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Indian Orthopaedic Association

• President, Central Zone of IOAOrganising Chairman, CEZCON 2022, Bhopal2022–23
• President, MP State Chapter of IOA2014–15
• Executive Committee Member, IOA2009–12
• Hon. Secretary (three terms), MP State Chapter of IOA2000–03

National Association of Interlocking Surgeons (NAILS)

• Past National President, NAILS
• Organising Chairman, NAILSCON 2019 (19th national conference), Bhopal2019
• Organising Secretary, NAILSCON 2009, Khajuraho2009

Other societies and journals

• Past President, MP Teachers’ Association
• Executive Member, Bhopal Orthopaedic SocietyFrom 1995 (as of 2018)
• Organising Secretary, Workshop on Interlocking Nail System, Bhopal1995
• Co-organising Secretary and Chairman, Scientific Committee, Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine, Bhopal1995
• Editorial Board, Orthopaedic Journal of the MP Chapter of IOA1994–97
• Executive Committee Member, Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association1991–93
• Treasurer, JIPMER Scientific Society1990–91

Qualifications

• MBBS, S.S. Medical College, RewaBest graduate of 1979–80, with nine gold medals1980
• MS (Orthopaedics), PGI Chandigarh1982–84
• DNB (Orthopaedics), National Board of Examinations1989
• MCh (Orthopaedics), University of Liverpool, UKThesis on percutaneous autologous bone-marrow grafting in ununited long-bone fractures1996

Posts

• House Surgeon, Orthopaedics, S.S. Medical College, Rewa1981–82
• Demonstrator, Orthopaedics, S.S. Medical College, Rewa1982
• Junior Resident, Orthopaedics, PGI Chandigarh1982–84
• Medical Officer, Orthopaedics, BHEL Hospital, Bhopal1984–85
• Registrar, Orthopaedics, AIIMS, New Delhi1985–88
• Trueta Fellow, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK1988
• Pool Officer, Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi1989–90
• Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, JIPMER, Pondicherry1990–92
• Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, Gandhi Medical College & Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal1992–95
• Specialist Registrar, Orthopaedics, UKArrowe Park (Wirral), Fazakerley, Royal Liverpool University, Whiston and Chester Royal Infirmary1997–99
• Associate Professor, Orthopaedics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal1999–2010
• Professor & Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal2010
• Senior Orthopaedic Consultant, CMAS Kohefiza Hospitaland Honorary Visiting Professor, Gandhi Medical College, teaching postgraduate studentsAs of 2024

• Dr B. Mukhopadhaya OrationCentral Zone of IOA, CEZCON 2024, Agra
• Dr S.C. Goel OrationCEZCON 2016, Kota
• Dr R.K. Murthy OrationMP State Chapter of IOA, 2017
• Lifetime Achievement Award41st Annual Conference of the MP Chapter of IOA (MPIOACON 2023), Shivpuri
• Best Video PresentationIOACON 2000, Hyderabad
• Best Poster Paper AwardMPCON, Bilaspur, 1995
• First Prizes, Radiology and Pathology QuizzesFRCS (Orth) Basic Science Course, RNOH Stanmore, UK, 1998
• First Prize, Orthopaedic QuizApley’s Orthopaedic Course, Chertsey, UK, 1996
• Joseph Trueta Travelling PrizeNuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
• Nine gold medals in MBBSIncluding the Maharaja Gulab Singh Gold Medal (first in Final MBBS) and the University Gold Medal, S.S. Medical College, RewaThe nine also include the Swami Pranavanand Gold Medal (first in Medicine) and the Tulsa Devi Dusaj Gold Medal (first in Gynaecology & Obstetrics)

Featured in Times Now’s Inspiring Orthopedician of India 2024.

• 30+ years of postgraduate teaching
• More than 60 publications, including papers in JBJS (Br), Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Journal of Hand Surgery (Am) and Injury.

Faculty and courses

• Guest Faculty, IOACON 2017, Indore: Instructional Course Lecture, and Chairman of the symposium on distal humerus fractures2017
• Faculty, Ortho PG Course, Indore2016
• AO faculty, Basic Principles of Fracture Management: Bhopal 2014 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20152014–15
• Faculty, NAILSCON 2015, Kaziranga; guest lectures at IOACON 1998 and PONDICON 2018 (JIPMER)
• Chairman, Ortho National PG Course, Bhopal, 20142014
• Co-Chairman, AO Pre-basic Course, Bhopal2012
• Guide and co-guide for MS (Orthopaedics) theses

Research interests

Trauma and fracture fixation (hip, humerus, femur, tibia, failed nailing) · shoulder surgery · paediatric orthopaedics, including Ponseti clubfoot care · hand surgery · biological bone grafting · joint replacement · bone tumours

More than 60 publications, including papers in JBJS (Br), Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Journal of Hand Surgery (Am) and Injury. A selection indexed in PubMed:

1. 2018Interobserver reliability of Pirani clubfoot severity scoring between an orthopedic surgeon, a resident doctor, and a nonmedical counsellor at a clubfoot clinic. Sharma P, Verma R, Gaur S. Indian J Orthop 2018;52(6):645–650. PubMed 30532306
2. 2017Augmentation plating in management of failed femoral nailing. Verma R, Sharma P, Gaur S. Injury 2017;48 Suppl 2:S23–S26. PubMed 28802417
3. 2016Outcome analysis of locking plate fixation in proximal humerus fracture. Vijayvargiya M, Pathak A, Gaur S. J Clin Diagn Res 2016;10(8):RC01–RC05. PubMed 27656515
4. 2014Triceps tendon avulsion: a rare injury. Sharma P, Vijayargiya M, Tandon S, Gaur S. Ethiop J Health Sci 2014;24(1):97–99. PubMed 24591806
5. 2008Extraosseous aneurysmal cyst in hand: a case report. Sahu A, Gujral SS, Gaur S. Cases J 2008;1(1):268. PubMed 18950488
6. 1995Percutaneous autogenous bone-marrow grafting in congenital tibial pseudarthrosis. Garg NK, Gaur S. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1995;77(5):830–831. PubMed 7559719
7. 1994Synovial chondromatosis of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb: a case report. Malhotra R, Gaur S, Dave PK, Dinda AK. J Hand Surg Am 1994;19(3):460–461. PubMed 8056975
8. 1993Percutaneous autogenous bone marrow grafting in 20 cases of ununited fracture. Garg NK, Gaur S, Sharma S. Acta Orthop Scand 1993;64(6):671–672. PubMed 8291415

Sources: Prof. Gaur’s CV; records of the Central Zone of IOA, the MP State Chapter of IOA and NAILS; the Times Now Inspiring Orthopedician of India 2024 feature; PubMed. Election dates from the IOA Election Notification 2026.