Dr Arvind G Kulkarni is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spinal surgery and Artificial Disc replacement in India. His special interests are Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Deformity Correction, Artificial Disc Replacement, etc. He is a consultant spine surgeon at major hospitals in Mumbai. He is an invited faculty at most of the national and international spine conferences and workshops.

Has made various national & international podium presentations (>250).
Has numerous scientific publications (> 60) in high-impact journals to his credit.
Has also contributed many chapters in text-books. He has edited the first Indian comprehensive textbook on ‘Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery’ which was released in 2017 and ASSI Textbook on ‘Lumbar Disc Herniations’. He is the Associate Editor of Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques (JMISST, Korea).

Is on the Editorial board of Asian Spine Journal (ASJ, Korea), International Journal of Spine Surgery (IJSS, USA), Indian Spine Journal (ISJ) and Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics (Official publication of Bombay Orthopaedic Society).

Is one of the few selected members on the review board of the prestigious international journal ‘Spine’. He is in the executive council of ASSI (Association of Spine Surgeons of India) in the educational and research task force and Secretary of MISSAB (Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons of Bharat).