2026 Faculty

Email: aisdc2026@gmail.com

Combined

5th AIIMS

INTERNATIONAL SPINE DEFORMITY COURSE & PSACON - 2026

Theme: Idiopathic Scoliosis

Conference Dates: 26th, 27th & 28th Feb 2026

Organized by: Department of Orthopaedics AIIMS, Spine Society-Delhi Chapter & Pediatric Spine Academy India

Combined

5th AIIMS

INTERNATIONAL SPINE DEFORMITY COURSE & PSACON - 2026

Theme: Idiopathic Scoliosis

Conference Dates:
26th, 27th & 28th Feb 2026

Organized by: Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Research Society All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

National Faculty

Abhay Nene

Abhishek Kashyap

Abrar Ahmed

Ajay Kothari

Ajay Krishnan

Ajoy Shetty

Aju Bosco

Amit Jhala

Ankur Nanda

Arjun Dhawale

Ayush Sharma

B. D. Chowdhury

Chinmay Nath

Chirayu Pamecha

CS Dhillon

Deep Sharma

Deepak Joshi

Dhiraj Sonawane

Gurudip Das

Gururaj S.

Hitesh Garg

Hriday Acharya

J Naresh Babu

Janardhana Aithala P

K Appaji Krishnan

Kalidutta Das

Kamran Farooque

Kaustubh Ahuja

Kshitij Chaudhary

Lalit Sharma

Manish Chadha

Manoj Phalak

Mantu Jain

Neeraj Gupta

Niraj Vasavada

Pankaj Kandwal

Prabhat Agarwal

Raghava Dutt Mulukutla

Raghava Mulukutla

Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan

Rajat Mahajan

Rajesh Parasnis

Ranjith Unnikrishnan

Rupinder Chahal

Sachin A. Borkar

Sajan Hegde

Samir Dalvie

Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt

Saumyajit Basu

Shailesh Hadgaonkar

Shankar Acharya

SK Srivastava

Sunil Katoch

Suresh Pillai

Surya Prakash Rao Voleti

Tankeshwar Baruah

Tushar Rathod

Varun Agarwal

Vidyadhara S

Vikas Tandon

Vishal Peshattiwar

Vivek Tandon

International Faculty

Alaaeldin (Alaa) Azmi Ahmad, MD

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and Professor – Palestine Polytechnic University
Adjunct professor – University of Toledo- Ohio- USA
Adjunct Professor – University of health sciences – Nairobi- Kenya
Invented the Active Apex Correction technique

Benny T. Dahl, MD

Director of Spine Programme, Texas Childrens Hospital
Professor Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery,Baylor College of Medicine

David Lebel, MD, PhD

Paediatric orthopaedic Surgeon Head & Spine Programme division of Orhopaedic Surgery

Dilip K. Sengupta, MD, Dr. Med

Spine Surgeon at Center for Scoliosis & Advanced Spine Surgery, Dallas, Texas
Deputy Editor Spine Deformity Journal
Editor,Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine (Spine Biomechanics and Surgery)

Dr Brian Hsu, MBBS MMed FRACS(Orth)

FAOrthA FHKAM
Adult & Paediatric Spine Surgeon, Sydney, Australia

Massimo Balsano, MD

Director,Spinal Regional Department University and Hospital Trust Piazzale, Verona ,Italy
President-Elect of SICV & GIS (Italian Spine Surgery Society)
Immediate Past President of ISASS (International Society for Advanced Spine Surgery)

Vishal Sarwahi, MD

Vice President, Pediatric Service Line, Northwell Health, USA
Associate Surgeon-in-Chief Cohen’s Childrens Medical Center of New York, USA
Chief of Spinal Deformity Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedics, Northwell Health System, USA

Yong-Chan Kim, M.D., PhD.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

DILIP K . SENGUPTA, MD, Dr. Med

Spine Surgeon at Center for Scoliosis & Advanced Spine Surgery, Dallas, Texas
Deputy Editor – Spine Deformity Journal
Editor, Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine (Spine Biomechanics and Surgery)

Ho-Joong Kim

Department of Orthopedic Surgery in Seoul National University College of Medicine
Head of the Spine Centre,Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Over 140 published papers in International journals
Best Clinical Research Award. The Korean Orthopaedic Association in 2023

Jwalant S. Mehta MBBS, MS(Orth), D(Orth), MS(Orth), MCh(Orth), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Clinical Service Lead: Private Services, Royal Orthopedic Hospital
Additional Vice Chair and Expert member of the National Research Ethics Committee
Past Chair, Fellowship Committee, Scoliosis Research Society (2022-25)

Massimo Balsano, MD

Director, Spinal Regional Department University and Hospital Trust Piazzale , Verona ,Italy
President-Elect of SICV & GIS (Italian Spine Surgery Society)
Immediate Past President of ISASS (International Society for Advanced Spine Surgery)
More than 10000 spinal surgical operations,

Muharrem Yazici

Director, The Center for Children’s Orthopaedics and Spine in Ankara, Turkey
President of the European Pediatric Orthopedic Society in 2012-13
President of SRS IN 2020-21
Over 170 Scientific papers published

Sanjeev J Suratwala, MD

Associate Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Zucker School of Medicine
2010 – Present Attending Physician, Spinal Surgery Northwell Health
2021 – 2024 Truly Awards Caring Touch Award nominee at Northwell Health

Vishal Sarwahi, MD

Vice President, Pediatric Service Line, Northwell Health, USA
Associate Surgeon-in-Chief Cohen’s Childrens Medical Center of New York, USA
Chief of Spinal Deformity Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedics, Northwell Health System, USA
Awarded as America’s Best Physician 2013-2023

Combined

5th AIIMS

INTERNATIONAL SPINE DEFORMITY COURSE & PSACON - 2026

Theme: Idiopathic Scoliosis

Conference Dates: 26th, 27th & 28th Feb 2026

Combined

5th AIIMS

INTERNATIONAL SPINE DEFORMITY COURSE & PSACON - 2026

Theme: Idiopathic Scoliosis

Conference Dates:
26th, 27th & 28th Feb 2026

2026 Faculty

National Faculty

International Faculty

Alaaeldin (Alaa) Azmi Ahmad, MD

Benny T. Dahl, MD

David Lebel, MD, PhD

Dilip K. Sengupta, MD, Dr. Med

Dr Brian Hsu, MBBS MMed FRACS(Orth)

Massimo Balsano, MD

Vishal Sarwahi, MD

Yong-Chan Kim, M.D., PhD.

DILIP K . SENGUPTA, MD, Dr. Med

Ho-Joong Kim

Jwalant S. Mehta MBBS, MS(Orth), D(Orth), MS(Orth), MCh(Orth), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Massimo Balsano, MD

Muharrem Yazici

Sanjeev J Suratwala, MD

Vishal Sarwahi, MD

Combined 5th AIIMS INTERNATIONAL SPINE DEFORMITY COURSE & PSACON - 2026

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