Dr Senthil Velan is a pioneer and superspecialist in Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist Surgery including sports Injuries of Foot and Ankle.

His Patients describe him as a trusted surgeon and is highly respected by his peers.

He had undergone extensive training in the field of Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist surgery. He has had enormous experience in treating all kinds of sports injuries and arthritic conditions of Upper limb. He also undertakes Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist replacements for joints affected by arthritis.

Dr. SenthilVelan has honed his skills in Shoulder Elbow and Wrist arthroscopic surgery at Royal Bournemouth Hospital working with big names in these fields. In order to widen his exposure in the chosen field, Dr.Velan has also spent time with some of the principal shoulder and Elbow surgeons in in Germany and France.

Patients requiring this speciality treatment who had to travel abroad before now can avail his expertise right here in Chennai.

He has worked in UK‘s Largest replacement Unit which and has done more than 500 Shoulder, Elbow , MCP, PIP joint replacements. He also undertakes Wrist and Small joint replacements and has extensive experience in treating Hand injuries.

Education and Experience

Dr.Senthil Velan has had a brilliant academic career. He finished his MBBS from Kilpauk Medical College and went on to finish Orthopaedic Post graduation in JIPMER (which is one of the premier institutes in India).During this period he received a number of academic distinctions including best Outgoing student in JIPMER 2004 and EBOT exam 2011.

He subsequently underwent Orthopaedic training in Wessex Region in United Kingdom. He has undergone specialist fellowship training in Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist surgery in Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK for 2 years. He had done more than 1500 Shoulder, Elbow and wrist surgeries.

He has been accredited with Fellowship from European board of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery from France.

He has also done innumerable Wrist, Foot and ankle Ligament reconstructive surgeries for sports injuries.

He is very active academically and has presented in numerous international and national conferences. He has more than 15 publications in Peer reviewed journals to his name.

He has setup a PhD studentship in Bournemouth University, UK for development of a new Pressure sensor for Shoulder replacements and he is one of supervisors for the same.