat (MISSAB)
• Bombay Spine Society (BSS)
• Bombay Orthopaedic Society (BOS)
• Maharashtra Orthopedic Society (MOA)
• Indian Orthopaedic Society (IOA)

Reviewer for

• The Spine Journal (Official journal of NASS)
• European Spine Journal
• Indian Spine Journal (Official Journal of ASSI)
• Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
• Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
• Backbone Journal (Official Journal of Spine Association of Gujarat)

Editorial Board

• The Spine Journal (Associate Member)
• Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (Editorial Board)
• Backbone Journal (Associate Editor)
• ASSI Monograph Series (Section Editor)