Shrikant worked as a senior hand therapist at the Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Centre in London, Ontario, Canada for 26 years. He has over 47 years of clinical experience in treating upper extremity conditions, nearly 40 years of teaching and 30 years of research experience.
Shrikant designed and developed hand therapy programs at four major teaching centers in Canada including Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre in London, Ontario. In addition, he designed Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, Elbow, Wrist and Hand Rehabilitation programs at these hospitals in Canada. In addition, he designed the most structured “Hand Therapy Fellowship program” for training of therapists at this center.
Shrikant worked as a guest lecturer at University of Manitoba, University of Toronto and Western University in Canada. He conducted many instructional courses on upper extremity rehabilitation in over 28 countries in the world and has won many awards for his presentations. He has over 300 presentations to his credit. He was awarded the “Dr. Paul Brand Award of Excellence” by the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT), “Award of Leadership” by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), “Award of Excellence” by the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Hospital, “Best Educator” by the Western University, “Most Outstanding Prestigious Alumni” by the Nagpur University in India, the “Lifetime Membership Award” by the Canadian Society of Hand Therapists (CSHT) and an award of “Excellence in Teaching and Coaching” by the administration of the St. Joseph’s Hospital.
In 2017 the Hand Therapy fellowship program was named after him. It is now called as “Chinchalkar Hand Therapy Fellowship Program” at the Roth-McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Center. In 2019 he received a “Life Time Achievement Award” by the International Federation of Society of Hand Therapists (IFSHT) in Berlin. Recently in 2019 he was chosen as an Honorary Advisor to the Asia Pacific Wrist Association in Seoul, Korea during their annual conference. Shrikant has authored six book chapters and has published 37 papers and 15 abstracts in numerous peer-reviewed journals related to Upper Extremity Surgery and Therapy.