Dr.Sharan completed his medical school with an academic distinction from MR Medical College, Gulbarga after a brief stint at St Martha’s Hospital in Bangalore. His post-graduate education was at Kasturba Medical College Manipal. He was awarded D‘Othro in 1990 followed by the MS (Ortho) in1991 with a Gold medal.
In 1992, Sharan moved to the UK for further training. He worked in some of the premier teaching institutions in north west England, including Alder Hey’s Children’s Hospital - one of the largest paediatric hospitals in Europe. This institution, known for many firsts in the world of orthopedics, gave him extensive training in operating on challenging orthopedic problems in children. The other renowned organisations where he gained valuable experience were Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Hope Hospital, Manchester and Warrington District General Hospital.
In 1995, Sharan was bestowed with the coveted degree of Mch Ortho from Liverpool University, making him the youngest graduate to be accorded this honor since the course began in 1926.
A promising and comfortable career in England and the prospect of moving to the US was inviting. However, this was overshadowed by a strong desire to serve his own countrymen by applying the knowledge and experience he had gained in the West. He figured prominently in British media when the concept of reverse brain drain to India was featured.
Sharan returned back to India in 1996 and joined the premier Institute of Manipal Hospital in Bangalore as their consultant in Orthopaedics. Whilst working with this organization, he single-handedly performed over 5000 major complex surgical procedures, especially in the field of Paediatric Orthopedics, Joint Replacement and Complex Trauma. This earned him the impeccable reputation of delivering high quality orthopaedic care.

To pursue the dream of taking world standard quality medical care to the masses, SPARSH Hospital was established in the year 2006 with 120 beds and 5 operating rooms with a capacity of carrying out over 30 surgeries a day. It has become a commitment to constantly explore opportunities and develop processes and systems by which healthcare could become affordable in India.
Under his stewardship and within the short time span of just over five years, over 20,000 major surgeries have been performed on the lower-middle and middle class strata of society. Superspeciality teams of every branch of Orthopedics, Plastic and Maxillofacial surgery have been developed with a lead surgeon for each of the specialties. Over 20 consultants and 30 junior doctors work as a team at SPARSH Hospital practicing state-of-the- art medicine with the aim of becoming a leader amongst the orthopaedic fraternity. Being a keen teacher and having been involved in training many young orthopaedic surgeons, medical graduates, postgraduates and nurses, various academic initiatives are conducted every year, periodically. Emphasis is laid on academics and training young talent at SPARSH Hospital. Many recognized courses are also run in the institution.


RECOGNITIONS

•    The highest civilian award by the State of Karnataka - Kannada Rajyotsava Award – 2007
•     Nominated for the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year- 2007 in the public service
•    The Suvarna Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasthi - 2007 by Karnataka Cultural Academy, Bangalore.
•    The Belli Chukki – 2007 by Karnataka Prathibhavardhaka Academy, Bangalore.
•     The Suvarna Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasthi – 2007 from Vachana Sahithya Parishath.
•     The Prestigious ARYABHATA Award in 2008 for outstanding achievements in the field of Medicine
•     The Winnova Vaidya Rathna Award from Winnova World, Bangalore.
•     Dr. P S Shankar Vaidyashree award from Dr. P S Shankara Prathishtana, Gulbarga.
•     Karnataka Orthopaedic Association-2012: Dr. Shyam Sundar Shetty Oration award

Dr. Deepak S. is a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon with a keen interest in Primary and revision lower limb joint replacements at SPARSH Hospital for Advanced Surgeries.

Graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1992, Dr. Deepak S pursued his Masters training at JJMMC, Davanagere. He has been conferred MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics from Lancashire Univeristy (UK) in 2008. After his post graduation he has held various faculty positions from Senior resident to Associate Professor at Bangalore Medical College and KIMS, Bangalore.

Dr. Deepak’s had a long stint of advanced training in Joint replacements at Wrightington Hospital in the United Kingdom, renowned known as KASHI of Joint Replacements where SIR, John Charnley initiated and popularized joint replacements across the world. During his 3 year training in the UK he has also worked at Tameside General Hospital, Royal Infirmary, Wigan.

He has also worked in EndoKlinik , Hamburgh, Germany which is the most sought of tertiary centre for joint replacements in Germany and Europe under Dr. Thorsten Gehrke who is a one of the high volume joint replacement surgeon of Europe.

Dr. Deepak is a keen trainer. He is a qualified UG & Postgraduate examiner . He has trained medical students of UK and was an undergraduate examiner for Manchester University. He is the co ordinater and organizes medical electives programme for medical graduates of UK, International travelling fellowships of Karnataka Orthopaedic Association and Bangalore Orthopaedic Society where he is the President Elect for 2013-14.

He has been a part of many national and international courses as organizer, faculty and delegate and has presented many papers and lectures.

He is competent in all modalities of treatment of hip and knee arthritis including joint replacements. His special interest is in primary joint replacements and revision joint replacements.

Dr. Ravi Kumar is a Joint Replacement surgeon SPARSH Hospitals. He completed his basic Orthopaedic training (D'Orth) at M.S Ramaiah Medical College, Banagalore and was awarded the Gold Medal for securing first position in the College. Dr Ravi Kumar further trained at SPARSH Hospital , Bangalore for the Diplomate of the National Board (Orthopaedics).

He undertook his Joint Replacement surgery fellowship training at SPARSH Hospital and received the Depuy Fellowship during this period. He then spent some time working extensively as an Arthroplasty surgeon in Sparsh Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Bangalore. He possess remarkable experience in Joint Replacement surgery from Hamburg, Germany at one of the most prestigios and globally renowned EndoKlinik Hospital, under the esteemed guidance of Dr.Thorsten Gherke. He is experienced in all aspects of non-operative and operative management of hip and knee arthritis. Dr Ravi Kumar has a special interest in the management of complex primary joint replacement and revision joint replacement surgeries.

He has few published papers in peer-reviewed journals to his credit.