Master Course in Shoulder and Knee

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Master Course in Shoulder and Knee

17^th, 18^th & 19^th September 2026

Overview

Dear Colleague,

Greetings from the Indo-German Orthopaedic Foundation!

When two AO stalwarts, Prof. Siegfried Weller and Prof. Dr. P. V. A. Mohandas, came together with a visionary idea to create a common platform that would empower young orthopaedic surgeons across the world, the Indo-German Orthopaedic Foundation (IGOF) was born in 1992. Rooted in a shared commitment to learning, collaboration, and excellence, the Foundation has grown steadily over the decades.

What began as an educational initiative has evolved into a movement shaping surgeons to meet the demands of modern orthopaedic care.

I am delighted to invite you to a three-day academic fest, IGOF Master Course in Shoulder and Knee, from 17^th, 18^th & 19^th September 2026. The programme integrates advanced shoulder and knee surgery with sports medicine, followed by evidence-based rehabilitation and physiotherapy. The course reinforces a fundamental truth that our work is complete not at the final suture, but when patients regain ease of movement and confidence in daily life.

This event promises to be a remarkable blend of youth and experience as delegates in the field of orthopaedics from across the globe gather to share their knowledge and expertise.

I look forward to welcoming you in person to the healthcare capital of India, Chennai.

With warm regards,

Dr. Prithvi Mohandas

Secretary, IGOF

Venue

IGOF
4/112, Mount Poonamallee Road,
Manapakkam, Chennai - 600 089, India.

IGOF Co-ordinator:

Ms. Lorraine Satur
Mob: +91 7708063651
Email: enquiry@igof.in

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Programme Schedule

Day 1: Thursday, 17^th September 2026
Shoulder, Knee - Physio, Rehab and Prehab Sessions

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKERS
8:00am - 8:20am	Registration
8:20am - 8:30am	Introduction
8:30am - 9:42am	Session I: Shoulder Injuries	Chairpersons: Dr. Vibishek Raj, Dr Dinesh Choudary & Mr. K Christober
8:30am - 8:42am	Shoulder Rehabilitation Exercise with Kinematic Biofeedback after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair - Integrated Rehabilitation Program	Ms. A Shanthi Dass
8:42am - 8:54am	How to get back patients to their normal activities after Reverse Shoulder Replacement	Mr. Ravikumar Arul
8:54am - 9:06am	Natural History of Partial Rotator Cuff Tear	Dr. Karu Shanmuga Karthikeyan R
9:06am - 9:18am	Role of Post operative Deltoid Muscle Stimulation after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair	Ms. M Swetha
9:18am - 9:30am	Use of AI and Automated Monitoring and Managing Upper Limb Sports Injuries	Mr. Babu Sampath
9:30am - 9:42am	Shoulder Subluxation and Dislocation - A Comprehensive Review!	Ms. Logavarshini R
9:42am - 10:40am	Session II: Workshop
9:42am - 10:20am	Activation through Strength - Advanced Scapular Rehabilitation	Ms. A Shanthi Dass
10:20am - 10:32am	Clinical Examination of Shoulder - How to get it Right	Dr. Senthilvelan R
10:32am - 10:40am	From 0/5 to Back to Work: Power of Tailored Rehabilitation, An Upper Limb Recovery Journey From Severe Weakness To Full Functional Independence	Dr. Chinju Babu
10:40am - 10:50am	Tea Break
10:50am - 11:30am	Session III: Shoulder & Scapular Injuries	Chairpersons: Dr. Bheeshma B, Dr. Sista Raghuram & Ms. S Jayapriya
10:50am - 11:02am	Scapular Dyskinesia and Shoulder Pain - Diagnosis and Management	Mr. R Karthikeyan
11:02am - 11:15am	Role of Micronutrients in Sports Injury	Ms. Shiny Surendaran
11:15am - 11:27am	The connection Between Good Posture and Shoulder Well Being - What it is & Why it matters?	Dr. Geetha Hari Priya G A
11:27am - 11:30am	Back to beyond the Routine after Shoulder Surgeries - Milestone's of MIOT
11:30am - 12:15pm	Session IV: Workshop
11:30am - 12:15pm	Back in the Game - Comprehensive Return to Sports Assessment and Management after Shoulder Instability Surgery	Mr. D Earnest Paul
12:15pm - 1:00pm	Session V: Basic Knee Arthroscopy	Chairpersons - Dr. Hariharan Selvam, Dr. Dorai Kumar & Mr. M Karthick
12:15pm - 12:25pm	Role of ACL Prehab- Getting the knee ready for Arthroscopic Surgery	Mr. Indria Priyan
12:25pm - 12:35pm	Current concepts of Advanced ACL Reconstruction Rehabilitation Protocol - An Overview	Mr. G Bhuvanesh Kumar
12:35pm - 12:45pm	Role of Muscle Stimulation in Restoring Quadriceps Strength Following Knee Ligament Surgery	Mr. R.B Ijaj Rahman
12:45pm - 12:55pm	Return to sports testing protocol Following ACL Reconstruction - Overview	Mr. K Aravind Kumar
12:55pm - 1:00pm	Discussion
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm	Session VI: Knee Ligament Injuries - Management and Guidelines	Chairpersons: Dr. Chinju Babu & Dr. Alle Naga Harshavardhan Reddy
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Concentric and Eccentric exercises in knee injuries - When, Why and How?	Ms. S Angel
2:10pm - 2:20pm	Usage of Blood Flow Restriction Techniques in Restoring Quadriceps Muscle Bulk in Chronic Knee Injuries	Mr. E Praveenkumar
2:20pm - 2:30pm	Rehabilitation following PCL/Multiligament Reconstruction - How is it different from ACL Rehab?	Mr. Suresh Franklin
2:30pm - 2:40pm	Patellar and Quadriceps tendinopathy - Assessment and Treatment Stratergies	Mr. Earnest Vijay
2:40pm - 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45pm - 3:30pm	Session VII: Ankle Injuries	Chairpersons: Dr. Rashaad Rahman & Ms. Malathy
2:45pm - 2:55pm	Advanced management of Common Foot Pathologies	Mr. G Bhuvanesh Kumar
2:55pm - 3:05pm	Strengthening Peroneal Muscles key in Ankle Instability - What is the science behind it?	Ms. M Shivani
3:05pm - 3:15pm	Achilles Tendinopathy - Physiotherapy Treatment Stratergies	Mr. Earnest Vijay
3:15pm - 3:25pm	Bridging the Gait: Biomechanics, Orthotics and Rehabilitation in foot drop	Dr. Chinju Babu
3:25pm - 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Session VIII: Knee Workshop
3:30pm - 4:15pm	Knee and Ankle Taping	Mr. Thirumoorthi G Subburaj
4:15pm - 5:00pm	Current concepts of Return to Sports Testing and Techniques	Mr. T P Vallaban
5:00pm - 5:10pm	High Tea

Day 2: Friday, 18^th September 2026
Shoulder Programme - Theme: Visual Learning - Shoulder Concepts Simplified

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKERS
8:00am - 8:30am	Session I: THE GREAT DEBATE The Perfect Solution for Irrepairability: Biological Augmentation versus Lower Trapezius Transfer	Chairpersons: Dr. Ayyappan Nair, Dr. Ramakanth R, Dr. Christos Koukos & Dr. Loiy Alkhatib
8:00am - 8:10am	Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer Is My Choice	Dr. S R Sundararajan
8:10am - 8:20am	Biological Augmentation is My Go To Option	Prof. Yong-Girl Rhee
8:20am - 8:30am	Verdict
8:30am - 9:28am	Session II: Bony Defects in Anterior Shoulder Instability Relive Surgeries	Chairpersons: Dr. Debashish Mishra, Dr Vinay Kumar Pandey & Dr. Kamarulzaman Bin Haji M.S Kadir
8:30am - 8:38am	Humeral Avulsion of the Glenohumeral Ligament Repair	Dr. Loiy Alkhatib
8:38am - 8:46am	Relive Arthroscopic Latarjet: Step-by-Step Technical Mastery	Dr. Ayyappan Nair
8:46am - 8:54am	Relive - Congruent Arc Latarjet	Dr. Amit Joshi
8:54am - 9:02am	Relive Iliac crest is available and Lets use it!	Dr. Girinivasan C
9:02am - 9:10am	Relive Open Latarjet - Still the Gold Standard	Dr. Sunit Hazra
9:10am - 9:28am	Discussion
9:28am - 10:00am	Session III: Posterior Shoulder Instability - Pearls Relive Surgeries	Chairpersons: Dr. Loiy Alkhatib, Dr. Ranarjit Panigrahi & Dr. Bhupesh Karthik
9:28am - 9:36am	Relive Paralabral Cyst Decompression Labral Repair - Pearls	Dr. Prakash Ayyadurai
9:36am - 9:44am	Relive Posterior Instability and Reverse Hill Sachs - Technical Detailing	Dr. Sarthak Patnaik
9:44am - 9:52am	Relive Arthroscopic Bony Bankart Repair	Dr. Ramakanth R
9:52am - 10:00am	Discussion
10:00am - 10:30am	INAUGURATION
10:30am - 11:10am	Session IV: Shoulder Replacement 2026: Precision, Performance and Progress	Chairpersons: Dr. Christos Koukos, Dr. Karthikraj Kuberakani & Dr. Priyadarshi Amit
10:30am - 10:38am	APC in Failed Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty	Prof. Yong-Girl Rhee
10:38am - 10:46am	Optimising deltoid tension in RSA	Dr. Senthilvelan R
10:46am - 11:00am	Management of Glenoid Defects in Shoulder Replacement	Dr. Karthikraj Kuberakani
11:00am - 11:10am	Discussion
11:10am - 12:00pm	Session V: From Transfers to Biologics: Management of Massive Cuff Tears: Relive	Chairpersons: Dr. Sivaraman B, Dr. Prakash Ayyadurai & Dr. Vineeth Abraham
11:10am - 11:18am	Relive Subacromial Balloon Spacers in Massive Rotator Cuff Tears	Dr. Bhupesh Karthik
11:18am - 11:26am	Relive Lower Trapezius Transfer for Restoration of External Rotation	Dr. Karthikraj Kuberakani
11:26am - 11:34am	Relive Fascia Lata - Still the go to Option	Dr. Bhupesh Karthik
11:34am - 11:42pm	Relive Synthetic Augmentation in Massive Rotator Cuff Repair	Dr. IPS Oberoi
11:42pm - 12:00pm	Discussion
12:00pm - 12:30pm	4 papers - 5 min presentation + 2 min discussion MOHANDAS-WELLER GOLD MEDAL AWARD	Chairpersons: Dr. Ramprasad J & Dr. Sunil D Magadum
12:30pm - 1:30pm	HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:15pm	Session VI: Wake up call: Mind bending cases to keep you alert 6 cases by faculties - 5 minutes each followed by discussion	Chairpersons: Prof. Yong-Girl Rhee, Dr. Sunit Hazra, Dr. Girinivasan C & Dr. Sista Raghuram Presenters: Dr. Prakash Ayyadurai, Dr Tirth Vyas, Dr. Debashish Mishra, Dr. Rajsirish S, Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey & Dr. Vineeth Abraham
2:15pm - 3:10pm	Session VII: Additional Arsenal to Conquer Massive Cuff Tears: Relive	Chairpersons: Dr. Christos Koukos, Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey & Dr. Tirth Vyas
2:15pm - 2:23pm	Massive rotator cuff tears - Pre-operative Decision factors	Dr. Loiy Alkhatib
2:23pm - 2:31pm	Relive Muscle Slides for Massive tears	Dr. Ayyappan Nair
2:31pm - 2:39pm	Relive Thinking out of the box - Subscapularis Tears	Dr. Priyadarshi Amit
2:39pm - 2:47pm	Relive Arthroscopic Transosseus Cuff Repair	Dr. Satish Sonar
2:47pm - 3:05pm	Relive Arthroscopic Patch Augmentation	Dr. Appu Benny
3:05pm - 3:10pm	Discussion
3:10pm - 3:55pm	Session VIII: Learn, Ask, Do - Shoulder Mastery Simplified	Chairpersons: Dr. Sivaraman B, Dr. Ayyapan Nair & Dr. Chetan Nagaraj
3:10pm - 3:18pm	Relive 270 Degree Labral Tear - Arthroscopic Repair	Dr. IPS Oberoi
3:18pm - 3:26pm	Relive Arthroscopic Pectoralis Minor Release and Scapulopexy	Dr. Chistos Koukos
3:26pm - 3:34pm	Relive Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty - Cuff Tear Arthropathy	Dr. Senthilvelan R
3:34pm - 3:42pm	Surgery Shoulder Resurfacing - My Take On It	Dr. Debashish Mishra
3:42pm - 3:50pm	Return to sports after latarjet for Anterior Shoulder Instability	Prof. Yong-Girl Rhee
3:50pm - 3:55pm	Discussion
3:55pm - 4:32pm	Session IX: Musings on Trauma from Modern Day Masters: Relive	Chairpersons: Dr. Vinay Kumaraswamy, Dr. Saseendar Shanmugasundaram, Dr. Vijay Kumar Sahu & Dr. Kamarulzaman Bin Haji M.S Kadir
3:55pm - 4:03pm	Relive Arthroscopic Calcific Deposit Management	Dr. Sivaraman B
4:03pm - 4:11pm	Relive Management of Adhesive capsulitis with Transarterial Embolization	Dr. Karthikeyan Damodharan
4:11pm - 4:19pm	Relive Arthroscopic AC Joint Reconstruction	Dr. Ranarjit Panigrahi
4:19pm - 4:27pm	Relive Arthroscopic Greater Tuberosity Fixation	Dr. Satish Sonar
4:27pm - 4:32pm	Discussion
4:32pm - 5:00pm	Session X: Level Up: Uncovering Secrets Shoulder: Relive	Chairpersons: Dr. Christos Koukos, Dr. Debashish Mishra & Dr. Rajsirish S
4:32pm - 4:39pm	Relive - Arthroscopic Patch Augmentation - Technique Made Easy	Dr. Sarthak Patnaik
4:39pm - 4:46pm	Relive - Arthroscopic Biceps SCR	Dr. Saseendar Shanmugasundaram
4:46pm - 4:53pm	Relive - Arthroscopic Double Row Cuff Repair	Dr. Chetan Nagaraj
4:53pm - 5:00pm	Relive - Arthroscopic Pan Labral Repair	Dr. Vinay Kumaraswamy
5:00pm - 6:00pm	HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

Day 3: Saturday, 19^th September 2026
Knee Programme

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKERS
8:00am - 9:00am	THE GRAND ORTHOPAEDIC QUIZ	Moderator: Dr. R Mahesh Karthik
9:00am - 9:30am	MY WORST CASE	Moderators: Dr Christos Koukos & Dr. Santosh Sahanand
9:00am - 9:05am	Case I	Dr. Rajesh Bhalla
9:05am - 9:10am	Case II	Dr. Suresh Perumal
9:10am - 9:15am	Case III	Dr. Saravanan M
9:15am - 9:20am	Case IV	Dr. Neeraj Srivastava
9:20am - 9:25am	Case V	Dr. Jagadeesh P C
9:25am - 9:30am	Discussion
9:30am - 10:00am	Relive Surgery I - Rectus Femoris Graft Harvest and ACL Reconstruction Relive Surgery II - Lateral Extraarticular Tenodesis - Modified Lemaire/Ellison Relive Surgery III - ACL Reconstruction With Biobrace	Dr. Saseendar Shanmugasundaram Dr. Ranajit Panigrahi Dr. Sridhar Gangavarapu Moderators: Dr. Suresh Perumal & Dr. Rajat Jangir
10:00am - 10:45am	Session I - Current Concepts in ACL Reconstruction	Chairpersons: Dr. Rajesh Bhalla & Dr. Neeraj Srivastava
10:00am - 10:08am	Perfect ACL Reconstruction - Are we there yet in 2026?	Dr. Pradeep Kumar
10:08am - 10:16am	Why does a ACL Reconstruction fail? Are we too close to the Tree?	Dr. Raghavendra Kembhavi
10:16am - 10:24am	Arthroscopic ACL Avulsion Reattachment - "Jaipur Technique"	Dr. Rajat Jangir
10:24am - 10:32am	ACL Graft Augmentation - Journey From Autograft to Biological Graft	Dr. Sarthak Patnaik
10:32am - 10:40am	Complications during ACL Reconstruction - How to Recover?	Dr. Sridhar Gangavarapu
10:40am - 10:45am	Discussion
10:45am - 11:15am	Relive Surgery IV - Meniscus Repair in Resource Limited Setting - How I Do It? Relive Surgery V - Ramp Lesion Repair Relive Surgery VI - Radial Root Tear - Meniscal Centralization	Dr. Amit Joshi Dr. Purnachandra Tejaswi Dr. Gustavo Socorro Moderators: Dr. Raghavendra Kembhavi & Dr. Saseendar Shanmugasundaram
11:15am - 12:10pm	Session II - Recent Advances In Meniscus Repair	Chairpersons: Dr. Sandeep T George & Dr. Rajat Jangir
11:15am - 11:23am	Management of MCL in Knee Dislocation - Primary Repair or Reconstruction?	Dr. Santosh Sahanand
11:23am - 11:31am	Complex Meniscus tears - repair or resect? What does the evidence say?	Dr. Anshu Shekhar
11:31am - 11:39am	Why identifying Ramp lesion and its Repair important in ACL Reconstruction?	Dr. Rajesh Bhalla
11:39am - 11:47am	Discoid Lateral Meniscus Tear - Principles of Repair	Dr. Suresh Perumal
11:47am - 11:55am	Innovative and Cost effective techniques to repair meniscus - The Indian Way!	Dr. Nandipalli Akhilesh Kumar N
11:55am - 12:00pm	Discussion
12:00pm - 12:10pm	Relive Surgery VII - Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) Surgery	Dr. Santosh Sahanand
12:10pm - 12:20pm	Relive Surgery VIII - Dynamic MPFL Reconstruction	Dr Christos Koukos
12:20pm - 12:30pm	Relive Surgery IX - Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)	Dr. Rajat Jangir Moderators: Dr. Gustavo Socorro & Dr. Sridhar Gangavarapu
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Paper Session 2: 4 - paper presentation (5 mins P + 2 mins Q) MOHANDAS-WELLER GOLD MEDAL AWARD	Moderators: Dr. Ramprasad J & Dr. Sunil D Magadum
12:30pm - 1:00pm	HANDS-ON WORKSHOP	Dr. Raj Kanna, Dr. Hariharan Selvam & Dr. Alle Naga Harshavardhan Reddy
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm	Session III: Cartilage Restorative Surgery/Patellar Procedures - Final Frontier	Chairpersons: Dr. Saravanan M & Dr. Pradeep Kumar
1:30pm - 1:38pm	Management of Cartilage Lesions - Treatment Algorithm	Dr. Arun Kumar KV
1:38pm - 1:46pm	Indications and Technique - Mosaicplasty	Dr. Gustavo Socorro
1:46pm - 1:54pm	Minced Cartilage - Technique and Current Evidence	Dr. Krishna Kumar
1:54pm - 2:02pm	Cartilage Scaffold (Hyalofast) - Operative Technique and Literature Review of Outcome	Dr. Ashok Selvaraj
2:02pm - 2:10pm	Future of Cartilage Restorative Procedures - Where are we headed?	Dr. Samundeeswari Sassendhar
2:10pm - 2:15pm	Discussion
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Relive Surgery X - Arthroscopic PCL Reconstruction Relive Surgery XI - PLC Reconstruction - Modified Larson/Laprade Relive Surgery XII - MCL Reconstruction - Laprade/Lindt Technique	Dr. Vikram Arun Mhaskar Dr. I Geethan Dr. Shanavas KP Moderators: Dr. Krishna Kumar & Dr. Akshay Dhanda
2:45pm - 3:30pm	Session IV: Complex procedures made Simple	Chairpersons: Dr. Amit Joshi & Dr. Arun Kumar KV
2:45pm - 2:53pm	Revision ACL Reconstruction - Single Stage or Two Stage: When and How?	Prof. Nitin Mehta
2:53pm - 3:01pm	Principles of PCL reconstruction - Does Double Bundle Reconstruction still have a Role?	Dr. Jagadeesh P C
3:01pm - 3:09pm	Root Repair - To centralise or not, that is the Question	Dr. Sandeep T George
3:09pm - 3:17pm	PLC reconstruction - Which is Better? Modified Larson or Laprade Technique	Dr. Neeraj Srivastava
3:17pm - 3:25pm	Role of Interventional Radiology in Knee Arthritis	Dr. Karthikeyan Damodharan
3:25pm - 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30pm - 4:10pm	Relive Surgery XIII - Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy Relive Surgery XIV - Distal Femoral Osteotomy Relive Surgery XV - Root Repair With HTO Relive Surgery XVI - Bucket Handle Medial Meniscus Tear Repair	Dr. Ashok Selvaraj Dr. Anshu Shekhar Dr. Nitin Mehta Dr. Akshay Dhanda Moderators: Dr. Jagadeesh P C & Dr. Akhilesh Kumar N
4:10pm - 5:00pm	Session V: Joint Preservation with Osteotomies	Chairpersons: Dr. Purnachandra Tejaswi & Dr. Anshu Shekhar
4:10pm - 4:18pm	Importance of Preoperative Planning in Knee Osteotomies	Dr. Shanavas KP
4:18pm - 4:26pm	Cruciate Reconstruction with High Tibial Osteotomy	Dr. Ashok Selvaraj
4:26pm - 4:34pm	Osteotomies post Malunion Tibia - How to plan and prevent surprises?	Dr. Saravanan M
4:34pm - 4:42pm	Anterior Slope Changing Osteotomy - Why Correction of slope is Important?	Dr. I Geethan
4:42pm - 4:50pm	How to avoid complications in Osteotomy Surgery? How to tackle Complications?	Dr. Vikram Arun Mhaskar
4:50pm - 5:00pm	Discussion
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Felicitation, Distribution of Prizes, Vote of Thanks

TNMC CME Credit Hours Awarded

The Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has awarded CME credit hours for the IGOF Master Course in Shoulder & Knee 2026.

Participants: 6 CME Credit Hours

Speakers: 7 CME Credit Hours

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For any assistance or if you require further information, please contact the IGOF Coordinator, Ms. Lorraine Satur, at +91 77080 63651 / E-mail: enquiry@igof.in