"The Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department at Ganga Hospital has shared knowledge and experience with visitors from all corners of the globe."
"There are many centres that boast of patients from all over the world. But here at Ganga Hospital, we take pride in also having doctors from across the world"
On the top number of surgeons and countries need to be added 3306 surgeons from 83 countries have visited the unit (as on 4th April, 2025)
Invited article in the Indian Journal of Surgery in the issue on education.
The Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery has been recognized by the National Board of Examinations to conduct the post graduate course in Plastic Surgery leading to the award of the degree DrNB in Plastic Surgery and a two year post doctoral fellowship course in Hand and Microsurgery leading to award of FNB in Hand and Microsurgery. Presently we have been sanctioned four seats in each of these courses every year.
Dr. Anitta Kurian
Dr. Nagul Adhitya M
Dr. Prabhu Shankar
Dr. Abhishek Agarwal
Dr. Sooraj S.A.G
Dr. Sunay G M
Dr. Srinath KiraN
Kuldeep
Ashwin Sitaram
Mithun Joy Deka
This fellowship is a one year fellowship awarded by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University and was started in the year 2011. Certificate of fellowship is awarded by the Medical University after an exit exam.
Dr.Aditya Narashiman
This fellowship is a one year fellowship awarded by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University and was started in the year 2019. Certificate of fellowship is awarded by the Medical University after an exit exam.
Fellowships in Hand and Microsurgery and Trauma Reconstructive Surgery are being offered at Ganga Hospital since 1997.
6 MONTHS FELLOWSHIPS: This is available for both Plastic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons who want to gain basic experience in Hand Surgery and reconstructive surgery in major trauma.
1 YEAR FELLOWSHIPS: This is recommended for Plastic Surgeons and they will be taken through a structured teaching programme, both in the theoretical and practical aspects of Hand and Microsurgery.
The fellowships carry a stipend.
Dr S Raja Sabapathy
Ganga Hospital313 Mettupalayam Road,
Coimbatore - 641 043. India
Ph : 91 422 2485000, Fax : 91 422 2436444
E.mail : rajahand@gmail.com
www.gangahospital.com
Salient Features of the Fellowship :
1. Regular teaching programmes.
2. A well stocked library with running subscriptions of all important international and national journals.
3. Scope for participation and presentation of papers in national and international meetings.
4. Microsurgery Laboratory training as part of the fellowship programme.
Mr. William Dearstyne, Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson, New York and Mr. S. Bose, International Vice President, Asia Pacific Region visited Ganga Hospital on 5th March, 2002 and listened to the presentations of the work of the departments. As a follow-up of their visit, they agreed to the proposal of setting up a Fellowship program jointly by Ganga Hospital and Johnson & Johnson in the field of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery. Rs. 50,000/- was earmarked for every year.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, Vice President, Ethicon and Dr. Raja Sabapathy formulated a scheme whereby two candidates will be selected every year to spend 2 months in the Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore.
Working together, Ganga Hospital and Johnson & Johnson hope that this Fellowship program helps to create centres of excellence in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery in th country.
| Year | Awardees | |
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Awardees for the year 2023 |
Dr. Chandan Kumar Jayswal, |
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Awardees for the year 2022 |
Dr. Saurabh Sharma, |
Dr. Olukeni Ayoade, |
Awardees for the year 2021 |
Dr. Jeremy Bliss, |
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Awardees for the year 2019 |
Dr. Devajyoti Guin, M.Ch.( Plastic Surgery) |
Dr. Thilakshi Upamalika Subasinghe Plastic and reconstructive |
Awardees for the year 2018 |
Dr. Sellakudy Selvaganesh, MBBS, MD, MRCS |
Dr. Sreelesh L.S., MBBS, MS, M.Ch (Plastic Surgery) |
Awardees for the year 2017 |
Dr. Jennifer Wing-Sze Tong |
Dr.Salim All Lahham |
Awardees for the year 2016 |
Dr.K.Elancheliyapallavans |
Dr. Sonia Kukreja Pandey |
Awardees for the year 2015 |
Dr. Kapila Chandana Mendis MBBS, MD (Surgery), MRCS (England) |
Dr. Mir Mohsin, MBBS,MS,MCh |
Awardees for the year 2014 |
Dr. Ritesh Sharma, FRCS, M.Sc., (Ortho. Engg.) |
Dr. Neilakuo Kire. MBBS., MS.(Ortho), |
Awardees for the year 2013 |
Dr. Aditya K. Agrawal |
Dr. Binita Jena |
Awardees for the year 2012 |
Dr. Amit Agarwal |
Dr. Bishal Karki |
Awardees for the year 2011 |
Lt Col Dr. Sanjay Maurya, |
Dr. Vipula Perera, |
Awardees for the year 2010 |
Dr. Nikhil Shrikrishna Panse |
Dr. Nirajan Prasad Parajuli |
Awardees for the year 2009 |
Dr. Gayan Ekanayake MBBS., MS. |
Dr. Srinivasan Rajappa., MBBS., MS(Ortho)., DNB(Ortho) |
Awardees for the year 2008 |
Dr. Nisha Barot DNB, M.Ch |
Dr. Sajal Halder MS, M.Ch |
Awardees for the year 2007 |
Dr. Roshan Kumar Bhandari MS FNB |
Dr. Stuart Enoch Ph.D, MRCS.Ed., MRCS.(Eng) |
Awardees for the year 2006 |
Dr. Akif Muhtar Ozturk MD |
Dr. M Markandeyulu Mantrala |
Awardees for the Year 2005 |
Dr. Prashant Tyagi MS(Gen), M.Ch(Plast) |
Dr. Syed Faizal Ms(Gen),M.Ch(Plast) |
Awardees for the Year 2004 |
Dr. Thilak S. Jepagnanam D. Orth, MS Orth |
Dr. Yuri Agnel Roque Dias - Amborcar Ms., DNB(Plastic), DNB(General Surg), Mch |
Awardees for the Year 2003 |
Dr. Imran Ahmed MS M.Ch Lecturer |
Dr. Chandini Perera MS Consultant Plastic Surgeon |
Awardees for the year 2002 |
Dr. Aditya Aggarwal M.S., .Ch., D.N.B., |
Dr. B.C. Ashok M.S., M.Ch., D.N.B., |
To apply please send your CV, list of 2 referees with a passport size photograph to Dr S Raja Sabapathy, Director Ganga Hospital, at rajahand@gmail.com
Carl Zeiss, the pioneers in the manufacture of Operating Microscopes collaborates with thought leaders around the world in setting up training centres. The visit of Mr. Ven Raman, in 2000 paved the way for the setting up of the Ganga Microsurgery Training Institute. Both of us are happy over the outcome of the venture. Stimulated by the success, Carl Zeiss has come forward to sponsor two fellowships every year. The selected candidates will spend 8 weeks in the Department taking part in all clinical and academic activities of the unit. Each Fellowship is worth Rs 50,000, making it the most valued Fellowship in the field in the country. We sincerely hope that these educational initiatives would nurture talent and help produce leaders in the field. The Fellowships start from 2003.
| Year | Awardees | |
|---|---|---|
Awardees for the year 2024 |
Dr. Sheikh Sarfraz Ali |
Dr. Tufan Singh Kathayat |
Awardees for the year 2020 |
Dr. Brahman Sivakumar |
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Awardees for the year 2019 |
Dr.Ruchit Khera, MBBS, D.Ortho., DNB (Ortho) |
Dr. Mohd Hanifah Bin Jusoh, MMED, MBBCh |
Awardee for the year 2018 |
Dr. R. Mohamad Rachadian Ramadan, M.D., BMedSci |
Dr. Satish Annabhau Mane, MS (Ortho) |
Awardees for the year 2017 |
Dr. Reuben De Sousa |
Dr Mohamed Faizal bin Hj Sikkandar |
Awardees for the year 2016 |
Dr. Amit Jadhav |
Dr. Horacio J. Gonzalez Moccia |
Awardees for the year 2015 |
Dr Brijesh Mishra, MS, MCh, DNB, FICS |
Dr Satyajit Sahu, |
Awardees for the year 2014 |
Dr. Swaroop J. T M.Ch ( Plastic) |
Dr. Chaitanya Karande Patil, M.S. (Ortho), |
Awardees for the year 2013 |
Mr. Sam Norton |
Dr. Nandini. RConsultant Plastic Surgeon, |
Awardees for the year 2012 |
Ms. Helena van Dam |
Dr. M. Kingsly Paul, |
Awardees for the year 2011 |
Dr. Alvaro H. Rodriguez, |
Dr. Samrat K Taori, M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (Ortho.) |
Awardees for the year 2010 |
Ms. Sharmila Jivan |
Dr. Abhijeet L. Wahegaonkar MBBS;,D.Ortho(Hons);DNB(Ortho),M.Ch(Ortho) |
Awardees for the year 2009 |
Dr. Niranjan Bista MS(Gen) |
Dr. Jerker Brandt, MD., Ph.D |
Awardees for the year 2008 |
Lt. Col.(Dr) Vijay Langer |
Dr. Joan Arakkal D.Ortho.,FRCS |
Awardees for the year 2007 |
Lt. Col.(Dr) Tejinder S Bhatti |
Dr. Thomas Giesen MD |
Awardees for the year 2006 |
Dr. Rodrigo Tanus |
Dr. Sumita Shankar |
Awardees for the year 2005 |
Dr. Dammika Abeywickrama Dissanayake MS |
Lt Col Manmohan Singh MS M.Ch |
Awardees for the year 2004 |
Dr. Alphonsus Chong |
Dr. T. Ayyappan MS M.Ch DNB |
Awardees for the year 2003 |
Dr. Yogesh C.Bhat MS (Gen) M.Ch (Plastic) |
Dr. Anil K. Bhat MS (Orth) DNB (Orth) |
To apply please send your CV, list of 2 referees with a passport size photograph to Dr S Raja Sabapathy, Director Ganga Hospital, at rajahand@gmail.com
Mr. Bruce Bailey, Retired Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital , United Kingdom passed away in April 2001. He was responsible for training many Plastic Surgeons from India including Dr S Raja Sabapathy. He opened the windows of opportunities for many young surgeons from our country. In the memory of this great man "Bruce Bailey Traveling Fellowship" was set up by Ganga Hospital . Bruce visited India many times and loved it. It is felt that setting up a Fellowship to enable a British Trainee visit our unit for a period of 6 to 8 weeks is a good way to keep the memory of the great man alive. It surely will build bridges between the two countries to mutual advantage. The Fellowship is recognized and announced in the newsletters of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand for the information of the interested candidates.
| Year | Awardees |
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Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2021 |
Miss Shan Shan Jing, MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCS (Eng) |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2019 |
Major Johann Jeevaratnam RAMC |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2018 |
Dr. Jeremy N Rodrigues BSc(Hons) MBChB(Hons) MRCS MSc |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2017 |
Mr. Nicholas G Rabey |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2015 |
Rebecca Anna Shirley BSc, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS(Plast), |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2014 |
Mr. Nikolas Jagodzinski, MBChB,, MRCS, PGCert, FHEA |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2013 |
Ms. Roba Khundkar |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2012 |
Mr. Adam Sierakowski |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2011 |
Mr. Dominic Furniss DM MA. MBBCh., MRCS. |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2010 |
Mr. Philip Mathew |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2009 |
Mr. Adam Blackburn, |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2008 |
Mr. Steven Lo, |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2007 |
Dr. Peter Russel |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2005 |
Dr. Patrick Gillespie MA, BM BCh, FRCS (Plast) |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2004 |
Mr. Raj Ragoowansi MSc FRCS |
Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2003 |
Mr. Bert Oelbrandt |
First Bruce Bailey Fellow - 2002 |
Mr. Roderick Dunn DMCC, FRCS, FRCS (Plastic) |
To apply please send your CV, list of 2 referees with a passport size photograph to Dr S Raja Sabapathy, Director Ganga Hospital, at rajahand@gmail.com
The Department of Plastic, Hand and Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore and Synthes, Asia Pacific Region have jointly started an educational initiative of training fellowships in the Department. The selected Fellows will spend 6 – 8 weeks in our department and will also undergo one week of Microsurgical Lab course at the Ganga Microsurgery Training Institute.
The Candidates selection is on an international basis and they could be Plastic Surgeons or Orthopaedic Surgeons interested in Hand and Trauma Reconstructive surgery. We consider that it would be ideal for candidates, who have completed their formal basic training and have some work experience in institutes or any private sector with adequate infrastructure. It will also be useful for 'mid career' surgeons.
| Year | Awardees | |||
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Year 2023 |
Dr. Morgane Pottier,
Dr. Axel Alfredo Murillo Carcamo,
Dr. Sangay Wangmo,
Dr. Pawan Kumar Dixit, |
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Year 2022 |
Dr. Oren Michaeli,MD,
Dr Randil De Alwis,
Dr. Ram Mohan R.,
Dr Raghav Shrotriya |
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Year 2021 |
Dr. Lakshmi Palukuri,
Dr. Shaikhan Nasser
Dr. Aluvaala Eliud Seme,
Dr. Dina Aprilya, MD |
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Year 2019 |
Dr. Shashank Chauhan, MS M Ch
Dr. Boutras Farhat
Dr. Angelica Lee Real
Dr. Karakawa Ryo |
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Year 2018 |
Dr. Abdurezak Ali Mohammed, MD,
Dr. P. Jeyakumar, MS, D.Ortho, Mch (Plastic Surgery),
Dr. Krishnan Srinivasan, MBBS, DNB General Surgery, DNB plastic surgery,
Dr. Otgon Ochirpurev, |
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Ganga Hospital - Synthes Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery
| Year | Awardees | |||
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Year 2016 - 2017 |
Dr. Sunil Gaba, MS, M.Ch(Plastic Surgery)
Dr. Soum Ratha,
Dr. Yong-June Kim, B.Sc, MD,
Dr. Huyen Thi Thanh Tran, |
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Year 2015 - 2016 |
Dr. Dechporn Putthiwara, MD,
Dr. David James Graham, MBBS, FRACS, FA (Ortho)
Dr. Sumit Agrawal, MBBS, Ms (Ortho)
Dr Vijay Jaganathan MS MRCS DNB MCH DNB, |
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Year 2014 - 2015 |
Dr. Hayato Kuno, MD,
Dr. Budhi Nath Adhikari Sudhin, MS (General Surgery), M Ch (Plastic Surgery),
Dr. Devi Prasad Mohapatra, MBBS, MS (Gen. Surg.) M.Ch (Plastic Surgery)
Dr. Ugyen Thinley, MBBS, |
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Year 2013 - 2014 |
Dr. Iryna Harbuzaniak, DM, Staff Physician (Specialist)
Prof. Sheeja Rajan T.M., MBBS, MS, DLO, M.Ch, DNB,
Prof. Maksud Devale, MBBS, MS, M.Ch (Plastic Surgery), DNB (Plastic Surgery)
Dr. Tin Tun Aug, MBBS, M.Med. (Ortho), |
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