Completing his MBBS and further M.S in orthopaedic from Father Mullers Medical College, Mangalore Dr. Thonse worked as a consultant at Sanchethi institute for orthopaedic and rehabilitation, Pune in the department of Traumatology. Keen on pursuing specialty training in knee and shoulder specialty surgeries, he further pursued his fellowship training in arthroscopic surgeries and joint replacement surgeries from various elite centers in India (Pune), Germany, Australia, and Japan. In 2012 Dr. Thonse started his practice in Bangalore as a consultant at St Martha’s hospital, which is also a DNB teaching institute, where he worked from October 2012 to April 2017 and is credited for establishing the arthroscopy division there. During this period he was also a visiting surgeon at the south western railways hospital. Dr. Thonse joined Fortis hospital Cunningham road Bangalore in April 2017 as the chief Orthopaedic Surgeon and worked there till June of 2020. He is currently the lead consultant orthopedic surgeon at Vikram hospital, millers road Bangalore.

Established in September 2012 The Orthopaedic Clinic is functional from Monday to Saturday where Dr Thonse is consulting his outpatient consultations. Keen on academics, Dr Thonse has numerous publications in international journals to his credit. Dr Thonse is frequently invited as faculty in various national and international conferences to deliver guest lectures and demonstrate surgeries. He is also a frequent cadaver course instructor for various Arthroscopic knee and shoulder courses. Being keen on imparting surgical skills Dr Chirag successfully runs a fellowship program (2 candidates) under his guidance in arthroscopy and sports surgery. Having Operated over 4500 orthopaedic surgeries ,Dr Chirag is credited with successfully treating many elite sportsmen of national and international repute for knee and shoulder surgeries who have successfully returned to active competitive sports.