KURGAN, RUSSIA 
MAY 2003

My first trip to the Ilizarov center with Smith and Nephew orthopedics for a week of surgical training. Pictured here with the center's director, Professor Vladimir I. Shevtsov receiving a certificate.


Transosseous Osteosynthesis in the Management of Injuries and Diseases of Tibia and Foot.  Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center – Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics; Kurgan, Russia.    

KURGAN, RUSSIA 
MAY 2008

My second trip to the Ilizarov center with SBI as american faculty.  Pictured in front of the center with Scott Ludecker from SBI.

Transosseous Osteosynthesis in the Management of Injuries and Diseases of Tibia and Foot.  Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center – Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics; Kurgan, Russia.    

ATHENS, GREECE
MAY 2004

Another Ilizarov mini-fellowship this time in Athens, Greece.  Pictured between surgeries with the program director.  

Transosseous Osteosynthesis in Lower Limb Reconstruction of the Tibia and Foot, Orthopedic Department and Ilizarov Scientific Center of Thriassion Hospital, Athens Greece.

RUSSIAN ILIZAROV SCIENTIFIC CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS

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The Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics or RISC RTO (Russian: Российский научный центр «Восстановительная травматология и ортопедия» имени академика Г. А. Илизарова) is a medical institution located in the city of Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia; and financed by the Russian Federal State. The centre is the largest in the world that specializes in the treatment of complex orthopaedic problems.

It is named after the orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov who invented the Ilizarov apparatus, which is a method of transosseous osteosynthesis or Ilizarov method for the surgical procedure to lengthen or reshape limb bones.

Every year over 9,000 people receive treatment and rehabilitation at the RISC RTO. Patients of any country and age group can apply for treatment at the RISC RTO. The centre is registered as one of the largest hospitals in the world and has the ability to treat up to 1,000 patients at any time.

As at mid-2010, Professor Vladimir I. Shevtsov was the General Director of the centre and taught the application of the Ilizarov methods in numerous countries including the US, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Japan, and South Korea.