ISKSAA LEICESTER FELLOWSHIP 2015 (APRIL)

I am really thankful to Dr. Pushpinder Bajaj and Dr. LalitMaini for having selected me for the ISKSAA - Leicester Fellowship 2015. This fellowship was organised by Dr. Pandey, Head of Department, Orthopaedics, NHS Hospital Leicester.

The fellowship was conducted during April 2015.

On arriving at Leicester, Dr. Pandey, gave us a very warm welcome, and invited us to his home, where we were treated to some delicious mouth-watering dinner.

The next day we reached hospital and were introduced to the hospital staff. The entire team at NHS Leicester, were nice and extremely helpful in making us feel comfortable throughout the fellowship period.

Dr. Pandey had organised this fellowship program, in a manner, where we could see a wide spectrum of cases being operated, which was a perfect way to spend the fellowship programme effectively.

Of particular interest to me were the surgeries of hip arthroscopy, elbow arthroscopy, repair of massive tears of the rotator cuff, revision ACL reconstruction, and joint replacement surgeries.

We also spent half a day at a peripheral clinic, to observe, how out - patients were being managed and treated. We were thoroughly impressed on the diagnosing skills of Dr. Pandey.

During our fellowship period, we were able to clear so many of our doubts with the esteemed faculty at NHS Leicester, and they were all very kind enough to do so.

During our free time, we would tour the Leicester city and its suburbs, for some sightseeing and shopping.

I would say that I feel more enlightened and more confident in dealing with orthopaedic problems, after having learnt so much during this fellowship, for which I am once again thankful to Dr. Pandey and organisers of ISKSAA.

DR. TAHIR AHMED
MBBS, MS ORTHO, MCh ORTHO.
CHENNAI
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