Our History

The Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand (ISSH) was founded in 1973 in Mumbai, during the first ‘National Hand Symposium’ meeting held in 1973 under the able leadership of Dr B B Joshi, Dr N H Antia, and Dr S D Pandey. Dr SD Pandey was then a faculty in Plastic Surgery at the JJ Hospital and later relocated to Lucknow joining the King George’s Medical College.

Dr B B Joshi, Dr. N.H. Antia, Dr N S Laud, Dr Ravin Thatte, Dr W G Ramarao, Dr S D Pandey from Mumbai, Dr R Venkataswami from Chennai, Dr A J Selvanpandian from Vellore, Dr H Srinivasan from Mangalore and Dr Ashok Sengupta from Kolkata joined hands together to form ISSH...