What an MS (Orthopaedics) means on a doctor's profile
What MS (Orthopaedics) is, who awards it, what it qualifies a doctor to do, and how many doctors on this site hold it.
The MS in Orthopaedics is the three-year postgraduate degree in the surgery of bones, joints and the spine: fractures, joint replacement, arthroscopy, deformity and spinal surgery. Its holder is an orthopaedic surgeon; the D.Ortho is the two-year diploma in the same branch, and joint-replacement and spine fellowships are taken after the MS. On this site orthopaedic surgeons record the MS under several spellings — Ortho, Orthopaedics, Orthopedics — and all are counted here.
MS (Orthopaedics) is one branch of the MS — the Master of Surgery page covers the degree itself: its length, its entry examination, and how it sits beside the other postgraduate routes. Everything there applies here; this page is about what this branch trains for and what its holders do.
How to check whether a doctor holds an MS (Orthopaedics)
- Read the register entryA doctor's record on the Indian Medical Register names the qualification the state medical council recorded at registration, and further qualifications where the doctor has had them added. If the doctor says they hold an MS (Orthopaedics) and the register shows only the primary degree, the MS (Orthopaedics) has not been registered — which is common and not by itself a warning, but it does mean the register cannot confirm it.
- Check the college was recognised for the courseThe NMC's College and Course Search lists which institutions are recognised for which courses. an MS (Orthopaedics) from a college not recognised for it on the year in question is a qualification the NMC does not recognise, whatever the certificate says.
- Ask the awarding body when it mattersUniversities verify degrees on request, usually for a fee; a hospital credentialing a doctor does this, and a patient can ask whether it has been done. On this site a qualification is marked verified only when it has been checked against the awarding body and the date is shown; otherwise it is marked as supplied.
451 doctors record an MS (Orthopaedics)
2 of them (0%) have the qualification checked against the awarding body; 2 record the year it was awarded, from 2004 to 2011. The rest are recorded as supplied. Counts are read from the live database and refresh hourly.
Branches as written on profiles
| Branch | Doctors |
|---|---|
| Ortho | 178 |
| Orthopaedics | 159 |
| Orthopaedic | 99 |
| Orthopedics | 9 |
| Orth | 6 |
Specialities they practise
- Orthopaedic surgeons · 436
- Cosmetologists · 4
- General physicians · 3
- Paediatricians · 3
- Dentists · 2
- Diabetologists · 1
Where they practise
Questions people ask
- Is an MS (Orthopaedics) a recognised qualification in India?
- Yes, when awarded by an institution recognised for it. The National Medical Commission maintains the list of recognised qualifications and of the institutions permitted to award each; an MS (Orthopaedics) from a college that was not recognised for the course in that year is not a recognised qualification, and a registering body can refuse to enter it on the register.
- Does MS (Orthopaedics) make a doctor a specialist?
- Yes. MS (Orthopaedics) is a recognised postgraduate qualification, and its holder is a specialist in that branch in the sense the National Medical Commission uses. The speciality page on this site lists the doctors who practise it, with the qualification each one records and whether it has been checked.
Every profile lists its qualifications as supplied and says which of them have been checked against the awarding body and when. Where none has, the profile says so.
General information about medical qualifications in India, checked against the sources listed on 25 Sep 2026. Not advice about your situation. Errors can be reported through the corrections process.