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.