HISTORY ABOUT WEBISTE

The UOA has now started short term fellowship opportunity in Arthroplasty and spine sub-specialties and available for the candidates who won the best paper or poster award in the annual UAIOA conference . UOA is also planning to start PG teaching courses at various reputed institution of Uttarakhand to groom budding orthopedic surgeon of the state .

We have been continuously making our sincere efforts to increase the membership of UOA to increase the strength of our Nascent state orthopedic association ,for this we have been making membership drive time to time including reduced membership charges for senior doctors and PG students . The bone and joint day will be celebrated in keeping with our tradition of giving back to the society at large that we aim to serve .

The mid term and the annual UAIOA conference has been planned at Srinagar and Haldwani respectively with the aim of engaging most of the orthopedic surgeons of the state and surrounding cities . As we soon usher in the 3rd decade of our existence we acknowledge with deep respect to the contributions of the giants on whose shoulders we stand and see further pioneering progress towards affordability and effective solutions for our patients.

I bacon you to purse this calender of events to mark the dates and participate in the proceedings

Dr. Gaurav Gupta Hon. Secretary , Uttaranchal Orthopaedic association

Once again heartly congratulations to our State Office Bearers & all members.

The decision to have our website was taken at the Mid-term Symposium, 2008 held in the month of October at Mahent Indresh Hospital Dehradun. I thank my colleagues Dr. R.B. Kalia and Dr. Saurabh Mehra for helping me in the process and giving useful inputs. Mr Kamal Garg deserves special thanks for sponsoring the website on behalf of M/s Saviour Drugs. Mr Amanpreet Singh of M/s Infotech Consultants, Dehradun have been engaged to design and maintain the website. Its timely launch is matter of great satisfaction.

The website when fully evolved and developed will provide an additional feature of ‘Forum’ wherein our members can report their clinical cases with X-ray images and share valuable experiences with others.

I also take this opportunity to congratulate each one of you and seek your active indulgence in making this website a great success in the years to come.

My Vision for UAIOA

Academic calendar: would consist of basic and advanced courses in various subspeciality round the year. Workshops (Live surgery/cadaveric / sawbone), symposiums, seminars and PG instructional course would be part of academic calendar thus re-enforcing academics in the state of Uttarakhand. These activities would be tailored to the need of resident doctors and practicing orthopaedic surgeons.

Outreach programme: Uttarakhand is geographically challenging state and as an organisation committed to improving health care in the field of Orthopaedics, out-reach programme would give us an excellent window of opportunity to serve people in their backyard.

Journal: Journal of state chapter showcases the quality work in the field of basic and clinical research. The focus would be on improving the indexing and bringing out more issues per year.

Membership drive: strength of any organisation lies in the numbers. New online membership with payment portal is one step towards improving membership. We are in the process of making UAIOA website more informative and technologically up to the mark so that seamless viewing, downloading and payments are possible.

Collaborative research: Research is cornerstone of any robust academic body. Together we can find solution to problems unique to our state and formulate preventive guidelines.

Fellowship programme: short-term fellowships, exchange fellowship programmes in one of the tertiary care Hospital/Institute would allow residents and practicing orthopods in honing surgical skills in area of interest.

I am truly blessed to have an excellent team comprising of Gen Secretary, Joint secretaries, Treasurer and executives who are entrusted to make UAIOA one of the best state chapters of IOA.

As we stand on the cusp of a transformative period for UAIOA, I am deeply thankful for your unwavering support and commitment to our shared vision. Let us move forward, as a united Uttarakhand family, forging new horizons in Orthopaedic care, research, education and most importantly, friendship.