• A Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with Double Master’s Degree
  
• Qualified M.Ch in Plastic Surgery after M.S. in General Surgery
  
• 39 years experience in Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand Surgery & Burns
  
• 34 years experience in Cosmetic Surgery
  
• 18 years experience in Cosmetic Laser Surgery
  
• Honorary Plastic Surgeon S.P. Municipal Corporation Hospital
  
• Associate Professor And P.G.Teacher Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College
  
• Founder Chairman & MD Lakshyakiran Therapeutic Laser & Research Institute Pvt. Ltd.
  
• Founder Hon. Secretary ACLS : The Association of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons of India
  
• Founder President : DAPS :Deccan Association of Plastic Surgeons
  
• President: MAHA Association of Plastic Surgeons
• Life Member
  
  • APSI : Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
  • BAI : Burns Association of India
  • DAPS : Deccan Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • ISSH : Indian Society For Surgery of the Hand
  • IRCS : Indian Red Cross Society
• International Member
  • AVLS : American Vein & Lymphatic Society
  

• Glaxo Award for original research work in Plastic Surgery
• Kolhapur Bhushan Award (Best Citizen Award) for pioneering Plastic Surgical Service in this part of the country.

Scientific Contributions :

• Invention:
  SEPA Superficial External Pudendal Artery skin flap.  Anatomy of this arterio-venous axis was studied in cadavers and by extrapolating the findings clinically a New Skin Flap was added to the armamentarium of Plastic Surgery.
  

Scientific publications :

• Chapter Author:
  ‘Lasers and Energy Devices in Plastic Surgery’, Chapter 19, Pages 401-428 Textbook of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. Volume I, Principles and Advances in Plastic Surgery. Thieme Publishers, 2017
  
• Chapter Co-Author:
  'Flap skin cover on the hand : Three new additions', Pages 127-142, Advances In Upper Extremity Surgery And Rehabilitation. Editor - John A Boswik. Published by Aspen System Corporation,U.S.A. 1986
  
• Invited Articles:
• ‘Overview of Lasers’, Patil UA, Dhami LD.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery,Supplement, Oct. 2008 Vol 41 Pages S101-S113 PMID: 20174534Free PMC Article


• ‘Oral Pigmentation’,Published in Aestheticians’ Journal

• Reduction Clitoroplasty by Ventral Approach: Technical Refinement. Patil UA, Patil PU, Devdikar MS,Patil SU. Journal ofObstetrics and Gynecology of India. 2019 Apr; 69 (Suppl 1):48-52. doi: 10.1007/s13224-017-1062-8. Epub 2017 Nov 28. Review. PMID: 30956492

Six Publications in British Journal of Plastic Surgery.


1. The anatomical basis of the SEPA flap. Patil UA, Dias AD, Thatte RL. Br J Plast Surg. 1987 Jul;40(4):342-7. PMID: 3620778
2. The combined use of the superficial external pudendal artery flap with a flap of the anterior rectus sheath for the simultaneous cover of dorsal and volar defects on the hand. Thatte RL, Patil UA, Dhami LD. Br J Plast Surg. 1986 Jul; 39(3):321-6. PMID: 3730677
3. De-epithelialisedturn-over flaps for "salvage" operations. Thatte RL, Dhami LD, Patil UA. Br J Plast Surg. 1983 Apr; 36(2):178-82. PMID:6831096
4. The uses of the SEPA flap in the repair of defects in the hands and fingers. Dias AD, Thatte RL, Patil UA, Dhami LD, Prasad S. Br J Plast Surg. 1987 Jul;40(4):348-59. PMID: 3620779
5. A manoeuvre to cover exposed metal using a de-epithelialised "turn-over" fasciocutaneous flap. Thatte RL, Patil DL, Patil UA, Prasad S. Br J Plast Surg. 1985 Apr;38(2):223-9. PMID: 3886059
6. An Objective Study of the dimensions of the ischial pressure point and its correlation to the occurence of a pressure sore. LD Dhami , A Gopalkrishna,Thatte RL, Patil UA. Br J Plast Surg. 1985;38:243-251

Two Publications in The Indian Practitioner of Plastic Surgery


1. Salvaging degloved hands.Patil UA,Thatte RL,Yelikar AD. The Indian Practitioner. 1985;38:1-9
2. De-epithelialised abdominal flap for extensive forearm cover.Patil UA,Thatte RL,Dhami LD, Prasad SU,Dias AD. The Indian Practitioner. 1985;38:83-90