Arun Sudhakar Shanbhag was born in the rural Karnataka town of Bhatkal, India and completed his schooling in Mumbai. He was raised in a traditional Konkani family. Arun’s favorite memories are spending summers with grandparents in Bhatkal, and visiting relatives in nearby towns and villages along the Konkan coast, where he developed a deep admiration for the traditional Indian lifestyle and heritage.
Arun studied engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. In the USA he completed graduate studies in Bioengineering (MS, PhD) and an MBA. Dr Shanbhag is currently an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Medical School. He is also a Senior Adviser in Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. He has published extensively in scientific and medical journals, and also compiled a textbook for orthopaedic surgeons and residents.
Arun lives in the Boston suburb of Arlington. He loves to travel, is fitness conscious and has run the Boston (2006, 2007), Chicago (2006), Marine Corps(2009) and New York City (2010) Marathons.
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