Mentorship
” A mentor is not someone who walks ahead of you to show you how they did it. A mentor walks alongside you to show you what you can do.”
– Dr. Rajiv Shah
As an orthopaedician, I realised that learning comes the hard way. The more mistakes you make, the better clinician you are! Every mistake in the field of medicine has a toll on it. Should you desire that what mistakes you made, the generation next, shall make similar mistakes? And also pay the toll for the same? If not, why not transfer the legacy of errors and suggestions to avoid such errors to the generation next?
Precisely this is the value that touched my heart. The mentorship was the way forward for me. I decided to be a mentor of young orthopaedicians. The list of my fellows is ever increasing. Thank you, my lord, for bestowing me with energy and wisdom to mentor more and more youngsters. Let me die empty!
Fellowship Testimonials
We have tried to learn your skills of -amazing surgical skills, decision making, surgical planning, time management, dedication, patient love, care and empathy. You are the key that unlocks our mind when we are in dilemma for any case at any point of time. Thank you Sir, for all you have done to uplift us in foot and ankle speciality. We can still remember the over time you worked and operated cases so that you can train us well so that we could learn and understand as many cases as possible. Hats off to you.
Not only great father of Indian foot and ankle society, he is my mentor. He is a good teacher and intrested to teach all orthopedic consultants not only in India but all over the world. Whenever we have doubt in orthopedic as well as non orthopedic subjects ,when we ask whatever may be the time , he responds to each and every messages and questions. This quality I have never seen in any orthopedic surgeons so far.This quality I like to imbibe from him and like to practice the same way he does. His vision in foot and ankle is wide, he does not keep things which he learned with himself and he spread the knowledge to all other fellow colleagues and like to spread foot and ankle knowledge generation after generation in foot ankle speciality…
Dr. Shah is pioneer in the field of foot & ankle surgery in India with a huge body of work in this field.
I find myself immensely lucky to be able to attend this programme in Jan, 202. It was a career enhancing exposure for me which helped me branded my horizons in the management of various aspects of foot & ankle cases, using innovative and practical techniques. I am highly impressed with his methodological approach, extensive subject knowledge, attention to details and passionate teachings. The exposure in modern diagnostics physiotherapy, orthotics and prosthetics was equally enriching.
The programme exceeded all my expectations and I am ever indebted to Dr. Shah Sir for this opportunity.
Thank You Sir,
Best and always look towards teacher and a devoted and excellent surgeon…
Always try to copy him… for giving Best service to patients.
Best and always look towards teacher and a devoted and excellent surgeon…
Always try to copy him… for giving Best service to patients.
Very much indebted to you Sir.
I have learnt clinical examination, special radiological views, preoperative planning and surgical reconstruction of fractures, deformity correction and ligament reconstruction surgeries.
I have assisted many surgeries with Dr. Rajiv sir. he Does procedures with atmost care and meticulously. I am really gratful for sharing his vast experience and knowledge with me. I sincerly thank him for giving me this opportunity to work under him as a foot and ankle fellow for a period of 6 weeks. Thank you..
1. Good academic discussion by sir
2. Variety of cases of foot and ankle were seen during there periods in OPD
3. tips and Tricks by sir are excellent.
4. Good hospitality by instituter and sir
5. How to diagnose foot and ankle case, how to examine a patient were nicely demonstrated by sir which increases and enterest more to the foot and ankle surgery.
6. Highly motivation to study.
7. How to improve ourself and how to deliver excellence. Tricks are given to us by sir.
8.Well co-ordinated bu hospital staff.
9. It is your grateness sir for allowing and giving time from busiest schedule. It is actually a package of study academic. How to do good surgery tips and tricks in the short terms.
Thank you very much for allowing us for this period under your excellency sir.
It was a pleasure listening to classes and meeting you in person and especially the tips and tricks which u want to pass on to the next generations selflessly have to be always cherish those moments
Thank you so much, sir
I have been really fortunate to be a part of first virtual foot & Ankle fellowship + cadaver course conducted by IORG + Ortho TV.
Your Mentorship has opened up new horizons for me in the management of foot and ankle Diabetie foot and Charcot feet Management. It is with glorious veneration and intense gratitude that I would like to thank you for your steadfast dedication and commitment to systematic teaching, proving valuable inputs, and clearing all my doubts in a very passionate manner.
Your comprehensive approach to optimising our learning by conducting a cadaveric workshop helped me in understanding all the approaches to foot and ankle and the basics of foot and ankle arthroscopy.
I am extremely thankful to you. This beginning would definitely go a long way in improving my patient care.
Thank you for this very special opportunity for foot and ankle cadaveric workshop under your mentorship. it was a great academic feast and it also consolidates my passion for foot and ankle specialist in my region (Punjab) and helping the patients. I would look forward to seeing you soon for a fellowship or other training program like this. you are such a humble person and dedicated teacher, I have never seen or met such an enthusiastic and passionate mentor like you.
“Shorter than book longer than a full review”
Well sociopolitically, economically and historically there has been a neglect of SOUTHERN, likewise for ankle & foot- although I am doing Trauma cases frequently that too involving many foot & ankle fractures, I have seen issue problems on part of surgeons and patients too. I too am confused in many cases with no one to guide me.
So, considering this, I decided to join this fellowship which had many inherent advantages, Firstly, it was ONLINE – don’t have to leave my place of work, secondary- reordering is available so no constraint of timings thirdly, it had an on-time WhatsApp group in which in touch with great surgeons for lifetime last but not the least was the cadaveric workshop conducted at RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, in which I get the opportunity to meet the great & energetic teacher Dr Rajiv shah. He helped us not only to revise the whole course in a short time but provided a great opportunity to practice hands-on cadavers by inviting competent expertise in foot and ankle surgery.
I am extremely grateful to Dr Rajiv shah & all the teaching faculty for conducting such a great workshop, thanks to the organising staff who had taken and proving an excellent video streaming facility for all the cadaveric courses.
This quote expertly suits Dr Rajiv Shah sir
“A TEACHER AFFECT ETERNITY; HE CAN NEVER TELL WHERE HIS INFLUENCE STOPS”
The Virtual fellowship under your guidance came to me as a boon, wherefrom the comfort of our own time and place of work. I got to learn a lot about the foot and ankle area, an area which was clearly not well understood by me. Your guidance and constant push toward the learning made the fellowship, an enjoyable experience. I got to learn such intricate details that I saw an immediate change in my OPD practice. The detailed course regarding X-Ray,c-arm views, surgical need, planning and step by step outshining could not have been better put forward as a mentor, I could not have found a person better than you. Sir, you took time out of your busy schedule to address my problems even late at night. This humbleness is what I have only heard of in folk tales, never seen before. The course was the icing on the top of the cake where I got to personally learn. the skill from you and other elite foot and ankle surgeons of the country. I am really grateful and thankful to you for allowing me to learn from you. I will make sure I further my learning so that more and more people are helped scientifically. Looking forward to publishing the book regarding intra-operative imaging with you sir.
Dr Rajiv shah sir,
You are the best teacher in the world, you are so kind and down to earth person. I have learnt the basics of foot and ankle from your classes, sir.
Thank you so much, sir.
Respected Sir,
It is great pleasure to do fellowship with finest foor and ankle surgeon of india Dr Rajiv shah sir, the fellowship is virstual orthoTV but great learning and every a spect of clinical scenario of foot and ankle problem including clinical examinal to surgery, it is ended with cadaveric course. Sir is down to earth and very cooperative to help.
This virtual fellowship is great for surgeon who are doing private practice in small ciry and not able to go 3mtr doing req. fellowship.
Thanks sir.
Respected sir,
It has been a pleasure and lucky, that I got an opportunity to spend some time through this fellowship with the master of foot and ankle, I personally tea that than you love foot and ankle, foot and ankle love you. After this fellowship, I started living foot and ankle more than other specialities in orthopaedics. You are a great passionate teacher, your constant push and guidance towards the learning made the fellowship a great experience. Last couple of months was a great academic feast, enjoyed the learning. I try my level best to implicate the learnt knowledge and passionate teaching from you in my clinical practice.
Thank you.
Dear Dr Rajiv shah sir (Foot and ankle legend)
Respected sir, I am so happy to tell you about your fellowship program that it was a complete package for me. Now I am really confident in the clinical & surgical aspects of the foot and ankle field.
I am taking one step forward to being smart as a foot and ankle surgeon. just because of your fellowship program.
That cadaver workshop was a great help. your hard work & passion in this field have no words to express to me.
our relationship has taken one step ahead & I found you as my father during this fellowship program due to your commitment. I must say you are a father of foot and ankle field.
Thank you with warm regards.
To, Dr Rajiv Shah sir,
Sir, I cannot thank you enough for all the pain you took in arranging such an extensive virtual fellowship program. The last few months were eye-opening for me. If I had a teacher like you during my post-graduation, I would have benefitted many folds. Each of your sessions was in-depth and to the point. Every question I asked was answered by you in a very detailed manner. I felt blessed to have interacted with you and I feel very lucky to be touched by you. Looking forward to such blessings in future at conferences. I would be very happy to visit your hospital to improve my skills and increase my knowledge. May you stay healthy always.
Thank you for everything.
It was phenomenal course and hands-on with master of foot and ankle Dr Rajiv Shah sir it added cherry on top.
Thank you sir for such an awesome course and teachings . It had definitely boosted the confidence to all.
Thanks a lot dear Dr Rajiv Shah Sir,
It was a great experience to get mentored from the Master himself.
Your attention to details I think is phenomenal.
Learned about Foot and Ankle focusing on all the minutest details from you.
I hope this is a big step towards practicing Foot and Ankle in my region.
I hope to continue learning from you sir.
Thanks for the opportunity and the pains that you took to teach all of us.
Student for life.
Respected Dr Rajiv Shah Sir,
A very very very big thanks to you sir.
You have taken so much pain to teach us.
We will surely do our best sir.
Respected Dr Rajiv Shah Sir,
Cannot thank you enough for taking all the pain and for arranging such an extensive program over the last few months.
Hoping to do justice to our patients by imparting your impeccable teaching upon them.
Thanks again sir. So glad to have been touched by you
Resp rajeev shah sir
I owe you a lot for wonderful opportunity to learn
Though I couldn’t prove a good student
Even today I missed greatest opportunity to learn and meet all of you.
Kudos to you all.
Respected Dr Rajiv Shah Sir,
Cannot thank you enough for taking all the pain and for arranging such an extensive program over the last few months.
Hoping to do justice to our patients by imparting your impeccable teaching upon them.
Thanks again sir. So glad to have been touched by you
Thanks Prof. Rajiv sir and whole faculty for teaching us everything so extensively in short time . It will be a great help and game changer in our practice and in treating our pts.
Thank you so much Sir. This course has been a real blessing. I’m so grateful for teaching me Foot and Ankle. It has really opened up many dimensions in my management of patients. I hope to meet you in person at the Cadaver workshop.
Last I would like to thank OrthoTV’s Dr Neeraj and Dr Ashok for this great opportunity.
Thank you so much sir, it was a blessing for me to be the part of this program. Hats off to your commitment towards teaching sir.
My sincere thanks to Dr. Neeraj and Dr Ashok sir.
Dear respected sir
The fellowship was really eye opener for a person like me .
My generation was not well versed with foot and ankle.
Thanks for all the teaching and learning opportunities.
Off course I could not physically virtually attend.
But I went through videos.
The reason behind my absence is my health and inconvenient time for me.
I am looking forward for physical participation in cadaveric course. I have already paid my fees . .
Kudos and regards to Rajiv sir.
we also learning how humble u r sir. Salute to u sir. Getting lots of inspiration from u. Thanks for this opportunity that I came so close to u.
Blessed to know you more sir.
Had heard so much about you and been following your webinars.
Interaction with you has given me new wings, feels like I have sir’s back.
The confidence in seeing the Foot and Ankle pathologies has definitely improved after hearing and learning from you.
Looking forward to get your blessings during the workshop.
Thank you for all your efforts sir.
Sir, excellent opportunity for us to learn from you..i admire your passion for teaching and humbleness. This fellowship has created lot of enthusiasm among us to go forward with foot and ankle orthopaedics.
Sir indeed your passion towards teaching the subject and through your experience i am blessed to take one step ahead in my career practice , i was not ready to do foot and ankle as my whole and sole practice , but now can stand firm to start my new passion in foot and ankle just because of your easy teaching program. I feel more and more students should learn from you to become the best foot and ankle surgeon . Thank you Dr Ashok shyam and Dr Neeraj bijlani sir to take initiative in online fellowship program .
Thank you all my colleague who are already practicing in foot and ankle I could learn from you guys too .
Thanks a lot sir .I feel blessed to learn from you..i admire your passion for teaching and humbleness. This fellowship has already increased my foot and ankle practice and I have learned how to stay calm and humble from u .
thanks a lot sir.
Thank you so much sir. I am blessed to learn from you and feel great as your student. This fellowship really enhances my basic foot and ankle knowledge. Most of the time i can’t able to physically attend the class because of sunday opd clinic coincide with class time but the recorded videos helps me alot. Saying a thank you will be too less for your dedication in this field. At last thank you so much again.
Thanks allot sir for taking time off your busy schedule and teaching us from basic to advance foot and ankle .
I have been not been active in many of the live meetings due to various reasons but I made a point to watch all the videos within couple of days of the recording .
Least we all can say is THANK YOU SIR
Thank you so much sir. Words cannot describe your passion for teaching. We have seen many teachers at various stages of our career you are the most inspirational one. Your way of understanding the subject and able to so clearly explain to juniors like us is commendable. It’s really a privilege to be a part of this wonderful fellowship journey.
It’s really a gift to be in this wonderful fellowship sir. I learned lot in this journey sir…
Sir, I cannot tell you how desperately I was looking forward to getting some indepth training in Foot and Ankle speciality.
And I being a practicing Surgeon with my own set up, it is really difficult to go for long duration fellowships.
And suddenly when I saw the update about this fellowship, I immediately knew that it was like some divine intervention.
And getting to learn it from the Master himself was nothing less than a dream come true.
This video series of sessions with you is like treasure trove for me.
Your energy is contagious sir, your passion for teaching and passing on the knowledge to future generations is commendable.
Sir, I am truly blessed on recieving this opportunity to learn from you and to get to interact with you.
And I do surely know this won’t be the end, it is the beginning of learning Foot and Ankle from you..
I hope to remain your student for life.
Thanks a lot for everything sir.
Thank you very much sir
It is blessing to me that I have learn in this group especially I am practising in a small town and very difficult to attend physical fellowship due to shutdown nursing home for long time
Especially thanks to Dr Neeraj Bijalni sir and Dr Ashok Shyam sir too give opportunity to me.
Dear Rajiv sir,
Heartfelt thank you to you and your team of fellows and associates who took out time from your extremely busy personal schedules to enlighten us. Whatever I have gained shall manifest in the form of blessings of soldiers of the army. Thank you immensely, do continue to guide us in the future.
Thank you sir for teaching us with so much passion and bestowing us with ur knowledge. To tell the truth, I had almost minimal knowledge about foot and ankle pathologies apart from trauma prior to this virtual fellowship. Now with your guidance, i have some confidence in dealing cases and helping my patients. Cannot believe this amazing fellowship is coming to an end.
To,
Rajiv shah sir,
Thank you is not enough for all you in arranging such an extensive virtual fellowship program. The last few months were an eye opener for me. If I had a teacher like you during my post graduations, I would have benefited many fold. Each of your sessions were in depth and to the point. Every question I asked was answered by you in a very detailed manner. I feel blessed to have interacted with you and. I feel very lucky to be touched by you. looking forward to such blessings in future at conferences. I would be very eager to visit your hospital to improve my skills and increase my knowledge. May you stay healthy always. Thank you for everything.
Hailing from a place (Odisha) where there is little scope and exposure to foot and ankle orthopedics, this short term fellowship program under Dr. Rajiv sir was an eye-opener for me. The varied number of cases he sees in OPD, the different cases he operates and the lectures that he takes are simply outstanding. He seems to never get fatigued when it comes to teaching. We all know there is paucity of good teachers in medical sphere and Dr. Rajiv Sir is one amongst those rare doctors who are great teachers. The other aspect is the way he interacts with patients and the sheer amount of time he gives to each one. There is something to learn every time he speaks, Moreover, the way he keeps himself abreast with academics is noteworthy. Nevertheless, this is not the end. But the beginning of a life long association with a great teacher, doctor and above all a compassionate human being. His clarity of thought and step by step explanation about the management of any foot & ankle care is what gets him apart from other surgeons.
I am obliged for the opportunity to do fellowship under Dr. Rajiv Shah sir. He has vast knowledge about the subject and also pours the same in his fellows. He is very good at academics and loves to teach each and every minor details about clinical examination as well as surgeries. I enjoyed his company as well as learned a lot.
Hi, sorry for late reply
The fellowship was highly educational and motivational. Sir taught us every possible detail which he could have taught us. He collected a variety of cases and operated during the 2 weeks so that we could see them.
Sunshine hospital staff, Dr Vakhat, Dr Nirav, Dr Shivam and Dr Rajesh (Surat) were all very supportive. Sir also gave us the book which he published so that we develop more interest towards the subject.
I wanted to have a few PowerPoint presentations from which sir taught us, but I was afraid to ask from him.
Sir also took care of us when we went for Surat and Valsad trips and took is out for dinner too.
The knowledge and passion to teach that Rajiv sir has, is unparalleled.
To,
Dear Dr. Rajiv Shah Sir,
First of all, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking me as your student for this fellowship program. this fellowship has allowed me to think that as a foot & ankle surgeon, I have started nothing clinical features & signs that I would have likely missed if not for your teachers. it has helped me a lot to develop that insight in foot & ankles which has interested me a lot since my residency I feel so humbled & grateful to have got to learn the nuands of it from an orthopedic giant like you, and it delights me that I can receive advice from you for the challenging cases that I come across in practice. I look forward to you as a mentor.
Blessed!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. PR Gawatre
Congratulations Dr. Rajiv Shah Sir for the
amazing atlas.
I feel so proud that you found me capable enough of bestowing me with the honor of sending a copy of your hard work.
I am sure this atlas will help me in each and every Foot and Ankle surgery I plan.
Thanks again and wish you all the best in the success of this endeavor.