Dr. Ashish Dhar DIWAN

MBBS, DipNB (Ortho), PhD(UNSW)
Chief, Spine Service
Director of Education,
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery at
St. George Hospital.

Dr Ashish Diwan is the Chief of Spine Service and Director of Education at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. George Hospital. Following his orthopaedic surgical training at St George Hospital he received training in advanced spinal surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) at Cornell University in New York City, the oldest and largest orthopaedic hospital in the USA.

Dr Diwan was awarded the prestigious Philip D. Wilson Award at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) New York. He is a recipient of the National Orthopaedic Surgery Fellows Foundation Award for outstanding achievements in the field of orthopaedic surgery. He was awarded the Merrill Lynch Global Innovation Award 2000. He has delivered the Hastings Memorial Lecture at St George Hospital.

Dr Diwan is an editor of Orthopaedic Clinics of North America.

Professional Qualifications

1. Spine Surgery Fellowship (1999 - 2000): Hospital for Special Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital & Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York.
2. PhD (1996 - 1999): University of New South Wales, Sydney.
3. Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship (1994 - 1995): St George Hospital, UNSW, Sydney.
4. Diplomate of the National Board (Orthopaedic Surgery) 1993, National Board of Examinations, India.
5. Master of Surgery (M.S) (1986 - 1988): University of Jabalpur, India.
6. M.B.B.S. (1979 - 1984), University of Jabalpur, India.

Current Appointments

1. Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine,
   University of New South Wales, Australia
2. Chief Spine Service and Director of Education
   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
   University of New South Wales,
   St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
3. Director of Bone Biology
   Orthopaedic Research Institute
   St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
4. Honorary Associate Professor
   School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering
   Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
   University of Sydney, Australia

Professional Body Memberships

Awards :

1. Best Poster Presentation Award - International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) - Annual Scientific Meeting; Geneva (Switzerland); May 2008.
2. Lyman Smith Award - International Intradiscal Therapy Society (ITTS) - Annual Scientific Meeting, Albi, Toulouse; June 2007
3. Best Poster Presentation Award - International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) - Annual Scientific Meeting; Bergen (Norway); June 2006.
4. Medtronics Best Presentation Award - Spine Society of Australia - Annual Scientific Meeting; Sydney, April 2006.
5. Orthotech Best Poster Award - Auckland April 2005.
6. Best Pre-Clinical Paper - Swedish Orthopaedic Association - August 2004 - Supervisor for Dr Helena Brisby
7. Best Paper - AORA - 2004 - Supervisor for Dr Anthony Leong.
8. Roger Mellick Award of the ANZ Bone Mineral Society, 2001.
9. Merril Lynch, Innovations Grant Competition 2000, Distinguished Award
10. Philip Wilson award for Best-Fellow's presentation 2000. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York.
11. NOSFF award for "demonstrating exceptional research initiative in musckuloskeletal injury and repair". Orlando, Florida. March 2000
12. Incorporated into "Circle of Excellence" of the Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY.
13. Indian Council of Medical Research - Individual Research Fellowship
14. North India Orthopaedic Travelling Fellowship 1986.
15. Best Paper Award, MP Indian Orthopaedic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 1986.

Publications

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Certificates

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