Dr. Rajiv Limaye


MS, MCh (Orth), FRCS, FRCS (Orth)

 Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Arthroscopic & Minimal Access Surgery Specialist
Fellow, AO International (trauma)

 

 Professional Profile:

Mr Rajiv Limaye is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with over 20 years of surgical experience. Mr Limaye's practice is specialised in dealing in disorders of foot and ankle.

He undertakes routine knee arthroscopy, meniscal surgery and soft tissue reconstruction. Mr Limaye undertakes entire range of foot and ankle surgery including arthroscopic sports injuries. He regularly treats sports enthusiasts to return to their highest level of activities. His special interest includes bunion surgery using MIS surgery. He has also developed a unit with a multi–centre study on joint replacements of the big toe.

Mr Limaye works and acts as an examiner for the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh. He supervises trainees and has been a faculty member at various international courses and symposia.

Special Clinical Interest:

Arthroscopy- ankle and knee;

Knee surgery- soft tissue and arthroscopy;

Foot surgery- bunion, arthritis, joint replacement;

Ankle surgery- sport injury;

Sports injuries of knee and ankle;

MIS bunion surgery;

Mortons neuroma;

Toe nail surgery;

Midfoot fusion;

Foot and ankle injections;

Gait analysis



  Medical Qualifications:  

·         MS (Orth) - 1993- B J Medical school and Sassoon Hospitals, Pune, India

·         MSc (Trauma surgery) - 1999 -University of Birmingham, UK

·         MCh (Orth) - 2000- University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

·         FRCS (General) - 2005- The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK

·         FRCS (Orth) - 2005- The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland and England, UK

·         Trauma Fellowship - 2005 (AO International- Switzerland)

 


Clinical Appointments:

 Consultant (NHS)- Lead Consultant, Division of Foot and Ankle surgery- University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool, UK

Consultant (Private and NHS) - Foot/Ankle/Knee surgery- BMI Woodlands Hospital Darlington and Nuffield Health Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees


Current Academic Positions:

·         Examiner MRCS, The Royal College of Surgeons of England- From January 2012

·         Examiner - FRCS (Orth), Intercollegiate Boards in Trauma and Orthopaedics, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK- From March 2011

·         Honorary Clinical lecturer- University of Teesside, UK, From March 2011

·         Faculty - Basic science courses and Mock examinations for FRCS Orth, Oswestry, Wrightington and Northern Deanery, Newcastle, UK - from early 2009 and on going

·         Examiner - Final year medical students, University of Newcastle- from 2010

Membership of Societies:

·         General Medical Council - Full Membership

·         The Royal College of Surgeons of England : Fellowship

·         Specialist Register In Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the UK

·         British Foot and Ankle Society

·         Medical defence Union

·         Yorkshire foot and ankle society

·         Northern Orthopaedics foot and ankle surgery society

·         Sub-Specialty Training in foot and ankle surgery

·         Basic Foot/Ankle surgery - Mr's Sarkar and Belham - Luton Hospital and Watford Hospital, UK

·         Hindfoot surgery and Total Ankle replacements - Prof Hintermann, Liestal, Switzerland

·         Forefoot Surgery - Prof Coillard, Lyon, France

·         Arthroscopic sports injury surgery - Prof Nick van Dijk, Amsterdam, Holland

·         Minimally invasive foot/ankle surgery - Prof De Prada, Murcia, Spain

·         Additional top up training - Various centres in the USA - Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Chicago.


Advanced Training in Foot and Ankle surgery:

 ·         Primary Foot/Ankle surgery- Mr's Sarkar and Belham- Luton Hospital and Watford Hospital, UK

·         Hindfoot surgery and Total Ankle replacements- Prof Hintermann, Liestal, Switzerland

·         Minimal access Forefoot Surgery- Prof Coillard, Lyon, France

·         Arthroscopic sports injury surgery- Prof Nick van Dijk, Amsterdam, Holland

·         Minimally invasive foot/ankle surgery- Prof De Prada, Murcia, Spain

·         Additional top up training- Various centres in the USA- Washington DC, New Jersey, Dallas and Chicago

  Accolades:

 Mr Rajiv Limaye's accolades - 2013

 January 2013- Mr R Limaye was invited as a moderator at Indo-USA Foot and ankle meet, Kolkata, India

February 2013- Visitation to St Carlos Hospital, Murcia to share experience with Dr M De Prada in minimally invasive forefoot surgery

March 2013- Attended the American academy of Orthopaedic surgeons annual meeting in Chicago, USA

April 2013- Mr R Limaye was invited at basic sciences and mock FRCS Orth Examination at Wrightington Hospital, Wigan

May 2013- Mr R Limaye attended the MRCS examinations at Royal College of Surgeons of England, London

June 2013- Mr R Limaye visited 2 centres of excellence for foot/ankle surgery in Washington DC and New Jersey, USA

June 2013- Attended the hindfoot surgery course in Liestal, Switzerland

September and early October 2013- Mr R Limaye visited Baylor Medical institute, Dallas to share his experience with Dr J Brodsky.

December 2013- Mr R Limaye attended MRCS clinical exam at Nairobi, Kenya

 Invitations for 2014

 January 2014- Mr R Limaye was invited as a faculty in the Indo- USA foot and ankle meeting in Jaipur, India

March 2014- MRCS examinations, Sharjah, UAE and Cairo, Egypt

May 2014- MRCS examinations, Sheffield, England

August 2014- Faculty position at the Trauma Con conference in Mumbai- unable to attend

August 2014- Faculty position at IFAScon (Indian foot and ankle society) meeting at Pune, India- unable to attend

October 2014- MRCS exams, Royal College of surgeons, London

November 2014- Total ankle replacement, New York

November 2014- Visited Pittsburgh to share results of first MTP replacement with Dr Carl Hassleman

December 2014- Visit to France on a forefoot course

 Invitations for 2015

 March 2015- Foot and ankle course for residents- India

May 2015- MRCS examinations, London, UK

July 2015- First MTP joint replacement course, Faculty- Liverpool, UK

October 2015- MRCS examination- Cyprus and Cairo, Egypt

25,26, 27 October 2015- Invited as a speaker in Orthopaedic conference in Baltimore

November 2015- British foot and ankle surgery meeting - London, UK

November 2015- MRCS examination Colombo, Sri Lanka

 Invitations for 2016

 Foot and Ankle symposium- Hartlepool

April- Combined orthopaedic association meeting in Cape Town (Papers)

May- World podiatry association meeting in Montreal, Canada (Paper)

June- MIS foot/ Ankle surgery- Barcelona, Spain

September- MRCS exam in Hyderabad and KL, Malaysia

November- MRCS exam in Cyprus and Egypt

December- Visitation planned in USA

Browse Rajiv’s publications in national and International journals by visiting - Researchgate/ rajiv limaye.