Vattikuti Foundation sets up knowledge-sharing body for joint replacement surgeons

Bengaluru New Delhi June 6, 2019 : At a time when over 15 crore Indians face knee and hip joint problems and one in four needs urgent joint replacement surgeries, Detroit-based non-profit Vattikuti Foundation, has set up a knowledge-sharing body for surgeons specializing in the area.

The Joint Replacement Surgeons Council of India, as the body is called, will offer experienced practicing orthopedic surgeons a forum to exchange knowledge on advanced techniques. As for young surgeons, it will provide them with a variety of digital resources so as to significantly upgrade their joint replacement skills to be accomplished robotic surgeons.

Explains Dr Mahendra Bhandari CEO, Vattikuti Foundation, “We have conceived Joint Replacement Surgeons Council to bring knowledge creators together and to move towards evidence-based medicine."
He pointed out that “Vattikuti Foundation has played a significant role in evangelizing robotic surgery for soft tissue ailments in India by providing fora for surgeons for learning from global experts, training themselves and sharing their expertise with other surgeons.”

“Vattikuti Foundation is proud to have trained over 300 robotic surgeons in India by bringing in 150 mentors from outside the country in the last 10 years”, said Dr Bhandari who also serves as director of Robotic Surgery Education and Research at Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA.

The Detroit-Michigan based Foundation has acted as a catalyst in fuelling the growth of robotic surgery in the last one decade by helping surgeons to become accomplished in the new technology. Many Indian surgeons have created robotic surgery procedures that have been adopted by surgeons world-wide. It has awarded one-year Vattikuti fellowships to nearly 50 specialist surgeons with post graduate qualifications in surgery so far. The Vattikuti fellows master robotic surgery under the mentorship of an experienced surgeon in a hospital as part of this fully paid fellowship.

Now through the Joint Replacement Surgeons Council in India, Vattikuti Foundation plans the replicate the success of Robotic Surgeons of Council, continuing its relentless focus in this key area.