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Sujit Jos is an Indian orthopaedic surgeon credited with thousands of Arthroscopic and Total joint arthroplasty surgeries [1 ]. He is recognised as one of the most experienced surgeons in the field of joint surgeries in South India. He is credited with introducing many cutting edge surgical procedures to the south india states including Arthroscopic Latarjet procedure done for recurrent shoulder dislocation with bone loss, which is one of the most difficult of arthroscopic joint surgeries.

Biography
Sujit Jos was born on 4 January 1976, in Angamaly, in the South Indian state of Kerala. He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from Government medical college, Thiruvananthapuram in 1998. He went for higher studies after qualifying the All India Medical post-graduate examination to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Government medical college, Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, where he obtained Master of Surgery (MS Orthopaedics) in 2003. This was followed by a stint of studies in the United Kingdom where he secured the Membership of Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh (MRCS Edinburgh), followed by MCh degree in Orthopaedics.

Jos did his internship at Government medical college, Thiruvananthapuram in 1998. He did his junior residency in LLRM Govt Medical college, Meerut after which he obtained the post-graduation in orthopaedics there. He did his fellowship in Joint replacements from Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad, under the guidance of Dr AV Gurava Reddy, who has the third biggest number for joint replacements in India. He obtained his advanced training in Revision Arthroplasty from Belgium (ZNA Middleheim, Antwerp) with Carl Brabants and Dr Peter Mertens. He is certified by AO foundation, Switzerland in advances in Operative fracture management and by American Heart association in Basic life support and Basic trauma life support

Awards and Recognitions
Sujit jos who specialises in Joint corrective surgeries, has been awarded Gold medal for best video presentation at Kerala orthopaedic association state annual conference. Dr Jos was awarded first in the quiz competition of Kerala orthopaedic association in 1999. He has been the executive committee member of Kerala orthopaedic association - IT secretary, and is actively involved in the proceedings and academical work of the association in the past two decades. Dr Jos is an executive committee member of Cochin orthopaedic society and has held various posts including IT secretary and treasurer. He has been Instructor for AO foundation training programs for Operative fracture management and advances in Orthopaedic surgery. He has been the honourable judge at PK Surendran Memorial Gold medal paper presentation at the Kerala Orthopaedic Association annual conference and chairperson for at SESICON (Shoulder and Elbow Society of India), regional conference.

In his younger days he has been awarded with Gold medial in post-graduate orthopaedic medical examination and he has been the Best outgoing student at Christ Nagar school.

Positions
Sujit Jos has held, and currently holds several key positions and memberships, some of the notable ones being:

Founder member - Arthroscopy society of Kerala

Life member - Indian Orthopedic Association

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