World Orthopaedic Concern

WORLD ORTHOPAEDIC CONCERN *AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ORTHOPAEDIC EDUCATION AND* *CARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES*
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Delegates at the first WOC meeting,
Oriel College, Oxford, September 1973.

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(2) Orthopaedic Problems in the Newer World - Commonwealth Foundation Lecture Tour 1970

World Orthopaedic Concern International Members: 1999 to 2002

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World Orthopaedic Concern : An Outline

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World Orthopaedic Concern is an international society for orthopaedic education in developing countries. Its terms of reference are to improve the standard of orthopaedic and reconstructive surgery in the tropics and subtropics, mainly by education of medical students, doctors and paramedical personnel in economically poor countries. In 1970 Professor R.L. Huckstep, who was at that time the Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, was asked by the Commonwealth Foundation of London to make an extensive four month tour around the world to assess orthopaedic services in developing countries. In his report entitled `Orthopaedic Problems in the Newer World' which was published in 1970 (see Commonwealth Foundation Report - Orthopaedic Problems in the Newer World) he advised that a seminar be held in Oxford in September 1973 to discuss his recommendations for improving the treatment of the estimated 40 million untreated crippled patients in the Third World. He suggested that this seminar should be attended by representatives from the developed and developing countries. Mr John Chadwick, then Director of the Commonwealth Foundation and Mr Duncan Guthrie of Action Research, both in Britain, agreed to sponsor such a meeting. Mr Arthur Eyre-Brook, President of the British Orthopaedic Association, Dr Alan McKelvie, an orthopaedic surgeon from Washington, and Professor Ronald Huckstep (subsequently Professor of Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of New South Wales in Sydney) drew up a list of 39 delegates. These delegates, who were mainly senior orthopaedic surgeons from 17 countries, were invited to attend a three-day meeting at Oriel College, Oxford in September 1973 (Illustrated). At this meeting, a report of which was published by the Commonwealth Foundation in 1974, Dr Kanda Pillay agreed to raise further funds for a further conference in Singapore in 1975. At this second meeting which was Chaired by Dr Pillay, the name World Orthopaedic Concern was suggested, and this was ratified at a third meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, in September 1977.

Over the years World Orthopaedic Concern has become regionalised and we now have active groups in Singapore (for South-East Asia), Australia, USA, Canada, India, UK, France (for the French speaking region), Germany (for the German speaking region), Spain (for the Spanish speaking region), Netherlands, South America, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Korea and Portugal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria. We are continually developing new regions.

Membership is through the regional Secretariats, or through the Secretary General if there is no region. Each region is responsible for its own subscription and financial affairs and a list of these regions is at the end of this letter. The current membership fee is Australia A$30, U.K. £45 per year or U.S. $100.00. Details can be obtained from the Regional Secretariat for the appropriate currency.

Applications will be entered on our computer in Singapore members receive our International Newsletter which is printed and distributed from Singapore. Our Newsletter editor is always pleased to receive brief reports of activities, appropriate suggestions and comments, and indeed any news of relevance to the aims and objectives of World Orthopaedic Concern.

Our basic tenet remains that Orthopaedic Surgeons are best trained in their own countries with their own available facilities and with patients suffering from prevailing orthopaedic and traumatic problems. Occasionally, on completing their training and after a year or two of practice in their own environs, a relatively brief visit to recognised orthopaedic centres in the more developed world is helpful, and we have had some success with this. While the establishment of major orthopaedic training schemes in developing countries is often beset with major political and other problems, and many of our attempts although pursued vigorously have unfortunately failed, there are a number of successes. These are due largely to the efforts of individual orthopaedic surgeons, and while there are usually great problems to overcome, it is surprising what can be achieved with persistence.

The role of individual members of WOC varies considerably. The most common role is that of a surgeon-teacher in a hospital or clinic. Other roles are that of a lecturer of students, as a coordinator of allied health professional programs, or simply as a sponsor.

Our methods are four in number:

1. Training Orthopaedic Residents, General Surgeons, General Duty Medical Officers, medical students and allied health personnel in their own country or a country with similar problems where they will encounter those disease patterns which will confront them in their own countries.
2. The Orthopaedic Surgeons who complete their training in their own country assisted by W.O.C. will eventually become the teachers for the next generation and pioneers who have developed their subject and become leaders in their community.
3. In certain developing countries where the need is particularly acute, a succession of volunteer teachers can often be sent to augment and support the training programs.
4. Once a program is well established, it should be phased out so that the former trainees themselves can take over further instruction and assume leadership.

We are anxious to maintain a cadre of surgeons who have worked in the developing areas and the Secretary-General is particularly anxious to hear both from those who would like to work abroad, and from those in the developing countries who may have suitable teaching opportunities available.

We are affiliated with S.I.C.O.T,, and are recognised as a non-government organisation (NGO) by the World Health Organisation.

We are developing a relationship with the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO). This will greatly enhance our teaching presence in the rehabilitation field.

How does one join World Orthopaedic Concern? Fill out the application and send it to your local Secretariat or to the Secretary-General if there is no local secretariat. You will be notified of the dues necessary and placed on the mailing list. Allied health professionals are welcome as associate members and should complete the same application.

How does one participate? One participates by working with the regional programs. If no programs are available to coordinate with your schedule, one could participate with the programs of another region and work through them.

Financial donations are also needed to maintain programs and to provide needed supplies.

PATRONS

Baroness Ryder of Warsaw

Mr Vee King Shaw

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President Mr Kenneth Tuson k.tuson@nuffield-woc.freeserve.co.uk President Elect Dr S Rajasekaran apoatrauma2003@dishnet Vice President Dr Dennis Gates orthogates@aol.com Secretary General Dr Ger Olijhoek golyhoek@hotmail.com Treasurer Mr Stephen Wood skwchf@compuserve.com Editor Mr Michael Laurence mlaurenc@netcomuk.co.uk Registered Office 3 Mount Elizabeth No. 03-01 Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Singapore 0922 Secretariat Office 147 Periyar E.V.R. Road Madras 600 010, India

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PAKISTAN Prof. Syed Muhammad Awais Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Pakistan 8 Golf Lane G. O. R.-1 Lahore Pakistan Phone: 92 42 9200913 Fax: 92 42 6374466 e-mail: smawais@wol.net.pk GERMANY Dr. Michael Fakharani Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Germany Max-Saume-Str. 30 D-28327 Bremen Blockdiek Germany Phone: 49 421 47575 or 256920 Fax: 49 421 473399 or 2574864 e-mail: fakharani@aol.com Togo with sponsorship from the Karl Stortz Company. EAST AFRICA Dr. Prakash Heda Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern East Africa P. O. Box 61777 Nairobi Kenya Phone: 254 2 727462 Fax: 254 2 749393 e-mail: heda@futurenet.co.ke AUSTRALIA Prof. William Cumming Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Australia Associate Professor University of New South Wales 50 Montgomery Street Kogarah NSW 2217 Australia Phone: 61 (0)2 9587 4166 Fax: 61 (0)2 9587 3553 e-mail: wcumming@ozemail.com.au Tongo, Fiji, Indonesia, PNG, Vietnam, as well as Uganda. WOC Australia has just put out their 2001 CD ROM from their website, http://www.worldortho.com JAPAN Prof. Tomihisa Koshino Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Japan Dept. of Orthopaedics Surgery Yokohama City Univ. School of Medicine 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku Yokohama 236-0004 Japan Phone: 81 45 787 2655, 2654 Fax: 81 45 781 7922 e-mail: koshino@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp SPAIN *Prof. Rodrigo C. Miralles* Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Spain Hospital Sant Joan P.O Box 466 43080 Reus Tarragona Spain Phone: 34 77 313542 Fax; 34 77 323690 e-mail: NETHERLANDS Mr. Ger Olijhoek Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Netherlands Jan Van Goyenstraat 12 6814 KP Arnhem Netherlands Phone: 31 26 3514270 Fax: 31 26 4450175 e-mail: golyhoek@hotmail.com FRANCE *Prof. Alain Patel* Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern France Hospital Raymond Poincare 104 Rue Paymond Poincare 92380 Garches France Phone: 33 14 710 7700, 01 Fax: 33 14 710 7703 e-mail: alain.patel@rpc.ap-hop-paris.fr UNITED KINGDOM Mr. H.D.W. Powell Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern, UK Old Fox Cottage Heath End Road Great Kingshill Bucks HP15 6HS UK Phone: 44 (0) 1494 713176 Nepal, Malawi, Zambia, Southern Africa, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Indonesia. CANADA Dr. Alan Giachino Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Canada 206-1929 Russell Road Ottawa, Ontario K1G 4G3 Canada Phone: 613 738 0965 Fax: 613 738 1197 e-mail: giachino@rogers.com Uganda, Cuba, Haiti and Nigeria.	ITALY Dr. Pasqualina Calogero Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Italy via San Maurizio di Monti 15B Rapello (GE) Italy Fax: 39 103 622790 INDIA Dr. S. Rajasekaran WOC India Ganga Hospital Swarnambika Layout Coimbatore 641 009 India Phone: 91 422 235050 Fax: 91 422 232652 e-mail: rajaorth@md3.vsnl.net.in 15 training sites within India, from Delhi to Chennai. PORTUGAL Dr. Antonio Pinto DeMatos Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Portugal RUA 19 No 364 4500 Espino Portugal BANGLADESH Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Bangladesh Trauma Center Road 15, House 17, Dhanmondi R.A. Dahka - 1205 Bangladesh Fax: 880 2 814388 e-mail: hqtrauma@dhaka.agni.com UNITED STATES Ms. Nancy Kelly Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern United States Orthopaedic Overseas Washington Station, P. O. Box 65157 Washington D.C. 20035-5157 USA Phone: 202 296 0928 Fax: 202 296 8018 e-mail: n.kelly@hvousa.org Bhutan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Banepa, Nepal, Kathmandu, Peru, the Philippines, St. Lucia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Vietnam. KOREA Prof. Myung-Sang Moon, FRCS Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Korea Shi-Bum Apt. 14-105 Yoe-Ee-Do-Dong 61-3 Young-Dung-Po-Ku Seoul 150-010 Korea Phone: 82 2 780 5387 Fax: 82 2 785 6065 NIGERIA Dr. Francis Owosina, FRCS Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Nigeria P. O. Box 2211 Mushin Lagos Nigeria Phone: 234 1 4937 036 Fax: 234 1 4733 036 e-mail: aowosina@yahoo.com SINGAPORE Dr. V. Kanda Pillay Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern, Southeastern Asian Activities 3 Mount Elizabeth 03-04/05 Mount Elizabeth Medical Center Singapore 228510 Phone: 65 8342834 Fax: 65 8342844 e-mail: ortho@pacific.net.sg Indonesia, the Philippines and Makassar, India. HUNGARY Dr. Gyogry Szabo Regional Secretary World Orthopaedic Concern Hungary Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University Medical School of Pecs 7643 Pecs Ifjusag Str 13 Hungary INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ORTHOPAEDIC EDUCATION 6300 North River Road, Suite 300 Rosemount IL 60018-4263 Phone: 847 318 7349 Fax:847 318 7339 e-mail: icoe@aoassn.org

Honorary Members

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Prof. R.L. Huckstep

Dr. K.T. Dholakia

Dr. B. Sankaran

Dr. R. de Morneffe

Mr. JN Wilson

Dr. W.R. Beetham

Prof. Naoichi Tsuyama

Dr. Kanda Pillay

Dr. Thamrongrat Keokarn

Dr. Andrew C. Ruoff

Dr. Paul Spray

Dr. Alvin J. Buhr

Mr. Geoffrey Walker

Dr. Ronald Garst

Dr. Garry Hough, III

Professor T.K. Shanmugasunderam

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