Life Flora Hospital orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Jason du Plessis, attends the New Sports Injury Centre in India as guest of honour
Dr Jason du Plessis, orthopaedic surgeon of Life Flora Hospital, was invited to join the New Sports Injury Centre at The Shoulder Review Programme in India this past November.
The Sports Injury Centre is the first and biggest sports orthopaedic centre in India, based at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. The conference had 120 orthopaedic surgeons in attendance.
Dr Du Plessis was invited as the international faculty member and their guest of honour. He was a panellist for the morning session and presented three talks in the afternoon session on day one, mainly focusing on reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
On day two, Arthrex hosted an exclusive master class for 25 delegates. This course was aimed at senior orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
At this meeting, Du Plessis was the course chairperson and presented three talks including a re-live surgery showing a step-by-step approach to shoulder replacement surgery. Lastly, Du Plessis attended a faculty dinner with the course experts, where they hosted a question-answer session with him on case presentations and difficult cases for discussion.
His time in India was jam-packed and filled with intensive teaching which he enjoyed thoroughly.
Dr Du Plessis completed his medical degree (MBChB) at the University of Cape Town in 2011, graduating with First Class Honours. Upon completing his internship, he returned to Gauteng to complete his internship at Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child hospitals. After that, he served community service at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in the Department of General Surgery and the Intensive Care Unit.
Between 2015 and 2020, he specialised through the University of Witwatersrand. He earned distinctions for both his Master of Medicine thesis and the College of Medicine final exams. He received the Mannie Lunz medal for orthopaedic surgery in 2020. Throughout his training, he presented numerous papers and posters at congresses and contributed to several journal articles as a lead author.
Dr Jason du Plessis now specialises in upper limb surgery, severe orthopaedic trauma, limb reconstruction, and arthroplasty at Life Flora Hospital. He currently works at Life Flora Hospital in his private practice and at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital where he runs the upper limb unit.
For more information regarding the specialists at Life Flora Hospital, contact Lauren on 011 470 7935 or send an email to lauren.vanzanten@lifehealthcare.co.za.
