Dr. Kannan Karuppiah Kumar (MS Ortho) is a Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon based in Bangalore with over 16 years of experience and more than 7,800 surgeries performed. His practice is dedicated exclusively to the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder.He trained in hand surgery at CMC Vellore and completed five international fellowships: Shoulder & Elbow Surgery at NUH Singapore; Hand & Microsurgery at the Kleinert Institute, Louisville; Hand, Brachial Plexus & Microsurgery under Dr. Doi at Ogori Daiichi Hospital, Japan; and Paediatric Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas. He has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and serves as Social Media Editor for the Journal of Hand Surgery (American). Special interests include congenital paediatric hand anomalies, brachial plexus reconstruction, peripheral nerve surgery, wrist disorders and CMC1 joint arthroplasty. He consults at HOSMAT Hospital (Magrath Road) and Spire Clinic (Malleswaram)."