Dr Akshat Pandey, has been appointed as Co-editor for the 1st newsletter of Trauma Special Interest Group of International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM).

Dr Arun Prasad, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Bariatric and Robotic Surgeon, New Delhi, was the organising chairman of the “Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” surgery conference.

The conference was attended by 1500 participants.

Robotic workshop at our Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi was the highlight of this mega international conference.

Robotic Surgery For Hernia To Have Distinct Socio-economic Impact In India: AWR Surgeons

Dr Devendra Kumar Gupta, Former Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi, former Vice-Chancellor – KGMU, Lucknow, Director and CEO: Postgraduate Institute of Child health, Noida, received the certificate of “R P Chaudhary Oration” during NAPSCON – 2023. The theme of the conference was “Revolutionizing Surgical Care for Children”

Dr Aditendraditya Singh Bhati, Consultant Neurosurgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi has published the following papers:

  1. Dominant Fronto-temporal lobectomy for refractory intracranial hypertension following an Acute Arterial ischemic stroke in a child. Asian J Neurosurg 2023. DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1763530.ISSN 2248-9614.
  2. Prospective comparative cohort analysis of adverse events following spine surgery in patients above 60 years of age compared with those under 60 years old A prospective comparative cohort analysis of adverse events following spine surgery in patients above 60 years of age compared with those under 60 years old. International Journal of Scientific Research. Vol 11/Issue 06/June 2022/Print ISSN No.2277-8179/DOI:10.36106/ijsr.
  3. Rare case of Solitary Nasal Fibrous tumor Eroding Skull-Base. Asian J Neurosurg 2022; 17(02): 375-378DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750808.

Dr Bhati was Part of International Cerebrovascular discussion sessions lasting more than 2 months (Jan – Mar 2023) by “The Seattle Science Foundation”.

Dr Bhati has participated in Times of India Epilepsy Awareness campaign held on 26th March 2023.

Dr Bhati was the speaker for the “Talk on Influenza H3N2 awareness” on ANI news on 19th March 2023.

Dr Jyoti Goel, General Physician, has been appointed as District Secretary of Indian society of Aesthetic Medicine.

Dr Kandamaran Krishnamurthy, Consultant Pediatric- Intensive Care Unit from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados was one of the faculty member in Non-invasive Ventilation workshop during International Pediatric Associate Conference, in February 2023 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Dr Kandamaran has given two posters presentation during IPA

Dr Kandamaran has been elected as “Fellow” of Indian Academy of Pediatrics on recognition of outstanding contribution to pediatrics.

Dr Kandamaran participated as the panellist in the panel discussion on the topic “Global prevention strategies on catheter associated infections”.

Dr. Keerti Singh, lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill campus, Barbados, University of the West Indies, has contributed the following:

Dr Keerti has been elected as:

  1. Representative of the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT), Campus Health and Wellness Committee 2023 – 2024, The University of the West Indies Cavehill Campus, Barbados.
  2. External Examiner for the PhD Anatomy thesis evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chromepet, Chennai, India.

Dr Keerti has done the following public service:

  1. March 29th 2023 – Participated as an invited panelist and delivered a talk on significance of Sharad Navratri in the Hindu Faith, in a Panel discussion “Across the Faiths: A Celebration of the Overlapping Holy Days and Religious Festivals during April 2023” Organized by Mrs Hazel J Burke, Head of the Liberal Arts Department, The Barbados Community College, Moderator Rev’d Canon Noel Burke, venue: liberal arts auditorium, 4-6:30 pm EST.
  1. March 10th 2023 – Delivered a Childhood cancer awareness talk and presented awards to students at the Lester Vaughan School as a part of Optimist Club of Barbados North, Youth Appreciation week activities and Launch of Childhood Cancer Campaign project. 15 students were awarded for their achievements in academic, sports and co-curricular activities. 9-10. Am ECT.

Dr Pawan Kumar Singh has been conferred with Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery by Fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons (FIAGES).

Dr Premkumar Balachandran, Senior Consultant Minimal Access, Bariatric and Robotic Surgeon at Chennai has been appointed on the editorial board of “International Journal of Advance Robotic & Innovative Surgery” and take care of the hernia and AWR section.

Dr Balachandran delivered a faculty lecture on ” Peritoneal sac preservation technique in e tep ventral hernia repair” in the “Abdominal wall reconstruction surgeon’s community (AWRSC) bi annual conference “Deep Impact 2024” in New Delhi March 23. He was also the core committee member and south zone coordinator for the same.

Dr Balachandran has also been appointed as convenor for FALS Robotic Surgery Board (Fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery), by the IAGES (Indian association of gastrointestinal endo surgeons).

Dr. Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant, Orthopedic Surgeon at New Delhi, has published the following article:

Publications:

  1. Migliorini F, Vaishya R, Bell A, Eschweiler J, Hildebrand F, Maffulli N. Reactive arthritis following COVID-19: current evidence, diagnosis, and management strategies. J Ortho Surg Res 2023; 18, 205. Doi: 10.1186/s13018-023-03651-6
  2. Vaishya R, Misra A, Vaish A. ChatGPT: Is this Version Good for Healthcare and Research? Diabetes Met Synd: Clinical Res and Reviews 2023; 102744. Doi: 1016/j.dsx.2023.102744.
  1. Jeyaraman M, Vaishya R. Attract readers with a Graphical Abstract – The latest Clickbait. J Orthop 2023: 38: 30-31. Doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2023.03.005.

Presentations:

Experienced Researchers’ experience. Supporting & Delivering Research as a Principal Investigator. NIHR and Apollo workshop. 30th March 2023.

Dr S. S. C. Chakra Rao, Member constitution committee WFSA 2016-2024, as a committee member of “World Restart a Heart” has published a short paper in Elsevier, titled “More than 302 million people reached and over 2,200,000 trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide: The 2021 ILCOR World Restart a Heart initiative”.

Dr Tejinder Singh, Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Vice-Principal, Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH), Ludhiana has published the following papers:

  1. Singh T, Gupta P, Dhir SK. Medical education in India: a tale of 50 years Indian Pediatrics April 2023; 60: 308-12

Singh T, Gupta P, Dhir SK. Understanding clinical competence: understanding student assessment. Indian Pediatrics April 2023; 60: 267-271