ABOUT
Dr. Ayyappan V is an experienced shoulder specialist in Bangalore renowned for Shoulder Arthroscopy. Dr. Ayyappan consults at Sparsh Hospital, Bangalore

DR AYYAPPAN V NAIR
DNB ORTHO, D ORTHO FELLOWSHIP SHOULDER SURGERY, ARTHROSCOPY AND SPORTS TRAUMA
- FELLOWSHIP IN SHOULDER & ELBOW – FUNABASHI ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, JAPAN
- FELLOW IN SPORTS TRAUMA AND ARTHROSCOPY, UOEH, FUKUOKA, JAPAN
- FELLOW IN SHOULDER AND SPORTS SURGERY(HALLYM UNIVERSITY- SOUTH KOREA)
- VISITING FELLOW SHOULDER SURGERY, [SUBIACO CLINIC- AUSTRALIA]
- FELLOWSHIP TRAINING IN ARTRHROSCOPIC LATARJET SURGERY – SPAIN
- FELLOWSHIP TRAINING IN SUPERIOR CAPSULAR RECONSTRUCTION – JAPAN
- ROBOTIC JOINT REPLACEMENT FELLOWSHIP, USA
- DEPUTY ARTHROPLASTY FELLOW[APOLLO HOSPITALS- INDIA]
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
FOMER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, (SHOULDER AND SPORTS TRAUMA)
DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS,
AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, KOCHI
INDIA
FORMER CONSULTANT (SHOULDER SURGERY & SPORTS TRAUMA )
SPARSH HOSPITAL FOR ADVANCED SURGERIES, BANGALORE
Curriculum Vitae: Dr AYYAPPAN V NAIR
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT ADDRESS
(PREVIOUS POSITION AND TRAINING)
1.DEPARTMENT OF SHOULDER SURGERY & SPORTS TRAUMA
Sparsh Hospital for Advanced Surgeries,
Bangalore
2.DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS
Amrita institute of medical sciences,Amrita lane ,
edappaly,Kochi,Kerala state ,India
3.FELLOW IN SHOULDER & ELBOW
Funabashi orthopaedic hospital, Japan
4.ROBOTIC JOINT REPLACEMENT FELLOWSHIP, USA
5.DEPUY ARTHROPLASTY FELLOW
Apollo hospital,
Bangalore,
India
6.VISITING SHOULDER FELLOW
Subiaco clinic,
Perth.Australia
7.FELLOW IN SPORTS TRAUMA AND ARTHROSCOP
University Of Occupational Health,
Fukuoka,Japan
8.FELLOW IN SHOULDER SURGERY
Sports trauma division,
Hallym university- Dongtan Hospital
Seoul,s.korea
9.POST DOCTORAL FELLOW IN ARTHROPLASTY AND SPORTS SURGERY
Division of joint diseases,
Sacred heart hospital,
Hallym university hospital,
Chuncheon,South korea
10.SENIOR RESIDENT
Department Of Orthopedics
Pushpagiri medical college,
Thiruvalla , kerala
PH.914692701341
COURSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
- Participated in MANGALORE ORTHOCON, MANGALORE, INDIA2008
- Participated in BASIC HAND CORSE, MYSORE, 2008
- Participated IN RHEUMATOLOGY CONFERENCE , KOTTAYAM, 2010.
- Attended TRIVANDRUM ORTHOCON 2011
- Participated in TNOACON , VELLORE 2012
- Participated in AO TRAUMA CON , MAMMALLAPURAM, 2012
- Participated in TNOACON , VELLORE 2012
- Lake shore trauma course , KOCHI, 2012
- FACULTY – amrita frature course , KOCHI, 2012
- Lake shore trauma course , KOCHI, 2012
- Participated in Lourde primary hip arthroplasty course, KOCHI, 2012
- Participated in CAPE – KOA basic spine corse and cadaveric course, KOCHI, 2012
- Participated in Basic arthroscopy skill course and workshop , JAIPUR, 2012
- Acl cadaveric course, indian arthroscopy society. .bangalore, 2013
- Advanced arthroscopy course – Chennai -2013
- Hip arthroscopy workshop- s.korea-2013
- Kyung – hee shoulder conference 2013- seoul
- Advanced shoulder cadaveric workshop, smith and nephew- 2014 Chennai
- Advanced hip cadaveric workshop, depuy- 2014
- FACULTY AND ORGANISING SECRETARY AMRITA SHOULDER COURSE 2014
- ORTHO ONE INDO – US SHOULDER COURSE 2015
- SMITH AND NEPHEW TRAINING PROGRAM SHOULDER SCOPY 2015
PRESENTATIONS AND RESEARCH
- I presented a study on outcome of immediate flap coverage in type 3 B open fractures- tibia , at KOA CON , Mangalore,2008
- Presented a case study of brachial artery injury in posterior dislocation elbow which was repaired using reverse saphenous graft.- KOA,Mangalore 2008.
- Presented a case series of COLD WELDING as a complication in LCP removal – COS 2012
- Comparison of VAS-FA SCORE AND AOFAS SCORE – KOA 2015,kerala , india
- Role of biceps tenotomy in septic arthritis shoulder- KOA 2015,kerala , india
PUBLICATIONS
- Article: Tribological changes in the articular cartilage of a human femoral head with avascular necrosis .
Biointerphases 06/2015; 10(2):8. DOI:10.1116/1.4919020 · 2.68 Impact Factor - Article: Stress Distribution in Superior Labral Complex and Rotator Cuff During In Vivo Shoulder Motion: A Finite Element Analysis
Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 06/2015; DOI:10.1016/j.arthro.2015.04.082 · 3.19 Impact Factor - IN VIVO ANALYSIS OF ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT MOTION AFTER HOOK PLATE FIXATION USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY.
jses , january 2015 - CORRELATION OF VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE FOOT AND ANKLE (VAS-FA) TO AOFAS SCORE IN MALLEOLAR FRACTURES USING INDIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONNARE. foot and ankle surgery, december 2014
- CAN INTRAOPERATIVE GRAMS STAIN BE USED FOR PREVENTING PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTIONS. kerala journal of orthopaedics, 2014
- SURGICAL REPAIR OF BRACHIAL ARTERY WITH REVERSE SAPHENOUS GRAFT IN POSTERRIOR DISLOCATION OF ELBOW. J emerg trauma shock. 2010 jul-sep; 3(3): 308
THESIS SUBMITTED
Conducted thesis work for one and a half years ( May 2009 to dec 2010) on a topic title FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF MALLEOLAR FRACTURES – Comparison of two scoring systems.
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Shoulder,knee Arthroscopy and sports surgery.
Hip and knee replacement.
Trauma surgery.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND SKILLS
Sports activities: martial arts- kungfu, kick boxing , basket ball.
Adventure , Trekking, travelling, fitness freak
Gold medal in national kungfu championship, Tamil nadu
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hindi, Malayalam, kannada, Tamil
Full Papers Published by Dr AYYAPPAN V NAIR
2015-3 papers
Article: Tribological changes in the articular cartilage of a human femoral head with avascular necrosis
Eun-Min Seo, Suman K Shrestha, Cong-Truyen Duong, Ashish Ranjan Sharma, Tae-Woo Kim, Ayyappan V.Nair, Mark S Thompson, Myung Guk Cho, Sungchan Park, Kwanghoon Kim, Sang-Soo Lee, Seonghun Park
Biointerphases 06/2015;10(2):8.DOI:10.1116/1.4919020·2.68 Impact Factor
Article: Stress Distribution in Superior Labral Complex and Rotator
Cuff During In Vivo Shoulder Motion: A Finite Element Analysis
Seong W. Jang, Yon-Sik Yoo, Hwang-Young Lee, Kim S. Yoon, Pranay K. Srivastava, Ayyappan V. Nair
Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery06/2015;
DOI:10.1016/j.arthro.2015.04.082·3.19 Impact Factor
Article: In vivo analysis of acromioclavicular joint motion after hook plate fixation using three-dimensional computed tomography
Yoon Sang Kim, Yon-Sik Yoo, Seong Wook Jang, Ayyappan Vijayachandran Nair, Hyonki Jin, Hyun-Seok Song
Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery/American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
01/2015; DOI:10.1016/j.jse.2014.12.012 · 2.37 Impact Factor
2014 1 INDIAN AND 1 INTERNATIONAL
Article: Correlation Visual Analogue Scale Foot And Ankle (Vas-Fa) To Aofas Score In Malleolar Fractures
Using Indian Language Questionnare
Ayyappan V. Nair, K. Shamsuddin, P S John, Janne A.Hämäläinen,M.A.Kurien
Foot and Ankle Surgery 12/2014; 21(2). DOI:10.1016/j.fas.2014.10.006
Article: Can intraoperative Gram staining of haematoma in fracture
neck of femur be used to decide on implantation? kerala journal of
orthopaedics, 2014
Ayyappan VIJAYACHANDRAN Nair
Kerala journal of orthopaedics 2014
2010 INTERNATIONAL
Article: Posterior dislocation of elbow with brachial artery injury.
Karun Jain, Y Shashi Kumar, Mruthyunjaya, R Ravishankar, Ayyappan V N.
Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock 07/2010; 3(3):308.
DOI:10.4103/0974-2700.66560

Teaching at cadaver workshop
Depuy Arthroplasty Fellow
APOLLO HOSPITAL
INDIA
Fellow in Sports trauma and Hip arthroscopy
UOEH
JAPAN
Fellow in Shoulder surgery and Arthroplasty
Hallym University
South Korea
- National board certification
- Former Consultant (Shoulder Surgery & Sports Trauma ), Sparsh Hospital for Advanced Surgeries, Bangalore
- Former Associate Professor at Amrita Institute, Kochi.
- Shoulder fellowship – Funabashi orthopaedic hospital, Japan
- Robotic Joint replacement fellowship, USA
- Shoulder and Sports Medicine fellowship Hallym university, South Korea
- Knee Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty fellowship, South Korea
- Hip and elbow Arthroscopy fellowship, japan
- Several national and international publications
- Clinical research
- Faculty at various shoulder training programs in Kerala.
- Dr.Ayyappan is credited to have done the first arthroscopy at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, Lakshwadeep Islands.
- Part of India’s first hand transplant surgical team.
- Fitness training and rehabilitation advisor
- Evidence based treatment protocols
- Extensively trained
