Dr. Jayanth S Sampath
Senior Consultant - Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr Jayanth S Sampath is a Consultant - Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon. He also maintains outreach services in Pediatric Orthopedics and Cerebral Palsy in the 4 southern states of India. Dr Jayanth’s expertise includes the entire range of bone and joint conditions and trauma in children from birth to 18 years of age.
Dr Jayanth graduated from Madras Medical College in 1994. He completed his training in Orthopedic Surgery from the United Kingdom and United States including 2 Clinical Fellowships in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Alfred I Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA and Manchester Children’s Hospital, UK. He was awarded the FRCS (Trauma and Orthopedics) degree by the Intercollegiate Specialty Boards and UK Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in 2004. Dr Jayanth was appointed as a Consultant - Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Alder Hey‘s Children’s Hospital, Liverpool in 2004 where he maintained a busy clinical practice until he returned to India in October 2010.
In September 2013, Dr Jayanth established Bangalore Institute of Movement Research and Analysis (BIMRA), a purpose-built facility for 3-D walking and movement analysis. BIMRA is used by surgeons from all over India for analysis and decision making for their patients with complex walking problems. The Institute also offers running and sports analysis to prevent injuries in athletes and for the assessment of the injured athlete through its 3D GAIT system – the only installation of its kind in Asia.
Dr Jayanth has over 25 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, in addition to numerous presentations and book chapters. He is a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India, Bangalore Orthopedic Society, Karnataka Orthopedic Association and Indian Orthopedic Society (IOS UK). Dr Jayanth is the Chief Editor of International Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics (Official Journal of Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India). He introduced the 8-plate device for guided growth correction of knee flexion contractures in the UK.
- Neuromuscular Orthopedics including cerebral palsy, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Clubfoot and Pediatric Trauma
- Management of all Pediatric Orthopedic conditions including Developmental Hip Dysplasia, Perthes Disease, and Sports injuries
- Complex limb deformities, muscular dystrophy, neuropathy and children’s fractures
First surgeon in the UK to employ the Fassier-Duvall Rod for correction of limb deformity in children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Memberships
- General Medical Council UK
- Karnataka Medical Council
- Tamil Nadu Medical Council
- Executive Council Member, Pediatric Orthopedic Society of India
- Indian Orthopedic Society (IOS UK)
- Karnataka Orthopedic Association
- Bangalore Orthopedic Society
Papers Published
- Clough TM, Sampath J and Shah V. Dislodgement of the locking cap from the AO unreamed intramedullary nail. J Orthop Trauma. Feb 2000; 14(2): 105-7
- Sampath JS and Paton RW. The use of ultrasound in determining the initiation of treatment in instability of the hip in neonates. J Bone Joint Surg Br. May 2000; 82(4): 619-20
- Sampath JS and Barrie JL. Results of Flexor-to Extensor and Extensor Brevis Tendon transfer for Correction of the Crossover Second Toe Deformity. Foot Ankle Int. 2000; 21(10): 872
- Dhukaram V, Hossein S, Sampath JS, and Barrie JL. Hammer toe correction with extended metatarsophalangeal release. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2002 Sep; 84(7): 986-90
- Helm AT, Karski MT, Parsons SJ, Sampath JS, Bale RS. A strategy for reducing blood-transfusion requirements in elective orthopaedic surgery. Audit of an algorithm for arthroplasty of the lower limb. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2003; 85(4): 484-9
- Mackenzie WG, Sampath JS, Kruse RW, Sheir-Neiss GJ. Backpacks in children. Clin Orthop. 2003; 409: 78-84.
- Sampath JS, Deakin S, Paton RW. Splintage in developmental dysplasia of the hip: how low can we go? J Pediatr Orthop. 2003; 23(3): 352-5
- Dhukaram V, Hossein S, Sampath JS, and Barrie JL. The Stainsby procedure in non-rheumatoid clawtoes. Foot Ankle International. 2003; 9(2): 113-8
- Zenios M, Kim WY, Sampath J, Muddu BN. Functional treatment of acute metatarsal fractures: a prospective randomised comparison of management in a cast versus elasticated support bandage. Injury. 2005; 36(7): 832-5
- Zenios M, Sampath J, Cole C, Khan T, Galasko CS. Operative treatment for hip subluxation in spinal muscular atrophy. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005; 87(11): 1541-4
- Leet AI, Sampath JS, Scott CI Jr, MacKenzie WG. Cervical spinal stenosis in metatropic dysplasia. J Pediatr Orthop. 2006; 26(3): 347-52
- Arumili B, Sampath JS, Garg N, Bruce CE, and Bass A. Is secondary radiological follow-up of infants with a family history of developmental dysplasia of the hip necessary? J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006; 88(9): 1224-7
- Changulani M, Garg N, Sampath JS, Bruce CE, Bass A, and Nayagam SN. Treatment of idiopathic club foot using the Ponseti method. Initial experience. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006; 88(10): 1385-7
- Chan G, Sampath J, Miller F, Riddle EC, Nagai MK, Kumar SJ. The role of the dynamic pedobarograph in assessing treatment of cavovarus feet in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. J Pediatr Orthop. 2007; 27(5): 510-6
- Bayam L, Bruce CE, Sampath J, Bayam FB, Abernethy L. Importance of communication between medical specialties: A case series. Injury. 2008; 39(5): 623-6
- Ballal MS, Dawoodi A, Sampath J, Bass A. Traumatic transepiphyseal separation of the upper femoral epiphysis following seizures in two children with cerebral palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008; 90-B(3): 382-384
- Bansal M, Changulani M, Shukla R, Sampath J. Synovial lipomatosis of the knee in an adolescent girl. Orthopedics. 2008; 31(2):185
- George HL, Unnikrishnan PN, Garg NK, Sampath JS, Bass A, Bruce CE. Long-term follow-up of Ethibloc injection in aneurysmal bone cysts. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2009; 18(6): 375-80
- Bass A, Holmes G, Sampath J and Trinca D. The impact of structured physiotherapy rehabilitation protocols on the outcome of single event multi-level surgery in cerebral palsy as measured by the Gait Deviation Index (GDI). Gait & Posture. 2009; 30:2, S101
- Perry DC, Tawfiq SM, Roche A, Shariff R, Garg NK, James LA, Sampath J, Bruce CE. The association between clubfoot and developmental dysplasia of the hip. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010; 92(11): 1586-8
- George HL, Unnikrishnan PN, Garg NK, Sampath J, Bruce CE. Unilateral foot abduction orthosis: is it a substitute for Denis Browne boots following Ponseti technique? J Pediatr Orthop B. 2011; 20(1):22-5
- Singhal R, Perry DC, Khan FN, Cohen D, Stevenson HL, James LA, Sampath JS, Bruce CE. The use of CRP within a clinical prediction algorithm for the differentiation of septic arthritis and transient synovitis in children. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011; 93(11): 1556-61
- Shariff R, Shivarathre D, Khan A, Bass A, Sampath J. Correction of knee flexion contractures in children using the guided growth principle. J Orthopaedics. 2011; 8(3): e11.
- Rees PA, Roche A, Sampath J, Byrne E: Manipulation Of Paediatric Wrist Fractures Without Portable X-Ray In The Emergency Department. The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2011; 18(2)
- Roche AJ, Davies G R, Sampath J. A hip resurfacing implant in an adolescent with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012; 21(2): 167–169
- Mohan R, Unnikrishnan PN, George H, Bass A, Dhotare SVR, Sampath JS. Is ferritin estimation and optimisation important in cerebral palsy children undergoing single event multilevel surgery? J Orthop. 2018; 16(1): 1-4
- Kumar S, Gopinath K, Rocchi L, Sukumar PT, Kulkarni S and Sampath J. Towards a portable human gait analysis & monitoring system, International Conference on Signals and Systems (ICSigSys). 2018; 174-180
- Ellur V, Kumar G, Sampath JS. Treatment of Chronic Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children With Antibiotic Impregnated Calcium Sulphate. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021; 41(2):127-131