Dr. Vikas Gupta
Experience: Over 31 years
Max Super Speciality Hospital
Gurugram , India
Introduction
Dr. Vikas Gupta is the Principal Director of the Max Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, exclusively heading up the hand and upper extremity division. He actually holds a massive milestone in Indian medicine, being the very first surgeon in the country to perform a ceramic-on-ceramic wrist replacement.
About Dr. Vikas Gupta
With over thirty-one years in orthopedics, Dr. Vikas Gupta basically handles the most complicated upper limb cases out there. Did his MBBS and MS right at the premier AIIMS in New Delhi. Then took his surgical training to the absolute highest level and brought all those strict international trauma protocols back home.With over thirty-one years in orthopedics, Dr. Vikas Gupta basically handles the most complicated upper limb cases out there. Did his MBBS and MS right at the premier AIIMS in New Delhi. Then took his surgical training to the absolute highest level and brought all those strict international trauma protocols back home.
He holds a massive clinical footprint, having successfully pulled off over 6,000 complex hand and upper extremity surgeries. He doesn’t just do standard bone setting. Heavily utilizes advanced, minimally invasive arthroscopic platforms for both the wrist and shoulder. Before taking the lead at Max Healthcare, he spent years teaching and operating as an Associate Professor back at AIIMS and held the position of Director of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery at Medanta.
Qualifications
- MBBS — AIIMS, New Delhi.
- MS (Orthopaedics) — AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA.
- AO Trauma Fellowship — Freiberg, Germany.
Awards & Recognition
- Principal Director of Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery at Max Healthcare.
- First surgeon in India to perform a ceramic-on-ceramic wrist replacement.
- Executed over 6,000 hand and upper extremity surgeries.
- Former Associate Professor at AIIMS New Delhi.
- Former Director of Hand Surgery at Medanta.
- Best Paper Award for Wrist Arthroscopy by the North Zone IOA.
- Nominated to Marquis Who’s Who in Asia.
Specialities & Expertise
- Hand and wrist reconstructive surgery
- Ceramic-on-ceramic wrist replacement
- Shoulder and wrist arthroscopy
- Brachial plexus and nerve injury repair
- Carpal tunnel release
- Complex upper extremity trauma
Patient Experience & Approach
Athletes dealing with a blown-out shoulder say Dr. Vikas Gupta doesn’t just focus on the tear itself; he focuses the entire conversation around getting their specific range of motion back. His Mayo Clinic training really shows up when handling severe brachial plexus injuries, explaining exactly what nerve repair can realistically achieve, so patients aren’t given false hope.