Dear Friends, My respected Seniors and dear colleagues
I begin my tenure as the Secretary of the Bombay Orthopaedic Society, with gratitude and responsibility.
Our Society has been at the forefront of quality orthopaedic teaching for last 6 decades, the smorgasbord of orthopaedic academic discussions and discourses.
The flagship and much anticipated academic activities including the Clinical Meetings, Dr. L. N. Vora
Master series, The Dr. J. C. Taraporvala PG Clinics are presented with a renewed vigour and
enthusiasm encompassing the ethos of our presidential theme “Pioneering Progress, Honouring Legacy”.
The members and the senior members of the Bombay Orthopaedic Society have been motivating us to bring innovative methods to make the academic programme more interesting and engaging.
This year we have a lot of engaging content which will be available for our members and orthopaedic surgeons to watch online on demand on our YouTube channel.
Networking through social media platforms will receive a boost and a constant update on the upcoming courses and programmes will be propagated on social media too.
This year we have 17 courses on different sub specialities of orthopaedics and the conveners have
pushed themselves to pack maximum interactive content with adequate coverage of the subspeciality,
wherever possible with saw bones, or elsewhere with hands on dissection on cadavers.
The BOS has now started fellowship opportunities in arthroplasty with a mentor and a key opinion leader in the speciality, the details of which are in this manuscript.
All the activities are available to the members at discounted rates, the non-members needn’t be
disappointed as we now offer membership and its benefits to new members with an immediate effect so
that they can avail the benefits of our academic bonanza, as well as be a member and join our vibrant
community.
The BOS “Student of the Year” was a novel initiative for the post graduate residents from Mumbai and
around the city as was the BOS Rising star for the newly qualified orthopod, both these activities are also
being conducted this year, to identify and groom budding orthopaedic surgeons from the city and ignite
the spark in them to excel in their work and career.
The Bone and Joint Day and the BOS Day will be celebrated in keeping with our tradition of giving back to the society at large that we aim to serve.
The carmaderie of our brethren and the assembly of the vast talent that our society boasts culminates in
the Jewel in the crown of our academic year which is the WIROC. As we soon usher in the 6th decade of
our existence we acknowledge with deep respect the contribution of the giants on whose shoulders we
stand and see farther, pioneering progress towards affordable and effective solutions for our patients.
I beckon you to peruse this Calender of events to mark the dates and participate in the proceedings.
Dr. Ashish Phadnis
Hon. Secretary, Bombay Orthopaedic Society
