Doctor Tanna D D

55 years. That’s how long Doctor Tanna D D has been in orthopedics, and he’s still working — senior consultant at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, right now. He got his MBBS in 1961, MS in 1965, both from Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital. That’s over five decades of practice behind him, which honestly puts him in pretty rare company these days.

What’s interesting is the specific stuff Doctor Tanna D D is known for. Not just general orthopedics — muscle release techniques, functional orthopedics, skeletal muscle therapy, cruciate ligament reconstruction. These aren’t the usual things every orthopedic surgeon deals with day to day. It takes real years to get comfortable in that space. On top of the clinical work, he’s a member of the Indian Medical Association, and he’s spent a good chunk of his career giving lectures and publishing in medical journals — even contributing chapters to textbooks on orthopedics and spine surgery. So it’s not just decades of surgery, it’s decades of teaching too.

Here’s the thing about someone with this kind of range: patients dealing with long, unresolved bone or joint issues, deformities, old fractures that never healed right — those are exactly the cases where this level of experience matters most.

Education

• MBBS – Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital (1961)
• MS – Orthopedics, same institution (1965)

Areas of Expertise

• Bone deformities and fractures
• Bone infections and tumors
• Cruciate ligament reconstruction
• Spinal deformities and arthritis
• Joint dislocation and swelling
• Foot and ankle deformities

Doctor Tanna D D sees patients on Fridays at Jaslok Hospital, Peddar Road, Mumbai. If you’ve got a complicated orthopedic issue that’s been dragging on, Doctor Tanna D D is worth talking to.