An important cause of concern amongst our senior members has been the low
attendance in the academic events of DOA. Frequently, members fail to get the info to plan their
schedule. And with the busy lifestyle these days, academics usually take the backseat.
DOACARES whatsapp number might help! DOA has started a new pilot project for one year to
send timely info & repeated reminders to all members of our organization. Members will get
event details, highlights of the show, location, tips to reach the venue etc from this Whatsapp
number.
However, you NEED TO SAVE THIS NUMBER IN YOUR CONTACTS LIST....ONLY
THEN WHATSAPP ALLOWS DOA TO BROADCAST MESSAGES TO ALL.
The number is 9205543545
3rd Quarterly Meet 2016
3RD DOA Quarterly meet of the year was organized by West Delhi Orthopaedic Association on 11th
September at Hotel Radisson Blu, Paschim Vihar. The theme of the CME was “Diagnostic Dilemma And
Treatment Challenges”. There were 4 sessions and one Hand’s on workshop. The meet was started with
the welcome speech by Organizing President Dr.
Atul Vaish.
The 1st session was on Paediatric Orthopaedics. The
speakers were Dr. Vikas Gupta (Safdarjung Hospital)
who spoke on current concepts in management of
“Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis”. Dr. Ramani
Nursimran (Apollo Hospital) who deliberated on
DDH and Dr. B.D. Athani( Special DG H&FW) who
delivered a lecture on Patello-femoral instability.
The session was well attended by the delegates
with lots of discussion and clarification of doubts. The session was aptly chaired by Dr. Arun Goel and Dr.
R.K. Dusaj.
The 2nd session was on Wrist and Elbow. Dr. Vikas Gupta (Upper Extremity Consultant from Max
Hospital) presented Missed injuries through case presentations. It was highly appreciated and the talk
was very educative. The session was chaired by Dr. Rajiv Jain (President DOA) and Dr. V.K. Jain. This was
followed by Hand’s on workshop on Zimmer VA Distal Radius locked plating system. The delegates had
hands on training on Saw Bone. Dr. Vikas Gupta & Dr. Samarjeet conducts the workshop very efficiently.
The workshop was followed by
sumptuous lunch.
3rd session was on Tumors. Prof.Dr.
Sudhir Kapoor (Dean ESI) deliverd a
lecture on “GCT”. Dr. Shah Alam Khan
(AIIMS) deliverd a lecture on “What
Not To Do in Bone Tumors”. Dr.
Akshay Tiwari (RGCH) deliberated on
“What To Do in Bone Tumors”. The
whole session was very educative
with lots of interaction by the
delegates. The session was chaired by Dr. A.K. Sachdeva, Dr. Sumant Sinha (DDU Hospital) and Dr. A.K.
Jain (Mata Chanan Devi Hospital).
The 4th session was on Foot and Ankle.Dr. Kamal Dureja delivered a lecture on Calcaneal fracture. Dr.
Balvinder Rana delivered a lecture on Pilon fracture and Dr. Maninder Shah Singh on Ligamentous ankle
injuries and Flat foot. The session was chaired by Dr. Manoj Vatsa, Dr. Kamal Parwal and Dr. Gopal Goel.
Interesting case presentations on elbow injuries and tumors were presented by Dr. Simon Thomas, Dr.
Ankit Chawla and Dr. Samarjeet Singh. The CME was well attended and total 113 delegates were
registered. Transport was provided from Peera Garhi metro station to hotel and back. It was very
educative CME with Masters in their respective fields delivering the talk.
Ist PG instructional course
DOA organized its Ist PG instructional course on 1st October in RML auditorium, under guidance of Dr R
K Arya. The course attracted faculty from all across India.
While Prof Bhuyan came all the way from Assam, Prof Dhakad ( Gwalior), Prof Sherwani ( Aligarh) & Prof
Tonk (Meerut) also covered significant distance to be with their students. Of course, our very own, Profs
Rajesh Malhotra & A Mehtani were there.
The course got tremendous response from PG students with record 166 registrations. And there was
some good feedback too on DOACARES. Everyone seemed to be happy and requested that Full day PG
programmes should be done on Sunday so that more can attend.
EDOA CME – Osteoarticular Tuerculosis
How long to give ATT in Tuberculosis of Hip etc? Do the
DOTS guidelines apply to joint Tuberculosis? OK, Mantoux
test is done. Now what? Does TB gold help us in anyway?
And what about that new Test….PCR ? Or is it PCA….?
There are thousands of questions which come to our
mind when we see that dreaded infection in our clinics.
East Delhi Orthopedic Association set out to find answers
to a few of them. Dr Inder Ahuja personally made sure
that only the best are there. And the Very Best we got! Dr
Rajiv Jain set the ball rolling with some difficult Case
Scenarios. And the stage was set for Dr Tuli to show us
light.
After an exciting presentation for half an hour, where he
dwelled on his experiences in dealing with difficult Joint tuberculosis, naturally no one wanted to let him
go. The talk was followed by extensive discussion with Dr Arun Goyal taking the lead. But 112 people
from as far as Dwarka & Pitampura had as many questions. It was only Dr A K Jain who could take the
stage after that. He had recently come out with
WHO treatment guidelines for Osteoarticular
Tuberculosis.
It was only when the show exceeded its
scheduled time by more than an hour, that Dr I
Ahuja decided to call it stumps. 58 Pgs from all
across Delhi were more than happy by now to
hear the stalwarts who they only read about in
books. And the rest of us, just felt sorry for those
who missed this great opportunity.
MIDCON 2016
MIDCON 2016 was unusually gala this time. A whole day affair at Leela Ambience, Karkardooma
provided a massive backdrop. Of course, Gods wanted to test the resolve of East Delhi Orthopedic
Association. But even the massive rains couldn’t dampen the spirits. About 200 people from Gurgaon,
Ghaziabad and Rohini headed to East Delhi in their quest of knowledge. It helped that a Metro Pick &
Drop was available.
Event started with landmark EDOA style. No lengthy inaugural speeches, no time consuming ceremonies
and straight to the point! So much so that even Speakers’ appreciation & acknowledgement was limited
to grand total of two minutes. Event started bang on 10 am with hall attendance of approximately 50
people. And the concluding remarks were read just before 5 pm. Evidently, the organisers know their
audience’ pulse.
The topic was Decision making in difficult fractures & Drs Shekhar Srivastav, Rajiv Jain, Neeraj Gupta &
Sharad Agarwal dwelled on common problems. Each 15 mt talk was followed by 1 hr of intense Case
Discussion. Dr. Bhavuk Garg and Dr Mohit Madan organised a PG quiz where 7 teams participated. A
Wall of Fame was set up in the main area to honour DOA members for their path breaking
accomplishments. Members enthusiastically participated in posters’ competition.
The conference was inaugurated by Shri Satyendra Jain, Honourable Health Minister, Delhi and NCT. He
also released the special “Cartilage issue” of JCOT, the most widely acclaimed official Journal of Delhi
Orthopaedic Association.
DOA CADAVERIC SPINE COURSE
On 10th of July a basic spine cadaveric course was
organized at MAMC under the leadership of Prof . Ajay
Gupta. 26 delegates attended and there were 13 faculty
members to train them. Four fresh cadavers were
arranged and after the lectures the delegates had good
time to practice the skills on the cadavers. Both the
faculty and delegates were very satisfied with the course.
This course now would be one of the regular cadaveric
courses of DOA. It was decided that next year onwards
Image guidance will also be arranged to improve the training skills.