Dr. Arman Kishan | Orthopaedic Surgery | Best Researcher Award

Education 🎓

Kathmandu Medical College & Teaching Hospital (KMCTH)

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), May 2022

Achievements/Honors 🏆

2024: ON/AOSSM Education Scholarship Awarded $1,000 scholarship by the Orthoregeneration Network Foundation/American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine (ON/AOSSM) to attend the 2024 AOSSM conference. 2024: Diversity Research Award, Arthroscopic Association of North America (AANA) Recognition and a plaque awarded for the abstract submission titled ‘Arthroscopic Subacromial Balloon Spacer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tear: Eight–Year Follow–Up’. 2024: Resident Research Award, Maryland Orthopaedic Association (MOA) Annual Meeting Awarded $500 cash prize and Plaque for the podium presentation titled Outcomes at Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up of Balloon Spacer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tear. 2024: Top 5 Podium Presentation, 1st Annual Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Research Symposium Awarded $50 cash prize for the podium presentation titled How Low Can We Go? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-quantity Initial Opioid Prescriptions for Shoulder Surgery. 2024: Highest Scored Rotator Cuff Repair Paper, Arthroscopic Association of North America (AANA) Annual Meeting Eight-year Follow-up of Arthroscopic Subacromial Balloon Spacer for Massive, Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: Exploring Revision Rates And Patient Well-being For Long-term Satisfaction. 2024: Oral Podium Presentation, American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) Abstract titled ‘Endoscopic Versus Open Treatment Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Postoperative Complications In Patients On Anticoagulation’ at the 102nd AAPS 2024 annual meeting. 2024: Article on the cover page of Journal of Shoulder & Elbow Surgery (JSES) How Low Can We Go? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-quantity Initial Opioid Prescriptions for Shoulder Surgery. 2024: Recognized as an Outstanding Poster, at the 2024 Uniformed Services University (USU) Research Days Bariatric Surgery Patients Have Comparable 5-Year Risk of Revision Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Compared to Class III Obesity Patients: A Propensity Matched Analysis. 2024: Featured highlight in AAOS Headline News, March 19, 2024 How Low Can We Go? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-quantity Initial Opioid Prescriptions for Shoulder Surgery. 2024: Shoulder 360 Orthopaedic Education Scholarship This award supports attendance for residents and fellows at the Shoulder 360 annual meeting and provides dedicated “Young Surgeon’s Sessions” to enhance early-career physicians’ education. 2023: Pilot Grant Study Winner: Orthoregeneration Network (ON) Foundation, Switzerland Awarded: $30,000 for the Randomized Control Trial research proposal – Varying BM-MSCs Concentrations’ Impact on Rotator Cuff Repair Outcome. 2023: Mid-Atlantic Shoulder and Elbow Society (MASES) Orthopaedic Education Scholarship Enables residents and fellows to participate in the MASES annual meeting. 2021: Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) in 1st Attempt Achieving success in an examination where only 20% of applicants cleared the examination.

Employment History 👔

Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Johns Hopkins University SOM (Division of Shoulder and Sports Surgery) PI: Dr. Uma Srikumaran, October 2022 – Present. Resident Medical Officer Lilavati Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India (Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery), August 2021 – April 2022

Work Experience 💼

Sub-Internship at The Johns Hopkins SOM, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery) under the mentorship of Dr. Dawn LaPorte, March 2024 – April 2024. IASES Meetings and Events Coordinator Indian American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (IASES) under the mentorship of Dr. Umasuthan Srikumaran (IASES President), March 2023 – Present. Shoulder and Sports Clinical Research Meeting Moderator Johns Hopkins Shoulder and Sports clinical research interest group under the mentorship of Drs. Umasuthan Srikumaran and Matthew Best, March 2023 – Present. Medical Student Research Elective at The Johns Hopkins University SOM, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery) at the Peripheral Nerve Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Sami Tuffaha, May 2022 – August 2022 Volunteer Research Fellow The Johns Hopkins University SOM, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health under the mentorship of Dr. Fan Liang, June 2022 – Present Medical School Internship Kathmandu Medical College & Teaching Hospital (KMCTH) as part of the MBBS program, June 2020 – May 2021