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About Dr.Ashok Koul
Biography
Name: Ashok Raj Koul From 01-Sep-1962 to 20-Mar-2017
Place Of Birth: Shopian (Jammu&Kashmir)
Spouse:
- Dr Asha Kiran. (MD Anaesthesia PGIMER, Chandigarh) Consultant Anesthetist, Hosmat Hospital, Bangalore.
Daughters:
- Ms Parul Koul (Undergraduate studies in Comp. Science in Wellesley college - USA)
- Ms Aditi Koul (Class X)
Education And Experience
1986
MBBS:
Govt. Medical College, Srinagar1992
MS:
PGIMER, Chandigarh.1995
M.Ch:
PGIMER, Chandigarh.1996
Fellowship in Hand & Microsurgery:
NIMS, Hyderabad.1996-2007
Consultant and Head:
Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical Trust hospital, Cochin2007-2017
Chief Plastic Surgeon:
Sparsh Hospital, Narayana Health City, Bangalore.Awards
Kamath Prize
for the best poster in APSICON’2000 in Agra."Best Paper" prize for the paper
'Free style free flaps' in the international perforator course in Coimbatore’ 2008.Professional Associations
- Life member and Honorary Secretary/ Treasurer: ISRM Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.
- Life member and Exec council member: APSI Association of Plastic Surgeons of India.
- Life member and Past Executive Council Member: ISSH Indian Society for the Surgery of Hand.
Publications
- Book Chapters:
- Macro-replantation: in 'Surgery Of the Functional Hand' Ed: Venkataswami R. Jaypee Brothers. New Delhi. 2008 (also contributed the accompanying CD on operative technique of raising 8 different free flaps.)
- Gender Reassignment Surgery: in Comprehensive Textbook of Sexual Medicine. ed:Kar N, Kar G C. Jaypee Brothers. New Delhi. 2005
- Orginal Articles:
- Free Split Iliac-Bone Flap Transfer Based on The Superior Gluteal Vessels: Anatomy and Case Reports Reddy, D. Mukunda; Koul, Ashok Raj Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery; 1997, Issue 04
- One-Stage Reconstruction of Post-Electrical Burn Forearm and Hand Defects Using Microsurgical Transfer of an Ulnar Neuromyotendinocutaneous Unit Reddy, D. Mukunda; Rao, D. V. Krishnarao; Koul, Ashok Raj. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery; Issue 01, 1998
- Bilateral high upper limb replantation in a child.Ashok Raj AR Koul, Asha A Cyriac, K K Vinodan. Plast Reconstr Surg 113(6):1734-8; discussion 1739-41 (2004), PMID 15114136
- Early use of microvascular free tissue transfer in the management of electrical injuries A.R. Koul, R.K. Patil, V.K. PhilipBurns, Volume 34, Issue 5, August 2008, Pages 681-687
- CASE REPORT: Coverage of defects over toes with distally based local flaps: A report of four cases. Koul AR. Patil RK. Philip V. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2008: 41(1); 62-6. Traction splint:
- An effective way of nonsurgical management of proximal phalangeal fractures. Koul AR, Patil RK, Philip V. J. Trauma 2008; 34(2): 342-348.
- CASE REPORT: Reconstruction of lower end of radius using vascularized upper end of fibula.Koul AR, Patil RK, Philip V, Kale SM.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2007:40(1);61-7.
- Endoscopic-assisted shoulder-contour-defect augmentation .Koul AR. Patil RK. Sonawane R.J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2008 Nov 17. 62(11) e459-62
- A simple method of harvesting skin graft from avulsed and detached skin.Koul A. Patil RK.J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 200861(9):1131-2.
- Complex extensor tendon injuries: early active motion following single-stage reconstruction. A R Koul, ,R K Patil, and V PhilipJ Hand Surg Eur Vol 33(6):753-9 (2008) PMID 18694916
- Extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap: modified approach preserving extensor retinaculum.Koul AR, Patil RK, Philip V. J Trauma. 2009 Mar;66(3):835-9.
- Free Boomerang-shaped Extended Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous flap: The longest possible skin/myocutaneus flap in the body.Ashok R Koul, Sushil Nahar, Jagdish Prabhu, Subhash M Kale, HP Praveen KumarIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Volume 44, Issue 3 [p. 396-404]
- An effective technique of helical cartilage scoring for correction of prominent ear deformity Ashok Raj Koul, Rahul K Patil Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2011, Volume 44, Issue 3 [p. 505-508]
- Use of a halo frame for optimum intra- and post-operative management after scalp replantation/revascularization Ashok R Koul, Sushil Nahar, Beena Valandi, HP Praveen Kumar Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2012 , Volume : 45 Issue : 3 ( p. 560-562).
- Early active mobilisation versus immobilisation after extrinsic extensor tendon repair: A prospective randomised study.RK Patil, AR Koul. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Year 2012, Volume 45, Issue 1 [p. 29-37]
- REVIEW ARTICLE: Unfavourable results in free tissue transfer Ashok Raj Koul, Rahul K Patil, Sushil Nahar Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Year 2013, Volume 46, Issue 2 [p. 247-255]
- ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Effective use of simple computer programmes and clay models to demonstrate the planning and operative steps for teaching and presentations. Rahul Krishnarao Patil, Gopal Malhotra, Venugopal Srinivasan, Ahmed Osama Abdul Hamid, Mahil Cherian, Ashok Raj Koul. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Year 2016, Volume 49, Issue 2 [p. 185-190]
- LETTER TO EDITOR: Modified way of applying a tie-over dressing. Rahul Krishnarao Patil, Ashok Raj Koul. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Year 2016, Volume 49, Issue 1 [p. 124-126]
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Dear Sir / Madam,
- Ashok Raj Koul Innovator of the Year Award in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- We require a corpus of Rs 10,00,000
- Award to be decided by a core group consisting of the following-
- President and Secretary APSI
- Editor IJPS
- Dr D Mukunda Reddy
- One representative from Dr Koul's student group as of now Dr Sushil Nahar and Dr Rahul Patil or any person they designate
- Interest accrued annually-50% in the form of a medallion or equivalent made of silver and 50% in the form of a cash award
- After 2 years of the award being instituted biennial top ups to be arranged by his student group (Dr Sushil Nahar and Dr Rahul Patil),to take care of attrition of the corpus if any
- Cheques to be made in the name of APSI and to be collected by Dr Sushil Nahar
- Award open to all Plastic Surgeons in India
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