To begin with I would like to thank Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj and Dr. LalitMaini for giving me this opportunity to go to Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedics Hospital in Oswestry under Mr B. Balain for a two week spine fellowship. We landed in London and reached Oswestry with help of a train and sorted out our accommodation a day before starting the fellowship. The day started beautifully with Balain sir making us feel welcomed and comfortable.

He made sure that all the legal formalities are being taken care of and we need not miss out on the day.

They had interesting OT lists with cases like lumbar decompression, cervical decompression, XLIF, TLIF, Endoscopic decompression, ACDF and scoliosis.

We were fortunate to watch experts like Balain sir, Sudarshan Sir and Chitgopkar sir perform these surgeries with outmost precision and he made sure that we understood each and every step. He obliged us by patiently answering all our queries.

We also attended Multi disciplinary meetings discussing a variety of cases and had much more detailed learning of the subject.

We also got an opportunity to watch an expert deal with his patients in the out patient setting. It was a completely different experience and there's a lot I could take in from the way he carried himself in front of his patients.

Overall it has been a great experience starting from some fun at London, to the academic feast at Oswestry and a wonderful fellowship. It has kept me longing for more.

I would again like to thank Dr. Lalit Maini and Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj for giving budding orthopaedic surgeons the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills.

Would continue to be a part of this wonderful organisation (ISKSAA).