AADO Scholarship 2008
A Report on the International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR) 11th Biennial Conference
California, USA, 13-16 July 2008

It is a report from Dr. Murakibhavi Vijayakumar G, one of the successful applicants of AADO Scholarship 2008, who attended the International Society for Fracture Repair (ISFR) 11th Biennial Conference in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA on 13-16 July 2008.

I the undersigned, attended International society for Fracture Repair ( ISFR ) 11th biennial conference, 13th to 16th July 2008 at South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.

First of all I thank the secretary AADO and other concerned office bearers for selecting me for the 2008 scholarship. I also thank the funding agency Stryker.

I reached Reno, Nevada on 12th July 2008 at about 7:30 PM and halted there as suggested by ISFR officials. On the next day 13th July 2008, I reached South Lake Tahoe in the afternoon and attended the whole meeting till 16th July 2008.

Dr. Vijayakumar (right) in Welcome Reception [ CLICK TO ENLARGE ]

Conference's Reception Counter [ CLICK TO ENLARGE ]

On 13th July 2008, immediately after the registration at 2:30 PM, I attended the pre-meeting symposium on ‘Osteoporosis and the myth of Colles’ which was made very interesting by speakers like Amy Ladd, Amy Hoang-Kim, Antonio Moroni, Aneor Sowyer and Stefen Goemacre. There was a warm welcome reception between 6 and 7 PM.

On 14th July 2008, symposium on ‘Osteoporotic drugs and fracture healing’ was quite beneficial. David Marsh’s talk on ‘Fracture healing in Osteoporosis’ was very informative. There were very good papers by research oriented people. I had a nice chat with these people. Infact this is the first conference where I saw clinicians, researchers, statisticians and manufacturers were there on one platform. Symposium on ‘Publish or perish’ was though provoking. It really made me think about publishing papers and how to do that. Symposium on ‘Complications in fracture healing’ was very nice. There were good papers on ‘Osteoporosis and fracture healing’. There was a good poster session where many papers were presented from all over the world.

ISFR Conference Venue
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On 15th July 2008, symposium on ‘Use of BMP’s and bone graft substitutes in clinical practice’ was very interesting. The talk by David Hak, on ‘BMP use in clinical practice’ was useful. Symposium on ‘Managing hip fractures in Osteoporotic patients’ was too good. The talk by Thomas Moroni on ‘When and how to fix’ was interesting. Paper presentations on basic science really took me to the basics. The Presidential guest lecture by A. Hari Reddy on ‘BMP’s and fractures: From repair to regeneration’ was enlightening.

Dr. Vijayakumar at Gala Dinner [ CLICK TO ENLARGE ]

Dr. Vijayakumar (right) at Gala Dinner [ CLICK TO ENLARGE ]

On 16th July 2008, there were good papers on biomechanics, clinicals and basic science. I met many young research scientists and PhD people from many countries. Overall I had a nice opportunity to gain a lot of information on fracture repair from wide variety of people coming from all over the world.

Once again I thank AADO, for giving me this opportunity.

Dr. V.G.Murakibhavi. (695)
13 August 2008