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FELLOWSHIP REPORTS

Report on the United Kingdom

Trip of the ISAKOS Upper Extremity

Traveling Fellowship 2013

November–December 2013

Dr. Sedeek Mohamed Sedeek
MBBCH, MCH Ortho, FRCS Ireland

Orthopedic Surgery Consultant,
Al Ahly hospital, Alexandria, EGYPT

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Introduction:
Pilgrim Hospital
As I wanted to see more surgery in the upper extremity Pilgrim Hospital was opened in 1976 to replace a number
sports subspeciality. I was selected by ISAKOS to do the
of small hospitals. It has a 24-hour major Accident and
Upper Extremity Traveling Fellowship. I chose to go to Pilgrim Emergency Department and all main specialties. The hospital
Hospital in Boston in the United Kingdom.
has recently undergone extensive redevelopment. The
General information:
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics is a busy unit

Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east with consultants specializing in all areas of the body, The
orthopedic sports medicine surgery program includes the
coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough entire spectrum of sport and arthroplasty surgery problems
of Boston local government district. The borough had a total
population of 64,637 at the 2011 census, whilst the town with a variety of experiences in this branch, there is also a
busy sports medicine clinic especially for shoulder and knee
itself had a population of 35,124 at the 2001 census. It is due
north of Greenwich on the Prime Meridian.
cases.

Hosts:
Boston’s most notable landmark is St Botolph’s Church (The

Mr. Prabhakar Motkur
Stump), with one of the highest towers in England visible in
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
the flat lands of Lincolnshire for miles.

Interests: Shoulder and upper limb surgery, sports-related
injuries, shoulder, elbow and wrist arthroplasty, hip and knee.

Mr. Dipak Raj

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Interests: Knee and hip replacement, ACL reconstruction,

soft tissue knee problems, patello-femoral joint instability,
upper limb trauma.

Mr. Rajiv Deshmukh

Consultant (Trauma and Orthopaedics)
Interests: Upper limb, knee, intra-articular fractures

Fellowship Planning:

I started to plan for the fellowship after I have been selected

by the ISAKOS for this fellowship. I contacted many centers
in the United Kingdom and finally I chose Pilgrim hospital
as it was the most convenient choice for my fellowship

program and for the whole circumstances as well. Afterwards,
I confirmed the fellowship planning details with Pilgrim

Hospital HR department, the consultants at the hospital and 01
the ISAKOS office. Subsequently, I managed to finalize the

itinerary and I informed everyone of it. Lastly, I booked plane
tickets and accommodations.

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