Philosophy of Care

Dr. Jain believes in a holistic approach to spine care, combining precise diagnosis, evidence-based surgical techniques, and compassionate patient engagement. His focus is not only on correcting pathology but also on restoring mobility, function, and overall quality of life.

Academic & Research Contributions

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Jain has made significant contributions to spinal research. He has authored and co-authored multiple publications in international peer-reviewed journals such as the European Spine Journal, Journal of Clinical Medicine, JBJS Reviews, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma, Spine (Phila Pa 1976), and World Neurosurgery. His research spans diverse areas including spinal tuberculosis, deformity correction, minimally invasive techniques, and biomechanics (Finite Element Analysis).

He is also an active participant in national and international conferences, where he has presented papers, chaired sessions, and contributed to academic discussions shaping the future of spinal surgery.

Professional Memberships & Training

Advanced cadaveric training in OLIF, Robotic Spine Surgery, Cervical Spine Procedures

Participation in prestigious forums like APSS (Hong Kong), ASSICON, ISSICON, and DSSCON

Member of organizing committees for orthopedic and spine symposia at AIIMS Rishikesh

Current Practice

Dr. Jain is available for consultations and surgical care at Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, where he practices full-time.

Research Publications

Jain A, Kandwal P, Sarkar B, Mittal S, Singh V, Verma V, Maheshwari V. Utility of clinicoradiological, microbiological, histopathological, and molecular methods in the diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis. Eur Spine J. 2023 Dec;32(12):4229-4237. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07683-8. Epub 2023 Apr 1. PMID: 37005928.

Jain A, Ahuja K, Roberts SB, Tsirikos AI. Techniques of Deformity Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis-A Narrative Review of the Existing Literature. J Clin Med. 2025 Mar 31;14(7):2396. doi: 10.3390/jcm14072396. PMID: 40217846; PMCID: PMC11989510.

Verma A, Kumar A, Anand U, Sethy SS, Jain A, Abrol V, Ahuja K, Sarkar B, Kandwal P. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion vs. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion for 2-Level Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JBJS Rev. 2025 Mar 25;13(3). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.24.00204. PMID: 40130938.

Verma, V.; Regmi, A.; Jain, A.; Sethy, S.S.; Kandwal, P.; Sarkar, B. Correlation Between MRI and DTI parameters in Acute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury and Clinical Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study. J. Clin. Orthop. Trauma 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2025.102975.

Verma A, Bondarde P, Kumar A, Sethy SS, Jain A, Abrol V, Ahuja K, Kandwal P. Staged versus Simultaneous Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity - A Systematic Review and Meta- analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jan 30. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005279. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39882640.

Verma A, Jain A, Sethy SS, Verma V, Goyal N, Vathulya M, et al. Finite element analysis and its application in Orthopaedics: A narrative review. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma [Internet]. 2024 Nov 1 [cited 2024 Nov 16];58

Abrol, Vibhor MBBS, MSa; Chakraborty, Arkadip MBBS, MSa; Verma, Aman MBBS, MSa; Biswas, Arjun MBBSa; Kumar, Anil MBBS, MSa; Jain, Aakash MBBS, MSa; Sethy, Siddharth Sekhar MBBS, MS, MCh Spine Surgerya; Ifthekar, Syed MBBS, MS, MCh Spine Surgeryb; Kandwal, Pankaj MBBS, MSa; Ahuja, Kaustubh MBBS, MS, MCh Spine Surgerya. Selection of Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Lenke 5 and 6 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Network Meta-analysis of Existing Evidence. Spine ():10.1097/BRS.0000000000005354, April 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005354 30, 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005354

Verma, A., Jain, A., Sethy, S.S. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning “Minimally invasive fusion surgery for patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis and severe lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative study between MIDLIF and TLIF” by Pedro Santos Silva et al. (Eur Spine J [2023]: doi:10.1007/s00586-023–07847-6). Eur Spine J 33, 1300–1301 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-023-08076-7

Choudhury AK, Bansal S, Jain A, Raja BS, Niraula BB, Kalia RB. Conventional rehabilitation post-TKA achieves better knee flexion with higher resource utilization compared to application-based rehabilitation - a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Orthop. 2023 Sep 3;44:77-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2023.08.009. PMID: 37720916; PMCID: PMC10500420.

Kumar Sinha S, Verma V, Regmi A, Venkata Sudhakar P, Goyal N, Shekhar Sethy S, Jain A, Verma A, Kandwal P, Sarkar B. Surgical management of thoracolumbar burst fractures by three different posterior techniques: A prospective comparative study. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2024 Oct 18;58:102564. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2024.102564. PMID: 39554278; PMCID: PMC11567105.

Yadav G, Sekhar Sethy S, Goyal N, Jain A, Verma A, Sarkar B, Kandwal P. Is Restoration of Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters Necessary in Spinal Tuberculosis of Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine? Conservative versus Operative Management. World Neurosurg. 2024 Sep 7:S1878-8750(24)01464-5. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.08.093. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39182832.

Jain, Akash MBBS, MS; Kandwal, Pankaj MBBS, MS; Sethy, Siddharth S. MBBS, MS; Verma, Aman MBBS, MS. Letter to the Editor Regarding “Hooks Versus Pedicle Screws at the Upper Instrumented Level”. Spine 49(9):p E133, May 1, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004809

Raja BS, Vathulya M, Maheshwari V, Gowda AKS, Jain A, Kandwal P. No added benefits of adipofascial flaps over fasciocutaneous flaps except for footwear ease and bulkiness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2022 Aug 27;33:101999. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2022.101999. PMID: 36089990; PMCID: PMC9450134.

Verma A, Kumar A, Anand U, Sethy SS, Jain A, Abrol V, Ahuja K, Sarkar B, Kandwal P. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion vs. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion for 2-Level Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JBJS Rev. 2025 Mar 25;13(3). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.24.00204. PMID: 40130938.

Verma V, Regmi A, Jain A, Shekhar Sethy S, Kandwal P, Sarkar B. Correlation between MRI and DTI parameters in acute thoracic spinal cord injury and clinical outcomes: A prospective observational study. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2025 Mar 13;66:102975. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.102975. PMID: 40292391; PMCID: PMC12032308.

Yadav G, Sekhar Sethy S, Goyal N, Jain A, Verma A, Sarkar B, Kandwal P. Is Restoration of Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters Necessary in Spinal Tuberculosis of Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine? Conservative versus Operative Management. World Neurosurg. 2024 Nov;191:e176-e185. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.08.093. Epub 2024 Sep 7. PMID: 39182832.

Sekhar Sethy S, Mittal S, Goyal N, Sudhakar PV, Verma V, Jain A, Verma A, Vathulya M, Sarkar B, Kandwal P. Healing Assessment of Spinal Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg. 2024 May;185:141-148. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.02.057. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38367856.

Jain A, Sethy SS, Kandwal P. Letter to the Editor on "Psoas Muscle Index as a Predictor of Perioperative Outcomes in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery" by Pernik et al. Global Spine J. 2024 May;14(4):1448-1449. doi: 10.1177/21925682231214657. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37939365; PMCID: PMC11289562.

Kumar V, Ifthekar S, Raj V, Varikasuvu SR, Jain A, Vatkar A, Kandwal P, Barik S. How Effective is Ozone Therapy in Treatment of Lumbar Disc Disease: a Systematic Review of Prospective Studies. Maedica (Bucur). 2024 Dec;19(4):816-822. doi: 10.26574/maedica.2024.19.4.8162024;. PMID: 39974433; PMCID: PMC11834825.

Barik S, Jain A, Chanakya PV, Raj V, Goyal T. What has changed in total hip arthroplasty in patients of juvenile idiopathic arthritis since 2000? A systematic review and pooled data analysis. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023 Oct;33(7):2737-2748. doi: 10.1007/s00590-023-03525-x. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PMID: 36947313.

Raja BS, Watson T, S Gowda AK, Jain A. The importance of the online storage of patient data in Indian COVID-19 scenario: A narrative review. Indian J Public Health. 2021 Oct-Dec;65(4):410-413. doi: 10.4103/ijph.ijph_1041_21. PMID: 34975089.

Jain, A., Dhingra, M. Epidemiology of Malignant Bone Tumors in a Tertiary Care Hospital of the Himalayan Region of India: a Review of 97 Cases. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 3, 2312–2318 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-021-01047-3

Gupta K, Jain AP, Ahuja K, Mittal S, Kandwal P. Use of Denosumab and Serial Arterial Embolization Combination Therapy as an Alternative to Surgical Resection in a Case of Large Sacro-Pelvic Giant Cell Tumor. Neurol India. 2023 Mar Apr;71(2):345-348. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.375422. PMID: 37148070.

Raja BS, Jain A, Paul S, Choudhury AK, Kalia RB. Plate osteosynthesis in patellar fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2022 Dec;32(8):1627-1640. doi: 10.1007/s00590-021-03143-5. Epub 2021 Oct 19. PMID: 34664117.

Tsirikos, Jain A, Ahuja K; Challenges and solutions in the treatment of spinal disorders in patients with skeletal dysplasia: A comprehensive review.

Sethy SS, Kandwal P, Verma A, Jain A, Goyal N, Verma V, Gardner A, Sarkar B. Defining surgical indication for instability in spinal tuberculosis: validation analysis of Tuberculosis Spine Instability Score (TSIS) : a prospective observational cohort study. Bone Joint J. 2025 May 1;107-B(5):540-547. doi: 10.1302/0301 620X.107B5.BJJ-2024-1438.R1. PMID: 40306692.

Barik S, Jain A, Nongdamba H, Chaudhary S, Yasam RP, Goyal T, Singh V. Imaging Parameters of Hip Dysplasia in Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review. Indian J Orthop. 2022 Feb 19;56(6):939-951. doi: 10.1007/s43465-022-00610-x. PMID: 35669024; PMCID: PMC9123123.

Bondarde P, Jain A, Kandwal P, Ahuja K. Letter to editor regarding “Immediate versus delayed venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following spine surgery: increased rate of unplanned reoperation for postoperative hematoma with immediate prophylaxis” by Lambrechts et al. The Spine Journal. 2025 Mar 1;25(3):620-1.