Dr. J. Clement Joseph M.S.

Orth
Orthopaedic Surgeon Sports Injury & Arthroscopy, Ortho-One - Orthopaedic Speciality Center 657, Trichy Road, Coimbatore 641005 C-3, Suguna apartments, 56 SNR st, Papanaickenpalayam Coimbatore - 641 037 Email : clementorth@yahoo.co.in Phone : 98423 85055, 0422-4389896

Curriculum vitae

Career Objective
To achieve good experience and training in arthroscopy and sports medicine and thereby to provide quality care for sports injuries.

Training in Arthroscopy & Sports medicine

Fellowship in Arthroscopy & Sports medicine under Dr. David V. Rajan - Arthroscopy & Sports Injury Clinic, GKNM hospital - an ISAKOS approved teaching center. Observership in Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine Singapore General Hospital, Nov - Dec 2006 AE - fellowship in arthroplasty under Dr Peter Kirschner and Dr. Peter Lutz, Mainz, Germany, Nov 2007 Observership - Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine under Dr. Alvin Jaeger, Frankfurt, Germany, Nov, 2007

Education
MBBS Chengalpattu Medical College MS Ortho - Kilpauk Medical College, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University

Professional Memberships
Life Member, Indian Arthroscopy Society Life Member, Indian Orthopaedic Association Life Member, Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association

Research & Publications

Is ACL reconstruction only for athletes? A study of the incidence of meniscal and cartilage injuries in an ACL-deficient athlete and non-athlete population an Indian experience . International Orthopaedics. Oct 2006 Posterior Capsular tightness in volleyball players presented at National Conference, Indian Arthroscopy Society, 2005 - Best Poster award SHOULDER - AT - RISK - a study on internal rotation deficit in volleyball players presented in National conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association - Best Scientific paper of the session. Biomechanical analysis of two different tibial fixation methods for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using soft tissue grafts. An experimental study in sheep knees. Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, vol 21, 2008 A cadaveric experiemental methodology for the evaluation of performance of intramedullary nails in tibia and femur - accepted for publication in Trends in Biomaterials and artificial organs Contributed a chapter on Meniscus surgery - Upcoming Liverpool textbook of orthopaedics]_ Co-author with Dr. David V. Rajan. Contributed chapters on Meniscus surgery and Medial Collateral ligament injuries - upcoming edition, Textbook of orthopaedics, G.S. Kulkarni. Ed. Co-author with Dr. David V. Rajan. Cystic lesions in acromion in a case of post-traumatic AC joint arthritis. J.Orthopaedics. 2006/3/3/e4 .

Paper Presentations
Combined ACL and PCL injuries - OASIS Conference, 2003 Single stage Combined ACL & PLCL reconstructions, IOA conference, 2003 PCL reconstruction - why and how ? - our experience, Taminadu Stae Orthopaedic Conference 2004 Injury progression in ACL deficient knees in athletes and Non-athletes - TNOA, 2006 Microfracture Chondroplasty in Osteochondral lesions of Talus - TNOA 2006, Co-author Prospective comparison study between MRI & arthroscopy in shoulder pathology TNOA 2006, Co-author Presentations in Coimbatore Orthopaedic Society Focal Chondral deficits - arthroscopic management Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis Ganglion cyst of Shoulder - arthroscopic management Pigmented villonodular synovitis of ankle TFC injury of wrist - arthroscopic management PCL augmentation with semitendinosus - technique Vascular injury during PCL reconstruction - management with synthetic vascular graft.

Other Presentations
The female athletic triad. Indian association of Sports medicine conference, Chennai Sports Injuries - Prevention and Management - National Meet on Physical education, Coimbatore, 2005 Shoulder Injuries - Indo Australian Meet on Sports, Sports Authority of India, Bangalore, Shoulder in Sports - IFSM meet, New Delhi, 2005 Evaluation of Injured Knee - CME, Pariyaram, Kerala The Sports Shoulder - Shoulder Course 2006, Coimbatore, India Meniscus surgery, IAS regional meet, Coimbatore, India Clinical Examination of shoulder, IAS regional meet, Coimbatore, India

Current Activities
Screening of Shoulder injuries in Cricket and Tennis players Dance Injuries in Bharatanatyam

References
Dr. David V. Rajan 657, Trichy Road, Coimbatore arthroscopy_india@yahoo.co.in Dr. K. Vinodh 657, Trichy Road, Coimbatore docvin@vsnl.com

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Dr. J. Clement Joseph