Dr. Thomas Joseph Kishen

MBBS, D'Ortho, DNB [Ortho]

Present Appointment

Spine Fellow
Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
St George Hospital and Clinical School,
University of New South Wales,
Kogarah, NSW -2217, Australia.

University Appointment

Visiting Academic Fellow,Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales.

Professional Qualifications

MBBS, D'Ortho, DNB [Ortho]

Details of Qualifications:

Specialty Training

1. Fellowship in Spine Surgery : August 2003- August 2005. Ganga Hospital Coimbatore, India.
2. Fellowship in Spine Surgery : 2006(January)- till date. Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedics, St George Hospital and Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Visiting Fellowship:

1. Seoul Spine Institute with Prof Se II Suk. January 2008.
   
   
2. Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis Childrens Hospital and Shriners Hospital with Dr. Lawrence Lenke, Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri, USA - September 2008.
   
   

Awards Received:

1. Dr. Balu Sankaran Gold Medal for "standing first in India in the Diplomate of the National Board Exam" in Orthopaedics for the year 2001.
   
   
2. Professor M.V. Daniel Gold Medal for "Exemplary Commitment to Patient Care" for the year 2000 from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, Coimbatore.
   
   
3. Dr. Premananda Nayak Award for the "Best Outgoing D`Ortho Student" from MAHE University, Manipal for the year 1998.
   
   
4. ASSI-Depuy Best Spine Research Award at the ASSI conference at Bangalore in January 2005 for the paper titled "Is single stage posterior column shortening a safe and reliable procedure in active spinal tuberculosis."
   
   

Teacher Training:

1. Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT) course at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2009
   
   
2. Currently enrolled for a Graduate Certificate course in University Learning and Teaching at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
   
   
3. "Surgical Teachers Course" conducted by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Newcastle, 12-14 August 2010.
   
   

Publications

1. Rajasekaran S., Kishen T. Fusion after lumbar discectomy- Necessity or Overkill. Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series. IOA 2003 Chennai, India.
   
   
2. Rajasekaran S. Kishen T. Role of Instrumentation in Spinal Tuberculosis. Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series. IOA 2004 Agra, India.
   
   
3. Kishen T., Rajasekaran S. Is single stage posterior column shortening a safe and reliable procedure in active spinal tuberculosis. Journal of the Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association. January 2005.
   
   
4. Kishen T., Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Variant of a Lumbar Disc Cyst in a 13-year-old girl. A case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2006;14(2):184-6.
   
   
5. Rajasekaran S, Prasad Shetty A, Dheenadhayalan J, Shashidhar Reddy J, Naresh-Babu J, Kishen T. Morphological Changes During Growth in Healed Childhood Spinal Tuberculosis A 15-year Prospective Study of 61 Children Treated With Ambulatory Chemotherapy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2006 Nov-Dec;26(6):716-24
   
   
6. Helen Tao, Bojiang Shen, Aiqun Wei, Thomas Kishen, Ashish Diwan, David D. F. Ma Therapeutic Potential of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Degenerative Intervertebral Discs. Journal of Stem Cell Research. Volume 3, Issue1, November 2007.
   
   
7. Thomas Kishen; Ian A Harris; Ashish Diwan. "Primum non nocere and randomised placebo-controlled surgical trials: a dilemma?" ANZ J Surg 2009; 79: 508-509
   
   
8. Thomas Kishen; Greg Etherington; Ashish Diwan. "Post-traumatic cranial subdural haematoma with concomitant spinal epidural and spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage presenting with bilateral leg pain - Coincidence or causal relation? "Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2009; 17(3): 358-360
   
   
9. Wei A, Williams LA, Bhargav D, Shen B, Kishen T, Duffy N, Diwan AD. BMP13 Prevents the Effects of Annular Injury in an Ovine Model. Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5:388-396.
   
   
10. Mohapatra B, Kishen T, Diwan A. Multiple pedicle fractures in Osteopetrosis. Spine 2010; 35(8). Published online ahead of print.
    
    
11. P. Lok, P. Boughton, T Kishen, A Diwan. Geometrical & Interfacial Modulation of a Biomimetic Spinal Implant. Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2009; 4: 41-58.
    
    
12. Bojiang Shen, Aiqun Wei, Divya Bhargav, Thomas Kishen, Ashish D Diwan. Hyaluronan: Its Potential Application in Intervertebral Disc Regeneration. Orthopaedic Research and Review 2010; 2: 17-26.
    
    
13. Thomas Kishen; Ashish Diwan. Fusion versus disc replacement for degenerative conditions of the lumbar and cervical spine: Quid est testimonium? Orthop Clin N Am 41 (2010) 167-181
    
    
14. Thomas J Kishen, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Ashish D Diwan, Greg Etherington. Post-traumatic thoracic scoliosis with rib head dislocation and intrusion into the spinal canal: A case report and review of literature. Published online in European Spine Journal on 24/2/2010. DOI 10.1007/s00586-010-1321-1
    
    
15. Thomas Kishen, Ashish Diwan. Winds of Change in Orthopaedic Training. Isn't it time? Published online in the Indian Journal of Orthopaedics website as a blog.
    
    
16. Mohapatra B, Kishen T, Diwan A. Post-operative retroperitoneal lymphocele following lumbar total disc replacement: A case report and review of literature. SAS Journal Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 87-91
    
    
17. Daniel G.T. Strange, Sandie T. Fisher, Philip C. Boughton, Thomas J. Kishen, Ashish D. Diwan. Restoration of compressive loading properties of lumbar discs with a nucleus implant - A Finite Element Analysis Study. The Spine Journal 2010;10 (7):602-609
    
    

Chapters contributed to books

1. Thomas Kishen. Surgical approaches to the cervical spine. Pg 2631-2643 In: Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2008 Eds. Kulkarni GS. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. New Delhi. India.
   
   
2. Helen Tao, Bojiang Shen, Aiqun Wei, Thomas Kishen, Ashish Diwan, David D. F. Therapeutic Potential of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Degenerative Intervertebral Discs. In : Research Developments in Stem Cells. 2008 Ed. Wade T. Ereland. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY. USA.
   
   
3. Mohapatra B, Kishen TJ, Etherington G, Diwan AD. Iatrogenic Spinal Cord Injury: Incidence, Prevention and Management. In : ASSI Textbook of Spinal Trauma. (In press)