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Maneesh Bhatia steps up for EFAS Travelling Fellowship

Our congratulations go to Maneesh Bhatia, who has been awarded the 2009 EFAS/DJO Travelling Fellowship to America. The Award is available to applicants who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for seven years or less. Mr Bhatia is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary in the UK and is a member of BOFAS and BOA.
 
We caught up with Maneesh Bhatia as he was preparing to leave for the US. He will be sending us a report for our next issue, and is obviously thrilled to be chosen. “I am so pleased that I have been selected for the EFAS/DJO Travelling Fellowship to the USA. As a newly appointed consultant it gives me an excellent opportunity to visit three centres of excellence in Foot and Ankle surgery. I feel that this experience is invaluable and I am really looking forward to the trip.”  

Mr Bhatia will visit James W. Brodsky MD at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas; Robert B. Anderson MD at OrthoCarolina Foot and Ankle Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina and Prof. Judith Baumhauer, MD, at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.

Mr Bhatia is the fourth Foot & Ankle specialist to benefit from the EFAS/DJO Travelling Fellowship Grant which was established in 2007. The first two European members to visit the USA were Peter Bock and Stefan Hofstaetter. Last year, Viktor Anosau was the first Eastern European EFAS member to be awarded the EFAS/DJO Travelling Fellowship and visited three leading foot and ankle centres in Western Europe.

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