Anil Bhat Professor and Head, Department of Hand surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Current position: • Professor and Head, Department of Hand surgery, KMC, Manipal and Associate Dean, KMC, Manipal • Secretary & Treasurer, Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand • Chief of Research wing, Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand About Dr Anil Bhat is a Professor in Hand surgery with a postgraduate teaching experience of 24 years. He serves as a faculty in Kasturba Medical college, Manipal at Manipal academy of Higher education which is the topmost private university of India. His main clinical expertise in Hand surgery is Wrist related pathologies, Wrist arthroscopy, Congenital hand differences, upper limb sports medicine and elbow pathologies. He has a passion for research and has 106 International and national publications, and has guided 35 MS postgraduate theses, 4 MCh thesis and 7 PhD theses. He has authored 1 book and co-authored one book. Editorial roles • Clinical editor, Hand.e, American society for surgery of the hand • Associate editor, Hand surgery, Annals of Plastic surgery • Associate editor for Journal of Hand surgery, Asia Pacific volume • Chief Editor, Journal of Karnataka Orthopaedic Association • Associate Editor: Journal of Orthopaedics