Fellowship training in Traumatology - Excellent opportunity for the young Orthopaedic Surgeons to excel in Trauma case
Duration:One year
Number of Seats: 3 vacant positions are there at present for immediate appointment
Eligibility: Opportunity for post graduate qualified Orthopaedic surgeons to excel themselves in state of the art trauma care. Training will cover the basic trauma management ( Eg:- Conservative as well as all intramedullay and extramedullary fixations) to advanced management of all complex and complicated trauma ( Eg:- Pelvi acetabular fixations, Polytrauma , Minimally invasive surgery ,Ilizarov  etc). The fellow will have to take active participation in emergency room and outpatient management of orthopaedic patients. Also they will be incorporated in to the teaching, research  and other routine academic activities of the department. They will have ample opportunity for research work and to present papers.
They will be eligible for a consolidated amount of Rs. 20,000/- per month as stipend.

Interested candidates who are prepared to join in short notice may please mail their application and CV to
ortho@aims.amrita.edu OR orthosupervisor@aims.amrita.edu.

For details please contact - Ortho coordinator - 9745000566

Fellowship in Spine Surgery
Duration: 06 or 12 Months
Number of Seats: 4 candidates per year
Date of Commencement: Jan - July
Eligibility: The ideal candidate should be 2 years Post MCh Neurosurgery or MS/DNB in Orthopaedics and less than 40 years of age. Candidates should have a definite interest in the specialty chosen and preferably have publications/presentations in the area. Candidates should also have some basic experience in the discipline and preferably be sponsored by a parent institute to utilize the training effectively.

Fellowship in Joint Replacement
Duration: 12 Months
Number of Seats: 2 candidates per year
Date of Commencement: Jan - July
Eligibility: The ideal candidate should be 2 years after MS Orth/Dip NB Orth and less than 40 years of age. Candidates should have a definite interest in the specialty chosen and preferably have publications/presentations in the area. Candidates should also have some basic experience in the discipline and preferably be sponsored by a parent institute to utilize the training effectively.

Fellowship secretary at ortho@aims.amrita.edu
Diplomate of National Board Training Programmes

• Tibial plateau fractures treated with percutaneously introduced synthetic porous Hydroxyapatite granules.Menon K V , Varma H K ;European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Vol15:3..2005.205-213.
• Arthroscopic Management of TFCC Injuries. Jayachandran, Jai Thilak, Jacob Varghese. J of Orthopaedic Asso of S Indian States. Vol 2, 53-55; 2005.
• Arthroscopic Fracture Fragment removal from the Hip. Jai Thilak, Jacob Varughese. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics; Vol39:3: 191-192; July 2005
• Management of Infected TKR. AV Ghosh, N Rao, Jai Thilak, J Varghese. The Journal of KOA; Vol 20:1 April 2006
• Early Results of Uncemented Revision Hip Arthroplasty. U Pawar, Jai Thilak, J Varughese. The Journal of KOA; Vol 20:1 April 2006
• Scintigraphic Assessment of Patellar viability in TKR following lateral release. K N Rao, J Varughese, Jai Thilak, Shanmughasundaram. The Journal of KOA; Vol 20:1 April 2006
• Arthroscopic Treatment of Acute Traumatic Posterior Glenohumeral dislocation and Anatomic Neck fracture. Varghese j, Thilak J, Mahajan CV. Arthroscopy  2006 ; 22:676.
• Early Changes in pulmonary function test following thoracotomy for scoliosis correction. S. Namboothiri, Renjit Kumar, K. V. Menon.  –European Spine Journal 2005:14(2):144-148
• Vertebral osteochondroma – an unusual cause of compressive myelopathy – a case report of failed decompressive laminectomy. Kumar Renjit J, K V Menon, Bhaskaran V K, Jayachandran D.  – Journal of Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States 2005:2;44-46
• Morphological study of rib regeneration following costectomy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Satheesh J Philip, Renjit Kumar, K. V. Menon.  – European Spine Journal 2005: 14, (8):772-776
• Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis. Renjit Kumar J.  – Physicians Digest 2005:13(4);84-92