Ashok N. Johari MBBS, MS, MCH, FRCS, FAMS

Dr. Ashok N. Johari is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Children's Orthopaedic Centre, Mumbai, India. After a brilliant post-graduate career in orthopedics, Dr. Johari started specializing in pediatric orthopedics in the early 1980s. He had further exposure in this field in different countries. He started a pediatric orthopedic unit at one of the city’s medical colleges in the mid-1980s and then went on to specialized pediatric orthopedics practice including pediatric disabilities and spinal deformities in addition to routine pediatric orthopedics.

He spearheaded the pediatric movement in India leading to the formation of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of India in 1994. Dr. Johari is also the current President of the Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy (IACP) and past President of the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA).

Dr. Johari has a number of distinctions, fellowships, awards, numerous papers, and publications to his credit. He has conducted many workshops on pediatric orthopedics, spinal deformities, cerebral palsy, spasticity management, the use of botulinum, and surgery in cerebral palsy. He is a fellow member of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and is an Active Fellow of the Scoliosis Research Society and was awarded its prestigious International Traveling Fellowship. Dr. Johari has the distinction of being the Editor-In-Chief of the prestigious international journal, the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (B). He is also an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Orthopaedic Science and the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics.

Dr. Johari is a pioneer and innovator in many fields of Orthopaedics and his contributions have been duly recognized. He is also the Program Director of a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spinal Deformities, and also in Cerebral Palsy run at his center. His current research interests include the use of Botulinum in the second decade and below the age of 3 years, surgery in neglected Cerebral Palsy patients, and spinal deformities in the growing spine.