UTICA — Prashant Deshmane, M.D., recently joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Orthopedic Group as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstruction and sports medicine. MVHS Orthopedic Group is located at 1903 Sunset Ave. in Utica. Dr. Deshmane offers nonsurgical and surgical care for hip, knee, and shoulder injuries, according to an MVHS news […]
UTICA — Prashant Deshmane, M.D., recently joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Orthopedic Group as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstruction and sports medicine. MVHS Orthopedic Group is located at 1903 Sunset Ave. in Utica. Dr. Deshmane offers nonsurgical and surgical care for hip, knee, and shoulder injuries, according to an MVHS news release. He also serves as clinical associate professor in orthopedic surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. Prior to joining MVHS, Deshmane was the orthopedic residency site director and attending orthopedic surgeon for the VA Medical Center in Syracuse. He previously worked as the adult reconstruction and sports-medicine surgeon at Carolina Pines Medical Center in Hartsville, South Carolina. Deshmane received his medical degree from King Edward Memorial Hospital and completed his residency at Seth Gordhandas Sundardas Medical College, both in Mumbai, India. He completed a clinical-research fellowship tribology of articular surfaces in joint replacement at Dorr Arthritis Institute in Los Angeles, California, per the release. Following that, Deshmane trained in hip and knee-joint replacement and revision joint replacement at Lenox Hill Hospital and at Insall Scott Kelly Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in New York City. He also completed additional training in orthopedic sports medicine with a fellowship at Northwestern University, near Chicago, where he worked as assistant team physician with the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Cubs.