Dr. Harish Sadanand Hosalkar, MD

No time for YOUR questions.

Most thorough Ortho I've ever encountered both professionally and personally

Great Doctor!

I was referred to Dr. Holsakar by another orthopedic surgeon since my hip was in good enough condition to be treated rather than replaced. I had both a cam and pincer impingement, a torn and detached labrum and some damage to the cartilage. Dr. H spent a lot of time discussing the procedure and the prognosis for recovery. The procedure he recommended to me was the full open surgical dislocation and debridement surgery. He told me I would be back to being unrestricted in my activities in 10-12 weeks. Many told me that this was unrealistic and it would be months to a year before I could resume normal activities. By the way, I had my surgery two weeks before my 53rd birthday. Well, 11.5 weeks after my procedure I was skiing and with no problems associated with my repaired hip. Dr. H is a very talented doctor who believes in getting you back to doing what you love to do quickly is important. I would highly recommend him to anyone contemplating hip surgery.

After a nasty fall on my right hip on Christmas Eve, I found myself faced with orthopedic surgery to my hip joint to place 3 screws in the bone to stabilize the fracture. Dr. Harish Hosalkar was the on-call doctor performing the surgery on Christmas morning, and I couldn't have asked for a more caring, informed, understanding, knowledgeable doctor than Dr. Hosalkar. I had just flown across the country to visit family, and Scripps Encinitas said that Dr. Hosalkar was the doctor who was on-call. I would highly recommend Dr. Hosalkar to anyone who has need of an orthopedic surgeon. You just know when someone is a good person, and he is one of the special ones!

Dr. Hosalkar is truly one of the finest physicians we have ever known. Our son has an extremely complicated degenerative hip condition that we have struggled to find the proper course of treatment for. We have been to several children's hospitals in the US and so from the first appointment, we could see that there is something very special about this Doctor. He treated us with compassion, he recognized our frustration from the years of not getting answers; he spoke so kindly and directly to our son, and he was also careful to have him leave the room when we needed to discuss more intense, difficult elements of his treatment; such discretion. The hip examine is typical but Dr Hosalkar only looks at the face and eyes of his patient to detect the slightest hint of pain to be able to determine range of motion. Any other ortho I have known needed our son to vocalize his pain at every turn and flex of the leg. Not Dr. Hosalkar. He is intuitive, such an expert... We entrusted him with… our son for an 8+ hour surgery to help repair his hip and from first appointment, scheduling, pre-op, surgery, hospital, and the long LONG months of recovery, Dr. H and his assistant Kris took such great care of us. Our son can finally walk and play without pain after years of suffering and we are beyond thankful.

Dr. Hosalkar is a gem! Besides being an expert in his field, he took the time with my daughter and our family to sympathize and support us through our treatment. He's very realistic, yet optimistic about diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately he's no longer at the mega ortho group, but I hope he opens a new practice soon!

Dr H is undoubtedly the best hip surgeon that u could ever meet. My 16 year old daughter had been in severe hip pain and almost disabled for more than a year. Several specialists that we saw could not figure out what was going on. Dr H not only diagnosed her after a careful clinical exam in 10 minutes, but also soon fixed her with hip preserving surgery. My daughter was back in ballet within 3 months. God bless dr h and his team at Rady children's hospital.

best pediatric orthopedist you could meet!!

I highly recommend this dr. I am a very straight forward person and when I say something I mean it. He did two different surgeries on my 11 year old daughter t the time her hips an knees. My daughter healed beautifully and fast. He was kind, understanding and cares a lot about my daughter as a patient. He saved my daughters 20-40 years of pain and agony because both knee and hip were in bad condition. It is now 2 years later and the job on her knees were done so perfect that she needs to take the medal plates out her knees soon because it worked way faster and effectively then we thought. Thank you Dr. Holsalkar.. We appreciate you very much glad you came to San Diego.. See you soon.. Rady's Children's is the best