Dr. Himanshu Rohela

Consultant, Orthopaedic Oncology

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Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Sector - 5, Rohini, Delhi - 110 085

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Mahender Kumar Jain Marg, Niti Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi 110049

About

Dr Himanshu Rohela is a fellowship certified Orthopaedic Oncologist with overseas experience in management of bone and soft tissue sarcoma. He completed his post graduate training in field of Orthopaedics and later sub-specialized in field of orthopaedic oncology at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital which is one of the primary tertiary cancer referral centers at New Delhi. He was awarded a scholar fellowship at renowned Seoul National Cancer Hospital, Seoul, South Korea where he gained further experience in Computer Assisted Navigation Sarcoma Surgery, Allograft Composite Reconstruction and Frozen Auto-grafts. He is among the few doctors in India who specialize in 3d imprinted customized patient specific implants and is the pioneer surgeon in state of Maharashtra to successfully implant a 3d imprinted customized metallic pelvic bone in 24 year old young male with bone cancer.

Specialized Areas

Bone tumours – Limb Salvage Surgeries, Total Bone replacements, Extendible prosthesis for children, Special interest in reconstruction of large bone defects and biological reconstruction in children post tumour resection, frozen autografts and pedical freezing reconstruction techniques, allograft-prosthetic-composite pelvi-acetabular reconstruction, 3d imprinting and customised patient specific implants, navigation assisted sarcoma resection.
Soft tissue Sarcomas – Wide tumour resections, Brachytherapy
Skin malignancies- Squamous cell carcinoma, and Malignant Melanomas
Traumatic and pathological extremity fracture fixation, periarticular injuries management.

Educational Background

MBBS (2004-2010) (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka)
MS (Orthopaedics) (2011-2014) (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka)
Fellowship Muskuloskeletal Oncology (Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea) (2018)
Fellowship Orthopaedic Oncology (Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Delhi) (2017)
Fellowship Articular Surface arthroplasty with Dr Thomas Seibel, Knappschafts Krankenhaus, Puttlingen, Germany (2014)
Fellowship American College of Surgeon (FACS) (2021)

Experience

December 2018 – November 2020 :- Consultant Orthopaedic Oncology At Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
March 2018-November 2018: – Fellow (Orthopaedic Oncology), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
January 2018- March 2018: – Senior Resident (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr B L Kapoor Hospital, Delhi
January2017- December 2017: – Fellow (Orthopaedic Oncology), Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Delhi
March 2015 – December 2016: -Senior Resident (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, Delhi
November 2014- March 2015: – Senior Resident (Orthopaedic Surgery), Babu Jag Jivan Ram Hospital, Delhi
September 2014-October 2014: -Fellow Articular Surface ArthroplastyWith Dr.Thomas Seibel, KnappschaftsKrankenhaus, Puttlingen, Germany
July 2011- August 2014- Junior Resident Orthopaedics, J. J. M Medical College, Davangere

Professional Journey

ACHIEVEMENTS

Pioneers in India to combine the innovative technology of 3d printing and intraoperative navigation in bone tumour resection(2020).
Pioneers of India to design and implant a customised 3 d imprinted titanium pelvic bone in a pelvic bone tumour patient(2019).
Pioneers in state of Maharashtra to Start biological reconstruction post tumour resection using frozen auto grafts( liquid nitrogen treated auto graft)(2019)
Initiated the indo-korean continued sarcoma education on 15 august 2020 with collaboration with national cancer center south korea and SNUH, south Korea
Invited as an esteemed panel member of global 3d printing conference 2020

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Vascularized fibula with and without extracorporeal radiotherapy for limb salvage surgery in Indian patients, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2017.09.003
Adult-onset clavicular Ewing’s sarcoma/peripheral neuroectodermal tumor: A diagnostic challenge in journal of current oncology, DOI:4103/jco.jco_13_19
Comparison of diagnostic performance of core needle biopsy in myxoid and non myxoid tumours, European journal of surgical oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2019.05.001
Management of fractures of thoracolumbar spine with pedicle screw fixation, journal of health research and review, DOI- 10.4103/2394-2010.184230, 2016
Best poster award -Complex pelvic reconstructionusing patient specific instrumentation and a customised 3d printed custom implant, wiroc 2019
Short term results of tumour bearing frozen autografts – poster presentation at wiroc 2019
Clinicopathologic parameters associated with diagnostic ability of core needle biopsy in soft tissue tumours podium presentation at 62nd Annual Congress of the KOA (Korean Orthopaedic Association) 2018
CT guided bone biopsy in patients with known malignancies- Are they really required? at indianmuskuloskeletal oncology society conference 2017
Outcome of synovial sarcoma-a single tertiary center experience at indianmuskuloskeletal oncology society conference 2017
Outcome of primary leiomyosarcoma of bone: A single center experience at indianmuskuloskeletal oncology society conference 2017
Management of fractures of thoracolumbar spine with pedicle screw fixation, journal of health research and review, DOI- 10.4103/2394-2010.184230, 2016
Ewing’s sarcoma of the bone – results of multimodality management at a tertiary cancer centre at north zone orthopaedic association conference 2016
Ipsilateral Anterior Hip Dislocation with Fracture Shaft Femur at 57th Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association at Chennai in 2012
Poster on Management of Fractures of Thoracolumbar Spine with Pedical Screw Fixation at 37th Annual Conference of Karnataka Orthopaedic Association at KMC, Manipal in 2013
Comparative study of fracture shaft of femur in children and adolescents treated with enders nail and flexible nails at SicotIndo German conference held in Hyderabad 2013
Comparative Study of Peri-Trochanteric Fractures Treated With Proximal Femoral Nail Intramedullary Fixation Device Verses Dynamic Compression Screw With Extra medullary Device at Sicotindo German conference held in Hyderabad 2013
A clinical study of autologous bone marrow grafting as a substittute for operative bone grafting at 58th Annual Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association at AGRA in 2013