Graduation 2015 - A Very Special Year @ TORT

Every graduation is a special day not only for the graduates and their families but also for us members of staff. It is very heartening and rewarding to see our successful students completing their respective degrees and it always fills me with joy to see them graduating in person at the Graduation Ceremony in Dundee’s magnificent Caird Hall.

Graduation this year was extra special as our department had at least one student graduating in every possible category from undergraduate (MBChB and BMSc) to taught postgraduate (MCh Orth, Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Technology Centre, Motion Analysis, Orthopaedic Science, Sports and Biomechanical Medicine) to research postgraduate (MSc by research, MD and PhD). In total 28 students studying 6 different courses graduated from the Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery. The University of Dundee has become the first university in the UK to produce medical graduates through the Science without Borders (SwB) initiative.

As Head of Department, I am proud to say that this rare achievement is unique to our Department and this is actually the second time that we have succeeded in doing so. It was great to see some of our TORT students and their families and friends graduating in the November graduation ceremony to complete a memorable year for TORT. 

Our graduates are our ambassadors and on behalf of all the staff in the TORT Centre, we wish them the greatest success in their onwards and upwards life journey and hope that they keep us up to date with their success and visit when possible. We value each and every one of them.

Professor Rami Abboud - Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching / Head of Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

Full list of 2015 Graduates:

Agrawal Aditya Kuldeepkumar (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery

1. Arpit Jariwala (India/UK) MD
2. Arun Karumathil (India) MSc in Sports and Biomechanical Medicine
3. Arun Ramanathan (India) MD
4. Calvin Rupert Mathias (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
5. Carlos Augusto Nunes Martini (Brazil) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
6. Conor Aldworth (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
7. Conor Nicholl (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
8. Erika Bates (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
9. Fergus Ross (UK) PG Cert Motion Analysis (DL)
10. Gabriel Maia Costa (Brazil) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
11. Gaurav Singh Bhandari (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
12. Hannah Lawrie (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
13. Janie Giraudon (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
14. Jose Bru Lazaro (Spain) MSc Motion Analysis
15. Joshua Rutnagur (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
16. Jutima Rattanakoch (Thailand) MSc Motion Analysis
17. Kiran Reddy Chennuri (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
18. Luke Dornan (UK) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
19. Mihir Thanvi (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
20. Nicole Georges Lambrakos (Brazil) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
21. Nitesh Kumar Tandiya (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
22. Paras Gupta (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
23. Pradyumna Raval (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
24. Ranat Vishnoi (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
25. Rogerio Magno Do Nascimento Filho (Brazil) Intercalated BMSc in Applied Orthopaedic Technology
26. Sergiy Adonin (Ukraine) PG Diploma Orthopaedic Science (DL)
27. Sheila Gibbs (UK) PhD
28. Stefan Olafsson (Iceland) MSc in Sports and Biomechanical Medicine
29. Vinod Vaishnav (India) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery
30. Xiaoming Zhao (China) Master of Orthopaedic Surgery