Gardner Orthopedics, a recognized figure in orthopaedic treatment and surgery located in Fort Myers, Florida, and Shalby Advanced Technologies, a division of Shalby Hospitals, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, have announced an Indo-US collaboration to form Advanced Orthopedic Centres of Excellence at 11 multispecialty Shalby Hospitals in India and form Shalby Orthopedic Centres of Excellence in Fort Myers, Florida, and across India.

"This collaboration will lead to reproduceable high-quality and improved outcomes in our joint replacement patient population in the US and India through the exchange of orthopaedic research and technology," said Dr. Ronald Gardner, CEO, Gardner Orthopedics.

The joint initiative includes conducting educational seminars for medical and engineering professionals to advance knowledge transfer between India and US; developing short-term travelling fellowships between the two countries for direct experience participating in actual healthcare delivery systems; pioneering new learnings and training tools to improve the technical aspects of advanced orthopedic surgery; and collecting valuable patient data from these high-volume surgery centers in both countries to help improve outcomes.