This quote perfectly describes Dr. Gautam Zaveri, a man on a mission to fulfil his vision of sharing the Knowledge, Experience and Expertise that exists within the ranks of the Bombay Orthopaedic Society with orthopaedic surgeons, both nationally and internationally.

As BOS President (2025- 2026), under the banner of BOS Worldwide, he has started a number of new initiatives including Worldwide Webinars in collaboration with orthopaedic societies across the globe, BOS Outreach CME programs in 2nd tier cities across India, and the highly acclaimed BOS Re- Live Surgery Symposia that have been telecast to over 20 cities across India. His restructuring of the BOS Clinical meetings and the BOS Basic courses has generated much interest, and enhanced participation. The BOS MasterSeries Monographs, a set of 6 books on orthopaedic problems of interest to the general orthopod is a first for the Bombay Orthopaedic Society in its six decade long history.

WIROC 2025, the Never Before WIROC, under his Chairmanship promises to be an academic feast with many firsts, such as the Tech Corridor, Orthopaedic and Arthroplasty Boot camps, and Masterclasses on Master techniques. As Organizing Secretary of the fondly remembered WIROC 2019, he introduced the Ghatkopar Khau Galli to orthopaedic conferences.

He has also energetically led the BOS History Project that has compiled the six decade long history of our society and brought forth “Aarohanam”- a coffee table book on BOS History, and “Walk Down Memory Lane”- an Online Museum of BOS History that is also being presented at WIROC 2025.

Dr. Gautam Zaveri graduated from the Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Hospital, and did his postgraduation from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital. After serving as a lecturer for three years, he went to Canada & UK for training in Spine Surgery. On return to Mumbai at the Jaslok, he started practice as a Consultant Spine Surgeon. He also served as Head of Department of Orthopaedics at Rajawadi Municipal Hospital from 2015- 2020. Presently, he is the Director of Spine Surgery at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, and Consultant Spine Surgeon, Reliance Foundation & Zen Hospitals.

In the sphere of Spine Surgery too, Dr Zaveri has done truly impactful work, such as popularizing algorithms for the management of thoracolumbar trauma and spinal metastases, and pioneering the posterolateral approach to thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis. He is the Editor in Chief of the ASSI Monograph Series (a set of 10 books) on various spine pathologies that has sold over 5000 copies worldwide. In 2000, he was nominated International Spine Fellow by ISSLS- the International Society for Study of the Lumbar spine, and in 2008, he was nominated the Best Asia Pacific Spine Faculty by AO Spine International. He has served as the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India from 2019- 2021.

Not one to let go of the joie de vivre , he brought back the oft remembered and much missed BOS picnic, and started an annual BOS Sports Day. As BOS draws curtains to 60 glorious years, his presidency has seen to it that the future years hold much promise and excitement for the generations to come.