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Dr. Narottam Puri, MBBS, MS, FICS, FIAMS, Adv. Diploma in Hospital Administration

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Mr. Glenn Sergius

Ms. Kelly Meloche

Her Excellency, The Consul General of India,

Mrs. Preeti Saran

Mr. Ronjon Lahiri,

Director, India Tourism, Toronto

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan

Director, Health System Planning & Research Branch

Ontario Ministry of Health

Ms. Ann Kaplan

President & CEO,

Medicard Finance

Mr. Nadeem Ismail,

Director, Health System Performance Studies & Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.

Ms. Janet Walker,

Adjunct Professor, UBC

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Mr.Pradeep Thukral,

Executive Director,

Indian Medical Travel Association®

Ms. Kelly Meloche,CEO

International Health Care Providers Inc.

Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed,

President & CEO

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Prof. K. Ganapathy

M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D

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Ms. Asha Luthra

President

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Mr. Hari Boolchandani

Head, International Patient Services,

Max Healthcare, India

Mrs. Suja Isaac

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Soukya International Health Centre

Dr. K . Ravindranath

M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.)

Chairman & Managing Director

Global Hospitals, India

Dr. Sajan K Hegde

M.S. (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery,

Fellow Spine Surgeon (France), Fellow Spine Surgeon (Germany) Fellow Spine Surgeon (Switzerland)

Consultant Spine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India

Medical Advisory board member:

Surgical Tourism Canada

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Dr. A.K Venkatachalam, FRCS, M.Ch Orth, MS Orth, DNB Orth

Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon

Dr.Venkatachalam acquired his MS in Orthopedics from one of Asia’s busiest orthopedic institutes, The Central Institute of Orthopedics at Safdarjang hospital, New Delhi. His interests in Joint replacements took him to the UK where he gained extensive training at some of the best hospitals as a specialist registrar. These include Alderhey hospital, Addenbrooke’s hospital, Royal Liverpool hospital etc. He acquired post graduate qualifications from India and the UK. In the UK he got a sound exposure in all super specialties like Joint replacements, revision surgery, arthroscopy, spinal surgery, pediatric orthopedic surgery, hand and foot surgery and trauma.

He has been working as a consultant in private hospitals in India and abroad for the last twelve years. His teaching appointments include the post of an assistant Professor at the Chettinad medical college, Tamil nadu, India. He is presently a consultant in orthopedics & Assistant professor at the Chettinad health city, a super specialty hospital. This hospital has state of the art infra-structure and equipment. He treats patients from India and abroad. He has headed research and development for a company in the orthopedic implant industry.

His current interests are joint replacements of hip knee & shoulder. He is a proponent of less invasive & minimal invasive surgery He has pioneered flexible knee replacements, Oxinium & Oxford knees in Chennai & South India. He offers THR, Proxima Hip replacement, hip resurfacing, Birmingham Hip resurfacing & large diameter metal on metal hip replacements. He has extensive experience in treating acetabular and pelvic fractures. His articles have been published in newspapers like The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, Woman’s era etc. He contributes articles to several news, papers, journals and magazines. He has been interviewed by British TV Channel 4, CNN IBN & Indian channels for his experience in treating overseas patients. He participated at the International medical tourism Expo in London, June 2006

Academic achievements-

Twelve publications in international journals like The Foot, Orthpaedics international

Two dissertations

Twenty international courses and symposia