Dr Suhas Shah (Mumbai, India) Ashwinii Accident Hospital

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General information about Dr Suhas Shah of Ashwinii Accident Hospital, located in Mumbai, India. Contact for specific information and latest updates.
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Brief Profile (From Website):
I have been trained in Ilizarov surgery at the world leading centre, under the able guidance of Prof. Dror Palely at University of Maryland Baltmore, U.S.A. I had also been fortunate to work under the guidance of Prof. Cattaneo & Prof. Catagani (who were the first to introduce Prof. Ilizarov from Russia & his technique to rest of the world) at Lecco, Italy. I have been practicing as an orthopaedic surgeon with super specialization in Ilizarov surgery since last 16 years. I'm visiting as an Ilizarov specialist all over Maharacrapra and have done more than 1400 surgeries in this specialty till now. I have been a faculty member during various ilizarov courses & workshops held all over India. We now have a center for total Orthopaedic care under one roof.

Qualifications
M.S. (Ortho), M.B.B.S., FAIS (Germany), Fellow in Ilizarov (USA, Italy), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Specialist in Ilizarov Surgery.

Specialties
Trauma, Ilizarov Fixation for Limb Reconstruction, Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction, Spine surgery, Arthroscopic surgery, Joint Replacement surgery, Fracture and Accident services, Diabetic foot surgery, Polio and Cerebral Palsy surgery.

Awards & Honors

• DNB Teacher
• P.G Teacher
• National Director
• Vice President of ASAMI (Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov)
• ASAMI International Conference Organising Secretary

Why CFIS (Center For Ilizarov Surgery):
More than a 1400 patients from India and the rest of the world have been successfully treated here over the last 16 years. All modern techniques of limb lengthening such as the Ilizarov; Lengthening Over Nails as well as fully implantable nails are used here to tailor the treatment for the individual patient's needs. The complete range of Ilizarov Techniques is practiced here to perfection. Success rates are very high even for complex problems. Several new operations have been designed to help those suffering from Poliomyelitis & Club Feet. It is recognized as a referral center for difficult Ilizarov problems and leading Orthopaedic Surgeons in India refer their problem cases here. Failed Ilizarov cases done elsewhere (in India or anywhere else in the world) are rectified here.

Personalized care and attention is given to all patients. Patients have very comfortable and spacious fully furnished rooms and are provided freshly cooked meals from a special kitchen with ultra-filtered drinking water. The Director of the Center has the unique perspective of being trained by the best - Prof. Dr. Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, in a Fellowship at the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction, USA & Prof. Cataneo & Catagni from Lecco, Italy.

Hospital Services:
Ilizarov (Russian) Surgery, Fracture & accident treatment, Joint Replacement Surgery, Spine Surgery, Arthroscopy Shoulder & knee, Hand Surgery, Ilizarov Angioplasty, Diabetic Foot Management, Physiotherapy, Osteoporosis Detection Centre (BMD test), X-Ray & Sonography, Whole Body Color Doppler, Portable Sonography & Color Doppler, Pathology Collection Centre.

Limb Lengthening Methods:
Cosmetic lengthening of the tibias is recommended a maximum of 7.5 cm with external fixation, LON, or LATP. Internal lengthening with the Precice 2 is also available for both tibias and femurs.

Pricing:
Estimate for bilateral tibial lengthening with external fixation device is $8,000 USD and $9,000 USD for LON or LATP. Internal Precice is $30,000 USD for the nails in addition to surgical costs and doctor fees. Price covers surgery and initial stay at the hospital before discharge.

Accommodation Options:
International patients will have to stay at a hotel after discharge from the hospital, preferably for the duration of the procedure or until distraction is completed.

Contact Information:

Website
www.suhasshah.com
www.ashwiniihospital.com

E-Mail
[email protected]

Ashwinii Accident Hospital
Ganesh Apartment, Opposite Sh!taladevi Temple, Mahim (west), Mumbai, 400016    
Phone: +91 (022) 24455155
Mobile: +91 9322235042

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Quote from: ChrisIsaak on July 15, 2014, 09:32:53 AMWhat a great name for a hospital 

Heck yes it is.

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Quote from: LifesTooShort on July 25, 2014, 05:51:23 AMOkay so I just got off the phone with Dr. Shah (his assistant answered at first and, ironically, speaks not a word of English lol).
Dr. Shah states that the total cost of lengthening with the Precise 2 nail, including all hospital fees and one week's stay in the hospital, is $40,000USD (FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!). He also gives his patients the option of going home (in my case Canada) to lengthen, returning to India only to have the nail locked and to return the transponder. Of course there is the additional surgery to remove the nails 1 to 2 years after the initial surgery (the cost of which I stupidly forgot to ask him). I think this is great news! He claims he has "done this procedure before", but I wasn't able to obtain a figure as to how many times. I'm doing my tibias in January, but if this price remains the same in a year or two (wishful thinking), I'll be going there for my femurs.

He charges approximately $1,000 USD for frame removal with exfix or rod removal for LON. Shouldn't be much different from nail removal with Precice.

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Quote from: ShortyMcShort on September 10, 2014, 08:56:15 AM$40,000 is indeed cheap, but you still need to add in physio, accommodation and food for roughly 3 months if doing Precice 2. So far the cheapest Precice 2 package is Dr Birkholtz $52,000 approx. This could work out to be cheaper

You can find good hotels with rates of $1,500 a month. Physio probably wouldn't be expensive. I haven't been charged a dime for physiotherapy with Dr Parihar. Food here is really cheap. I spend maybe 3 or 4 bucks a day on it.

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The easiest way to obtain a Medical Treatment visa is to send an e-mail to a hospital you are considering for surgery and tell them that you desire to have CLL and wish to have a Medical Treatment visa for entry. The hospital should have no problem writing a letter addressed to your nearest Indian Embassy/Consulate General of India Office and e-mailing it back for you to include with other documents to send in to the appropriate visa application center. The Embassy of India has given the new contract for providing Visa applications to Cox & Kings Global Services, and based on their website it looks like their process is pretty straightforward.

http://www.in.ckgs.us/visa/type-of-visa/medical-visa.crapml

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That's one of the funny differences between Dr Shah and Dr Parihar that me wonder how two doctors who were fellows under Dr Paley could have such contrasting views on something. Dr Shah seems quite confident in bilateral plate fixation being a good idea but Dr Parihar is totally against bilateral plate fixation for cosmetic patients. Interesting.

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Quote from: TomD on December 21, 2014, 02:57:12 PMThis guy seems to know what he is doing, and the price is right.

He doesnt do femurs? 

He also does femur lengthening.

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Quote from: Ajax2thousand20 on December 23, 2014, 09:15:32 PMIf I do Precice I think Birkholtz is the better foot forward unless Shah will let you lengthen and do PT from home. Because with expenses and food it would probably be more if not the same as Birkholtz.

It should come out a little cheaper than Dr Birkholtz, but the difference isn't that large. If you stay in a hotel for four months it should cost around $46,000 USD with Dr Shah.

Basing this off of my roughly $1,500 a month expense of hotel + food while staying in Mumbai and adding that on top of Dr Shah's $40,000 price for Precice internals.

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Quote from: Thegosis on January 27, 2015, 03:52:59 PMHow can we have it said just before christmas thar surgery plus nails equals 40k and now a month later nails alone are alone  50k. No way can that add up

That doesn't add up at all unless Ellipse suddenly shot up their price. As Kirp1 said, send an e-mail to another doctor and see what he quotes you. Then you'll know for sure if Dr Shah is inflating the price or not. I'd send an e-mail to Dr Birkholtz asking what the cost of the nails would be, as he's used them already. He hasn't updated his package price of $52,000 total for Precice femurs, so...

Maybe send Dr Parihar an e-mail too if you're set on India.

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Quote from: Thegosis on January 29, 2015, 04:22:57 AMWell I've purchased airfare credit with an airline that services Asia. That was in reliance on a figure of $30k which I have no doubt you got directly from Dr Shah. But if I have to consider South Africa because of one doctors sudden price hike for no special justification then that sucks and now I have the airfares I don't need.

Well if the nails are still $30,000 USD then you can get Precice femurs with Dr Parihar for around $43,000 - $45,000. It's worth checking in with him so your airline credit won't be wasted. I highly doubt there was a $20,000 USD price hike from Ellipse all of a sudden.