Clinical Focus and Expertise

• Computer assisted knee replacement

• Minimally Invasive knee replacement

• Tissue preserving knee replacement

• High-flexion knee replacement

• Knee replacement in severely deformed knees

• Patient-specific knee replacement

• Open wedge osteotomies of the knee

• Closed wedge osteotomies of the knee

• Arthroscopic (Key-hole) knee surgery

• Ligament reconstruction in the knee

• Complex knee fractures

• Meniscus injuries

• Cartilage reconstruction in the knee

• Sports injuries of the knee

• Revision Knee replacement

Faculty Experience

• Knee Surgeon–Fortis Hospital, Mumbai

• Orthopaedic Surgeon Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai
• Orthopaedic Surgeon Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai

Conferences and Seminars Attended

• Asia Pacific Insall Legacy Symposium 2013
• Sep ’13 Taipei, Taiwan
•  Joint Replacement State of Art meeting 2013
• Sep ’13 Goa, India
• Masters Advanced Knee Cadaver Workshop Jan’13 Chennai, India
• Oxford Partial Knee Instructional Course Dec’12 Mumbai, India
• ISAKOS Knee Course Mar’12 Mumbai, India
• Challenges in Revision Knee Arthroplasty Aug’11Hamburg, Germany
• WIROC Dec’11 Mumbai
• Ilizarov Course 2010 Oct’10 Mumbai, India
• Arthroplasty Course 2010 Sep’10 Mumbai, India
• Traumacon 2010 Aug’10 Mumbai, India
• National conference on modern HTO & Osteotomies around the knee, Mumbai Apr’10
• Advances in Joint Replacement SurgeryJan ’10 Kolkata, India
• WIROC Dec ’09 Mumbai
• Delta Joint Replacement course Nov ’09 Hyderabad, India

Research and Publications

• Sawant M R Bendall S Citron N Kavanagh T G
• Stress fractures of the tibia - treatment using modular total knee arthroplasty
• The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1999 81-B (4) 663-661
• Sawant M R Calvert P Fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy - an indication for internal fixation of clavicle fracture The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine1999 92:88-89
• Sawant M R Ineson C El-Zebdeh M'Pin & Plaster' technique for maintaining reduction in post-traumatic knee dislocations Injury 1999 (30) 630-632
• Kulkarni S Sawant M R Ireland JAllograft reconstruction of the extensor mechanism following total knee arthroplasty The Journal of Arthroplasty 1999 (14) 892-894
• Sawant M R Harrison D J Direct current stimulation in spinal fusion -Does it work?
• The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1998 Vol 80-B suppl I: 48
• Bendall S Citron N Sawant M Percutaneous screw fixation of phalangeal fractures
• The Journal of Hand Surgery Vol.19B suppl I: 24 Sawant M R Ireland J High tibial osteotomy in PCL deficient knees
• The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2000 vol 82-B suppl I: 81
• Sawant M R Ireland J Results of Arthroscopic Drilling for femoralcondylar articular defects

Indian Orthopaedic Association

Bombay Orthopaedic Society

Indian Arthroscopy Association

Asia-Pacific Knee Society

European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery &

Arthroscopy