Dr Hosalkar, Orthopedic Surgeon, Vista CA

Dr Hosalkar

Dr. Hosalkar is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, who believes in treating every patient as his own child, sibling or parent. He strives to meet every patient’s individual needs by combining leading-edge joint and cartilage-preserving techniques with traditional methods to help them achieve an active, pain-free, and functional lifestyle, and provides them the best care possible.

Medical Director

    Center for Hip Preservation and Reconstruction, Deformity Correction, Limb Reconstruction & Limb Lengthening
    Hip Preservation Surgeon (Pediatric, Adolescent and Adult Spectrum)
    Orthopedic Trauma Specialist (Pediatric, Adolescent and Adult Spectrum)
    AO Faculty for Trauma (Adult and Pediatric Spectrum)

 Hospital Affiliations

    Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
    Scripps Mercy Hospital, Chula Vista
    Scripps Hospital, Encinitas
    Sharp Grossmont Hospital
    Tricity Hospital
    Paradise Valley Hospital

Surgery Center Affiliations

    Center for Surgery, Encinitas
    Oasis Surgery Center
    North Coast Surgery Center
    Carlsbad Surgery Center


Teaching Experience in Orthopaedics

    Clinical Instructor in Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery & Senior Resident: 2 years; 1996-1998
    Specialist Pediatric Fellow and Instructor: Wadia Hospital, University of Mumbai: 1998-1999: 1 year
    Lecturer and Faculty, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, University of Mumbai: 1999-2000: 1 year
    International fellow and Instructor, Children’s Hospital Madera, UCSF: 9 months; 2001
    Specialist Fellow and Instructor: Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL, London: 2 years; 2001-02
    Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPENN: 2005-2009
    Clinical Instructor and Administrative & Academic Chief Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPENN: 2006-2009
    Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Rady Children’s Hospital: 2009- 2013
    Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon (Adult and Pediatric Spectrum): Lower extremity, Hip Preservation and Trauma specialist Tricity Medical Center, Vista, CA: current
    Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon (Adult and Pediatric Spectrum): Scripps Mercy Hospital (San Diego, Chula Vista), Scripps Encinitas Hospital- Current

Total orthopaedic teaching/academic experience in University Hospitals: ~ 15 years


Employment History

July 2009- 2013: Employed by CSSD Orthopaedic group, San Diego: 3030 Children’s way, 92123
April 2013: Started Private Practice in San Diego with affiliations to Scripps hospitals (Mercy and Chula Vista), Scripps Encinitas, Tricity Hospital, and also Oasis Surgery Center & Surgery Center of Encinitas. Currently the Medical Director of ‘Center for Hip Preservation and Children’s Orthopaedics, Inc, San Diego’.

AAOS Program Chair: AAOS-ORA 2011 specialty day, held in San Diego, CA, 19th Feb, 2011.

 AAOS Positions

    AAOS Guidelines Committee: Supracondylar Fractures in Skeletally Immature 2010-11
    AAOS Guidelines Committee: Hip Dysplasia 2012-13

 AO Committees

    AO-NA Faculty for Traumatology
    AO-NA Faculty for AO-Pediatric Trauma Course: 2010- date
    AO-Think Tank Committee: Member- 2010 – date
    AO Faculty Educator core group: 2012-

POSNA Committee

    Chairman: Evidence Based Committee: 2012
    Member of Evidence-based committee of POSNA: 2010-11, 2011-12
    International Hip Dysplasia Institute: Medical Advisory board member: 2010- date
    International Perthes Study Group: Committee member since 2012
    Young Investigatory group for Management of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: Core committee member