Dear Members,

We are pleased to inform you that Prof. O.N.Nagi, Consultant, Joint Replacement has offered three traveling fellowships in Arthroplasty at Shri Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi for durations of 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. The fellow will be awarded Rs. 20,000/- per month to cover the cost of traveling and accommodation.

If you are interested then please E-Mail your Bio-date with application on simple paper to Prof. O N Nagi, Department of Orthopaedics, Shri Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi. You can also E-mail your applications & bio-data to the following:-

1. profnagi@yahoo.co.in
2. nzioa1@gmail.com

Last date of submission of applications is 30th March 2010.

Thanking you

Dr. Sameer Aggarwal
Secretary, NZIOA

Dear member,

Applications are invited for the IOA-R.L. Mittal Fellowship for SICOT. The last date for submission the application form is 31st March, 2011.

Members of IOA who are not more than 45 years of age on the day prior to the start of SICOT congress are eligible to apply. An authenticated proof of age has to be submitted by the applicant.

• The applicant must process post graduate degree such as M.S.(ortho.) or equivalent qualification as recognized by M.C.I.
• Acceptance of a lecture or an oral Free Paper will be essential for selection for this fellowship and proof of its acceptance has to be submitted by the applicant for this award.
• A panel of three names will be prepared and the most eligible will be finally selected
• 8 copies of the application, duly completed along with the requisite documents duly attested i.e. degrees professional experience, list of national & International publications including conferences – oral (lecture or free paper), poster, video etc. with proofs should be submitted by registered post/speed post only.

Interested members should download the ‘application form’ from the website: www.ioaindia.org/www.ioaforeignfellowship.org or can be taken from IOA Newsletter. Applications should be sent to Prof. Shishir Rastogi, chairman, Foreign Fellowship committee, IOA at the following address:

Dr. Shishir Rastogi,

Prof. of Orthopaedics
Deptt. Of Orthopaedics, A.I.I.M.S., Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi- 110029, cell: 09891245130, 011-26593561
Fax: 011-26588663

A soft copy of the application must also be send without the certificates on the email ID: rastogiaiims@yahoo.com, ioahouse_org@yahoo.com, sudhirsecretaryioa@gmail.com for IOA’s office record.

With warm regards,

(Sudhir K. Kapoor)
Hon. Secretary, IOA

An astute clinician and endearing friend

What does one say about a dedicated academician, an astute clinician; a versatile professional well versed in Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a great endearing colleague and friend!

Dr Navnendra Mathur

Dr. Navnendra Mathur did his MS Ortho from SMS Medical College, Jaipur, in 1980. He then did his DNB in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1986. The following year he was selected for the prestigious IOA Johnson and Johnson Fellowship. After a stint as orthopedic specialist at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia he returned to join as Assistant Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He rose to the post of Professor and Head of Department, Physical Medicine; Director of the Rehabilitation Research Centre set up by his mentor Dr PK Sethi.

Dr. Navnendra was virtually obsessed with the study of spinal injuries and presented many outstanding papers on the subject at national and international conferences including the International Spine and Spinal injuries Conference at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi; International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul, Asian Oceana Conference of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Nanking, China and ASCON at Vietnam last year. He was also slated to attend the International Spine meet at Hong Kong this month. A life member of IOA, Dr Mathur has to his credit more than 25 publications in international and national Orthopedic and Physical medicine journals.

Born in November 1951, Dr. Navnendra had yet to complete 58 years. He passed away on July 3, 2009. He is survived by his wife Dr. Sushma, a CGHS GDMO, and two daughters.

Rakesh Bhargava
Professor and Head, Department of Orthopedics,
SMS Medical College, India
drrakeshbhargava@hotmail.com

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