IOS UK was officially formed in 1994 and received recognition from BOA

IOS UK sponsored two British consultants Mr. Day & Mr. Fixen to participate in Paediatric Conference in Bangalore in 1999

Through  I.O.S. (UK) we have sponsored about 5 SHO’s FROM India to come & get training in U.K.

IOS UK so far sponsored 5 SPR’s in UK Training Programmes to visit India and get exposed to the Orthopaedics practice in India on short term placements.

IOS UK helped a few of Indian SHO’s to get on to the M.ch programme in Dundee

IOS UK sponsored British Indian SPR’s to visit centres in Europe and USA.

We have sent Journal of Bone & Joint surgery from 1960 onwards to Bowring hospital, Bangalore for the benefit of postgraduate students.

The first IOS UK meeting took place in Eastbourne in May 1999.

IOS UK produced the first ‘News Letter’ in 2000 that was sent to all our members.

2000

I.O.S. (UK) Meeting in Lake District. Hosted by Mr.& Mrs S. Rao. May 2000.

Instruments sent to India. Dr. Manjunath Sep 2000.

Website created – Indianorthopaedicsociety.org.uk

2001

IOS UK sponsored two consultants from England Mr. A D Clayson and Mr Srinivasan to give Guest lectures at the  Karnataka Orthopaedic Association Meeting Feb 2001.

I.O.S. (UK) Meeting Manchester. Hosted by – Mr & Mrs Muddu, and Mr & Mrs Peravali in May 2001.

2002

IOS UK Meeting in Birmingham.

2003

IOS UK Meeting in Hartlepool – Hosted by Mr Amar Rangan & Mr Bimal Singh.

Lisa Turnie, an Orthopaedic Registrar participated in an IOS UK Indian Travelling Fellowship programme at Vellore

2004

IOS UK Meeting in Eastbourne June 26-27 2004, hosted by Mr & Mrs Ravi Koka

IOS UK, led by Mr Muddu arranged the first INDIAN SUMMER at BOA Meeting in Manchester in Sept 2004.

2005

IOS UK Meeting in Pontefract on 21st and 22nd May, hosted by Mr & Mrs Murti Gollapudi. Please click here for a summary of the event.

The First Indo-British Travel fellowsip was successfully organised and the glowing reports from the fellows, Prof. Lee, Dr Rao and Dr Bhatia confirm how much they appreciated this very stimulating educational tour.

Report from Prof. Vernon Neville Lee
Report from Dr Anil Ghanshyam Bhatia
Report from Dr Shrinivas Ramachandra Rao

2006

Mr & Mrs Ravikumar hosted 8^th annual meeting in London, on the 13^th and 14^th May 2006. Please click here for a summary of the event.

IOS (UK) has been standing shoulder to shoulder with BAPIO (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) in its fight to bring justice with regard to recent changes in the immigration rules for International Medical graduates. To this end, a contribution of £500 was made to BAPIO.

2007

2007 annual meeting was hosted by Mr & Mrs Shivanand Geeranavar at Holiday Inn M6, Birmingham on 30^th June and 1^st July. Please click here for a summary of the event.

Miss Anna Fox, Specialist Registrar completed Indian Travelling Fellowship and presented her experience in IOS UK annual meeting. Her experience was published in the British Orthopaedic Newsletter.

Prof. Jitendra Maheshwari, Prof. Rajeev Naik and Dr Rakesh Rajput completed a 3-week Indo British Travel Fellowship in September 2007.

Mr Chan, Mr Rao, Mr Srinivasan and Mr Nellikunja completed Indo British Travelling Fellowship in various centres in India

Free Orthoteers knowledge gateway website access was given to 60 Orthopaedic Trainees in India (approximate total saving of £3600)

IOS UK Members arranged educational courses including FRCS Orth Exam Course (Mr Kavarthapu), Upper Limb Arthroplasty Course (Mr Kamineni) and Bangalore Shoulder Course (Mr Muddu)

2008

The number of Indo British Travelling Fellows increased from 3 to 6 per year. The fellows are categorised as Junior Fellows (aged less that 40), and Senior Fellows. The junior fellowship is arranged around the IOS UK annual conference and the senior fellowship around the BOA annual conference.

Mr Alok Agrawal, Mr Mahesh Reddy, Mr Rajeev Chatterjee and Mr Zile Singh Kundu completed a 2-week Indo British Travel Fellowship in June / July 2008.

The 10^th annual conference of IOS UK was held in Liverpool, European capital of culture 2008, in June 2008, hosted by Mr & Mrs Jay Sampath.

Prof Govardhan, Prof Ramesh Kumar Sen and Dr Arindam Banerjee were this year’s senior IOS UK visiting fellows from India.

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