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Academic Department

Orthopedics

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Head of Department

Dr. Vikas Ananda Deshmukh

Professor & Head.

About the Department

Department was established in 1984 and headed by many pioneers of orthopaedics since then.Initially it was just a sub specialty of general surgery and now it is been evoluted till the present status of super specialty with continuous and unending devotion to the field by the staff members.Since 1984 it was just undergraduate teaching school and within a short span in 1991 we were honored with post graduation courses.Recently in January 2007 we were again honored by increasing one seat each of MS and Diploma course.The department is proud to posses the most experienced senior faculty who have been working for the last 3 decades or more and also the young dynamic Associates and Assistant professors.The faculty has been updating themselves by undergoing various courses & hands on skills, programs, which helps them to run with the present orthopaedic scenario worldwide.Better late than never, since last few years we are also oriented to the research and conducting it successfully in our department.The postgraduates well structured training programs has resulted in 100% success rate of Post Graduate exams in last many years.It is the first department to introduce the OSCE evaluation at departmental level, to prepare our undergraduates for higher competitive entrance tests.The department runs apart from routine orthopaedic work specialty surgeries like joint replacement, spine surgeries, trauma service and deformity correction surgeries.We also treat neoplasm by hands in hand with our proud oncology & radiotherapy department.

Our Vision

To ensure latest updated modalities of investigations and treatment in the field of orthopaedics.

To ensure deformity free society in the peripheral areas by searching, counseling and treating the needy.

Our Mission

To avail access and familiarization to all UG and PG students in modern orthopaedic procedures and treatment methods to ensure acute trauma life support with advanced trauma center.

To avail all types of specialized surgeries in orthopaedics including arthroscopy, spine, joint replacement, complicated high velocity trauma with recent instrumentation in our department.

To continue to conduct social health camps reaching to the society at their places and the renowned Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by Govt .Of India

To avail services of full-fledged physiotherapy and rehabilitation department and orthotics and prosthetics department.

Objectives

Prompt diagnosis and management of patients.

To develop more specialized clinics like spine clinic, arthroscopy & arthoplasty clinic , rheumatology clinic which are already in function

Minimally invasive surgeries.

Less hospital stay, zero infection rate.

Prevention of nosocomial infections.

Continue social service including children screening, awareness camps for calcium deficiency and osteoporosis and treating all of them.

To ensure making an undergraduate with good sound understanding of orthopaedics as a specialty including trauma and cold orthopaedics .

To give the society competent orthopaedic surgeons with thorough and latest updated knowledge in the field.

Teaching Methodology

  • Integrated Teaching
  • Small group discussion
  • Early clinical exposure
  • Problem based learning
  • Evidence based learning
  • Seminar by the student
  • Community oriented Teaching
  • By ensuring participation in conferences /CME’s/CNE’s/CPEs /Workshop
  • Visit to other centers and health care institutions
  • OPSE/OSCE
  • Debates , quiz, attending conferences, /CMEs
  • Interdisciplinary interaction
  • Research integration
  • One minute preceptorship