KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Background History

The Department of Orthopaedics caters to about 400 outpatients daily and has an indoor bed strength of 280. This makes it the single largest department in the hospital, and the largest orthopedic department in the country.

Set up in 1942 as the first dedicated Department of Orthopaedics in India, the services offered are regarded as one of the best in the country.

Manned by an efficient staff, many of whom have obtained further training at some of the finest institutions in the world, the department has earned itself laurels in both the national and international arena. The department regularly produces merit holders at both national and international examinations and is the “Mecca” for orthopedic postgraduate training

Advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, arthroscopy and sports medicine, limb lengthening, complex trauma surgery and pediatric orthopaedics are performed regularly.

Staff

• Faculty
• Resident

Academic Activities

Services Offered

Besides routine trauma and general orthopaedics, the following subspecialty services are available in the department

• Joint replacement (Arthroplasty)
• Spine surgery
• Arthroscopy and sports surgery
• Paediatric orthopaedics
• Advanced trauma surgery.
• Limb lengthening and deformity correction with the Ilizarov method.
• Orthopaedic oncology including limb salvage surgery.
• Shoulder and elbow subspecialty services.

For Student

Surgical Training

MS (Orth)

Each year, top rankers of the State and All India Post graduate entrance exams choose KEM Hospital for post graduate training in Orthopaedics giving credence to the fact that it is one of the best training centers of India.

The department provides training for Master of Surgery (Ortho) which is University degree by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS).

The three year course is recognized by the Medical council of India (MCI). Every year 9 residents are admitted. Please contact office for additional details and selection criteria.

Each resident is expected to complete 6 rotations of 6 months duration in various units in the department. Residents receive supervised training in various aspect of orthopaedics. As the residents rotate in various units, they also receive adequate exposure to sub specialities like arthroplasty, arthroscopy and spine.

Senior Registrar

6 positions of senior registrar are available for students who have completed post graduate training (M.S. Ortho). These are 6 monthly positions and students are selected every months following a interview. The details of application for this position are available at the Orthopaedic office (see Contact Us)

Observership

Those interested in observing surgeries in our OTs are welcome to visit our department as observers. The details are provided here.
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Other

Departmental Library

Location: 6th floor New Building, Orthopaedic office

The departmental library houses around 1500 books related to all sub specialities of Orthopaedics. The books are available for access between 10 am and 4 am.

The library has two computers which have online access to peer reviewed journals via the KEM intranet (see list of journals). Access to online books and teaching material is also available.

KEM Intranet pages on the internet

Request

We request our Alumni to expand the educational resources at our alma mater by donating books and helping us subscribe to more journals. If you wish to help, please write to meenunarasimhan@gmail.com

• Journals

  • List of Journals available on KEM Intranet
  • List of Journals available in the Central Library
  • Comprehensive list of all Orthopaedic journals (Free Ortho website)

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• Books

  UNDER CONSTRUCTION

  A complete list of Books available in the Departmental library will be available shortly

• Online Resources

  Free Ortho

  Orthopaedic Weblinks
  OWL is the largest index of online information for orthopaedic surgeons, residents, nurses, patients, vendors and allied health professionals interested in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology. OWL is a free, web-based resource designed to help you find online orthopaedic information quickly and easily. OWL is also a community of people like you, who strive to provide an authoritative directory of orthopaedics.

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Ortho KEM Alumni

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of Department of Orthopaedic alumni, Past Faculty and residents

Want you name on the Ortho alumni page?

Email your name, address, current position and the year of your joining the department to meenunarasimhan at gmail.com

We also urge you to become members of the G S Alumni Association (GOSUMEC)

Register in the Online GOSUMEC Alumni Database

Application for Alumni Association membership

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