Dr Nirav Maharaja

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS
• MS General Surgery
• MCh Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Experience

5+ years of experience

Technical skills

Microvascular surgery – Experienced and competent in performing microvascular procedures, including:

• Head and neck reconstructive procedures using pedicled and local flaps
• Limb or digit replantation/revascularizations
• Reconstructive surgery of limbs
• Reconstruction of the breast, chest wall, or abdomen

Facial palsy treatment – Experienced in performing complex facial reanimation procedures for the correction and rehabilitation of patients with facial nerve paralysis.

Hand surgery

• Post-traumatic repair/reconstruction
• Hand transplantation - Part of the team that performed the first hand transplant in India
• Brachial plexus injury management

Peripheral nerve

• Repair and reconstruction of peripheral nerve injuries
• Management of nerve entrapment syndromes (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome) and untreated nerve injuries
• Rehabilitation following nerve injury, including tendon transfer procedures

Burn management – Acute management and post-burn reconstruction

Cleft surgery – Cleft lip and palate repairs

Aesthetic surgery

• Body contouring procedures – Liposuction, abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, thighplasty
• Body shaping after bariatric surgery
• Breast surgery – Breast reduction, breast lift, breast augmentation
• Facial plastic surgery – Rhinoplasty, anti-ageing procedures

Memberships

• Travancore Cochin Medical Council
• Gujarat Medical Council

Publications

• Indian Subcontinent's First Proximal Forearm Level Double Upper Extremity Transplantation – IJPS
• Indian Subcontinent’s First Bilateral Supracondylar Level Upper Limb Transplantation: Technical Details – IJPS
• Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes of Radial Forearm Free Flap Donor Site in Context of Head and Neck Cancer Reconstruction – IJOS
• Free Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer in the Management of Combined Genital and Lower Extremity Lymphedema – IJPS
• Microtia Reconstruction - Technical Refinements and Strategies to Improve Outcomes – IJPS

Scientific presentations

• Pattern of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid - A Prospective Study – ASI Kerala Chapter, KASICON 2014
• Poster Presentation: Pattern of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid – International Endocrinology Conference, CMC Vellore
• Innovative Technique of Cartilage Suturing for Ear Reconstruction – APSICON 2017
• Using Retrograde Flow of External Carotid Artery for Maxilla Reconstruction with Free Fibula Flap – APSICON 2018
• Tension Closure Device for Achieving Primary Closure in Difficult Wounds – KPSACON 2019
• External Carotid Artery Retrograde Flow as Recipient Artery for Maxilla Reconstruction – 2019
• Effects and Outcomes of Various Modalities of Treatment for Lower Limb Lymphedema – AIMS Research Day, Kochi