The Prof. PK Surendran Memorial Educational Foundation and Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation is pleased to announce that, beginning with the August 2026 issue, Scientific Scholar has become the publishing partner for the Journal of Orthopaedics.

The journal was previously published by Elsevier. Its title, ownership, sponsoring organizations, ISSNs, aims and scope, editorial leadership, and peer-review process remain unchanged. The Journal of Orthopaedics continues to be an official publication of the Prof. PK Surendran Memorial Educational Foundation and the Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation. Editorial direction, peer review, and final decisions remain under the authority of the Editor-in-Chief and the journal’s sponsoring organizations and are independent of the publisher.

From the August 2026 issue onwards, the journal is published under a gold open-access model, providing immediate access to all articles. New articles are prospectively published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

New journal website: https://jortho.org/
New Manuscript submissions: https://editorialassist.com/joo

Articles published by Elsevier before the transfer will continue to be available through the journal’s archive on ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-orthopaedics/issues) as well as on the new website (https://jortho.org). All articles published from the August 2026 issue onwards are available on the new journal website.

34^th Annual Meet 2026
Date: 14^th June 2026
Venu: GMC ORTHO FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

33^rd Bi Annual Meet 2025
Date: 30^th Nov 2025
Venu: GMC ORTHO FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

32^th Annual Meet 2025
Date: 08^th June 2025
Venu: GMC ORTHO FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

31st Bi-Annual Meet 2024

Date
06th OCTOBER 2024

Venue

GMC ORTHO FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM
CH Cross Road, East Nadakavu, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Gopinathan P, GMC Foundation, west Nadakkavu,
Calicut – 673011, Ph: 09447059014, Mail: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

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30^th Annual Meet 2024
Date: 28^th April 2024
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

29^th Annual Meet 2023
Date: 05^th November 2023
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: +91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

28^th Annual Meet 2023
Date: 23rd April 2023
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: +91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

27^th Bi-Annual Meet 2022
Date: 02^nd October 2022
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

26^th Annual Meet 2022
Date: 08^th May 2022
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673001

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GMC Ortho Trust Hospital
Run by MMC Trust – A Govt. Reg. Trust (Reg No. 198/2016IV)
1/4903A, B, CH Cross Road, East Nadakkavu P.O. Kozhikode – 673011
Phone: 0495 2360014, 2365014, 2765014
Mobile: + 91 94470 59014
Email: gopinathan.p@gmail.com

25^th Biannual Meet 2021 Date: 10^th – 11^th April 2021

Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium,
West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall,
Calicut – 673011

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All About Proximal Humerus Fractures

Date: 16 Feb 2020
Time: 8.30 am to 4.30 pm
Venue: GMC Ortho Trust Hospital Auditorium,
East Nadakkave, CH Cross Road, Near CH Palli,
Calicut – 673011.

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ARTHROCON 2019

International Knee Preservation Symposium 23^rd Annual Meet 2019 Knee Preservation Meet on 16^th – 17^th November 2019

Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium, West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Pall, Calicut – 673011

Pre Conference Workshop on 16th November 2019, 3:30 PM at Malabar Palace, G.H Road, Calicut, Kerala, India.

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Resident Ortho Course Calicut 2018
Conducted by: (ROCC) GMC Ortho Trust & Iqra Hospital
December 29^th & 30^th – 2017 Calicut, Kerala.
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium, West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Palli

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Resident Ortho Course Calicut 2017
Conducted by: (ROCC) GMC Ortho Trust & Iqra Hospital
December 16 – 17 – 2017 Calicut
Venu: GMC Ortho Auditorium, West Nadakkavu, CH Cross Road, Near CH Palli

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ARTHROCON 2017 – International Knee Symposium 20th Biannual Meet, Advances in Knee Arthroscopy on 23rd & 24th September 2017 at Malabar Palace, G.H Road, Calicut, Kerala, India.

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Arthroconsept 2017

23^rd September 2017

4:00 – 4:10 PM: arthroscopic anatomy of knee – Dr Raju k
4:15 – 4:25 PM: surgical anatomy of meniscus – Dr Sibin Surendran
4:30 – 4:40 PM: surgical anatomy of cruciate – Dr Prince Khan
4:45 – 4:55 PM: surgical anatomy of posterolateral corner knee – Dr Anwar MH
5:00 – 5:10 PM: Tips for success in knee arthroscopy – Dr C V Krishnakumar
5:15 – 7:00 PM: Hands on workshop 

24^th September 2017

Knee Topics

08:30 – 08:40 MENISCUS REPAIR – tips and tricks–dr prince Khan
08:40 – 08:50 MENISCUS RAMP LESION – UNDER DIAGNOSED OR OVERKILL – Dr sibin surendran
08:50 – 09:00 MENISCUS ROOT REPAIR –dr namdev
09:00 – 9:10 PLANNING FOR ACL RECON – PLANNING PREVENTS PROBLEMS – dr rajaneesh
09:10 – 09:20 Arthroscopic ACLR– Complication and hurdles during ACL surgery – dr p dharmaratne
09:20 – 09:30 discussion
09:30 – 10:30 live surgery
10:30 – 10:40 GRAFT FIXATION OPTIONS IN ACLR – WHATS HOT, WHATS NOT? – DR VINOD PADMANABHAN
10:40 – 10:50 whats new in ACL RECON? – dr sameer ali
10:50 – 11:00 infected Arthroscopic ACLR – problem and solution? – drpdharmaratne.
11:10 – 11:10 PAEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT ACL TEARS –whats DIFFERENT? dr santosh Sahanand
11:10 -11:20 REVISION ACLR – why I failed? – dr Srinivas
11:20 -11:30 revision ACLR – how I do it? –dr schiller jose
11:30 – 11:40 PCL AVULSION – ARTHROSCOPIC FIXATION – dr roshan wade
11:40 – 11:50 Arthroscopic PCL RECON – what can go wrong during surgery – dr prem kumar
11:50 – 12:00 Arthroscopic ACLR – Global consensus – Dr roshan wade
12:00 – 12:10 discussion
12:10 – 01:10 LIVE surgery
1:10 – 2:00 lunch time
2:00 – 3:10 Live surgery
3:10 – 3:20 corner injuries – how to diagnose? –dr sujith jose
3:20 – 3:30 PLC INJURIES –TREATMENT ALGORITHM– dr Praveen
3:30 – 3:40 PMC INJURIES –when and how to treat? – dr hareesh
3:40 – 3:50 PATELLAR INSTABILITY – PROBLEM AND treatment ALGORITHM- dr Subramaniam
3:50 – 4:00 Discussion
0400-0410: BPTB for ACL RECONSTRUCTION: tips and tricks forsuccess:  Dr CVK
4:00 – 4:10 ACL avulsion injuries – problem and solution – dr tony K
4:10 – 4:20 GRAFT HARVESTING – PERONEAL AND QUADS– dr murugan babu
4:20 – 4:30 GRAFT HARVESTING –BPTB and HAMS DR shanavas
4:30 – 4:40 Multiligament INJURY:  how to approach? – dr Sandeep Vijayan
4:40 – 4:50 MICROFRACTURE, OATS, ACI- SCIENCE OR LUCK? dr rajU K
45:00 – 05:10 discussion
5:10 – 5:20 discoid meniscus – current concepts in management – Dr Anwar MH
5:20 – 5:30 ALL INJURIES – fact or fiction:  dr p gopinathan
5:30 – 5:45 DISCUSSION AND CLOSING remakrs

ARTHROCON 2017 – International Knee & HIP Symposium 19th Biannual Meet, Advanced in Knee and Hip Arthroplasty on 22nd & 23rd April 2017 at Malabar Palace, G.H Road, Calicut, Kerala, India.



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ARTHROCON 2016 – International Knee & Shoulder Symposium 18th Biannual Meet on 25th September 2016 at Malabar Palace, G.H Road, Calicut, Kerala, India.

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-orthopaedics

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International Hip Symposium 17th Biannual Meet on 20th March – 2016 at Malabar Palace,
Calicut, Kerala, India.

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Indian Arthroscopy Society Cordially invites you to “IAS-CONNECT”
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