Mr Kulkarni's special interests are Oncoplastic breast reconstruction and breast duct micro-endoscopy.
He is a Consultant Surgeon at the Edinburgh Breast unit at the Western General Hospital. He has a special interest in teaching and training of the surgical trainees and is actively involved in the teaching programme at the Edinburgh Medical School. He is also a tutor for the postgraduate course in surgical sciences at the Edinburgh University. Mr Kulkarni is currently pursuing a part-time PhD in breast cancer with the Edinburgh University. He is a graduate of Bombay University, India (Sir Grant Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals) and undertook postgraduate general surgical training in Bombay University. He then completed four years of surgical oncology training at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bombay, India and developed an interest in management of breast diseases during this cancer surgery training. He has worked at the breast unit of Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital London where he completed his research project on Breast Duct micro-endoscopy.
I worked in London for several years before moving to Edinburgh.