Professor Felix Jebasingh, Global Diabetes Foot Training Programme-Course Director, delivering a lecture on Osteomyelitis during the Phase 1 Online Foundational Training
Phase 2A: Participants attend a lecture on footwear prescribed for the pre-ulcerative state, presented by Mr. Arul Thomas, senior Prosthetist & Orthotist
Phase 2A: Senior Diabetes Educator, Mrs. Ruth Volena demonstrates callosity removal and debridement with the aid of a sweet lime
Phase 2A: Participants observe a short lecture and demonstration on callosity removal by Mrs. Bharathi, Charge Nurse and Senior Diabetes Educator
Phase 2A: Prof. Bobeena Chandy presents a PTB Bohler Iron Orthosis to participants
Phase 2A: Display of Footwear and Prostheses used in the management of Diabetes-related foot disease
Phase 2B: Professor Felix Jebasingh visiting the Prosthetic and Orthotic Unit at TLM Faizabad.
Phase 2A: Dr. Gnanendra Reddy, Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery during a Ward Visit at CMC Vellore, Ranipet Campus.
Phase 2A: Dr. Emmanuel L, Associate Professor of General Surgery presents bedside assessment and intended surgical management of a patient with a foot ulcer
Phase 2A: Bedside discussion of a post-operative case at the Vascular Surgery Ward, Ranipet Campus, by Dr. Prabhu Premkumar, Professor of Vascular Surgery
Phase 2A: Dr. Johns T Johnson, Assistant Professor Dept. of Endocrinology, delivering a talk and demonstration on the assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy.
Phase 2A: A discourse on Peripheral Vascular Disease and Surgery presented by Dr. Gnanendra Reddy, Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery
Phase 2A: Dr. Manu Mathew, Assistant Professor in Physical Medical & Rehabilitation, applies a Total Contact Cast for offloading on a patient.
Phase 2A: Mrs. Ruth Volena, Staff Nurse and Senior Diabetes Educator describing the types and usage of Monofilaments for the assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy
Phase 2A: Mr. Lenny Vasanthan T, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy demonstrates gait aids, and gait rehabilitation with the help of a participant volunteer
Phase 2A: Charge Nurse and Senior Diabetes Educator Mrs. Bharathi performs a live demonstration of callosity removal on a patient.
Phase 2A: Professor Bobeena Chandy, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, discussing the importance of Offloading and Footwear modification with the participants
Phase 2B: Prof. Felix Jebasingh provides and introduction to Diabetes Education and the Integrated Management of the Foot in Diabetes to an audience at the Kotagiri Medical Fellowship, Nilgiris.
Senior Diabetes Educator, Mrs. Ruth Volena, elucidates the role of Diabetes Educators in the integrated management of Diabetes-related foot disease during a CME as part of Phase 2B activities at Kotagiri Medical Fellowship, Nilgiris.
Phase 2B: Professor Nihal Thomas & Professor Felix Jebasingh, Global Diabetes Foot Training Programme Administrative Team, alongside the team from The Leprosy Mission Hospital at Faizabad, Ayodhya. The Programme team visited Ayodhya as part of a 2-day workshop/CME
MILESTONES
1986
Endocrine outpatient clinic started.
1996
PhD in Endocrinology commenced
2001
Diabetes (Endocrine) integrated clinic started.
2002
Menopause clinic initiated.
2001
1st Endocrine Hr specialty training in South India.