Dr. Kaustav Debnath is a highly experienced orthopaedic surgeon with over 15 years of expertise, currently practising at Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata. Recognised as an advanced AO Trauma surgeon, he has received extensive national and international training in trauma management, joint replacement, and robotic surgery. His practice focuses on complex trauma, pelvi-acetabular fractures, and advanced arthroplasty techniques. Dr. Debnath is actively involved in academic teaching, DNB training programs, and orthopaedic research.

Educational Qualifications:

• DNB – Orthopaedic Surgery, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2016)
• Diploma in Orthopaedics – Calcutta Medical College & Hospital (2013)
• MBBS – North Bengal Medical College & Hospital (2007)
• Housemanship – Orthopaedics (2008)

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Orthopaedics, Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata
• Faculty – DNB Teaching & Examination Program
• Faculty – ISSH-CASH Basic Hand Course (2018)
• Faculty – ISSH-WBOA Basic Hand Course (2024)
• AO Trauma Advanced Principles – Table Instructor (2022)
• AO Trauma Advanced Principles – Guest Faculty (2025)
• DNB Practical Examination Coordinator (2022, 2024)

Professional Memberships:

• AO Trauma basic principles of fracture management - Ranchi, 2017.
• AO Trauma Advanced principles of fracture management - Mumbai, 2018.
• Depuy-Synthes Master class - Complex fracture lower limb, Bangkok, 2019.
• AO Trauma Masters course - Pelvi-Acetabular fracture - Bangalore, 2019.
• Depuy-Synthes Advanced cadaveric Pelvic module, Bangkok 2024.
• Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider - Kolkata, 2024.
• Robotic assisted Knee and Hip Replacement - Bengaluru, 2025.
• Life Member of West Bengal Orthopaedic Association (WBOA).
• Life Member of the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA).
• Member of Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) Trauma.

Awards and Achievements:

• Staged reconstruction for deformity correction in a case of post-traumatic distal radius physeal arrest, MIDCON.
• Early results in trans-scaphoid perilunate fracture dislocations treated with open reduction, internal fixation with carpal stabilisation – A case series, WBOACON.
• Early results of bilateral periprosthetic fracture after THA – a rare case report, MIDCON.
• Comparison between volar plate osteosynthesis and external fixation with percutaneous pinning in AO/OTA type C distal radius fractures and their early functional evaluation: a prospective study, WBOACON.
• Early result in comminuted Radial head fracture treated with Radial head replacement – a case report, MIDCON.
• Retrospective comparison of functional and radiological outcome between two contemporary high flexion knee designs.SICOT J, 2016:2:35.
• Ankle and Hindfoot Alignment Changes in Advanced OA Varus Knees After Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Study.Indian J Orthop 2022 Nov3;56(12):2101-2109.
• Is the Popliteus Tendon a Redundant Structure in Total Knee Arthroplasty? Indian J Orthop 2024 May 10;58(8):1092-1097.
• Comparison between volar plate osteosynthesis and external fixation with percutaneous pinning in AO/OTA type C distal radius fractures and their early functional evaluation: a prospective study. International Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, July- Dec 2018, 28;(1):2-7.
• ISSH-CASH Basic Hand Course -Faculty, 2018.
• AO Trauma Advanced principles of fracture management- Table Instructor, 2022.
• DNB Practical Examination Coordinator-2022, 2024.
• ISSH-WBOA Basic Hand Course -Faculty, 2024.
• AO Trauma Advanced principles of fracture management- Guest Faculty, 2025.
• Faculty cum Thesis Guide, DNB Teaching program.