Until 81 years, Dr. P. H. Vora enthusiastically attended
orthopaedic conferences and conducted his
orthopaedic private practice. He may be considered
as the pioneer of Arthroscopy in India and had a lion's
share in propagating the art and science of
Arthroscopy Surgery in India.
He started doing Arthroscopies in 1979 and
established the Indian Arthroscopy Society as its
Founder Secretary and later went on to be its
President. To propagate Arthroscopy in India, he
organized the first International 'HANDS-ON'
workshop in Mumbai in 1985 with 10 eminent
international faculties from USA, UK, Germany, Italy &
the Netherlands with 230 delegates.
He continued relentlessly to organize Arthroscopy workshops in
more than 20 Major Orthopaedic Centers all over
India and was elected as a member on the Board of
Directors of the International Arthroscopy
Association from 1984 to 1989. He has also served
on the Editorial Board of 'ARTHROSCOPY'.
He served at the Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals as an Honorary Consultant and retired in 1994 as Professor & Head of Department of Orthopedics, while continuing his private practice at the Sir H. N. Hospital in Mumbai. He had served as an examiner for Undergraduate and Post Graduate Studies in Orthopaedics at the University of Mumbai and as an Examiner for DNB in Orthopaedics.