Dr. Abhijeet L. Wahegaonkar

2008 - 2017 Consultant and Head, Department of Upper Limb, Hand & Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery at Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

2009 - 2017 Consultant and Head, Adjunct Professor of Hand Surgery at Jehangir Hospital

Gold Medalist in the Post Graduate Examination in Orthopedics - 1999

Dr. Abhijeet Wahegaonkar is a distinguished Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon based in Pune, renowned for his exceptional expertise in treating complex conditions of the hand, wrist, elbow and nerves. With over 24 years of specialized experience, he is a trusted name in the field, currently serving as the Director of the Department of Hand & Upper Limb Surgery at Sahyadri Hospitals. Dr. Wahegaonkar's academic credentials are as impressive as his clinical acumen—he holds advanced degrees and fellowships in Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery, and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery from the prestigious Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand & Microsurgery, University of Louisville, KY USA; the Institut de la Main, Paris; the Johannes Wolfgang University, Frankfurt, Germany. He has received an Advanced Hand Surgery Fellowship in Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Surgery from the Ogori - Daiichi Hospital in Japan and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Wahegaonkar has also worked at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA where he conducted basic science research in composite tissue allotransplantation and nerve regeneration. He has received the prestigious Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Award for $100,000 for his research on nerve regeneration.