Eligibility Criteria

Applicant should have completed medical postgraduation in Orthopedics with D.Ortho/ MS/ DNB or equivalent qualification from a recognized institute.
Applicants must be a Life member of Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) to apply for this fellowship.
Age Criteria for application is < 45 years as on 31st December of the application year.
Applicant can apply for a maximum of three IOA fellowships at a time.
Any member who has availed an IOA foreign fellowship in the past, is not eligible to apply again.

Minimum Education

The IOA Arthroplasty Fellowship program is offered by Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) for exclusively only for their life members.
This fellowship is sponsored by IOA to enable the selected candidate to visit and work at the Arthroplasty centre outside the country for a period of one to two weeks.
The Foreign fellowship committee will arrange the Center for attachment, accommodation for the duration of the fellowship and economy class airfare.
The selected fellow will be required to arrange his own the visa and medical insurance.
The Age Criteria for application is < 45 years as on 31st December of the application year.

Last date for applications is 31st October every year
After uploading the online application link, all attachments must be scanned in PDF format and sent as a Zip File to IOA’s official email id.
Communication only via e-mail will be entertained.
Any wrong information furnished will automatically disqualify the application.
The result will be uploaded on the IOA website in December month.
A member will be selected for only one foreign fellowship. Any member who has availed an IOA foreign fellowship in the past, is not eligible to apply again.

Attachment 1: Curriculum Vitae
Attachment 2: Passport page containing the photograph
Attachment 3: Degrees (D.Ortho/ MS/ DNB/ Other)
Attachment 4: First page of all publications in IJO / Indexed Orthopaedic Journals (for more than one label as 4a, 4b, 4c,……)
Attachment 5: Certificates of paper presentation in State, National and International Conferences (label as 5a, 5b, 5c…..)
Attachment 6: Certificates of awards
Attachment 7: Certificates of Fellowships