Rishi is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon. He has sub-specialist interest and training in shoulder surgery, limb salvage surgery and management of failed infected joint replacements. Rishi is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and also a Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Rishi completed his Orthopaedic surgical training through the Newcastle NSW training network. The first fellowship was the coveted Limb Reconstruction and Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship with Prof Kevin Tetsworth at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He then followed this with sub-specialist training under the mentorship of Prof Kenneth Cutbush at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Brisbane Private Hospital in Brisbane. He was appointed as a clinical researcher at QUT in school of Physics and Mechanical Engineering. He has a book and several journal publications under his name. He is currently a senior lecturer at University of Newcastle.