Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education (EISE), established in 1993 to help surgeons and healthcare professionals in India to keep abreast of the emerging trends in medical and surgical care, has completed 20 years. Today, EISE is a much sought after institute, offering quality multispeciality training with new centres opened in New Delhi (2001) and Chennai (2003).
The institute imparts `hands-on’ training to budding and practicing surgeons, gynecologists and paramedical staff with real life simulated situations to facilitate quality learning. Reportedly, over 130,000 healthcare practitioners have since been trained across various specialties in minimally invasive surgery, microsurgery, ethiskills, joint replacement, spine surgery, cardiovascular and surgical stapling procedures from across the country. The courses offered by the institutes are recognised and accredited by leading associations such as Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons, IAGES, Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, ISRM, Association of Surgeons of India, ASI, The Chennai institute is accredited by The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai.
“As a broadly based healthcare company, we are privileged to serve the community of healthcare practitioners in India, by working together toward our common goal of improving the quality of care. It is heartening to know that the EISE institutes have not only trained over 130,000 healthcare practitioners in India, but also evolved into becoming a `preferred partner’ for the healthcare community over these two decades,” said Vladimir Makatsaria, Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies, Asia Pacific at a special function held in Mumbai to commemorate two decades of EISE institutes in India.
“For 20 years, our constant endeavour at EISE has been to mentor the finest minds to clinical perfection and impart knowledge enhancement in surgical skills. Having established a strong presence in major cities in India, the institute has extended its service offerings to support healthcare practitioners in smaller cities in India and also to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka. Every year we train over 15,000 healthcare practitioners and we aim to increase this number to over 20,000 healthcare practitioners in 2014,” added Sushobhan Dasgupta, Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson Medical India who was also present at the function.
EH News Bureau