Having qualified in 1986, from the prestigious Grant Medical College, in Mumbai India, he did his orthopaedic training at Sir J.J. group of hospitals before moving to the UK for further training. In England he completed his training from Nottingham and then undertook his specialist fellowship at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Bristol in the field of knee surgery.

He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton–in–Ashfield in 2000. He performs a large number of knee and hip replacement operations and also treats knee ligament injuries.

Mr Desai specialises in knee surgery and complex knee problems. He has extensive experience in treatment of knee arthritis and is one of few who perform partial knee replacements, especially in the young patients. He also undertakes Total knee Replacement surgery and specialises in Revision knee surgery and treatment of patients with on-going problems following knee surgery. Further he is well experienced in the treatment of soft tissue knee conditions such as ACL reconstruction in people with sports injuries as well as treatment of recurrent dislocations of patella and anterior knee pain. Himself a keen marathon runner, he understands several issues with biomechanical abnormalities and is keen to help patients return to their activity of choice.