Dr. Jithin Lobo

Qualifications:

MBBS - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore 2007
MS (Ortho) - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore 2011
DNB (Ortho) - National Board of Examination 2012
MRCS Edinburgh (UK) 2020
FRCS Trauma & Ortho (UK) 2023

Expertise:

1. Robotic Total Hip Replacement
2. Robotic Total Knee Replacement
3. Robotic Partial Knee Replacement
4. Knee & Shoulder Arthroscopy
5. Reverse & Total Shoulder Replacement
6. Soft tissue Knee surgery
7. Sports Medicine

Fellowships:

1. Trauma Fellowship – Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, UK (2024-25)
2. Fellowship in Hip & Knee Arthoplasty – OCON, Hengelo, The Netherlands (2016)
3. Fellowship in Hip & Knee Arthoplasty (Robotic) – Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow, UK (2025-26)
4. Upper Limb Fellow at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK (2024)

Personal statement:

I am a very enthusiastic and hardworking Orthopaedic surgeon, with experience of working at reputed high volume tertiary care hospitals across India, UK and The Netherlands. My area of interest is Hip and Knee Joint Replacement. Other areas of subspecialty interests include Sports Medicine, Knee & Shoulder Arthroscopy, Soft tissue Knee surgery, Shoulder Replacement and Trauma surgery. I have extensive experience in teaching undergraduate and post graduate medical students. I have also participated in Research projects which have culminated in publications and presentations. As an orthopaedic surgeon, my aim is to restore mobility and relieve pain, allowing help patients return to their active lives.

Professional experience:

1. Lower Limb Arthroplasty & Soft tissue Knee Fellow. Golden Jubilee National Hospital. Glasgow, UK. 6/8/2025 to 4/8/2026
2. Trauma Fellow – Orthopaedics Aintree Hospital. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. 7/8/2024 to 5/8/2025
3. Senior Clinical Fellow – Trauma & Orthopaedics. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK. 24/12/2018 to 6/8/2024
4. Senior Resident/ Assistant Professor in department of Orthopaedics St John’s Medical College. Bangalore,India. 17/02/2014 to 4/12/2018
5. Registrar in Orthopaedic department. Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, India. 20/05/2013 to 15/02/2014
6. Assistant Professor in department of Orthopaedics. A J Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore, India. 18/06/2011 to 15/03/2013
7. Post Graduate Training in Orthopaedics. Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India.
12/04/2008 to 19/05/2011
8. Compulsory rotatory internship Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences,
Bellur, India. 29/04/2006 to 29/04/2007

Certifications:

1. Leadership & Management Course - October 2025
2. Research & Methodology Course- November 2024
3. Train the Trainer Course- February 2024
4. Advanced Trauma and Life Support Course (ATLS)- May 2024

5. Care of the Critically ill Surgical Patient Course
(CCrISP)- May 2021
6. AO Basic Fracture Management Course - August 2014

Workshops:

1. Hip, Knee and MAKO Cadaver course - By Stryker at Glasgow, UK on 18-19th, August 2025
2. Basic cadaveric knee arthroscopy workshop- MSRALC, Bangalore, India – 25th March 2012
3. Basics - Primary knee arthroplasty- Sparsh hospital, Bangalore India, 10-11th March 2012
4. Depuy – Arthroplasty Essentials Course - DePuy Institute, Chennai, India, 12-14th May 2012
5. AO spine monsoon seminar – 29 September 2009 at Mangalore, Karnataka
6. AO Trauma course – Basic principles of fracture management held at Hyderabad,India on Aug 14-16, 2014.
7. 7th Bangalore shoulder course – Cadaveric workshop at Bangalore – 14th to 16th July 2017
8. 2nd Annual conference of AOPAS (Pelvis - acetabular surgery) – Cadaveric workshop – 23rd to 25th March 2018

Conferences:

1. SECMA British Society of Hand Surgeons (BSSH) – Annual conference held at Mallorca, Spain in 2025
2. British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) – Annual conference held at Birmingham, UK in 2023
3. British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS) – Annual conference held at Belfast, UK in 2022
4. Western India Regional Orthopaecic Conference (WIROC) – Annual meet held at Mumbai, India in 2015
5. Bangalore Orthopaedic Society Conference (BOS) – Annual meet held at Bangalore, Karnataka in 2016
6. Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Conference (KOA) held at Bangalore, Karnataka in 2015
7. Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Conference (KOA) held at Mysore, Karnataka in 2014

8. Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Conference (KOA) held at Goa in 2011

Research & Publications:

1. Lobo J, Verma R, Akhtar M, Wallace D, Gee C, Maheshwari R. The Cost of Waste: A Prospective Observational Study of Unused Prostheses and Consumables in Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Accepted by Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
2. Courtney E, Lobo J, Cash T, Newton AW, Brown DJ. Distal complications of Motec® total wrist arthroplasty: failure of osseointegration versus periprosthetic fracture. Journal of Hand Surgery (EuropeanVolume). 2025; 50(11):1500-1508 PMID: 40446819
3. Cherian JJ, Lobo JO, Ramesh LJ. A comparative study of bacteriological culture results using
swab and tissue for diagnosis of wound infection in open fracture. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2019 January; 9(1):33- 36 PMID: 31245315
4. Peters A, Lobo J, Homan S. Modified Chevron osteotomy for hallux valgus deformity in female athletes. A 2- year follow-up study – Letter to the Editor. Foot Ankle Surg. 2017 Sep;23(3):211. Epub 2016 Nov. PMID: 28865594
5. Lobo JO, Cherian JJ, Sahu A. Case of Acute Concomitant Rupture of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Patellar Tendon of Knee: Surgical Decision Making and Outcome. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2017 May-Jun; 7(3):5-8. PMID: 29051869

Presentations:

Posters - International:

1. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Annual meeting, March 2020 at Orlando, Florida, USA - ‘Less postoperative restrictions following total hip arthroplasty with use of a posterolateral approach: A prospective randomized non- inferiority trial’

2. Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Hip Society in London, UK: 18th – 20th March 2026 - ‘Trunnionosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Influence of Bearing Surfaces, Taper Design and Patient Factors on Wear, Corrosion and Implant Longevity’

Podium - International:

1. Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Hip Society in London, UK: 18th – 20th March 2026: ‘Reducing Carbon Footprint in Orthopaedic Theatres: A Prospective Study at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital’
2. SECMA - BSSH Mallorca, Spain: Hand April 2025: ‘Distal component complications after total wrist arthroplasty: A case-controlled study of failure of osseointegration versus periprosthetic fracture’
3. British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) March 2022 at Belfast, UK: ‘Patients’ smartphone biometric apps: potential use in the collection of functional activity data outcome measures and in promoting increased engagement with post op rehabilitation’

Regional:

1. Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Conference (KOACON), Goa, 2011 - ‘Study of Tip Apex Distance in intertrochanteric fractures treated with DHS’
2. Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Conference (KOACON), Mysore, Karnataka 2014 - ‘Study of Radiological features in Discoid Meniscus’
3. Western Indian Regional Orthopaedic Conference (WIROC), Mumbai, Maharashtra 2015 - ‘Study of outcome following Arthroscopic Repair in Meniscal injuries’
4. Bangalore Orthopaedic Society Conference (BOSCON), Bangalore, Karnataka 2016 - ‘Case of Extensor mechanism rupture with concomitant ACL tear’

Audits:

1. DVT prophylaxis in lower limb immobilization in patients referred from Emergency department to Fracture clinic at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK
2. Coronavirus in HIP Fractures CHIP2: Is Vitamin D Deficiency Associated with Increased Mortality from COVID-19. Infections in a Hip fracture Population (National
Observational Audit) – UK
3. Clinical coding proforma service evaluation 2022/2023 at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK
4. Surgically treated ankle fractures before and after COVID – 19 at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK

Languages:

Kannada,Hindi,English,Tulu & Konkani

Professional memberships:

General Medical Council (UK) - 7671153
Karnataka Medical Council - 77250
Karnataka Orthopaedic Association - J 35

Other involvement:

Worked with the Rotaplast Team (August 26 – September 10, 2006) assisting in humanitarian work of cleft lip/palate correction surgeries at Nagamangala, India

Interests:

Photography, Hiking and Travel