Orthopaedic Surgery – Shoulder and Elbow
Name: Dr Basil Christopher Vrettos
Qualification: MBChB; FRCS (Eng); FCS (SA) Orth; MMED (Orth) UCT
Awards and Fellowships:
| GT du Toit Registrar’s Prize | 1991 |
| President’s Medal (South African Orthopaedic Congress) | 1994 |
| Biomet Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, United Kingdom | 1997 |
| American, British and Canadian Travelling Fellowship | 1998 |
| South African Orthopaedic Association Literary Award | 2010 |
Positions and Memberships:
| President of South African Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons | 2006 -2008 |
| Secretary of South African Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons | 2000 - 2003 |
| Chairman of the Scientific Committee for the 8th International Congress on Surgery of the Shoulder (Cape Town) | 2001 |
| Member of the Scientific Committee for the 10th International Congress on Surgery of the Shoulder (Brazil) | 2007 |
| Member of the Scientific Committee for the 11th International Congress on Surgery of the Shoulder (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) | 2010 |
| Regional Editor of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery | 2001 - 2009 |
| Reviewer for the British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | 2008 - 2009 |
| Associate Editor of the British Shoulder and Elbow Journal | 2009 -> |
| Member of the International Board of Shoulder Surgery | 2008 -> |
| Member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons | |
| Member of the Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons of Australia | |
| Member of the Surgical Society of Zimbabwe | |
| Visiting Lecturer to the University of Zimbabwe |
Special interests
All aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery from arthroscopic surgery to joint replacement
Contact details:
Phone: 021 5065580
Fax: 021 5065581
E mail: janet@shoulderelbow.co.za
Website link: www.shoulderelbow.co.za
