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Dr. Bose will be donating his services to perform one hip resurfacing a year at no charge. The candidate will pay for the remainder of the hospital cost plus lodging, meals and travel expense. The estimated out of pocket cost for a candidate will be approximately $7,450 US ($8,950 normally) plus meals and incidentals

DAST International will also assist the candidate by providing the names of several hotels that have reduced rates for your stay following surgery in India. The Apollo Hospital will make all your arrangements, a candidate just needs to book their own flights. The candidate will be picked up at the airport provided transportation to and from the hotel and the hospital.

Dr. Vijay C. Bose graduated from Madras Medical College in 1990, having secured the Lt. Col. Thayumunusamy gold medal in orthopaedics from the college during the final year. After completion of postgraduate studies (M.S Orthopaedics) from the university of Mangalore and D.NB (Orth) from the national board of examination, he gained practical experience in orthopaedics by working in various private institutions in India. He worked as Registrar in Apollo Hospital, Chennai and in Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore. In 1995, he commenced subspecialty training in hip surgery at Birmingham U.K where he worked closely with Dr. Derek McMinn and Dr.Ronan Treacy the inventors of the Metal on metal hip resurfacing prosthesis for young people with hip arthritis. During his training in Birmingham he completed the M.Med.Sci trauma course from the University of Birmingham.

Later he did advanced training at Liverpool in shoulder surgery with Prof. Simon Frostick and Dr.Peter Brownson. During his stay there, he secured the MCh (Orth) qualification from the university of Liverpool and the FRCS (Orth) qualification from the Joint University Examination board of the United Kingdom. He successfully brought the new orthopaedic innovation of hip resurfacing surgery to south Asia for the first time in may 2000. He has also brought expertise in the nascent field of arthroscopic shoulder surgery to south India.

Dr. Vijay C. Bose presently works as consultant hip and shoulder surgeon at Apollo Specialty Hospital in Chennai and provides a referral-based service for complex joint problems. He has delivered numerous guest lectures and performed live surgical demonstrations in hip and shoulder surgery all over India. He is part of the Asia Pacific hip resurfacing lead group and travels frequently to the Asia pacific countries to help local surgeons in hip resurfacing.

Dr. Bose conducted the first Asia-pacific conference on Birmingham Metal on metal hip resurfacing in March 2003 at Apollo Specialty Hospital. In addition, he frequently conducts many hip and shoulder CME programmes at Chennai. Recently he has introduced the bone conserving shoulder resurfacing procedure again for the first time in India at Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai.