Right from the beginning I was welcomed into the Stavya family and it was there that I learnt all the basics of spine surgery including exposure, pedicle screw fixation, laminectomy, discectomy, inter body fusion. Iassisted during spinal tumour surgeries and was exposed to a whole spectrum of spine pathologies from trauma, degenerative, deformity, inflammatory. Dr. Bharat Dave is an amazing person and Dr. Ajay Krishnan helped me not only during surgeries but also guided me so that I could present my first national level paper in ASSICON held at Mumbai. I enjoyed each and every minute of my work in SSHRI. I thank the staff, physiotherapists and especially the anaesthetists who made my Fellowship a memorable one. I must say that I learnt more than about spine at SSHRI.

I joined as a Fellow for 6 months at Stavyaand my learning has been immense; from the simplest of procedures to the most complex, I was exposed to it all. The consultants are good and taught me the finer details that they had learnt from years of practice. Thanks to my time here, I even published a paper in IJO.I am very thankful to Dr. Bharat Dave and Dr. Ajay Krishnan for making this a wonderful place for Fellows to learn.

Consultant Spine Surgeon

I worked in SSRI from 2007-2008 and it was a great experience for me. I learned the very basics of spine surgery under the able guidance of Dr. Bharat Dave who is an excellent spine surgeon. He has been my mentor and not only did I grow as a spine surgeon at SSRI but also has a human being. Dr. Dave has been running this institute like a family and the patients admitted here feel very much at home. I wish him and the institute the very best.

Within first few days of my being at Stavya, I was amazed to see the quality and the volume of the spine work done here. With God’s grace I got two teachers who were unique in their own ways-Dr.Bharat Dave Sir taught me how to approach a spine patient and Dr. Ajay sir taught me about academics – how to go about doing research and publishing your work. I was fortunate enough to assist in more than 450 spine surgeries and within just 7 months. I even managed to learn about traumatic,degenerative as well as reconstructive surgeries—a feat hardly achievable in 7 months. No words can describe my experience at Stavya, nor will I ever be able to repay both my teachers for all that they have taught me.They helped me become not only a better surgeon but a better individual.