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President’s Message
Secretary’s Message
Dear Member,Greetings from Madurai.
We have started this year with the plans for fruitful activities and request your co-operationand active participation in the TNOA activities.
I am sure that all of you are aware of our Trauma Care Awareness Programme for childrenwhich was launched during our TNOA conference in 2006.
Road safety continues to be one of the Nation’s most serious public health issues and itaffects everyone, whether you drive, walk or cycle.
Road safety can only be imbibed in a civilized mind. That means proper education from an early age. I requestall members of TNOA to participate in the programme in your level to boost up the image of our Associationand also your personal image in the public.
Kindly practice evidence based orthopaedics, join PPLSS scheme in IMA, get protection for your family fromFamily Security Scheme of IMA. Keep good health, both physically and mentally.
Long Live all Orthopaedic Associations.
Dr.M.Chidambaram,President, TNOA.
Greetings to all honoured members.The Annual Conference in Erode was a memorable one and it saw the introduction ofnew medals for the Post-graduate Quiz competition winners and a new medal for thebest Poster also.
My sincere appeal to all members is to motivate Orthopaedic surgeons in your area whoare yet to become members of our Association to join us. We must also increase ourmembership in the Indian Orthopaedic Association so that we can have a stronger voiceat the National level.
The Association’s official website www.tnortho.org is fully functional and I request the members to visit thesite. Posting of news or articles for the Journal can also be done through the website itself.
The tentative Calendar of Events is published and I request the members to note the important dates.
Not many CME Programmes have taken place in the past three months. I request more members to comeforward to conduct CME Programmes under the auspices of the Association.
With warm regards,
Dr.R. Selvaraj,Secretary, TNOA.
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Dr. M. ChidambaramPresident
Dr. R. SelvarajSecretary
Dr. David V RajanPast President
Dr.P.V. VijayaraghavanPresident Elect
Dr. S. NatesanVice President
Dr.P.V. JayasankarPast Secretary
Dr.Nalli R UvarajJoint Secretary
Dr. B.PasupathyEditoral Secretary Dr. N. Dheen Mohamed Ismail
Fellowship Secretary
Dr. T.R. Ramesh PandianChennai
Dr.G. MohanChennai
Dr. S. ShanmuganathanMadurai
Dr.V.R. GanesanMadurai
Dr.S. VidyashankarCoimbatore
Dr. S.S. PughazhendiNorth Zone
Dr.G. PremnathWest Zone
Dr.M. VanasekarCentral Zone
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF TNOA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Dr.R. NeelakrishnanEast Zone
Dr.A.R.J. JeyaramanSouth Zone
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF TNOA
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Dr. V.R. GANESANPlot 590, Anna Nagar, Madurai-20Mobile : 94437 [email protected]
COIMBATOREDR.S.VIDYASHANKARDept of Orthopaedics,PSG Hospital, Peelamedu,Coimbatore -641 004
NORTH ZONE
DR. S.S.PUGHAZHENDIBalamurugan Bone & Joint Clinic55A, Big Street,Tiruvannamalai -606 601
SOUTH ZONE
DR.A.R.J. JEYARAMAN61/2e Pol pettai,Tuticorin - 620002
WEST ZONE
Dr. G. PREMNATHGurunathan Hospital1, Mari Street, Near Milk MarketShevapet, Salem -636 002Mobile : 98947 [email protected] ZONE
DR. R. NEELA KRISHNAN8, Pattamanchala StreetKrishna Hospital, MayiladuthraiMobile : 98424 27872
CENTRAL ZONE
Dr. M. VANASEKARPriya Hospital,2/2 Nethaji Nagar, Palani - 624601Mobile : 98947 [email protected]
DR.M.CHIDAMBARAMPresidentNo: 58, Nakkeerar Street,Sivagangai Road, MaduraiPhone : 0452-2580844Mobile : 94437 94181
DR. R. SELVARAJSecretaryFlat No S:9, Dev ApartmentsNo: 14, Jayaram StreetThiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041Phone : 044-24405654Mobile : 94440 [email protected] V.RAJANPast PresidentNo:14, Vasanda NagarOpp: Sujiri MillsCoimbatore - 641 028Mobile : 94430 [email protected] ElectTRIPLE “C” MAJESTYS.2, 48/6, Muthukumarappa StreetSaligramam, Chennai - 600 [email protected],327, E.V.N. Road,Erode – 638 009Mobile : 98427 66933.
DR.P.V.JAYASANKARImmd. Past SecretarySundaram Medical FoundationIV Avenue, Shanthi Colony,Anna Nagar, Chennai - 40Mobile: 98400 [email protected]
Dr. NALLI R UVARAJJoint Secretary7- C, Old Tower Block,Nandanam, Chennai -Mobile : 94440 [email protected], 1st Street, SubramaniyapuramKolathur, Chennai - 600 099Resi : 26502388Mobile: 94440 [email protected]
DR.N. DHEEN MD. ISMAILFellowship SecretaryB-2, K-19, Anna Nagar East,Chennai – 600 102.Mobile : 93810 39951.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CHENNAI
DR.T.R. RAMESH PANDIAN69, L.H.Nagar, II Main Road,Brindavan Nagar,Adambakkam,Chennai – 600 088.Mobile : 94439 43019.DR.G. MOHAN159 / D-5 / K.P.Towers,Arcot Road,Vadapalani,Chennai – 600 026.Mobile : 98410 04050.
MADURAI
DR.S. SHANMUGANATHAN32-A, Kuruvikaran Salai,Madurai – 625 009.0452 – 2326111.
Cholamandalam Ortho PG Fund
The Heads of the Orthopedic Department of Teaching Institutions in Tamil Nadu are requested to forward
the name of one candidate in their institution based on his research aptitude, work output and academic
thrust shown by the candidate. The name along with a brief note on his work and the justification and
recommendation of the HOD should reach the Secretary, Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association on or before
20th August, 2007.
The awardees shall be finalized by the TNOA Committee constituted for this purpose.
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Minutes of the III Executive Committee Meeting of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association
Venue : TNCA Club, Chennai Date: 24-12-2006
The III Executive Committee Meeting of TNOA was attended by the following persons:
1. Dr.David.V.Rajan, President2. Dr.R.Selvaraj, Secretary.3. Dr.M.Chidambaram, President-Elect4. Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan – Vice-President5. Dr.V.Shanmugam – Imm. Past President6. Dr.P.V.Jayasankar – Imm. Past Secretary7. Dr.Nalli.R.Uvaraj – Joint Secretary8. Dr.C.Raja Ravi Varma – Editorial Secretary9. Dr.S.Sundar – Fellowship Secretary10. Dr.V.Singaravadivelu – Exec. Member, Chennai11. Dr.B.Pasupathy – Exec. Member, Chennai12. Dr.Vidhyasankar – Exec. Member, Coimbatore13. Dr.Premnath – Exec. Member, West Zone14. Dr.Neelakrishnan – Exec. Member, East Zone15. Dr.A.R.J.Jeyaram – Exec. Member, South Zone16. Dr.M.Vanasekar – Exec. Member, Central Zone17. Dr.K.J.Mathiazhagan – Org. Secy, TNOACON 2006 – Special Invitee18. Dr.S.Natesan – Org. Secy, TNOACON 200719. Dr.Muthukumar – Chairman, Scientific Committee, TNOACON 200720. Dr.Sachidhanandam – Org. Committee, TNOACON 200721. Dr.Raghu – Org. Committee, TNOACON 2007
1.The President called the meeting to order.
2.Achievements by Members:
a. Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan of Chennai had been awarded the Indo British Travel Exchange Fellowshipand he visited UK in September, 2006 and delivered three lectures during his visit.
b. Dr.Muthu of Mayiladuthurai has been awarded Dr.B.R.Ramasubramaniam award by IMA.
3. To a suggestion for providing the booklet on the Perils of Fracture treatment by native bone setters,written by Dr.P.T.Saravanan, to all members, Dr.S.Natesan, Organizing Secretary of TNOACON 2007volunteered to print the book from the conference funds and include it in the conference bag for delegates.
4. Vice-President Dr.M.Chidambaram submitted the Proposal for collection of nomination fees for TNOAelections. The proposed amounts are as follows:
Vice-President - Rs.5000Joint Secretary - Rs.3000Fellowship /Editorial Secretary - Rs.2000Executive Committee Member - Rs.1000
5. The Secretary submitted his report. The Membership has crossed 1000.Updating of the addresses has been completed thanks to the efforts and co-operation of the ZonalExecutive Committee members and the Address book is planned to be printed by the Association itselfsince till date, there are no good sponsors.
6. Elections 2007 – Nomination details
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Vice President: Dr.S.Natesan - Erode Dr.K.Prakasam – Salem
Editorial Secretary: Dr.B.Pasupathy - Chennai Dr.S.Sundar - Chennai
Fellowship Secretary : Dr.K.Anbazhagan – Chennai Dr.Balasubramaniam – Coimbatore Dr.N.Deen Mohammed Ismail – Chennai
Executive Committee Member – Chennai Dr.Leonard Ponraj Dr.Mohan Dr.Navaladi Sankar Dr.Ramesh Pandian
The Financial Postion of the Association was presented to the EC Members.
It should be stressed that one member can contest for only one post. A member who has filed nominationsfor more than one post and if he fails to withdraw within the stipulated time, then he shall be disqualifiedfrom contesting for any post. If a member is disqualified from contesting the elections, the nominationfees shall not be returned.
7. The format of the new changes in TNOA website was presented to the EC members. Necessarymodifications and suggestions by the members were noted. The work done by our Secretary, Dr.R.Selvarajwas appreciated.
8. Editorial Secretary’s report – Dr.C.Raja Ravi VarmaTill now 9 articles have been received for this year’s journal. Articles may be sent till January 15th, 2007.The journals may be given to the members at the time of registration. For members not attending theconference, the journal may be sent by post. Dr.Raja Ravi Varma’s work was appreciated.
9. The Minutes of the III EC meeting to be sent to all the members along with the ballot papers.
10. A video presentation on Trauma Awareness Project was made by Dr.M.Chidambaran, President-Elect. The work was appreciated. The expenditure towards the project may be used to obtain tax benefitfor the trust. Dr.Raja Ravi Varma was requested to co-ordinate with Dr.Chidambaram to come out witha module on the project.
11. Fellowship Secretary’s report – Dr.S.SundarThere were 3 applicants for TNOA-Dr.A.J.Selvapandian Traveling Fellowship and 2 applicants for TNOA-Dr.Muralitharan-Vanasekar Traveling Fellowship. The following are the selected candidates:TNOA-Dr.A.J.Selvapandian Traveling Fellowship
1. Dr.Mukesh Mohan2. Dr.Kumaresan
TNOA-Dr.Muralitharan-Vanasekar Traveling Fellowship1. Dr.Ponraj2. Dr.P.T.Saravanan
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The two fellows of the previous year’s TNOA-Dr.A.J.Selvapandian Traveling Fellowship are eligible forcomplementary registration for the main conference this year and they should submit a report in the GeneralBody Meeting.It was proposed that once in four years, the traveling fellows of TNOA-Dr.A.J.Selvapandian Travelingfellowship can be sent to CMC, Vellore. This can be put forth in the next General Body Meeting.
There was a suggestion to make the selection process for the TNOA Foreign Fellowship well in advance andgive enough time for the fellows to make arrangements for the travel abroad.
Dr.Balasubramaniam of Coimbatore is willing to write to the Oswestry Centre in UK to make it a permanentfellowship venue for the traveling fellows of TNOA .
12. P.G.Ortho Quiz Medal :Dr.K.J.Mathiazhagan, Organizing Secretary of TNOACON 2006 was thanked for instituting a medal for thewinners of PG Ortho Quiz. It shall be named TNOA-KMC PG Ortho Quiz Medal. This medal shall be startedfrom TNOACON 2007.
13. Report by Dr.S.Natesan, Organizing Secretary of TNOACON 2007: Dr.Natesan detailed on thearrangements made for the Annual Conference. The visit by the TNOA Committee to oversee the finalarrangements shall be decided if the need arises.
The Rajendran Memorial Badminton tournament should be mentioned in the conference brochure.Dr.T.Jayaraman to be contacted regarding the release of Rs.25,000 towards the corpus fund.
14. Finalization of faculty for the forthcoming OASIS Instructional course lectures in Kottayam. The theme is“Orthopaedic Infections”
1. Dr.Ram Gopalakrishnan – Chennai2. Dr.Vinod – Coimbatore
The zonal executive members shall submit a list by 31-12-2006. If no communication is received, the Secretaryshall take a decision.
15. CME in IOACON 2007 and 2008:
Convenors : Dr.A.Devadoss and Dr.K.SriramOrganizingSecretary : Dr.R.SelvarajCommittee : Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan
Dr.S.RajasekaranDr.Vrisha MadhuriDr.Mohandas / Dr.Sundararajan/ Dr.Mani (one among the three)President, TNOASecretary, TNOA
16. The amended rules will be incorporated in the TNOA Bye-laws. The draft copy shall be circulated to theEC Members before printing.
17. Report by the Zonal Executive Committee Members:The Zonal representatives were requested to submit the list of office bearers of the regional ortho societies orclubs. A proforma will be sent to all the Zonal EC members and they have to fill it and submit it to theSecretary during the EC Meetings.
Central Zone : There are two clubs, Trichy Ortho Club and Dindigul Ortho Club.A copy of the invitation / programme of the meetings to be sent to the Secretary of TNOA.
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A trophy shall be instituted for the best Regional club and it is to be awarded during the Annual Conferences.The rules and regulations to be formulated for deciding the best ortho club.
18. The out going office bearers shall be awarded Certificates of appreciation during the valedictory function.
19. A panel may be formed which shall be consulted in cases of Consumer Protection Litigations. This shallbe called “Ethics Committee of TNOA”. The President and Secretary shall be Ex-officio members. Theother members can be decided during the next EC meeting. There shall be 5 other members.
20. There should be an item in the agenda about OASIS in all the EC and General Body meetings.
21. The President proposed the Vote of Thanks.
Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association
Date : 10.2.2007 Venue : Club Melaange, Erode
President Dr.David.V.Rajan called the meeting to order and welcomed the Honoured Members of the TamilNadu Orthopaedic Association
Obituary references:Dr.R.Govindasamy of Chennai passed away in May 2006.Dr.M.Pasupathy of Dharmapuri died in a road traffic accident on 15.9.2006.A two minute silence was observed in memory of the departed souls and the house expressed its deep griefover the demise of the Honoured members.
Achievements by Members:
Prof.N.Mayilvahanan Natarajan of Chennai has been awarded the Padma Shri by His Excellency, the Presidentof India in recognition of his work on Custom Mega Prosthesis for bone tumours and his role in establishinga bone bank in Govt. General Hospital, Chennai.
Dr.S.Rajasekaran was awarded the Wokhardt Award for Medical Excellence organized by Harward MedicalInternational in recognition of his contribution to Orthopaedics in India.
Prof.P.V.Vijayaraghavan of Chennai was awarded the Indo-British Travel Exchange Fellowship.
Dr.I.V.Muthu of Mayiladuthurai was awarded the Dr.B.Ramasubramaniam Award by the Indian MedicalAssociation.
Dr.P.T.Saravanan of Kancheepuram had published a booklet on the dangers of non scientific fracture treatment.
Secretary’s report:
A total of 8 CME programmes had been conducted by the Members under the auspices of TNOA during thepast year. The Secretary requested the members to include the programmes conducted by them under thebanner of the Association.
A total of 51 new life members had been enrolled and their names were presented to the General Body forratification.A total of 36 Associate Members had been enrolled during the past one year
The following important decisions in the previous three Executive Committee Meetings were presented to theGeneral Body for discussion and ratification:
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1. Website maintenance charges of Rs.15,000/- to be donated by the Conference organizers – ratified2. The contribution from the conference organizers to the corpus fund of TNOA to be enhanced to Rs.2
Lakhs – ratified3. Introduction of nomination fees for the election of office bearers – after a detailed discussion, it was
decided to collect Rs.2000 for the posts of Vice President and Joint Secretary and Rs.1000/ for the otherposts and a brief write-up about the contestant will be printed and circulated by the Association alongwith the ballot paper.
4. Best Zonal club award to be introduced – ratified.5. Associate members to be enrolled before the last date for receiving scientific papers for the conferences
– ratified.6. To bring out a new Rules Book of TNOA incorporating the amendments made in the years after the last
rule book was published – ratified.7. The outgoing office bearers to be honoured with a certificate of appreciation during the valedictory
function – ratified.8. One member can contest for only one post in the elections at a time. – ratified.9. Foreign fellowship process to be completed well in advance so that the selected fellows may be given
adequate time to finish the formalities for traveling abroad.10. The introduction of a new medal for the Post-graduate Quiz competition under the name TNOA –
KMC PG Ortho Quiz Medal was accepted by the General Body11. It was decided to form an Ethics Committee of the TNOA and this will render professional advice and
opinion to legal bodies in case of litigations.12. For the conduct of CME Programme during IOACON for the years 2007 and 2008, the following
committee was constituted Patrons : Prof.K.Sriram
Prof.A.Devadoss Convenors : Prof.Mayilvahanan Natarajan
Prof.R.H.Govardhan. Org. Secy. : Dr.R.Selvaraj Members : Prof.M.Chidambaram
Prof.P.V.VijayaraghavanDr.S.RajasekaranDr.Vrisha MadhuriDr.R.MohandossDr.Nalli.R.Uvaraj.
13. The Conference Organizers of TNOACON Erode agreed to sponsor a medal for the Best poster and thesame was accepted by the General Body.
14. Dr.C.Raja Ravi Varma, the Editorial Secretary proposed to introduce a new award for the bestpublication in TNOA Journal and the same was accepted and it was decided to work out the modalitiesto select the best paper.
15. The Secretary sought to advance the election process since the postal congestion during the Christmasand New Year eve was causing lot of postal delay and non receipt of ballot papers. After discussion itwas agreed to advance the election process and to finish the counting of ballots during the third ExecutiveCommittee Meeting of the Association in December.
16. The newlook website www.tnortho.org was fully functional and inter active and the Secretary requestedthe members to visit the site and offer their valuable suggestions to improve the quality and content ofthe site. Presently the website contains the database of all the Life Members and the events forum andthe TNOA Journals from the year 2004 and the Newsletters.
17. The new address book of TNOA had been brought out after a gap of almost 10 years and the Secretarythanked the sponsors for the same.
18. The Secretary requested the members to intimate the change of addresses at an early date .19. The financial position of the Association was presented to the house and Prof.Govardhan told that a
balance sheet should be presented to the house and the same was agreed . It was decided to include thebalance sheet in the first newsletter in June. To a request by Dr.A.Rajamani for enhancing the financialgrant to the Organizers of the CME programmes under the auspices of the Association, it was agreedto enhance the amount to Rs.5000/- for one day programmes and to Rs.10000/- for two dayprogrammes.
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20. The Secretary called for better co-ordination between regional ortho clubs and the parent association
Fellowship Secretary’s report:Dr.S.Sundar, fellowship secretary read out his report and this year the fellowship venue was KasthurbaMedical College, Manipal. He briefed on the selection process for the Foreign Fellowship Programme ofthe Association.
Dr.P.Kumaresan read out the report of the Travelling Fellows.
Editorial Secretary’s report:Dr.C.Raja Ravi Varma read out his report and he thanked the Members for the enthusiasm shown by themembers in sending articles for the Journal. He sought to start a new award for the best publication in theJournal. The excellent works done by the Editorial Secretary Dr.C.Raja Ravi Varma and the FellowshipSecretary, Dr.S.Sundar were appreciated by the members of the General Body.
Trauma Awareness Programme:Prof.M.Chidambaram, Chairman of the Trauma Awareness Programme committee briefed the memberson the various aspects proposed to be included in the Programme. He said that an elaborate module wasgetting ready with professional help. The target population for this programme will be the school children.Members were requested to organize more trauma awareness programmes for school children. Privateand Government institutions were requested to print the trauma awareness advice slogans in the dischargecards.
Report on CME Programme during IOACON :Prof.R.H.Govardhan, convenor of the programme, spoke on the plan of action and he promised to presenta good academic feast. He told the house that it was with great difficulty, that himself andProf.Mayilvahanan Natarajan got the State Association the responsibility of conducting the CME for thenext two years during the IOACON 2007 and 2008.
Report by the Organizers of TNOACON 2008:The Venue is Kodaikanal and Organizing Secretary Dr.R.Muralidharan of Dindigul. The organizingcommittee of TNOACON 2008 welcomed all the members along with their family for the conference.
Shuttle and Tennis Tournaments:The prize winners of the Shuttle and Tennis tournaments were awarded prizes by the President of TNOA.
Discussion on letter by Dr.Mathivanan of Trichy:Dr.Mathivanan in his letter had stated that some of the contestants in TNOA elections were utilizing theservices of their post-graduate students for canvassing votes for them. He had regretted that this was mis-use of post graduate students and this practice should be stopped. The General Body agreed on this andin future, the contestants for the TNOA elections should not misuse their Post graduate students for votecanvassing or ballot collection.
Prof.R.H.Govardhan pointed out that the Office of the Association should have more control over theConference programmes and only one institution should not be given importance while choosing speakers.The same was agreed and in future, the conference organizers will work in close liaison with the President,Secretary and the Scientific Committee of the Association, viz. The Vice President and Joint Secretary.
TNOA Election 2007:The Following office bearers were elected by Postal ballot:Dr.S.Natesan, Erode - Vice PresidentDr.B.Pasupathy, Chennai - Editorial SecretaryDr.N.Dheen Md.Ismail, Chennai - Fellowship SecretaryDr.T.R.Ramesh Pandian, Chennai - Executive Committee MemberDr.Mohan, Chennai - Executive Committee MemberDr.S.Shanmuganathan, Madurai - Executive Committee Member.
The Secretary, Dr.R.Selvaraj proposed the vote of thanks.10
Minutes of the I Executive Committee Meeting of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association
Date : 20.5.2007 Venue : TNCA Club, Chennai
The meeting was attended by the following office bearers of the Association:
1. Prof.M.Chidambaram - President2. Dr.R.Selvaraj - Secretary3. Prof.P.V.Vijayaraghavan - President Elect4. Dr.S.Natesan – Vice President5. Dr.Nalli.R.Uvaraj – Joint Secretary6. Dr.B.Pasupathy – Editorial Secretary7. Prof.N.Dheen Mohammed Ismail – Fellowship Secretary8. Dr. T.R.Ramesh Pandian – EC Member, Chennai9. Dr.G.Mohan – EC Member, Chennai10. Dr.S.Shanmuganathan – EC Member, Madurai11. Dr.Pugazhendhi – EC Member, North Zone12. Dr.Jayaraman – EC Member, South Zone13. Dr.Neelakrishnan – EC Member, East Zone
The meeting started with the welcome address by the President, Dr.M.Chidambaram.
Obituary References :
Dr.M.C.Rajamanickam, Erode passed away 15 days back. Dr.S.Natesan spoke about him and the committeemembers observed one minute silence to respect the departed soul.
Acheievements by members:
Prof. Mayilvahanan Natarajan received the Padma Shri Award and was also awarded the D.Sc.(Hons) bythe TN Dr.M.G.R. Medical University.
Secretary’s report:
The Secretary thanked Dr.S.Natesan for conducting an excellent conference.The Association had Fixed deposits for the tune of Eight Lakhs and the Trust had fixed deposits worth SixLakhs.The criteria for selecting the beneficiaries for the Cholamandalam Ortho PG Fund :There was a suggestion to award it for some research work. The announcement must come in the first newsletter.The Selection committee for the award shall consist of The President, The Secretary and Dr.Pandian fromCuddalore. There may be one nomination from each teaching Institution to be recommended by the Head ofthe Department. There will be two beneficiaries each year.The formation of more detailed criteria for selection was delegated to the Joint Secretary. He shall work on itand submit his recommendations to the committee during the next EC meeting.Dr.Natesan, Organizing Secretary, TNOACON 2007 had donated Rs.50,000 towards starting a new GoldMedal for the Best Poster during the Annual Conferences.During the past three months, there had been two CME Programmes both in Madurai.The visitors to the website is very low. The EC members were requested to familiarize the website in the zonalclub meetings.Preliminary discussions had been held by the President and Secretary with the organizers of TNOACON2008 at Madurai on 24th March 2007 regarding the format of the conference.Dr.N.S.Narasimhan Orator for 2008 – Dr.P.S.John of Kerala will be the orator for 2008.
Fellowship Secretary’s report : By Dr.Dheen Mohammed IsmailThree institutions were selected for this year’s Fellowship Programme
1. Dr.Srinivasan’s Institute, Bangalore2. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
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3. CMC, VelloreOf these, one will be short listed.Dr.Nalli.R.Uvaraj, the Foreign Fellow for 2006 explained to the EC on the difficulty faced by him in arranginga place for Fellowship training abroad.The Fellowship Secretary suggested that there should be similar criteria for both Inland and Foreign FellowshipProgrammes. The EC recommended the following amendments for selection of the Foreign Fellowship:
1. Any member can avail the Foreign Fellowship only once.2. Medals and other meritorious awards should have more marks.
The Fellowship Secretary shall suggest the amendments to be made in the next EC meeting.
Editorial Secretary’s report : By Dr.B.PasupathyThe Editorial Secretary should arrange to distribute the balance journals to the members along with the FirstNewsletter.There was a suggestion to distribute the Journal along with the conference bags. The members who have notregistered for the conference shall receive the journal through post.The last date for submission of articles for the Journal shall be January 15th.There was a suggestion to continue the same format for the Journal.There should be a committee to select the best paper of the journal consisting of the President, the Secretaryand the Editorial Secretary.The suggestion for an Editorial Board was made by the Editorial Secretary. The Board members shall beselected by the Editorial Secretary in consultation with the President and Secretary. Due representation shallbe given to various zones of the Association.
Trauma Awareness Project Report : By Prof.M.ChidambaramThe President requested the EC members to request the Nursing homes to print the trauma awareness messagesin the discharge cards. There was a suggestion to make hoardings to be displayed in the Nursing homes. Theexpenditure towards this can be borne by the Association.A programme module had been prepared in collaboration with the Madurai Kamaraj University. Thispresentation can be shown in the various schools.Efforts towards projecting this presentation in the schools was stressed. This may be considered for the BestZone award.The Programme module was projected to the EC members. The President requested for funds to meet theexpenses towards preparing the module. He was asked to present the quotation in the next EC meeting.
Format of TNOACON 2008:Programmes where the junior members will be benefited should be increased.Programmes like controversies and How I do it should be introduced.The duration of guest lectures should be reduced.There non teaching institutions should be given more opportunities.The Scientific Committee for selecting the papers for the conference shall include the Vice President, JointSecretary, Organizing Secretary and the Chairman of Scientific Committee. The meeting shall be held on theprevious day of the Third Executive Committee meeting.
CME during IOACON 2007:In the meeting held in April, the theme was chosen as “ Complex Trauma”.The speakers are yet to be finalized. This shall be decided in the meeting in June.
Report by Zonal EC Members:Dr.Neelakrishnan, EC member, East Zone submitted a report on the activities of the zone. The details of themeetings were requested for from the zones. Only Madurai Ortho club had sent an activity report and theother zones were requested to send in their activity reports. The percentage of increase of the membershipshall be taken into consideration for awarding the Best Zonal Club Award.
The meeting concluded with Vote of Thanks by the President.
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Arthroplasty Meet organized by Dr.S.Shanmuganathan , Madurai was conducted on 24th and 25th of March 2007 atHotel Sangam, Madurai to felicitate Retiring Professor, Dr.T.Prabhakaran, Madurai Medical College. More than 100delegates participated and the faculty included experienced arthroplasty surgeons from the whole country.
IORAS Update series 2007 on “Fracture Healing” was conducted on 22nd April 2007 and was organized byProf.A.Devadoss at Hotel Sangam, Madurai.The aim of the meeting was to update the knowledge on the current concepts of fracture healing. The Programmeincluded a teleconferencing session from United States with Prof.John.F.Kay on deminearlized bone matrix.About 56 delegates attended the meeting.
Academic Activities
The Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, 2008
TNOA welcomes scientific material for publication in theJournal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, 2008
All submission should be addressed to:
Dr. B. Pasupathy, 32, 1st Street, Subramaniyapuram,Kolathur, Chennai - 600 099, Ph : Resi : 26502388
Mobile: 94440 42388, e-mail : [email protected].
Online submission shall be made through the email ID as given.
The last date for receipt of articles : 31-12-2007
Note: Kindly visit the official website of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association (www.tnortho.org) fordetails of submission of scientific material for publication in the Journal of Tamil Nadu OrthopaedicAssociation 2008. We encourage case studies more than single case reports since the TNOA is aiming atmaking the journal a listed journal.
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Best Zonal Club Award
There has been a long felt need to co-ordinate the activities of the Regional and City Ortho Clubs with theState Association. In spite of repeated appeals, little progress has been made in this aspect.Now, we have decided to introduce the Best Zonal Club Award within our State based on their performance invarious fronts. The broad criteria for selection include:
1. Membership of the club2. Membership in the State Association3. Membership in the Indian Orthopedic Association4. Percentage of increase of Membership in each of the above bodies5. Periodical meetings and discussions.6. Academic Programmes conducted by the clubs7. Social welfare activities like Camps for the physically challenged.8. Trauma Awareness Programme activities9. Implementation of other Programmes of IOA and TNOA.
The Office bearers of the City / Regional clubs are requested to send a periodical report every month on theactivities of the clubs to the Secretary, TNOA.
ZONAL NEWS
24th and 25th March 2007 – Arthroplasty Meet 2007 Organized by Dr.S.Shanmuganathan, Madurai MedicalCollege22-4-2007 - IORAS Update Series 2007, at Madurai, Organized by Prof.A.Devadoss20-05-2007 - I Executive Committee Meeting at Chennai10-06-2007 - Dispatch of I News letter of TNOA26-08-2007 - II Executive Committee Meeting – Kodaikanal01-10-2007 - Dispatch of II Newsletter of TNOA along with nominations for Elections and Calling for Fellowshipapplications22-10-2007 - Last date for filing nominations29-10-2007 - Last date for withdrawal of nominations12-11-2007 - Last date for dispatch of ballot papers03-12-2007 - Last date for requisition for duplicate ballot papers due to non receipt of the original ballot paper21-12-2007 - Last date for receipt of polled ballots23-12-2007 - III Executive Committee Meeting at Chennai and counting of ballot papers along with finalizationof papers for TNOACON 200827.01.2008 - Venue visit by TNOA Committee .8th to 10th February, 2008 - TNOACON 2008 at Kodaikanal09-2-2008 - General Body Meeting at Kodaikanal
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The wait has finally been over. Feb 9, 10, 11 marked yet another milestone in the history of Erode Ortho club. The 40th
Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association hosted by the Erode ortho club was a grand success. Iam equally proud to be the leader of the young and efficient team.
The preparation had started one year back with specific focus on CME and guest lectures. Members airing their viewsto have a different format of CME was conceived. From it was born the topic of clinical dilemmas in day to dayorthopaedic practice. VvT e had an overwhelming response to the CME programme and saw the highest registration(315) in the history of CME in TNOA conference. The hall was jam-packed with very little movements in the hall anddelegates seated till the end.
The speakers carefully chosen also delivered the subjects to the point and was appreciated by all. To cap the sessionthe workshops organized saw members attending in large numbers.
This was followed by evening dinner at the pool side of Club Melaange. It was a perfect evening for the delegates torelax and unwind themselves and get in to high sprits.
The day 2 started with remaining delegates registering their names for the conference. Total number of delegatesregistered for this conference were 606 (six hundred and six). The second day Scientific programmes started in allthree halls at 8.30 AM. The orations got off to fantastic start with packed crowds. The inaugural function went onsmoothly with honouring four of our members (Dr.Mayilvahanan Natarajan, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Dr.I.V.Muthu andDr.P.T.Saravanan) for their respective work in orthopaedics.
The Medal paper session, Free paper session and the poster sessions were briskly attended. The scientific committeesaw that the delay in the programme was covered and finished on time.
The stalls drew a poor response on day one, due to undivided attention of the delegates in the CME. The delegatesvisited the stall in large numbers on day 2 and day 3. There was an overwhelming response by the exhibitors and thesponsors. We are ever greatful to all of them. We had 8 international instruments company stalls, 45 national instrumentscompany stalls and 13 pharmaceuticals company stalls.The day 2 saw the shuttle tournament being completed and lawn tennis introduced for the first time. Of course theresponse to Tennis tournament was not overwhelming but very encouraging. Hats off to the sports team for making allthe competitions enjoyable. Our thanks to the Nilgiris Recreation dub and correspondent BVB School Erode for thesmooth conduction of the events.The long awaited Banquet dinner took off with flying colours marked by a welcome dance and very colourful crackersdisplay. The entertainment programme kept the delegates spellbound with dance and songs. The delegates also keptthe audience spellbound by bringing out the hidden talents in them. They danced till wee hours in the morning. once thesprits had died down late night the transport team put back everybody in their respective rooms.The final day also drew large crowd to hear the guest lectures and free papers. The total number of free papers andmedal papers were 122, guest lectures 16 and posters 29. It was truly an academic feast for the delegates.The ladies wing took care of the ladies with a pilgrimage tour to Sangameswarar temple at Bhavani and Kodiveri dam.They had a wonderful expenence.A special mention for catering and beverages team for their excellent work done. I am sure everybody will vouch fortheir work.The occasion was marked by me getting elected as the Vice President of our esteemed association in the general bodymeeting.At the end it was a wonderful experience for me to have finished the show successfully and I wish to thank one and allfor those who have contributed to the success of this conference.
Dr. S. NatesanOrganising Secretary TNOACON 2007
TNOACON 2007 - REPORT BY ORGANISATION SECRETARY
APPLICATION FORM
MEMBERSHIP OF TAMILNADU ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION
Name :Address : Residence Clinic
Tel : Tel :Mobile :E-mail :Date of Birth :Qualification :Year of Passing MBBS :University :Post-Graduate Dip / Degree :Year of Passing :University :Present Post :
Please enrol me as a Life Member / Associate Member of Tamil Nadu OrthopaedicAssociation
I have enclosed a Draft for Rs. 1,600/- (Life Membership) / Rs.500/- (AssociateMembership - only for Postgraduates) in favour of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, payable atChennai.
DD No. : Dated : Bank :
Note : The Registration fee of Rs.1600/- for Life membership includes Rs.100/- a contribution towardsOASIS(Orthopaedic Association South Indian States)
Place :Date : Signature
For office use :
Address for CommunicationDr. R. SelvarajSecretary- Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic AssociationFlat No. S9, Dev Apartments, No.14, Jayaram Street,Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041.
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IOA MEMBERSHIP FORM
The Hon Secretary, Indian Orthopaedic AssociationIOA House, Plot No.69,Thuglakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road,Behind Batra Hospital, New Delhi - 11 00 62 IndiaPhone : 011 - 2606 1434
Dear Sir,
I wish to apply for the LIFE / FULL Membership of Indian Orthopaedic Association
Name (Block Letters) : ...........................................................................................................
Organisation & Address : ...........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................ Phone No. ...................................
Permanent Address : ...........................................................................................................
............................................................................................ Email : ....................................................
Date of Birth : .............................................Place of Birth........................................
PGDegree / Diploma : ...............................................................Year....................................
Institution : ..........................................................................................................
Publication (Attach list) : ......................................................................................................................
I enclose the payment of Rs ....................................By cheque / DD No............................................
Place and Date : ..................................................... Signature
Proposed by : ........................................IOA Membership No ...............................(Signature & Name in Block Letters)
Seconded by : ........................................IOA Membership No ...............................(Signature & Name in Block Letters)
The membership fee w.e.f. 1st January 1997 for Life membership is Rs.3,000/- and full membership feeis Rs.1000/- (yearly). In case of cheque add Rs.40/- please make draft / cheque in favour of IndianOrthopaedic Associationh Payable at New Delhi.Please send the membership application
! Original application form and Photostat copy of Draft / Cheque to Dr.R.H. Govardhan,Secretary, IOA New Delhi (address above)
! Photostat copy of application form and Original Draft / Cheque to the Treasurer, IndianOrthopaedic Association, 69, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, Behind Batra Hospital, MB Road,New Delhi.
Membership is subject to ratification in the subsequent AGM of the IOA. Allotment of membership numberwill follow the ratification.
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IORAS UPDATE SERIES - 2007 ON FRACTURE HEALING
22-04-2007
TNOACON 2007ERODE
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