Dr. Mihir Bapat
He is a leading expert in the field of spine surgery and has over 20 years of professional experience. He specialises in Minimally Invasive Spine (MIS) surgery as well as complex spine surgery. Dr Bapat’s skill, experience and passion in treating his patients with minimally invasive spine surgery has often garnered positive reviews from the patients, alleviating their pains and a faster recovery post-surgery.
Dr Bapat has successfully performed thousands of spine surgical procedures since 2000. His gamut of experience includes treating a wide array of spinal pathologies from cervical to lumbar slip disc, lumbar canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal deformities- scoliosis/kyphosis, spinal tumours, spinal infections and spinal fractures.
Apart from the surgical excellence, Dr Bapat also excels on the academic front. He is frequently invited to various national and international scientific forums to share his knowledge. Dr. Bapat is a heavily-published author, editor and presenter of articles, studies and poster/abstract presentations in prestigious academic journals, conferences and textbook chapters.
Dr. Mihir Bapat completed his orthopaedic and spine surgical training at the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He received the Best Resident Award (1999) during his training period.
Currently, Dr Bapat is practising as the Director of the minimally invasive spine surgery department at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, as a mentor at spine surgery unit in Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research centre, senior consultant at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and Prof. Emeritus at Dr R.N Cooper Hospital Mumbai, India.

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- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Complex and Revision Surgeries
- Craniovertebral junction surgery
- Deformity surgery
- Tumor
- Fracture reconstruction surgery
- Bombay Orthopedic Association. (BOS)
- Indian Orthopedic Association (IOA) and Annual conference (IOACON)
- AO spine
- Bombay Spine society
- Western India Regional Orthopedic Conference (WIROC)
- Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI) and Annual conference (ASSICON)
- Johnson and Johnson Annual Travelling Fellowhip Program
- Bangladesh Spine Society.
- Maharashtra Orthopedic Association
- Vidharbha Orthopedic Association
- International AO faculty
- Scoliosis Research Society Global Outreach Scholarship 2005
- Visiting Fellow at Queens Medical Center, Nottingham 2004
- Kamarkar Gold Medal (1994) for highest in surgery at GS Medical College Mumbai & Second Rank in Surgery in Mumbai University.
- Pandurangi Award (1996) for Best Resident in Orthopedics.
- IOACON Appreciation Award 2005 for outstanding work in spine surgery.
- Best Clinical Research Paper Award (Association of Spine Surgeons of India ) 2006.
- ASSI Award for Maximum Peer reviewed publications 2006.
- Surgical decision making in cervical spondylotic myelopathy – prospective analysis of 115 cases. MASSALLAWALA BEST PAPER AWARD SESSION, WIROC, Mumbai 2006 (Co-Author).)
- Pathogenesis and staging of craniovertebral tuberculosis. Travel Award. RSNA Chicago, November, 2010 (Co Author).
- Recovery Patterns in late onset myelopathy. MASSALLAWALA BEST PAPER AWARD SESSION, WIROC, Mumbai 2010 (Co-Author).
- SM Tuli Best Case paper award. Indian Orthopaedic Association Conference, Mumbai, 2012
- He has won ASSI(Association Spine Surgeons of India)-Ingalhalikar Gold Medal for Best Clinical Paper 2007 and 2013.
- The Best Poster Award in 7th Asian Congress of MISST & 18th Korean Minimally invasive spine surgery society international symposium – Seoul, Korea.
- Association Spine Surgeons of India (ASSICON 2005 till date)
- Instructional Course Series (Association of Spine Surgeons of India and European Spine society 2007 till date)
- Indian Orthopedic Association Conference (IOACON 2001,2005,2013)
- Western Indian Regional Orthopedic Conference (WIROC 2005 till date)
- Spinal Injury Center conference , Delhi (2007,2008)
- Maharashtra Orthopedic Association (2001)
- Vidharbha Orthopedic Association (2013)
- Indo-German Orthopedic Federation (IGOF 2011)
- Indian Medical Association Conference (2009)
- Gujrat Spine Society CME (2011)
- Nagpur Orthopedic Association CME (2009)
- Indore IMA CME (2013)
- Kolhapur CME (2008)
- Scoliosis Research Society (SRS 2005,2007, 2008).
- International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST 2007).
- Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS 2009,2010)
- SICOT (2003,2013)
- Asia Pacific Orthopedic Association (APOA 2003,2007)
- British Cervical Spine Society (BCSS 2007)
- Britspine (2008)
- International Federation of Pediatric Spine Societies (IFPO 2007)
- Indo-German Orthopedic Federation (IGOF 2011)
- North American Spine Society (NASS 2010)
- Spine Week, Geneva (2008)
- Bangladesh Spine Society symposium (2007)
- British Orthopedic association (BOA 2007)
- 7th Asian Congress of MISST & 18th Korean Minimally invasive spine surgery society international symposium – Seoul, South Korea (2019).
- 5th global congress on Spine and Spinal Disorders, Osaka Japan 2019.
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Complex and Revision Surgeries
- Craniovertebral junction surgery
- Deformity surgery
- Tumor
- Fracture reconstruction surgery