Congratulations to the Global Spine Diploma Program graduates first class from Indian subcontinent!

Nine surgeons from the Indian subcontinent make up that region’s first-ever class of graduates from AO Spine’s Global Spine Diploma Program—the first globally developed, systematic spine surgery training pathway for recently graduated orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons.

The GSD puts graduates on the path to AO Spine’s lifelong learning journey, with a chance to certify their knowledge through the Global Spine Diploma Exam in order to ultimately advance their careers and their patients’ outcomes.

In a commencement ceremony in New Delhi, India, the graduates heard from the program’s cofounder, Prof S Rajasekaran, who gave an academic and philosophical talk on his reflections and learnings from 25 years in spine surgery.

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Graduates had only high praise for the program.

"The Global Spine Diploma Program is a uniquely designed modular learning [pathway] in spine surgery which ensures audiovisual learning and helps in creating interactions between spine surgeons with different levels of experience,” said Dr Prarthan Amin upon completion of the program. “It will definitely have an impact on me personally as it has accelerated my decision-making and intuition by exposing me to thought processes and management techniques of different spine surgeons across the globe. It has a systematic approach which allows learning to run in parallel with your current practice."

Dr Pratyush Shahi emphasized the Global Spine Diploma Program’s well-thought-out approach: "I loved the program because it is interactive, covers all topics in spine, and allows you to go at a pace that can be easily accommodated in your professional schedule."

“The quality of content in the course is very good and comprises of very good articles and video webinars. At the same time, the course gives you plenty of time to go through the content,” Dr Dheeraj Batheja added.

The program’s discussions impressed Dr Vivek Yadav. “The best thing about the program is discussion with the faculty stressing core concepts and clearing doubts,” Yadav said.

"Comprehensive practical knowledge on all aspects of spine care delivered by exceptional faculty," is how Dr Pratheesh Ravindran described his experience in the program.